flawless acting ... All About Eve

The vacation I dreamed for and wanted, was crushed by the cold weather that swept over the entire country. It was unbelievable...we had 10˚ C at night in July!!! i couldn't do anything...no going out, no sipping a fresh on a terrace, no sunbathing, no forest trips...nothing. I just made my way from mom's home to my sis's and back... It never happened to me before. And it rained almost all the time. So...most of the time, I either ate, browsed the net or watched movies...with a lot of snacks beside... :)) So this is how I ran into "All About Eve".  I must confess I had it on the hard drive for a few months now and I got it because I knew it was one of the first movies where M. Monroe featured... Till I met Bette Davis...and it changed my point of view. It wasn't about M.M. anymore...It was Bette Davis's movie. She actually became my fave actress of all times. Fabulous acting and I loved the theme, because I understood it better being an actress. Loved the movie. It's definitely a MUST SEE! So, go grab it!...at least the rainy weather had also a bright side for me :)

Original Title :	All About Eve
Director :	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer :	Joseph L. Mankiewicz Mary Orr (I)
Genre :	Drama
Country :	USA
Language :	English
Producer :	Darryl F. Zanuck
Music :	Alfred Newman
Photography :	Milton R. Krasner
Distributor :	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Anne Baxter		Eve Harrington aka Gertrude Slojinski, Margo's Protege
George Sanders		Addison DeWitt, Narrator/Theatre Critic &
Celeste Holm		Mrs. Karen Richards/Narrator
Gary Merrill		Bill Sampson, Director/Margo's boyfriend
Hugh Marlowe		Lloyd Richard, Playwright
Gregory Ratoff		Max Fabian, Theatrical Producer

"The first rule is, gentlemen callers have got to wear a necktie! "

Apparently I'm stuck on movies and books these days...it's just a good way to spend free time...besides that, outside it's been raining for the last couple of days, so I haven't seen snow yet here. No fun going on...So, I prefer to stay indoors...like a bear, hibernating...

After reading all day ( plus I have a freakin' sore throat that drives me mad...), late in the evening me and Mate watched some movies...the first one, is a 2010 released one (trying to keep up with the new movies...). So... Pirahna ...man...that's such a time loss...if you haven't seen a bad movie in a long time, I recommend it!

Ok...the next movie ( I love classics!) was another of Marilyn Monroe's...1953 - "How to Marry a Millionaire"-Director:  Jean Negulesco ; Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process...

I just love these pics and the old movie posters!

"If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty." M.Monroe

Enjoyed a classic, a famous Marilyn Monroe 1953 movie...

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes",

cute...most of all I loved MM's outfits :)

CAST: Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee, Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw, Tommy Noonan as Gus Esmond, Charles Cobourn as Sir Francis Beekman, Elliot Reed as Detective Ernie Malone
DIRECTOR: Howard Hawks
SONGS: Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend, Two Little Girls From Little Rock, Anyone Here For Love, Bye Bye Baby, When Love Goes Wrong
PLOT: Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw are showgirls who set sail on a cruise to Paris. Gus Esmond, Lorelei's suspicious fiance, hires Ernie Malone to follow them. Lorelei gets mixed up with the wealthy Sir Francis Beekman while Dorothy falls in love with Detective Malone. The girls end up stranded in Paris after Gus finds out about Lorelei's behavior on the ship. When Lorelei is accused of stealing a valuable tiara she and Dorothy must sing and dance their way out of trouble.

Movie(s) pt.2 The next two Wonders of the World...Marilyn and Niagara

The second movie I met last night, was one of the 1953's most known movies, "Niagara", a dramatic thriller, directed by Henry Hathaway. Unlike other films noir of the time, Niagara was shot in Technicolor and was one of 20th Century Fox's biggest box office hits of the year. The drama features Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters and others. I'm a fan of Monroe, so I did enjoyed seeing her playing a bad character.

Marilyn Monroe in bed in a publicity still from Niagara, the movie that made Marilyn a star when it was released in January 1953. When asked once what she wore to bed, Marilyn famously replied,

“Chanel No. 5.”

And then I do agree with the staff at "Variety" that wrote in those times, << "Niagara' is a morbid, cliched expedition into lust and murder. The atmosphere throughout is strained and taxes the nerves with a feeling of impending disaster. Focal point of all this is Marilyn Monroe, who's vacationing at the Falls with hubby Joseph Cotten...The camera lingers on Monroe's sensuous lips, roves over her slip-clad figure and accurately etches the outlines of her derrière as she weaves down a street to a rendezvous with her lover. As a contrast to the beauty of the female form is another kind of nature's beauty - that of the Falls. The natural phenomena have been magnificently photographed on location.>>

Here is an interesting story( I ♥ it!) about Room 801, of the hotel where Marilyn lived in 1952 when she was shooting for "Niagara" -> http://blogs.canoe.ca/parker/general/my-night-with-marilyn-monroe/

Thank you, Alan!!

Marilyn reading her Niagara script in bed in Room 801 of the Brock Plaza in June 1952/Jock Carroll, Library and Archives Canada.

More.. on the movies of MM ->

http://www.annyas.com/screenshots/updates/type-face-the-movies-of-marilyn-monroe/

Waiting for opinions on/about her and the movie!

See you soon,

Gabriela

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