How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy movie directed by Jean Negulesco and based on the plays by Zoë Akins and Katherine Albert. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1954 and was later adopted into a television series in 1957.