Marilyn Monroe
1) My story
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Little known and long unavailable, this autobiography, written by actress and starlet Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) describes her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio.
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"On June 1, 1962, George Barris, internationally renowned photographer and journalist, arrived at the Hollywood movie set where Marilyn Monroe was making her last film, Something's Got to Give. It was Marilyn's thirty-sixth birthday and George Barris was assigned by a national magazine to photograph and interview her. Eight years earlier, Barris first met Marilyn while she was filming The Seven Year Itch in New York. They got on famously then and...
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Marilyn Monroe's image is so universal that we can't help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety, and the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. But what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlines, and the too familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation, was a woman far more curious, searching,...
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From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit....
10) The misfits
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A group of cowboys and a young divorcee meet in the Nevada desert to try to find a new life.
11) Home town story
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A politician, bitter because he believes big business is responsible for his election loss, and his secretary vow to expose big business for the evil monster it is. He must change his mind when the town's biggest company goes to the rescue of his sister when she is trapped in a cave.
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A plain, middle-aged married man, Richard Sherman sends his wife Helen and his young son Ricky off to vacation at the seashore in Maine during a sultry summer in New York City. They escape but he must remain behind in the heat, to make money. He sees them off at the train station, promising to eat properly, and neither smoke nor drink. He will be sensible, not play around as soon as his wife leaves like so many other men. That is until he meets his...
14) Niagara
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Marilyn Monroe sizzles in this tense, masterful thriller. While the seductive Rose Loomis (Monroe) and her husband George vacation in a charming guest cabin at spectacular Niagara Falls, Rose and her lover plot to kill George. But things go terribly wrong, and soon, an innocent honeymooning couple find themselves swept up in the crime.
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John Hodges works a hand press at a ACME Printing Company and is forced to retire when he turns sixty-five. When it is discovered that no one at the company knows the parent company's president, John decides to dye his hair and mustache, and gives a convincing impersonation to the executive officers to ignore the mandatory retirement clause. John soon finds himself giving a creditable speech on the dignity of man and gaining national attention to...
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Hometown Story is a drama about a hardhitting reporter and his fight against political corruption. One of Marilyn Monroe's first roles.
The time of your life is filled with raw emotions, wry humor, and a wink at the audience, this remarkable film is a wonderful journey in the lives of the disaffected that plays like an earlier version of TV's Cheers.
19) Clash by night
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Mae Doyle is a good-time girl, but now times are bad. Weary of too much booze and too many men, she returns to her girlhood home, where she finds security as the wife of a devoted and dull fisherman and passion in the arms of his provocative best friend.
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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES: A musical about two showgirls from Little Rock -- an apparently stupid blonde golddigger and her provocative brunette friend -- searching for love and marriage aboard a luxury liner bound for France. HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE: Three fashion models pool their resources to rent an expensive penthouse with the hopes of snagging rich husbands. After several hilarious encounters with the wealthy opposite sex, the three discover...
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