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This is like the whole weirdo 1950’s in one loving Valentine for film lovers! Firstly, we get to see the lovely, leggy legend Bettie Page (the world’s first supermodel?) and her cronies (Lili St. Cyr is pretty fine too) doing exotic and bizarre striptease acts. We also have a hyperactive Emcee, some amazing comedy schtick straight out of a ’30s vaudeville show, musical numbers that have to be seen to be believed, a goofy drag queen number that seems avant-garde for the sterile mid-’50s, and some fake behind-the-scenes fluff that is priceless. A comedienne laments she’s “always a bridesmaid, never a bride.” A hacky stand-up actually has the nerve to steal Henny Youngman’s trademark line: “Take my wife, please!” There’s a novelty dance act that mocks domestic violence! And don’t forget those lovely ladies! Plus, the stoned emcee tries to sing, twice! This is an omnibus of rare borscht-belt nightclub acts, a reeling, precious cultural [...]

Marilyn Monroe: Enduring Screen Icon

Sexy, glamorous and risqué – these are just three of the mouthful of qualities that are regularly attributed to the most iconic blonde bombshell in American popular culture – Marilyn Monroe. But one can argue that she wasn’t the only pin-up girl or bombshell of her time. There was Bettie Page, Betty Grable, and Jayne Mansfield, to name a few. Why can’t Marilyn Monroe be ‘just’ Marilyn Monroe?

So many things about the enigmatic Monroe tickled the popular imagination, to the extent that even if she was only around in Hollywood for only a few years, her films accrued $200 million in profits, and her legendary blonde locks could be recognized globally, from North America to the Middle East.

A most universal Marilyn

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn was like good literature, because she easily transcended cultural differences and became a remarkably marketable actress and model everywhere she went.