Marilyn Monroe Movies

Marilyn Monroe Movie

All About Eve (1950) Genre: Drama Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Release Date: October 13, 1950 :::Synopsis In the opening of All About Eve, Eve (Anne Baxter) is a young actress who wins an award, which displeases but several people attending the ceremony. The film takes us back in time to see how Eve became successful and why so many have hard feelings toward her. Margo Channing (Bette Davis) is a legendary Broadway actress. Her best friend meets Eve, who claims to be Margo's biggest fan, and takes the young woman to meet Margo in her dressing room. Margo is accommodating and Eve is eager to be helpful, so the young woman quickly becomes Margo's devoted personal secretary. Eve seems too good to be true until she starts ingratiating herself to all of the important people in Margo's life. Margo begins to feel jealous, then paranoid, but how can she suspect such a nice girl of doing anything malicious? She soon finds out that sometimes what feels like paranoia actually has basis in truth! All About Eve was based on an original short story and radio play by Mary Orr, called The Wisdom of Eve. The film was nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, which was the highest number of nominations in Oscar history until Titanic, which tied that record in 1997. All About Eve won six Oscars total, for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders), Best Director (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Best Screenplay (Joseph L. Mankiewicz), Best Sound Recording, and Best B/W Costume Design. Critics consider Bette Davis' role as Margo Channing to be her greatest career performance and her most memorable role.

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Genre: Action/Adventure and Crime/Gangster Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jean Hagen, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Sterling Hayden Director: John Huston Release Date: May 23, 1950 :::Synopsis Considered by many to be the defining film of the crime oeuvre. After many years in prison, Doc (Jaffe), a seemingly over-the-hill and retired (i.e. rehabilitated) criminal decides upon his release to make one last go of it. His attempts at reuniting the old gang come up against the intentions of his partner who intends to start a Kentucky horse farm with his share of the take. Doc's lecherous tendencies for young curvaceous women get him nowhere but delight the viewer with standout performances by Jean Hagen and a lusty Marilyn Monroe. The tremendous character development is aided by Huston and Maddow's script, and Huston's direction. Based on a novel by W.R. Burnett. Remade in 1958 as Badlanders, in 1963 as Cairo and 1972 as Cool Breeze.

Niagara (1953) Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters, Joseph Cotten, Max Showalter, Denis O'Dea Director: Henry Hathaway Release Date: January 21, 1953

River of No Return (1954) Genre: Adventure, Western Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Murvyn Vye, Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig Director: Otto Preminger Release Date: April 30, 1954

Some Like It Hot (1959) Genre: Comedy and Crime/Gangster Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O'Brien Director: Billy Wilder Release Date: January 1, 1959. :::Synopsis Two Struggling musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and are now on the run from the Mob. Jerry and Joe cross-dress into an all female band. In addition to hiding, each has his own problems; One falls for another band member but can't tell her his gender, and the other has a rich suitor who will not take 'No,' for an answer.

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1998) Genre: Documentary Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Sharon Gless, Michael S. Berliner, Sylvia Bokor, Daniel E. Greene Director: Michael Paxton. Release Date: February 13, 1998 :::Synopsis The first authorized film to look at the life and work of the controversial Russian-born author, writer of such renowned novels as THE FOUNTAINHEAD and ATLAS SHRUGGED. Includes Rand's early years in Russia, her escape from Communists to New York, and her years of writing on behalf of her political philosophy, Objectivism. Academy Award Nomination, Best Documentary Feature.