“I wanted the money only to enable me to see movie stars," he reportedly said The first extortion letter was written on Feb. 6, 1943. It was addressed to Betty Grable — then 26, a rising Hollywood ...

Grand Slam Smile battled Issa Court down the lane but ultimately was best in the $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar. Grand Slam Smile won the seven-furlong main-track test for ...

DEL MAR – The only time Chismosa has run worse than second place in seven career starts at Del Mar was last year’s Betty Grable Stakes, when she finished fifth. The 4-year-old daughter of Clubhouse ...

“When I have a song to sing,” says Betty Grable, by way of explaining her success as a movie star, “I feel good singing it. I don’t think, ‘Gee! I’m the greatest singer.’ ” Neither does Miss Grable ...