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Re: Marilyn Monroe Movies
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 8:34 pm
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1959: Some Like It Hot
1953: The Seven Year Itch
1953: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1957: The Prince And The Showgirl
1953: Hoe To Marry A Millionaire
1961: The Misfits
1953: Niagra
1956: Bus Stop
1962: Something's Got To Give
1954: River Of No Return
1950: All About Eve
1960: Lets Make Love
1950: The Asphalt Jungle
1952: Don't Bother To Knock
1954: There Is No Business Like Show Business
1952: Monkey Business
1950: Love Happy
1948: Ladies Of The Chorus
1951: Lets Make It Legal
1951: Hometown Story
1952: We Are Not Married
1952: Clash By Night
1951: Love Nest
1951: As Young As You Feel
1952: O. Henry's Full House
1948: You Were Meant For Me
1950: The Fireball
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Life And Times Of Marilyn Monroe
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 9:35 pm
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On June 1, 1926, a little girl named Norma Jeane was born. The
sad story of her childhood would be one much repeated and
capitalized upon when this child became the most famous female
star in Hollywood history. Norma Jeane did spend considerable
time in foster homes, and very little of her childhood with her
mother, Gladys. But the tales of childhood woe told later in her
life were often exaggerated. Nonetheless, Norma Jeane had a
difficult childhood, and suffered emotional problems throughout
her life as a result of her lack of stability in childhood, and
her feeling of being unwanted.
She tried to replace the father and mother, the family she never
really had, through her marriages and by attaching herself to
the families of others. Norma Jeane married James Dougherty in
June of 1942, when she was just sixteen. He was older, something
common to all of her husbands. The marriage was not, from most
reports, particularly unhappy, but it was doomed to failure.
Norma Jeane had higher aspirations than just being Mrs.
Dougherty. In 1944, while working at a parachute factory, a new
model was discovered, and Norma Jeane Dougherty's face began to
appear on numerous magazine covers. Her rise to stardom had
begun.
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Re: Life And Times Of Marilyn Monroe
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 9:40 pm
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In 1946, Norma Jeane got a divorce, a new name, and set herself
on the path to a new career as an actress. The name was Marilyn
Monroe. Marilyn dyed her hair blonde. It would take years to
reach it's final platinum colour. She appeared in a number of
movies, with small roles over the next few years. Her first film
was Scudda-Hoo Scudda-Hay. She played a leading role in Ladies
of the Chorus, an hour-long B-movie in which she showed a new
talent, singing two numbers: "Every Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy"
and "Anyone Can See I Love You". More bit parts followed, in
mostly forgettable films. Some were less forgettable than
others, most notably The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, where
Marilyn worked with Bette Davis. Her first leading role in a
feature film came in Don't Bother to Knock. It was released in
1952. By this time Marilyn was already well-known and was being
romantically linked to retired baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.
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Re: Life And Times Of Marilyn Monroe
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 9:43 pm
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Marilyn was now making a lot of films. Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes (which included the song she is best known for -
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend), How to Marry a Millionare
(alongside Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall), River of No Return,
and There's No Business Like Show Business. These films were
released in 1953 and 1954.
Something else happened in 1954 - Marilyn married Joe DiMaggio,
in January. But though the public loved it, the marriage was as
doomed as Marilyn's first marriage. Joe was a conservative man
who found it difficult to understand the need for Marilyn to
flaunt her body. Marilyn would not give up her career. The
marriage lasted only nine months.
In that time, however, a few notable things happened. While the
DiMaggios were honeymooning in Japan, Marilyn was invited to
perform for the American troops stationed in Korea. She gladly
accepted, and would later remember it fondly as one of the best
times of her life. The second notable thing was the filming of
the famous skirt-blowing scene for Marilyn's film, The Seven
Year Itch. With numerous New Yorkers looking on. Marilyn stood
over a subway grating while gusts of air blew her skirt over her
head. It was dubbed "the shot seen round the world". To this day
it is the most famous image of Marilyn.
By all accounts, Joe was not impressed, and some say a great
fight ensued. In early October of 1954, Marilyn filed for, and
was granted, a divorce. Marilyn was now among the most famous
women in the world. She was a huge box-office draw and a
money-maker for Twentieth Century Fox, the studio to which she
was under contract. She was also underpaid. Her battles with the
studio during this time period paved the way for future stars.
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Re: Life And Times Of Marilyn Monroe
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 9:46 pm
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In 1955 Marilyn persued her goal of becoming a serious actress.
In New York, she studied at the world famous Actor's Studio,
under the tutelage of Lee Strasberg. She had left behind the
glamour of Hollywood for a while, and focused on improving her
acting ability.
In the summer of 1956, two things happened. Marilyn married
playwright Arthur Miller, and her latest film, Bus Stop, was
released. The Miller marriage would last longer than any other.
Marilyn was also during this time period forming her own
production company with longtime friend Milton Greene. Marilyn
Monroe Productions would only make one film, 1957's The Prince
and The Showgirl, filmed in London and co-starring the great
British actor Sir Laurence Olivier.
While in London, Marilyn met the Queen. Marilyn tried throughout
the Miller marriage to have children, and was disappointed by
her miscarriages. She didn't make another film until the 1959
hit Some Like It Hot. This comedy was Marilyn's biggest hit; she
won a Golden Globe Award for it.
The next year Marilyn made two more movies; Let's Make Love,
with Yves Montand, and The Misfits, written by Arthur Miller
with a part for Marilyn. The Miller marriage, however, was on
its last legs. Marilyn's co-star on The Misfits, Clark Gable,
died of a heart attack shortly after filming ended. When the
gossip columns blamed Marilyn's lateness to the set of the film
for his death, she was heart-broken. In early 1961, Marilyn and
Arthur were divorced. Marilyn was on her own, and she would
never complete another picture.
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Re: The Legend Of Marilyn Monroe
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 9:49 pm
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In May of 1962, Marilyn made another memorable performance, but
it wasn't for a movie. She sang a breathless version of "Happy
Birthday" to President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden.
**(see the video just above posted by general CETSVids).
She was in the middle of work on her latest film, ironically
titled "Something's Got to Give". Something did. On the night of
August fourth, 1962, Marilyn Monroe died of a sleeping pill
overdose.
Rumors have flown ever since. Affairs with the Kennedys, Mafia
involvement in her death, murder, a cover-up, a conspiracy. Her
death was listed as a probable suicide. Whatever the truth about
that night, Marilyn Monroe was dead, at the age of thirty-six.
Her light had shone brightly for many years, and it was
extinguished suddenly. The world, in shock, began a search for
answers that continues to this day. Answers that will never be
found.
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Re: Marilyn Monroe Picture and Art Show: Now In Progress
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 10:28 pm
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Re: Marilyn Monroe Picture and Art Show: Now In Progress
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 10:28 pm
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Re: Marilyn Monroe Picture and Art Show: Now In Progress
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 10:29 pm
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Re: Marilyn Monroe Picture and Art Show: Now In Progress
By: Clay Death Date: December 10, 2013, 10:29 pm
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