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Post by Hep on Jul 16, 2008 0:43:47 GMT -5
im buying it tomorrow; thats it.
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Post by Hepburner on Jul 16, 2008 5:31:45 GMT -5
You should. I got it from an Australian website -- JB Hi Fi They actually have it as a double feature with The African Queen... www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/264843/AFRICAN-QUEEN-|-LOVE-AMONG-THE-RUINS---DOUBLE-FEATUREOh of course, its PAL Region 4. But any DVD player can play any region...or so I was told. There's just something inside that isn't set right apparently. I bought a DVD player that would only play region 4 (standard in New Zealand), and I took it to this guy who took the outter cover off it, fiddled with something inside and gave it back to me. It now plays all my region 1's, etc.
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Post by Hep on Jul 16, 2008 10:59:40 GMT -5
it says its not in stock.. ? ugh and they only have it on VHS on Amazon. what the helllll? well i have no money but when i dig up some ill have to see.
thanks for the link Shane.
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Post by fireandmusic on Jul 17, 2008 12:31:06 GMT -5
Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection (Bus Stop / How to Marry a Millionaire / There's No Business Like Show Business / Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / The Seven Year Itch / The Final Days) Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return) plus: One of my all time favs! Oh, Monty!
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Post by Hepburner on Jul 20, 2008 6:01:30 GMT -5
Interesting purchases, fireandmusic.
I enjoyed The Misfits, but I find it very sad. It's so hard to watch. Which is quite strange, because I've never really been fond of Monroe. I find her irritating quite a lot of the time, and not a very good actress (or singer for that matter). She had star power though...
I must admit to liking one of her films - Niagara. I've always had a soft spot for Niagara as a movie. And I naturally liked Some Like It Hot. But that's really more of a Tony Curtis thing. Well...a Tony Curtis in drag thing.
The Asphalt Jungle is a great movie, also. Though Marilyn is only in it for about 8 minutes of screen time (or something like that).
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Post by fireandmusic on Jul 20, 2008 9:50:06 GMT -5
@ Hepburnesque: Hello! My name is Madú. (I love your avatar, btw! Joan is great To be quite honest with you, I'm not a big fan of Marilyn either. I did like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (well, not a masterpiece, but enjoyable) and Some Like it Hot, but as you said, Marilyn isn't the main reason... it's a Jack's and Tony's show! I only bought those two boxsets because they were very cheap, and I couldn't resist! I haven't seen any of the two movies you mentioned, so I can't comment on that. Anyway, I think she was "ok" as a comedian, but not very convincing as a drama actress.
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Post by babytheleopard on Jul 20, 2008 11:18:53 GMT -5
@ Hepburnesque: Hello! My name is Madú. (I love your avatar, btw! Joan is great To be quite honest with you, I'm not a big fan of Marilyn either. I did like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (well, not a masterpiece, but enjoyable) and Some Like it Hot, but as you said, Marilyn isn't the main reason... it's a Jack's and Tony's show! I only bought those two boxsets because they were very cheap, and I couldn't resist! I haven't seen any of the two movies you mentioned, so I can't comment on that. Anyway, I think she was "ok" as a comedian, but not very convincing as a drama actress. I agree, I wouldn't say Marilyn was very convincing as a dramatic actress. She was mainly a sex symbol. I felt bad for her though, I think she really wanted to become a serious actress but they always gave her "dumb blonde" roles that she was never able to express herself that way and I believe that's what drove her to suicide. She really was very smart, I've read some things she's said and discussed and she really could speak well and was very intuitive with things, they just always portrayed her as this sexual character and I don't think she thoroughly enjoyed that. I heard in her film Bus Stop she's somewhat more dramatic than her other roles, but I have yet to see it. I did really enjoy Some Like It Hot, it's one of my favorite movies, but I would have to agree that it's Jack and Tony's show!
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Post by fireandmusic on Jul 20, 2008 12:25:23 GMT -5
@ Hepburnesque: Hello! My name is Madú. (I love your avatar, btw! Joan is great To be quite honest with you, I'm not a big fan of Marilyn either. I did like "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (well, not a masterpiece, but enjoyable) and Some Like it Hot, but as you said, Marilyn isn't the main reason... it's a Jack's and Tony's show! I only bought those two boxsets because they were very cheap, and I couldn't resist! I haven't seen any of the two movies you mentioned, so I can't comment on that. Anyway, I think she was "ok" as a comedian, but not very convincing as a drama actress. I agree, I wouldn't say Marilyn was very convincing as a dramatic actress. She was mainly a sex symbol. I felt bad for her though, I think she really wanted to become a serious actress but they always gave her "dumb blonde" roles that she was never able to express herself that way and I believe that's what drove her to suicide. She really was very smart, I've read some things she's said and discussed and she really could speak well and was very intuitive with things, they just always portrayed her as this sexual character and I don't think she thoroughly enjoyed that. I heard in her film Bus Stop she's somewhat more dramatic than her other roles, but I have yet to see it. I did really enjoy Some Like It Hot, it's one of my favorite movies, but I would have to agree that it's Jack and Tony's show! I completely agree with you, Dayna. Because in most of her films Marilyn played the sexy, dumb blonde, people never took her seriously as an actress. She herself said: "My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!" So, she was aware that she wasn't really talented, but she was trying... people just never seemed to recognize that. "Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work." I feel for her, and admire her for the fact that she was trying...
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Post by babytheleopard on Jul 20, 2008 19:34:12 GMT -5
I agree, I wouldn't say Marilyn was very convincing as a dramatic actress. She was mainly a sex symbol. I felt bad for her though, I think she really wanted to become a serious actress but they always gave her "dumb blonde" roles that she was never able to express herself that way and I believe that's what drove her to suicide. She really was very smart, I've read some things she's said and discussed and she really could speak well and was very intuitive with things, they just always portrayed her as this sexual character and I don't think she thoroughly enjoyed that. I heard in her film Bus Stop she's somewhat more dramatic than her other roles, but I have yet to see it. I did really enjoy Some Like It Hot, it's one of my favorite movies, but I would have to agree that it's Jack and Tony's show! I completely agree with you, Dayna. Because in most of her films Marilyn played the sexy, dumb blonde, people never took her seriously as an actress. She herself said: "My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!" So, she was aware that she wasn't really talented, but she was trying... people just never seemed to recognize that. "Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work." I feel for her, and admire her for the fact that she was trying... I agree Madu, at least she was trying. She had such a tragic life at the end, it's so sad. I do get fed up with the media trying to make people into sex symbols. There's so many of them today and some of them aren't even talented. Look at Paris Hilton, what has she ever done? She's just an heiress. Sure, she's made an album, but she can't sing for crap. She's been in a few movies and prove she can't act either. She's basically just known as a party girl. It's such a joke. Marilyn was different in the fact that she was really trying to become an "actress" but wasn't given a good break.
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Post by Richard on Jul 23, 2008 17:14:05 GMT -5
It always begins with a physical attraction -- at least for me -- before I start to notice a person's other qualities. Marilyn Monroe was gorgeous -- doubt anyone is going to refute that -- and that was the main reason I was attracted to her. As I started to watch more of her films, that was when I began to have a desire to learn more about her. It is unfortunate that so much has been written since her death, making it more difficult to distinguish what is true and what isn't. I, personally, prefer to skip all the details and all the speculation surrounding her death because the debate seems to go on forever with the damage nearly always inflicted upon her. See, I want to know more about Norma Jeane and not about Marilyn Monroe. Yes, I do believe there is a difference.
I hope I don't come across as talking out of turn here, but the characters she played in the films when she was full blown, world-renowned movie star, most of them were often, indeed, a facsimile to her image as a sex symbol. But in her early career as an actress, Monroe actually tried her hand in serious parts with the sex image only evident but not quite yet developed -- for the lack of a better word. She was a supporting character in the Barbara Stanwyck film ''Clash by Night'' -- a rather good part, in my opinion -- and as the lonely psychotic widow who arouses the romantic interest of neighbor Richard Widmark in ''Don't Bother to Knock''. Both these films were released in 1952, and though the latter film isn't a very good one it showcases and proves Monroe's desire to be taken seriously as an actress. There were other slightly more serious parts she played; few as they were, such as Niagara, River of No Return, parts of Bus Stop, and of course, The Misfits.
I think Marilyn was an odd bird -- a weakling -- and Hollywood was the wrong place for her. It isn't right for me to delve into her personal life and make assertions regarding the men she married, or if whether or not they were right or wrong for her. But it appears she was taken advantage of on more than one occasion. I believe she was abused and frustrated and as the years went by it finally took its toll. It all became too much of a strain for her, and if there was a slight high point in her life in the midst of all this it would only be for a short while before it all came crashing down again. But how do you stop someone so adamant at becoming a movie star? I do believe that is what she wanted, and would've went about it regardless of what anyone had to say.
If it were possible to have a choice as to how I would've liked to see Marilyn Monroe today, I would've liked her to have stayed as Norma Jeane Baker. Knowing that -- somewhere -- she was happy, contented and healthy, and growing old gracefully is more important and meaningful to me than all her films combined and that sultry image.
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Post by katesbiggestfan on Jul 24, 2008 19:25:14 GMT -5
The last thing I got was the movie Blonde which is a somewhat factual, but mostly fake movie about Marilyn Monroe. The reason why I got it is because one of my other favorite actresses Patricia Richardson(Jill Taylor from Home Improvement) played Marilyn Monroe's mother. OMG she did an OUSTANDING job at playing that part. It is on youtube and if anybody wants me to post the link to the first 3 parts I will. Those are the parts that Patricia is in.
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Post by Hep on Jul 24, 2008 19:40:08 GMT -5
Oh your right ! I thought the mother looked familiar. I watched the movie because Ann Magret was in it. i was a tad dissapointed when she died after 5 minutes on screen. oh BUNK.
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Post by Shaun on Jul 26, 2008 20:04:56 GMT -5
Speaking of Pat Richardson, does anyone else think she slightly, kinda sorta resembled Garbo in the early episodes of Home Improvement? Am I just insane?
Anyway, I had a good haul on ebay yesterday. I got a copy of Myrna Loy's autobiography and Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck--the '87 edition with a foreward by Missy--FOR LESS THAN 40 BUCKS. What a steal!
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Post by katesbiggestfan on Jul 27, 2008 0:24:35 GMT -5
Last night I ordered some rare Kate clippings from ebay. ;D
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Post by dreamer on Jul 27, 2008 4:17:28 GMT -5
Once had the book - not the film - but someone borrowed it and never returned it but now I got the film ;D
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