Seven of Marilyn’s finest performances are coming to the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts as a centennial retrospective, Happy Birthday, Ms. Monroe, opens this weekend.
“Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous faces in Hollywood history, yet most audiences only recognise her as a blonde bombshell. From drama to thrillers and comedies, see Monroe in a whole new light as an actress who was in on the joke and knew how to play to the camera. In honour of her 100th birthday, take a closer look at the performer behind the persona to find an actress who reached for the stars and landed among them.”
- THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH: July 12 – “It’s a steamy summer in New York City and this scandalous, sexy comedy heats things up even more!”
- SOME LIKE IT HOT: July 19 – “One of the most beloved films of all time, this sizzling masterpiece by Billy Wilder set a new standard for Hollywood comedy.”
- NIAGARA: July 21 – “Marilyn Monroe and Niagara, a raging torrent of emotion that even nature can’t control!”
- THE ASPHALT JUNGLE: July 22 – “Anchored by an abundance of nuanced performances from a gifted ensemble, including a sultry Marilyn Monroe in her breakout role.”
- GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES: July 26 – “Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell star in Howard Hawks’s hilarious and subversive musical comedy.”
- THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL: July 28 – “Elsie (Monroe), an American showgirl visiting London, meets the roving-eyed Prince Regent of Carpathia (Laurence Olivier.)”
- THE MISFITS: July 29 – “Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe both made their final film appearances in this melancholy modern Western.”
The Marilyn Report 