How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom

Situation comedy

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 that aired in syndication

Television syndication

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 from 1957 to 1959. The series was based on the 1953 film of the same name

How to Marry a Millionaire

How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 romantic comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Jean Negulesco and produced and written by Nunnally Johnson. The screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins and Loco by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. The music score...

 which starred Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, singer, model and showgirl who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s....

, Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable was an American actress, dancer and singer.Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was later included in the LIFE magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World"...

, and Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall is an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.She first emerged as leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have And Have Not and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in The Big Sleep and Dark Passage ,...

.

Synopsis

The series stars Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden

Barbara Eden is an American film and television actress and singer who is best known for her starring role in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.-Early years:...

 as Loco Jones, a model in New York City

New York City

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. Merry Anders

Merry Anders

Merry Anders is an American actress who has appeared in a number of television programs and films since the 1950s. In 1954, she succeeded Ann Todd as Stuart Erwin's daughter in the final season of his TV series, The Stu Erwin Show.In the 1955-1956 season, she joined Janis Paige in the 26-week CBS...

 portrayed Michelle "Mike" McCall, a secretary; Lori Nelson

Lori Nelson

Lori Nelson is an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie...

 played Greta Hanson, a game show hostess; all three young women are apartment mates. Nelson left the series after thirty-nine episodes; in the story line, her character was married off. The third role was then assumed for the remaining thirteen segments by Lisa Gaye

Lisa Gaye

Lisa Gaye is a former American actress, singer and dancer.She was born Lezlie Gae Griffin in Denver, Colorado. The family moved from Denver to Los Angeles in the 1930s to be close to the developing film industry. Her mother, actress Margaret Griffin, was determined that Gaye and her siblings would...

, as Gwen Kirby, also a secretary. How to Marry a Millionaire was one of the first television series filmed by Twentieth Century Fox.

First season

The first season of How to Marry a Millionaire premiered in October 1957 and ended in July 1958, after 39 episodes.

• "The Penthouse", series premiere
• "Subletting the Apartment"
• "To Hock or Not to Hock"
• "It's a Dog's Life"
• "The Cruise"
• "The Brat"
• "Loco the Heiress"
• "Alias the Secretary"
• "The Sea Island Story"
• "Society Mother"
• "Tom, Dick, and Harry"
• "Good Time Charlie"
• "The Bird Man"
• "the Fourth Girl"
• "For the Love of Art"
• "The Playwright"
• "Youth for the Asking"
• "Loco Leaves Home" (with guest star Tod Griffin
  Tod Griffin
  Tod Griffin, born as Arthur Griffin , was an American actor of stage, film, and television, originally from Birmingham, Alabama.-Early years:...
  
  )
• "The Maid"
• "The Yachting Party"
• "The Utterly Perfect Man"
• "Loco and the Cowboy"
• "Loco v. Wall Street"
• "For the Love of Mink"
• "Operation Greta"
• "A Job for Jesse"
• "Day in Court"
• "A Man for Mike"
• "The Truthivac"
• "The New Lease"
• "Situation Wanted"
• "Loco and the Gambler"
• "The Big Order"
• "The Shortshop"
• "Greta's Big Chance

Second season

The abbreviated second season lasted 13 episodes. The second season aired from October 1958 to August 1959. The series was on hiatus from January to June 1959.

• "Cherchez la Roommate"
• "What's Cooking with Loco?"
• "Guest with a Gun"
• "Hit and Run"
• "Three Stacked Stockholders"
• "Gwen's Secret"
• "Loco, the Teenager"
• "The Seal Who Came to Dinner"
• "The Method"
• "The Golf Tournament"
• "The Comic"
• "A Husband for Julia"
• "Love on Approval"