Tag Archives: All About Eve

Films Marilyn Wanted: ‘Guys and Dolls’

You can read the latest article in my ‘Films Marilyn Wanted’ series here


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‘All About Eve’ in New York

All About Eve, Joe Mankiewicz’s classic satire starring Bette Davis, and featuring a glorious cameo by the young MM as an ambitious but empty-headed starlet, is playing at The JCC in Manhattan from today until Tuesday.  


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MM Film Season in NYC

Fourteen of Marilyn’s films will screen next month at New York’s BAM Rose Cinema, reports the New York Post July 1: The Asphalt Jungle, Don’t Bother to Knock July 2: The Seven Year Itch July 3-4: Some Like it Hot July … Continue reading


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Monroe Classics in New Orleans

Two films featuring Marilyn will screen at the Prytania Theatre, New Orleans, as part of their Classic Movies series: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (June 4, 5, and 8th) and All About Eve (June 11, 12, 15.)


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Top 10 Classic Hollywood Actors

Marilyn comes in 3rd, after Orson Welles and Humphrey Bogart, on this list from Screen Junkies. Along with Bette Davis, she is the only woman on the list – and she appeared in All About Eve alongside Davis, as well … Continue reading


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‘All About Eve’ on Blu-Ray

All About Eve, the 1950 classic featuring Marilyn in a small role, is now available on Blu-Ray. ‘I should also make a note of Marilyn Monroe, who makes a delightful impression in one of her early roles. It’s a small … Continue reading


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Marilyn Movies On Labour Day

As part of the Fasten Your Seatbelts: 75 Years of Fox weekend at NYC’s Lincoln Center Film Society, newly restored prints of Niagara and All About Eve are showing this Sunday, September 5, at 1.35 and 3.30 pm.


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Miss Caswell: The Original ‘Arm Candy’

Marilyn Monroe was the inspiration for the expression ‘arm candy’, which refers to any woman who decorates the arm of a man – to the envy of other men who see them together. Chicago journalist Marcia Froelke Coburn was commenting … Continue reading


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Old Pasadena Film Festival

Two MM films are showing as part of the ‘Leading Ladies’ series at the Old Pasadena Film Festival. Thursday, July 15 How to Marry a Millionaire (One Colorado Courtyard, 41 Hugus Alley) 8:30pm Saturday, July 31st All About Eve (One … Continue reading


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