1953
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" ( Director: Howard Hawkes)
Plot:
A pair of gold-digging showgirls ( Jane Russel as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee) pursue potential husbands on an ocean cruise..
Here are some quotes from the movie:
Lady Bekkman: You'll find I mean business!
Dorothy Shaw: Oh, really? Then why are you wearing that hat?!
Esmond Sr.: Have you got the nerve to stand there and tell me you don't want to marry my son for his money?
Lorelei Lee: It's true.
Esmond Sr.: Then what do you want to marry him for?
Lorelei Lee: I want to marry him for your money!
Lady Beekman: It's a tiara.
Lorelei Lee: You do wear it on your head. I just love finding out new places to wear diamonds!
Dorothy Shaw: Remember, honey, on your wedding day it's alright to say yes.
Some trivia:
**The initial studio choice for the part of Lorelei Lee, was Betty Grable.
**In a scene of the film,Marilyn wears a gold lame dress, previously worn by Ginger Rogers in "Dreamboat".
**Jane Russell's fall into the pool was an accident. When the director saw the dailies, he decided to keep the scene in the film.
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" How to marry a millionaire" ( Director: Jean Negulesco)
Plot:
Three beautiful models, Shatze,Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe) and Loco conspire together to come up with a plan which will enable them to find a millionaire husband. The problem is that they can are too naive and not at all convinced that marrying a rich man is worth all this trouble..
Some trivia:
**In the plane scene, Pola is reading a book called "Murder by strangulation", which is how MM met her demise in "Niagara".
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" Niagara" (Director: Henry Hathaway)
Plot:
a seemingly innocent blonde Rose Loomis (Marilyn Monroe) plots with her lover Ted Patrick to kill her newly wed husband while honeymooning at Niagara falls but things don't go as planned..
Here are some quotes from the movie:(Marilyn played the part of Rose Loomis).
Customs officer: How long do you plan to be here?
Ray Cutler: Three days.
Customs officer: Honeymooners?
Polly Cutler: That's right.
Customs officer: That isn't liquor you have in that case under your coat, is it?
Ray Cutler: Ah,books. I'm going to catch up on my reading.
Customs officer: Reading!
Polly Cutler: Fine thing. I tell him we're on our honeymoon and you drag out a copy of Winston Churchill! He must think I'm a pretty hard article.
Ray Cutler: You should have told him we're on a delayed honeymoon.
Polly Cutler: Delayed or not, we decided to trear it like a regular one,didn't we? (quick kiss).
Ray Cutler: I'm game. And it will be just as good as a regular honeymoon.
Polly Cutler: Well, it should be better. I've got my union card now.
George Loomis:Let me tell you something. You're young, you're in love. Well, I'll give you a warning. Don't let it get out of hand, like those falls out there. Up above...d'you ever see the river up above the falls? It's calm, and easy, and you throw in a log, it just floats around. Let it move a little further down and it gets going faster, hits some rocks, and...in a minute it's in the lower rapids, and ...nothing in the world- including God himself, I suppose- can keep it from going over the edge. It just goes..
Polly Cutler: Don't worry. I'm one of those logs that just hang around in the calm.
(Polly Cutler catches Rose Loomis in a passionate embrace with her lover)
Polly Cutler: Didn't that Mrs. Loomis say she was going shopping?
Ray Cutler: Yeah, why?
Polly Cutler: Well, she sure got herself an armful of groceries.
(As she sees Rose Loomis in a low-cut, tight red dress):
Ray Cutler: Hey, get out the firehose! (To Polly)Why don't you ever get a dress like that?
Polly Cutler: Listen. For a dress like that, you've got to start laying plans when you're about thirteen.
Some trivia:
**Jean Peters got the role of Polly Cutler after Anne Baxter withdrew.
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1954
" River of no Return" ( director: Otto Preminger)
Plot:
In this film Marilyn Monroe is Kay Weston, a saloon singer and the year is 1849.She falls in love with a farmer recently released form prison (Robert Mitchum) after she's deserted by her husband..
Some trivia:
**The film ran over schedule and budget because the director insisted that all actors should perform their own stunts for the scenes of the raft struggling down the rapids.In one occasion,Marilyn was almost drowned,because her boots filled with water and on another occasion both she and Mitchum had to be rescued when their raft became stuck on a rock.
Marilyn having sprained her ankle while filming
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" There's no business like show business" ( director: Walter Lang)
Plot:
It's a musical about a show-biz family ( Molly and Terry Donahue and their three children) travelling across the country. When one of their sons,Tim, meets Vicky (Marilyn Monroe), the family acts start falling apart..
Some trivia:
**Marilyn was promised the leading role in "The Seven Year Itch"if she appeared in this film.
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1955
" The 7 year Itch" ( director: Billy Wilder)
Plot:
Marilyn Monroe is the happy- go - lucky young model and Tom Ewell is the descent family man living downstairs from Marilyn. He gets the " 7 year itch" after his wife and child go away for the summer holidays and leave him alone behind with Marilyn..
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Here are some quotes forom the movie:(Marilyn is "the Girl").
The Girl: Hey, did you ever try dunking a potato chip in champagne? It's real crazy!
Richard Sherman: There's gin and vermouth. That's a martini.
The Girl: Oh, that sounds cool! I think I'll have a glass of that. A big, tall one!
The Girl: I hope it's not some priceless antique or something.
Richard Sherman: Forget it. It's just early Sears, Roebuck.
(Hellen Sherman in Richard's fantasy): Lately you've begun to imagine in Cinemascope...with stereophonic sound.
(Richard, after a long drag on a forbidden cigarette): All those lovely, injurious tars, and resins.
The Girl (in Richard's fantasy): It shakes me! It quakes me! It makes me feel goose-pimply all over!
The Girl: I think that's just elegant!
Richard Sherman: Miss Morris, I'm perfectly capable on fixing my own breakfast. As a matter of fact I had a peanut butter sandwich and two whiskey sours.
Dr. Brubaker: My 3:00 patient jumped out of the window in the middle of his session. I have been running fifteen minutes ahead of schedule ever since.
Dr. Brubaker: Until you are able to commit a simple act of terror, I strongly advise you to avoid anything as complex as murder.
The Girl: When it gets hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox!
1956
" Bus stop"( director: Joshua Logan)
Plot:
An innocent cowboy-rancher called Bo, falls in love with the nightclub singer Cherie (MM) when he goes to Phoenix for the rodeo. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he finds her and forces her to board the bus to his home in Montana. When the bus stops at "Grace's" the passengers learn that the road ahead is blocked by the snow. Now, everyone knows about the kidnapping, but Bo is determined to marry Cherie..
Some quotes from the movie:
Cherie: I hate you and I despise you! Now, give me back my tail!
Cherie: I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me, aside from all that lovin' stuff.
Some trivia:
**Marilyn insisted that Hope Lange's hair should be darkened claiming that it was too fair and detracted form her own.
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1957
" The Prince and the Showgirl" ( director:Lawrence Olivier)
Plot:
A Carpathian prince visiting England for the coronation of George V, falls in love with an american actress called Elsa Marina (MM)..
**Marilyn sings "I found a dream".
Some trivia:
Marilyn and Olovier didn't get very well along together while filming. Marilyn used to make fun of his attitude and called him "Mister Sir".
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