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Marilyn Monroe struggled so badly with one line in SOME LIKE IT HOT that Billy Wilder pasted it inside the drawer she was rummaging through. When she lost track of which drawer, he had it written inside every one. The line was three words: "Where's the bourbon?"
Such a saga
The story we’re usually told is that Marilyn Monroe was a victim of Hollywood. 100 years on from her birth, the story that actually deserves telling is that, in 1955, she beat Twentieth Century Fox at its own game.
The Empty City on how she did it:
Happy summer solstice
Yesterday I watched Total Recall #nfotd
James Burrows Helped Define the Modern American TV Comedy | Appreciation www.thewrap.com/culture-life...
Wonderful
I can't recall if I've seen this one. Will record
I agree.
I've been wanting to write about this. Glad someone did.
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100 years on from the star’s birth, we should remember her not as a victim but as a skilful and knowledgeable participant in the movie business
#ComingUpOnTCM
EAST OF EDEN (1955) Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey
Dir.: Elia Kazan 5:00 AM PT
Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love.
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
#TCM #TCMParty #JohnSteinbeck
#ComingUpOnTCM
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957) Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
Dir.: Billy Wilder 4:00 AM PT
A playboy falls for the daughter of a private detective who's been hired to compromise him.
2h 10m | Romantic Comedy | TV-G
#TCM #TCMParty
Coming Up On TCM
Kathryn Jezer-Morton argues that every teen should work in the service industry because it is essential, for one’s humanity, to understand what goes into making people comfortable and happy every day.
51 years ago today the world changed.
One of the most technically accomplished, commercially successful and culturally relevant movies ever made was released.
That movie was #JAWS.
The Daily Jaws
The Cut
I wrote about how the new guard of Hollywood is the same as the old one, actually www.thenewworld.co.uk/scarlett-har... via @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton argues that every teen should work in the service industry because it is essential, for one’s humanity, to understand what goes into making people comfortable and happy every day.
