1954
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Betty Grable stars as a typist who joins a Boston shipping office in 1872 and falls in love with the boss. The film features Gershwin songs, a women's suffrage plot, and a young Marilyn Monroe.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- George Seaton, Edmund Goulding, John M. Stahl
- 1947-01-04
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim is a 1947 American musical comedy film in Technicolor written and directed by George Seaton and starring Betty Grable and Dick Haymes. The screenplay, based on a story by Ernest Maas and Frederica Maas , focuses on a young typist who becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement in 1874.
Summaries. In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young typist, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the women's suffrage movement.
Mar 2, 2020 · Shocking Miss Pilgrim, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Changing My Tune Brunette and without visible legs throughout this feature, Betty Grable as fictional Cynthia Pilgrim, edgy professional typist, pleased at having found lodging with fellow “social outcasts” in 1874 Boston, offers her first solo from the eleven (!)
An assortment of George and Ira Gershwin tunes enliven this tale of a shipping clerk typist who shocks 1870's Boston with her outspoken advocacy of women's r...
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim 1947 1h 25m Musical List Reviews In the 1870s, Cynthia Pilgrim (Betty Grable) graduates at the top of her New York City typewriting class.
- Musical
Synopsis. In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage ...
- 85 min
