Pawsome Pet Pictures: Marilyn Monroe.

Muggsie: Jim Dougherty bought his wife a pet collie named Muggsie. However, after she began her modeling career, Norma Jeane had less time for her dog.

A Chihuahua: At the time she was signed by Columbia Pictures in 1948, Marilyn Monroe owned a pet Chihuahua.

Mitsou: Mitsou was a white Persian cat that Marilyn Monroe owned in New York in the mid 1950s.

Hugo: A basset hound who lived with MM and Arthur Miller at their apartment in New York.

Maf: Maf was a little white French poodle who was given to MM in New York by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra had purchased the dog from Natalie Wood's mother. As has been widely reported, Marilyn named the dog "Maf" because of Frank Sinatra's alleged mafia connections. lnterestingly, to spite Arthur Miller, Marilyn used to let Maf sleep on an expensive white beaver coat that Miller had presented her. When Marilyn returned to live in Hollywood, she had Maf flown back to be with her. Following her death, Maf was inherited by Frank Sinatra's secretary, Gloria Lovell.

Actress: Charlize Theron, my pick for the Marilyn Monroe Movie.

No disrespect to Michelle Williams, but in my opinion.. I would have loved to have seen Charlize Theron, get the part in the new movie.. My Week With Marilyn Monroe. I think that she looks more like, Marilyn Monroe.

Charlize Theron(born 7 August 1975). At the age of sixteen, Theron travelled to Milan after winning a local competition. She went to New York with Pauline's Model Management. After her one year contract ended, she attended the Joffrey Ballet School, where she trained as a ballet dancer. A knee injury ended her career at 19.

After which, Theron flew to Los Angeles on a one-way ticket. Soon after, she went to a bank to cash a cheque her mother had sent her, the teller refused to cash it. After getting into a shouting match with her, a talent agent in line behind her handed her his business card and introduced her to some casting agents and got her into acting school.

After several months, she was cast in a non-speaking role in the film, Children of the Corn III (1995). Her first speaking role was in the film, 2 Days in the Valley. Larger roles films followed, The Devil's Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and The Cider House Rules (1999). She was on the cover of the January 1999 issue of Vanity Fair as the "White Hot Venus".

Theron, later starred as the serial killer in the film, Monster (2003). Film critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema". For this role, Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 76th Academy Awards in February 2004,as well as the SAG Award and the Golden Globe Award.She is the first South African to win an Oscar for Best Actress.

On 30 September 2005, Theron received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the same year, she starred in the science fiction thriller, Æon Flux. Theron received Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in the drama, North Country.

In 2005 Theron portrayed Rita, in the television series, Arrested Development. She also received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in the 2004 HBO film, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

In 2008, she also starred in the film, Hancock and in late 2008 she was asked to be a UN Messenger of Peace by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

In October 2009, Theron was cast to star in a sequel to the Mad Max films, titled Mad Max: Road Fury, which filmed at Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia in late 2010. Theron has been cast in the role of the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman.

Video: Charlize Theron for J'Adore Dior fragrance, having historical famous Hollywood actress like, Marilyn Monroe!

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

Pawsome Pet Pictures: Marilyn Monroe!

Personal Quote:

On her favorite actress.. "Jean Harlow was my idol".

Pawesome Pet Picture: Marilyn Monroe.

Personal Quote:

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

"Battle Of The Blondes": Marilyn Monroe VS Jayne Mansfield.

This month TCM, is Spotlighting a feature they call, "Battle of the Blondes". First in the ring is: Marilyn Monroe VS Jayne Mansfield:

Marilyn Monroe(June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962). Her performances in the films, The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950), launched her acting career. By 1953, Monroe had moved on to leading roles in the films, Niagara (1953)and Some Like It Hot (1959).



Niagara(1953)

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Some Like It Hot (1958)

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Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967), was one of the leading blonde sex symbols of the 1950s, Mansfield starred in many films that showcased her platinum-blonde hair, hourglass figure and she could also play the violin.

While Mansfield's film career was short-lived, she had several box office successes and won the Theatre World Award, a Golden Globe and a Golden Laurel.

Mansfield, maybe best known for her comedy films: The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). As the demand for blonde bombshells began to fade in 1960s, Mansfield remained a popular celebrity.

The Girl Can't Help It (1956).

The Girl Can't Help It(1956). Comedy/musical, starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, and Edmond O'Brien. It was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin.

The music score, a song performed by Little Richard, was by Bobby Troup, with an additional credit to Ray Anthony for the tune "Big Band Boogie".

Down on his luck gangster Marty Murdock, wants his girlfriend, Jerri Jordan, to become a famous singing star. He hires press agent, Tom Miller to take Jordan, around to the most popular night clubs. It does not take long before Jordan, is offered many contracts. Unfortunately, all Jordan, really wants to be a wife and mother. Because, her singing is so bad Murdock, suggests that Jordan would be perfect for the part of a train whistle in his new song. Miller, records Jordan performing the song and he travels to Chicago to promote it to Wheeler, a mob rival of Murdock.

Suspicious, of Miller's reasons of promoting Jordan, Murdock has Mousie, listen to their phone call. Mousie, decides to tell Murdoch, that their relationship is strictly business, but.. is it?

Fun Fact:

When the film reached Liverpool, England in the early summer of 1957. It featured cameo performances of early rock 'n' roll stars: Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent and His Bluecaps. Which impressed a 16-year-old John Lennon and he was then inspired to follow his own rock and roll dreams. On July 6, 1957, 15-year-old Paul McCartney, was introduced to Lennon, after he had performed at a village church garden party with his group, The Quarrymen. McCartney, performed the song, "Twenty Flight Rock", for Lennon, the way he had seen it played by Eddie Cochran in the film, The Girl Can't Help It. McCartney, also talks about this movie in the documentary series, The Beatles Anthology.



What fun it is to watch... Little Richard, Gene Vincent, The Platters and Fats Domino perform their songs in 1956. Jayne Mansfied, is at her sexiest, wittiest best? Also, check out the cars.

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

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Jayne Mansfield, was often referred to as the “poor man’s Marilyn Monroe” although she did not have the same level of onscreen presence as Monroe did.  Rivals, from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, both were underestimated and both died very young.

Monroe and Mansfield.

Blonde Bombshells.

Over the years, Hollywood has tried to find another Marilyn Monroe. She is one of the greatest sex symbols of all time, and she still sets the standard for glamour, sexuality and beauty. Even today, nearly half a century after Monroe’s 1962 death, we still can’t stop trying to fill her shoes. Madonna, Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson, Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino and now with a Marilyn inspired movie out Nov. 4, Michelle Williams, can be added to the list.

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Many beautiful blonde actress of her era found themselves being compared to Marilyn Monroe. The Actresses, listed below are the more well known Marilyn Monroe "clones":

Barbara Lang.

She first came to the attention of Hollywood producers with her performances in, Death Valley Days (1955–1956). She landed a long-term contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Lang played the feminine lead in, House of Numbers (1957). The movie was the first to be filmed inside, San Quentin Prison.

Lang, starred with Elvis Presley in, Jailhouse Rock. Later she performed in the film, Party Girl (1958), where she played, "Ginger D'Amour", a Chicago showgirl.

Barbara Nichols

She began modeling for pinup magazines in the late 1940's. In the mid-1950s, she moved to Hollywood and began performing in second leads in films such as: Miracle in the Rain (1956), The King and Four Queens (1956), The Naked and the Dead (1958), The Pajama Game (1957), Pal Joey (1957), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), That Kind of Woman (1958), Where the Boys Are (1960). Her last film was Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood(1976).

Joi Lansing

Lansing's, film career began in 1948 and in 1952, she played an uncredited role in, Singin' in the Rain. She received top billing in, Hot Cars (1956). In the opening scene in the film, Touch of Evil (1958), she plays the dancer who is killed. Lansing, had a small role as an astronaut's girlfriend in the sci-fi, Queen of Outer Space(1958). During the 1950s, she starred in short musical films for the Scopitone video-jukebox system. Her songs included: "The Web of Love" and "The Silencers".

Lansing played "Lola" in, Marriage on the Rocks (1965), with a cast that included Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr, and Dean Martin. She had also performed in, Sinatra's film, A Hole in the Head and in Martin's film, Who Was That Lady? Her last film performance was in, Bigfoot (1970).

Diana Dors

According to many film buffs, her best work as an actress was when she played a murderess in the film, Yield to the Night(1956). She was willing to play repulsive characters in films such as, The Amazing Mr. Blunden, The Unholy Wife, and Timon of Athens.

Mamie Van Doren

Joan, was discovered by producer Howard Hughes, on the night she was crowned Miss Palm Springs. They dated for several years. Hughes launched her career by placing her in several RKO films.

Hughes, gave Van Doren a bit part in, Jet Pilot, which was her motion picture debut. Her line consisted of one word, "Look!" and she appears uncredited in the film.

Van Doren, performed a few more bit parts including, His Kind of Woman (1951) starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell and Vincent Price.

On January 20, 1953, Van Doren signed a contract with Universal Studios. Van Doren's first movie role for Universal was in the film, Forbidden (1953), playing a bit part as a singer. She then made, The All American (1953), playing her first starring role as Susie Ward, a wayward girl who is the man-trap at a campus beer joint. In Yankee Pasha (1954), she played a slave girl, Lilith. In 1955, Van Doren was cast in, Ain't Misbehavin', a musical comedy and starred in the crime-drama film, Running Wild.

In 1956, she played opposite a young "unknown" at the time Clint Eastwood in, Star in the Dust. Van Doren, performs in a small role as a daughter of a ranch owner. Star in the Dust was Van Doren's last film with Universal, for she was tired of being cast in small non-"breakthrough" roles and she stopped accepting film offers from Universal, and started working more successfully with other studios.

Van Doren, went on to star in several bad girl movies that later became cult films: Untamed Youth in 1957, she was the first woman to sing rock and roll in a Hollywood musical (Eddie Cochran did the music for the film). This film was later featured in, Mystery Science Theater 3000's "Untamed Youth" (1990).

Van Doren's more noteworthy movies include: Teacher's Pet (1958), Born Reckless (1958), High School Confidential (1958), The Beat Generation (1959), prison for Girls Town (1959), The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960), The Beautiful Legs of Sabrina (1959), Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) and Vice Raid (1960).

Sheree North

North, made her film debut as one of the many club members in, Excuse My Dust(1951). She was spotted by a choreographer performing at the Macayo Club in Santa Monica, and was cast as a chorus girl in the film, Here Come the Girls(1953). She made her Broadway debut in the musical Hazel Flagg, for which she won a Theatre World Award. She reprised her role in the film version, Living It Up (1954).

North, landed the lead role opposite Betty Grable in, How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955), a role that was rejected by Monroe. Film historians, say North's dancing to, "Shake, Rattle and Roll", is the film's most memorable scene.

Soon after, Fox gave North the lead role in, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956). When released in January 1956, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts was a huge box-office success. The film was the 13th-highest grossing film of the year.

Later that same year, believing North was now a box-office draw, Fox cast her in a supporting role opposite Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey, and Ernest Borgnine in the film, The Best Things in Life Are Free, The film was a success, but the studio began to lose interest in North and started to promote, Jayne Mansfield.

In 1980, North would portray Marilyn Monroe's mother, Gladys Baker, in Marilyn: The Untold Story a television movie.

In 1957, North won a dramatic role in, The Way to the Gold. North proved she could act in The Way to the Gold. In the fall of 1957, Fox cast North in the all-star drama, No Down Payment.

The next year North won a role in the war-time drama, In Love and War (1958). This film was a success, which convinced Fox to cast North, in the musical comedy, Mardi Gras (1958). This film was a modest box-office success, but the studio decided not to renew North's contract.

North's next film role wouldn't come until she landed a role in, Destination Inner Space (1966). This low-budgeted science-fiction film was a box-office failure. Over the next few years North performed in the movies: The Trouble with Girls (1969) with, Elvis Presley, Charley Varrick (1973), and as John Wayne's long-lost love in the actor's final film, The Shootist (1976). She had supporting roles in two Charles Bronson movies, Breakout(1975) and Telefon(1977).

In the 1990s, she appeared as Kramer's mother, Babs Kramer, in two episodes of the TV series Seinfeld. North's last onscreen role came in the film, Susan's Plan(1998).



Blonde actresses, were considered attractive and desirable and relied on her looks rather than on intelligence.

Rosalie Duthe

This way of thinking may have started with the, French courtesan named Rosalie Duthe, who performed in a 1775 play Les curiosites de la Foire, she had the habit of pausing a long time before speaking, appearing not only stupid but mute.

Marilyn Monroe

The film, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is the perfect example of the appeal of blondes. The film starred Marilyn Monroe as the blonde and Jane Russell as her wise brunette friend. Marilyn Monroe, does show a certain amount of wit and expresses her attitude in her song, "Diamonds are a girl's best friend".



And when her fiance's father asked her why she pretends to be dumb, she answers, "men prefer it this way".

Goldie Hawn

Another perfect example is Goldie Hawn, who is best known(early years) as the giggling "dumb blonde", stumbling over her lines, especially when she introduced Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In "News of the Future".





Hitchcock and Tippi Hendren in The Birds.

 Even the director Hitchcock, had preference for blonde actress whose sex appeal was "indirect", he felt sex should not be advertised. In Vertigo James Stewart forces a woman to dye her hair blonde. One of Hitchcock's earliest films, The Lodger (1927), features a serial killer who stalks blonde women. Blonde actress Anny Ondra starred in Hitchcock's first sound film, Blackmail (1929).

Mary Pickford

Hitchcock said he used blonde actresses in his films, because of a tradition that began with silent star Mary Pickford. The director said that blondes were "a symbol of the heroine". He also thought they photographed better in black and white.

In Family Plot, Karen Black plays a kidnapper who wears a blonde wig and sunglasses as a disguise. Other well known blondes include: Tippi Hendren in The Birds, Dany Robin in Topaz, Barbara Leigh-Hunt in Frenzy, Janet Leigh in Psycho, and Grace Kelly in Rear Window.

There were many more beautiful blonde actresses (listed below) who may have changed the "blonde stereotype" and created a more sophisticated blonde for movie goers...

Judy Holliday.

Holliday began her career as part of a night-club act, before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday as "Billie Dawn" led to her being cast in the 1950 film version, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She was best known for her performance on Broadway in the musical Bells Are Ringing, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and reprising her role in the 1960 film.

In 1954, she starred with then-newcomer Jack Lemmon in his first two films: It Should Happen to You and Phffft! She was able to change her mood quickly from comic to serious is one, that would touch your heart."

Jean Harlow.

Harlow starred in many films, designed to showcase her magnetic sex appeal and strong screen presence, before making the transition to more developed roles and achieving massive fame under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Harlow's, enormous popularity and "laughing vamp" image were in distinct contrast to her personal life, which was full of disappointment and tragedy.

Mae West

Known for her bawdy double entendres and was one of the more controversial movie stars of her day. West, encountered many problems with censorship.

Carole Lombard.

She is best known for her comedic roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s, earning per year more than five times the salary of the US President.

Graham Greene, praised her for her faster-than-thought delivery. A Platinum blonde, with a heart-shaped face, delicate, impish features that performed expressively through her well known classics, Twentieth Century and My Man Godfrey."

Grace Kelly.

In October 1953, with the film, Mogambo, she became a movie star, a status confirmed in 1954 with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination as well as leading roles in five films: The Country Girl, in which she gave a deglamorized, Academy Award-winning performance. She retired from acting at 26 for her duties as Princess Grace of Monaco.

Betty Grable.

Her famous bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. Grable, was known for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood. Grable's legs were insured by her studio for $1,000,000 with Lloyds of London.

Despite being known for her beauty, Grable was a woman of talent. She performed in many wonderful musical films of the 1940s: Down Argentine Way (1940), Moon Over Miami (1941), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), Coney Island (1943), Pin Up Girl (1944), and The Dolly Sisters (1945), Mother Wore Tights(1947). By the 1950s, Grable was still making films: Wabash Avenue (1950), Meet Me After the Show (1951), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955), her last film. She retired from the movie industry in 1955, and never returned.

Doris Day.

She was known for the "girl-next-door" image and was capable of performing in comedy, romance and heavy drama, she performed in 39 films, released 29 albums. She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won a Golden Globe, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

Kim Novak.

She came well known for her performance in the film, Picnic(1955) and went on to perform in, The Man with the Golden Arm, Pal Joey, Bell, Book and Candle, Strangers When We Meet, The Notorious Landlady, Kiss Me, Stupid, and The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders. However, she may be best known for her performance in the film, Vertigo(1958). Novak retired from acting in 1991.




Marilyn Monroe



Flickchick is also celebrating "Blonde Bomshells", this month. Please click here to read her article.

Some Like It Hot(1959).

Some Like It Hot(1959). Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft.

Two struggling musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness a gang murder. When the Chicago gangster, "Spats", sees them, the two friends run for their lives and decide it is time to leave town. Finding a job, in a all woman band, they have to disguise themselves as women.

Calling themselves Josephine and Geraldine, they board a train headed for Florida. Joe and Jerry both become charmed by "Sugar Kane", the band's vocalist and ukulele player. Joe woos Sugar while wearing second disguise as a millionaire heir to Shell Oil, mimicking Cary Grant's voice perfectly.

Millionaire, Osgood Fielding III, woes Jerry in his Daphne disguise. One night, Osgood asks Daphne out to his yacht. Joe talks Daphne, into going on a date with Osgood while he goes on the yacht with Sugar. That night Osgooing proposes to Daphne who, is flattered, accepts, hoping he can receive a large settlement from Osgood after their wedding ceremony.

When the gangsters arrive at the same hotel, Spats and his gang see Joe and Jerry. After several humorous chases and witnessing Spats and his gang murdered, Jerry, Joe, Sugar, and Osgood escape to the millionaire's yacht.

Joe, thinks it is time to reveal his true identity to Sugar, telling her that she would be getting the "fuzzy end of the lollipop". Jerry, tries to break it off with Osgood, telling him that, he can "never have children." Osgood, still is determined to go through with the marriage. Finally, Jerry removes his wig and shouts, "I'm a man!", where Osgood says... "Well, no body's perfect."

Video: Train scene.

Fun Facts:

Billy Wilder referring to Marilyn Monroe while making the movie: "We were in mid-flight, and there was a nut on the plane." Indeed, Wilder publicly blasted Monroe for her behavior, and she was not invited to the wrap party.

The resort scenes were filmed entirely at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California. One reason why Billy Wilder chose this location was Marilyn Monroe's ongoing personal problems. He wanted a location where she could live on site and not have to be transported.

Tony Curtis has said that he asked Billy Wilder if he could imitate Cary Grant for his stint as the millionaire in the movie. Wilder liked it and they shot it that way. Apparently, Grant saw the parody of himself and stated, "I don't talk like that."

Marilyn Monroe was pregnant during the filming, as a result she looked considerably heavier. She had no known children and several miscarriages in her life. Due to her pregnancy, most of the publicity still photos were posed for by both Sandra Warner (who had an uncredited role as one of the band members) and Monroe's frequent stand-in Evelyn Moriarty with Monroe's head superimposed later.

The railroad passenger car that was used in this movie (Clover Colony) is now at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee where it can be used in excursion/local service.

When Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon first put on the female make-up and costumes, they walked around the Goldwyn Studios lot to see if they could "pass" as women. Then they tried using mirrors in public ladies rooms to fix their makeup, and when none of the women using it complained, they knew they could be convincing as women. There is a scene on the train recreating this moment.

Jerry Lewis was offered the role of Jerry/Daphne but declined because he didn't want to dress in drag. When Jack Lemmon received an Oscar nomination for the role that Lewis gave up, Lewis claims he sent him chocolates every year to thank him and now regrets not taking the part.

Monroe's Sugar, is very lovable, especially when she sings: Running Wild, I'm Through With Love and "boop-boop-a-doop" her signature song, "I Wanna Be Loved by You."

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, were tastefully, hilarious playing a couple of drag queens.

Joan Shawlee (c.1929 - March 22, 1987). Her best known roles were small roles in Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder films. Her most famous role was as, Sweet Sue in the 1959 comedy classic, Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. She also performed as Sylvia in the 1960 classic, The Apartment, which also starred Lemmon. She performed as Amazon Annie in the 1963 sex comedy, Irma La Douce, which starred Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. She had a recurring role on TV in The Dick Van Dyke Show as Buddy's wife Pickles.

Pawsome Pet Pictures: Marilyn Monroe.

Marilyn Monroe Quote:

"We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”

Marilyn Monroe.

Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her performances in the films, The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) lead to better roles. Her "dumb blond" persona was in the films, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). She was also wonderful in the films:

Don't Bother to Knock(1952). A thriller film starring Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark, directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Daniel Taradash.

Singer Lyn Lesley, is worried about seeing her boyfriend, airline pilot Jed Towers, just after she had sent him letter ending their relationship. Meanwhile, elevator operator Eddie introduces his niece, Nell, to Peter and Ruth Jones, so she can watch their daughter Bunny, while they can go out to dinner.

After Bunny falls asleep, Nell puts on Ruth's negligee, as well as some of her perfume and jewelry. Jed is watching Nell through the window and calls her on the phone, but their conversation is cut short by Eddie, who is checking in on Nell. Eddie orders Nell, to change her clothes and that she needs to find another boyfriend. When Eddie leaves, Nell invites Jed over. Ed is hot for Nell, but is confused by her mixed messages.

Nell is surprised, when Jed tells her that he is a pilot so she, decides to tell him that her boyfriend Philip, was also a pilot and died while flying over the Pacific. Just then Bunny, wakes up.. Nell shakes the child and tells her to go back to bed. Jed comforts Bunny, but when Bunny looks out the window, it looks as if Nell is about to push her. Jed saves the girl and the incident is seen by neighbor, Emma Ballew. Nell, takes Bunny back to bed and warns her not to make any more noise.

Meanwhile, Jed is thinking about getting back with his ex-girlfriend Lyn, but Nell asks him to stay. Jed, then sees the scars on her wrists, and Nell tells him that after Philip died, she tried to kill herself with a razor. Just then, Eddie comes back to check on Nell, and Jed hides in the bathroom. Eddie, is still angry that Nell, is still wearing Ruth's things, telling her that he had thought that she was "getting better." When Eddie orders her to change clothes, Nell loses her temper and hits him over the head with a ashtray. Nell, goes into Bunny's room while Jed helps the injured Eddie.

When Nell returns, she is confronted by the Ballews, who are wondering why Bunny, is crying. Fearing for his job, Eddie tells Jed to hide in the bathroom, but while Nell is talking with the Ballews, Jed sneaks into Bunny's room. As he is leaving, Jed does not notice that Bunny is bound and gagged. When the Ballews see Jed leave, they come to the conclusion that he had forced his way in. While the Ballews are contacting the hotel detective, Nell, is now so out of her mind that she believes Jed is Philip and locks Eddie in the closet and goes into Bunny's room. Realizing that Bunny was on the wrong bed, Jed rushes up to the room, where Nell, believing that Bunny drove Jed away, is about to hurt the girl. Wanting to check on Bunny, her mother Ruth arrives before Jed does and is attacked by Nell. Jed saves Ruth, just in time and Nell is able to get away. Will Jed be able to find Nell before she hurts any one else?

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Fun Fact:

This was Anne Bancroft's first film. It was also Marilyn Monroe's 18th film and an attempt to prove to critics that she could act.

I think that you will be very impressed by Marilyn's in depth performance as a psychotic woman. A must see for Marilyn's hardcore fans.

Niagara(1953). Unlike other films noir of the time, Niagara was shot in Technicolor and was one of 20th Century Fox's biggest box office hits of the year. The drama stars Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, and Max Showalter. Although, it was not written as a star vehicle for Monroe, she would dominate the film. Along with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire.

Please click here to view Niagara movie review.

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The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). Starring Marilyn Monroe and co-starring Laurence Olivier who also served as director and producer. It was written by Terence Rattigan who based the script on his play, The Sleeping Prince. The story of the making of the film is the basis for the 2011 film, My Week with Marilyn.

The film begins in, London, June 1911 when George V, is about to be crowned king. Among those arriving are King Nicholas of Carpathia and Prince Charles.

The British government find it necessary to entertain the royals during their stay in London. Northbrook decides to take the Prince Regent out to the musical performance, The Coconut Girl. Later that evening, Prince Regent, is taken backstage to meet the cast. He is interested in Elsie Marina and invites her to dinner.

Elsie arrives at the embassy expecting a party but quickly realises the Prince's true intentions. While the Prince and Elsie are having dinner there are many interruptions. Later on, the Prince makes a pass at Elsie which she, refuses. The two eventually kiss and Elsie admits she may be falling in love, but she has had to much to drink and passes out. The Prince puts her up for the night.

The next day, Elsie overhears Nicolas plotting to overthrow his father. Promising not to tell, Elsie then meets the Queen Mother, who decides she should join them for the coronation. The Prince Regent, is very impressed with Elsie and soon realizes that he has fallen in love with her. Elsie manages to work out the differences between father and son.

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The Misfits(1961). Directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, and Eli Wallach. It was the final film appearance for both Gable and Monroe.

The Misfits takes place in Reno, Nevada, and is about a chance meeting and friendship of divorcée, Roslyn Tabor, and Gay Langland, an aging ex-cowboy, who survives by rounding up mustangs. These had once been sold as horses for children, but now the only market is selling them to slaughterhouses for dog food.

Clash by Night(1952). Is a black-and-white drama with some film noir aspects, directed by Fritz Lang and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Ryan. The movie was based on the play by Clifford Odets, adapted by writer Alfred Hayes. This was the first film in which Monroe was credited before the movie's title.

Clash by Night