One of my all time favourite films is Some Like it Hot (1959). Tony Curtis said kissing Marilyn 'was like kissing Hitler' and just how many takes did she need to ask for her ucalaly? who cares?! I love Sugar Kane. The moment she walks past the steam escaping from the Florida bound train in that fur trimmed coat; WOW!
The Seven Year Itch (1955) is not a classic for me despite being produced and directed by Billy Wilder, my favourite director. I find the lead character Richard Sherman talking to himself irritating. One strange moment is towards the end when his friend Tom McKensie asks him who is the blond in the kitchen to which he replies 'Marilyn Monroe'. Just before the end credits Marilyn looks out of a window to wave goodbye to Mr Sherman and although she is only wearing a white dressing gown she looks magnificent.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) would possibly be top of the bonfire pile if feminists had a DVD burning protest.
GPB is classic Monroe dizzy blond, my favourite moments are the interactions between Marlyn's character Lorelei and Mr Sparford. Lorelei looks over a passenger list for the names of wealthy males to hit on whilst on a cruise with her friend Dorothy (Jane Russell); unfortunately the list does not contain the age of Mr Sparford who happens to be very rich but only about 8 years old!
The 3 females in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) are played by Marilyn, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall. The three girls share an apartment and remind me of an early Charlies Angels, the TV show which ran from 1976 to 1981. Blond Farah Fawcett is Marilyn, the dark intelligent Lauren would be Kate Jackson and Betty's nice but dim character is a died ringer for the girl later played by Jaclyn Smith.
My favourite Marilyn role is the scheming wife Rose Loomis in Niagara (1953). Mrs Loomis wants her husband died so she can run off with her Latin lover Patrick, however things do not go according to plan and the two men are in a fight to the death near the falls. After visiting the mortuary to identify her husband, Rose faints and is hospitalised. She comes around from her sedation when she hears the nearby Carillon Tower play their lovers tune on its bells, the bells play music on request all day.
What follows is a nail biting finale in which Rose runs into the tower to escape a male pursuer and seeks refuge at the top of the tower where he catches up with her. As she is attacked the bells stay silent.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) would possibly be top of the bonfire pile if feminists had a DVD burning protest.
GPB is classic Monroe dizzy blond, my favourite moments are the interactions between Marlyn's character Lorelei and Mr Sparford. Lorelei looks over a passenger list for the names of wealthy males to hit on whilst on a cruise with her friend Dorothy (Jane Russell); unfortunately the list does not contain the age of Mr Sparford who happens to be very rich but only about 8 years old!
The 3 females in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) are played by Marilyn, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall. The three girls share an apartment and remind me of an early Charlies Angels, the TV show which ran from 1976 to 1981. Blond Farah Fawcett is Marilyn, the dark intelligent Lauren would be Kate Jackson and Betty's nice but dim character is a died ringer for the girl later played by Jaclyn Smith.
My favourite Marilyn role is the scheming wife Rose Loomis in Niagara (1953). Mrs Loomis wants her husband died so she can run off with her Latin lover Patrick, however things do not go according to plan and the two men are in a fight to the death near the falls. After visiting the mortuary to identify her husband, Rose faints and is hospitalised. She comes around from her sedation when she hears the nearby Carillon Tower play their lovers tune on its bells, the bells play music on request all day.
What follows is a nail biting finale in which Rose runs into the tower to escape a male pursuer and seeks refuge at the top of the tower where he catches up with her. As she is attacked the bells stay silent.
