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"You will find two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm sitting on both of them." (Betty Grable) "I've acquired a lot of unhappiness in my life - and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't?" (Rita Hayworth) No background of American pop culture in the 1940s would be complete without mention of Betty Grable, the most popular pinup young lady of the World Conflict II period. Grable possessed the exceptional fortune of not only having an ideal body, but of coming to the most fortuitous time imaginable. The famous pin-up photography of her, used by Frank Powolny, made her the highest-earning actress in Hollywood from 1943 to 1951. Indeed, it was not hyperbole that attained Grable the nickname of "the girl with the million money hip and legs" - not only were her hip and legs famously adored by American troops fighting overseas, these were actually covered by insurance to the tune of one million dollars. Grable was the banner actress for the period before the advent of Playboy and other publications designed to satisfy the lust of the heterosexual guy, an era that objectified women, however in a far more wholesome, less pornographic way, that was designed to reinforce all-American ideals. However, if Grable was, monetarily speaking, the most successful actress of the 1940s, there is a major gulf between her commercial success and the critical appraisal of her operating abilities. Grable never triumphed in an Academy Honor, and the swift demise of her Hollywood position testifies to her lack of ability to support her career. Meanwhile, Rita Hayworth's life and career remain amazing to both public and avid movie fans equally. Even people who have just a everyday interest in videos appreciate her shows in motion pictures such as Gilda (1946), The Sweetheart from Shanghai (1947), and Salome (1953).
