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Betty Garrett (1919-2011) |
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- Betty Hutton, Annie Get Your Gun, 1950. A Betty battle… "I bought it [for an unprecedented $700,000] to give Judy a kick," said producer Arthur Freed. "That's when she got sick… I had to take her out. The girl just couldn't function." Betty Hutton could. After two other Bettys - Garrett and Grable - were shot down at the pass. So sere Judy Canova, Doris Day, Ethel Merman (Broadway’s 1946 Annie) and Ginger Rogers.
- Marge Champion, Lovely To Look At, 1952. Last minute change from the A Team (Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra) to a B team (Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, Howard Keel).
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