Three of Marilyn’s funniest comedies are coming to Forum Cinemas (Central) in Riga next week, and all screenings are in English with Latvian subtitles. (She was also recently honoured at the city’s Baltic Pearl Film Festival.)
- SOME LIKE IT HOT: November 8th, 17th and 26th at 6pm – “Musicians Joe and Jerry, having witnessed with their own eyes the mafia’s crackdown on informers, are forced to leave town – but nobody’s hiring male band members …”
- HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE: November 10th, 21st and 28th at 6:30 pm -“Throughout her career, Marilyn Monroe appeared in both dramas and comedies, but rarely was she as playful—or surrounded by such a charming ensemble of actresses—as in Jean Negulesco’s 1953 comedy.”
- GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES: November 14th, 20th and 24th at 6pm – “Legendary director Howard Hawks’s 1953 comedy cemented Monroe’s status as one of Hollywood’s biggest stars and established her iconic ‘blonde bombshell’ screen persona.”