How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)

How to Marry a Millionaire
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Dick Conway Bob Fisher Everett Greenbaum John Kohn Howard Leeds Seaman Jacobs Roland MacLane Milton Pascal Harvey Orkin Si Rose Margaret Schneider Paul Schneider Leo Solomon
Directed by	Danny Dare Jerry Hopper Lester Vail Peter Tewksbury Bernard Wiesen
Starring	Barbara Eden Merry Anders Lori Nelson Lisa Gaye Joseph Kearns
Theme music composer	Alec Compinsky
Composer(s)	Leon Klatzkin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Executive producer(s)	Irving Asher Nat Perrin
Producer(s)	Ben Feiner, Jr. Paul Jones Nat Perrin
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company(s)	20th Century-Fox Television, in association with National Telefilm Associates
Distributor	National Telefilm Associates
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndication
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	October 7, 1957 (1957-10-07) – August 20, 1959 (1959-08-20)

How to Marry a Millionaire is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1957 to 1959. The series was based on the 1953 film of the same name which starred Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall.

Synopsis

The series stars Barbara Eden as Loco Jones, a model in New York City. Merry Anders portrayed Michelle "Mike" McCall, a secretary; Lori Nelson 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, as Gwen Kirby, also a secretary. How to Marry a Millionaire was one of the first television series filmed by Twentieth Century Fox.

Episodes

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)
• "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"

External links

• How to Marry a Millionaire at the Internet Movie Database
• How to Marry a Millionaire at TV.com