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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 401288" data-attributes="member: 7">BLONDES is my favorite Monroe movie, which is only heightened by her on-screen chemistry with Jane Russell. The duo turn what is really a routine musical comedy into a cinematic classic. The film is beautifully gawdy in Technicolor, and has some great supporting performances from Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, George Winslow, and Norma Varden, among others sprinkled throughout. Monroe&#039;s &quot;Diamonds Are a Girl&#039;s Best Friend&quot; is one of the most iconic musical numbers in film history. It has been parodied and mimicked for years by everybody from Madonna to Anna Nicole Smith. I am apt to believe SOMETHING&#039;S GOT TO GIVE would&#039;ve been one of Marilyn&#039;s best movies had it been completed. As you say, you can see in what footage we do have that Marilyn was allowing her bombshell image to mature. Her breathiness was easing out of her on-screen persona, even as the sexiness itself was retained. I think Marilyn could&#039;ve found her own place in the bedroom comedies of the early-60s, edging a way more sexily progressive than the likes of Doris Day or Sandra Dee.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 401288, member: 7"] BLONDES is my favorite Monroe movie, which is only heightened by her on-screen chemistry with Jane Russell. The duo turn what is really a routine musical comedy into a cinematic classic. The film is beautifully gawdy in Technicolor, and has some great supporting performances from Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, George Winslow, and Norma Varden, among others sprinkled throughout. Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is one of the most iconic musical numbers in film history. It has been parodied and mimicked for years by everybody from Madonna to Anna Nicole Smith. I am apt to believe SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE would've been one of Marilyn's best movies had it been completed. As you say, you can see in what footage we do have that Marilyn was allowing her bombshell image to mature. Her breathiness was easing out of her on-screen persona, even as the sexiness itself was retained. I think Marilyn could've found her own place in the bedroom comedies of the early-60s, edging a way more sexily progressive than the likes of Doris Day or Sandra Dee. [/QUOTE]

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