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Marilyn Monroe in the Movies: A Retrospective

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Marilyn Monroe is perhaps the best-known American woman in history. Her enduring grip on the public’s imagination, her raw sex appeal, and her endearing comedic roles dazzled filmgoers worldwide as the luminescent butterfly flitted across the screen. Marilyn Monroe in the Movies by film critic Timothy Knight not only examines all of Monroe’s films in thoughtful and engaging text, including hundreds of dazzling stills, it also includes an entertaining DVD documentary by filmmaker Les Krantz. In it, you’ll enjoy more than 50 of Monroe’s most entertaining scenes in her best films. The segments on the DVD documentary are from the following movies:

Bus Stop

Don’t Bother to Knock

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

How to Marry a Millionaire

Ladies of the Chorus

Let’s Make Love

The Misfits

Monkey Business

Niagara

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Seven Year Itch

Some Like it Hot

There’s No Business Like Show Business

Pages: 176

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Metro Books

Release: December 31, 2009

ISBN: 143511857X

ISBN 13: 9781435118577

Marilyn Monroe in the Movies: A Retrospective

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Marilyn Monroe is perhaps the best-known American woman in history. Her enduring grip on the public’s imagination, her raw sex appeal, and her endearing comedic roles dazzled filmgoers worldwide as the luminescent butterfly flitted across the screen. Marilyn Monroe in the Movies by film critic Timothy Knight not only examines all of Monroe’s films in thoughtful and engaging text, including hundreds of dazzling stills, it also includes an entertaining DVD documentary by filmmaker Les Krantz. In it, you’ll enjoy more than 50 of Monroe’s most entertaining scenes in her best films. The segments on the DVD documentary are from the following movies:

Bus Stop

Don’t Bother to Knock

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

How to Marry a Millionaire

Ladies of the Chorus

Let’s Make Love

The Misfits

Monkey Business

Niagara

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Seven Year Itch

Some Like it Hot

There’s No Business Like Show Business

Pages: 176

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Metro Books

Release: December 31, 2009

ISBN: 143511857X

ISBN 13: 9781435118577

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