Superstar Marilyn Monroe passed away in 1962, but her legacy lives on in the form of several classic movies that still hold up today. The actor and model appeared in plenty of great films across her lifetime, including several that have only grown in public estimation since their release. Among the best: crowd pleasers like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Seven Year Itch," and "How To Marry A Millionaire," plus stone-cold classics "Some Like It Hot" and "All About Eve."
Surprisingly, though, Monroe's most popular and obviously beloved movies aren't actually her most acclaimed –- at least according to one major metric. Only one of the films she appeared in during her too-short lifetime has a perfect critical score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and it's not any of the titles listed above. Instead, that coveted 100% score goes to "Don't Bother To Knock," a comparatively underseen thriller Monroe starred in...
Surprisingly, though, Monroe's most popular and obviously beloved movies aren't actually her most acclaimed –- at least according to one major metric. Only one of the films she appeared in during her too-short lifetime has a perfect critical score on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and it's not any of the titles listed above. Instead, that coveted 100% score goes to "Don't Bother To Knock," a comparatively underseen thriller Monroe starred in...
- 5/18/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
As the drama with Warner Bros. Discovery has managed to remind us recently, not every film is assured of a release, theatrical or otherwise. Sometimes a film costs too much — and takes too long to film — to seem like a logical, profitable project. Other times, irreconcilable differences between cast and crew members can derail a film altogether. When it comes to "Something's Got to Give", it was a bit of all three. The film was designed as a reimagining of the Cary Grant classic "My Favorite Wife," directed by George Cukor and starring Dean Martin alongside Monroe.
On paper, that's a recipe for a thoroughly solid film. It was also the last that Monroe would ever shoot but never got the chance to complete. Production stalled when 20th Century Fox fired Monroe in 1962, and it halted entirely after her death just a few months later. Much of the conversation surrounding the film focuses,...
On paper, that's a recipe for a thoroughly solid film. It was also the last that Monroe would ever shoot but never got the chance to complete. Production stalled when 20th Century Fox fired Monroe in 1962, and it halted entirely after her death just a few months later. Much of the conversation surrounding the film focuses,...
- 9/22/2022
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
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