Use in Popular Culture
- An image of a Petty Girl talking on a phone was used as the 'nose art' on the famous WWII B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle
- An image of a Petty Girl was used in The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
- Robert Cummings portrayed George Petty in the imaginary musical comedy The Petty Girl (Columbia, 1950), directed by Henry Levin and featuring the film debut of Tippi Hedren as one of the Petty Girls. Nat Perrin's screenplay was based on a story by Mary McCarthy. The film is also notable for several lilting, lighthearted songs composed by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics), including “Fancy Free” and “I Loves Ya”. The large production number at the finale is “The Petty Girl” by Arlen and Mercer, performed by Joan Caulfield (dubbed by Carole Richards), the Petty Girls and a male quartet.
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