Every once in a while, I get the itch to watch some of Marilyn's earlier pictures. I was lucky enough to find a copy of LADIES OF THE CHORUS, the only film Monroe did for Columbia Pictures during her brief contract with the studio in 1948. It is a low-budget musical that barely ru...
Howard Hawks directs Monroe and her notoriously sexy brunette equal Jane Russell in a film that is unquestionably Marilyn's finest spotlight. The cruise ship showgirls romp and romance to Paris, singing five tunes, including "Two Little Girls From Little Rock" and the iconic "Diamonds Are a G...
Marilyn Monroe’s personal script from the filmSome Like It Hot(UA, 1959), 156 pages with blue cover that reads “Some Like It Hot/Screenplay by/Billy Wilder — I.A.L. Diamond,” includes title page with list of characters and actors, also present are nine additional blue pages with sc...
For Monroe-philes, The Final Days will be a must-have due to its inclusion of some rare footage. In addition to lots of raw material from the set of Something’s Got to Give, the DVD also provides a short cut of the film itself. From chapter 13 through chapter 15, we see about ...
“Bus Stop” (1956), “The Prince and the Showgirl” (1957) and of course, Marilyn’s crowning achievement “Some Like It Hot” (1959), one of the great comedies in cinema history. Her sparkling career was to end with “The Misfits” (1960) co-starring her childhood fantasy ideal, ...