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A small selection of reviews for Marilyn's films from 1953 – 1961. 1953 – Niagara What lifts the film above the commonplace is its star, Marilyn Monroe. Time The Falls and Miss Monroe are something to see. A H Weiler, The New York Times 1953 – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes As Lorelei Lee, Marilyn looks as delectable as a ripe peach. She also suprises with a remarkably stylish voice piping “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend” in a lavish production number. Margaret Harford, The Los Angeles Citizen News And there is Marilyn Monroe!! At last, she is beautifully gowned, beautifully coiffed, and a wonderful crazy humour flashes from those sleepy eyes of hers. Ruth Waterbury, The Los Angeles Examiner 1953 – How to Marry a Millionaire Certain for audience favour is Miss Monroe's stock delivery of the blonde stigmatism who almost goes through life bumping into things, including men, because she thinks glasses would detract. Variety |
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1954 – River of No Return There is something at once incongruous and strangely stimulating in Miss Monroe's dazzled and dazzling antics in the surroundings of nature. Very easily translated into publicity, popularity, and public interest. Archer Winsten, The New York Post 1954 – There's No Business Like Show Business Miss Monroe's s.a. treatment of her vocal must be seen to be appreciated. It's not going to chase 'em away from the box office. Variety 1955 – The Seven Year Itch Marilyn is just about perfect in the role of the pleasantly vacuous and even more pleasantly curved heroine. The Hollywood Reporter As for Monroe, a fine comedienne, her pouting delivery, puckered lips . . make her one of Hollywood's top attractions, which she again proves here. The New York Daily Mirror 1956 – Bus Stop This is Marilyn's show, and, my friend, she shows plenty in figure, beauty and talent. The girl is a terrific comedienne as the bewildered little “chantoose” of the honky-tonk circuit. Her stint at the Actor's Studio in New York certainly didn't hurt our girl. Dorothy Manners, The Los Angeles Examiner Hold onto your chairs, everybody, and get set for a rattling surprise. Marilyn Monroe has finally proved herself an actress in Bus Stop. She and the picture are swell!! Bosley Crowther, The New York Times |
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1957 – The Prince and the Showgirl The film emerges as the season's sparkling comedy surprise. Justin Gilbert, The New York Mirror This, I am sure, is Miss Monroe's best cinema effort. Under Olivier's direction, she reveals a real sense of comedy, Miss Monroe also proves that she can command attention now by other means than her famous hip-swinging walk. John Scott, The Los Angeles Times 1959 – Some Like It Hot To coin a phrase, Marilyn has never looked better. She's a comedienne with that combination of sex appeal and timing that just can't be beat. Variety 1960 – Let's Make Love Marilyn actually dares comparison with Mary Martin by singing “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” in her first scene. The night I saw it, the audience broke into the picture with applause. Alton Cook, The New York World Telegraph & Sun 1961 – The Misfits Here Miss Monroe is magic, but not a living pinup dangled in skintight satin before our eyes . . And can anyone deny that in this film these performers are at their best?? Paul V Beckley, New York Herald Tribune |
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