The 50s

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Marilyn Monroe

River of no return 1954

Marilyn Monroe – Rory Calhoun (River of no return) 1954 The titular river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each…

Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Marilyn Monroe in a publicity still for The Seven Year Itch (1955) With his family away for their annual summer holiday, New Yorker Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor’s life – to eat and drink…

Some Like It Hot, 1959

Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis photographed by Richard Miller on the set of Some Like It Hot, 1959.

There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Marilyn Monroe as Vicky Parker in There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) The Donahues – husband and wife Terry and Molly, and their three offspring Steve, Katy and Tim – are a song and dance act. Their survival as a…

Marilyn Monroe in 1955

Marilyn Monroe looking sexy lounging on a couch in 1955