Type/Face: the movies of Marilyn Monroe

If Marilyn Monroe were alive she would have been 84-years-old today. An excuse to create a special post today instead of spitting out more title stills.

Most people who only watch recent movies know who Marilyn Monroe was, but haven’t seen any of her movies. I hope the Marilyn Monroe stills displayed below will inspire you to watch some of these movies.

Not all of them are masterpieces and some of here roles were just mere cameo’s, but there are almost always multiple reasons to watch a Marilyn Monroe movie:

Watch Some like it hot and you’ll get Marilyn Monroe + Billy Wilder + Tony Curtis + Jack Lemmon.

Watch Monkey business and you’ll get Marilyn Monroe + Howard Hawks + Cary Grant + Ginger Rogers.

Watch one of her other movies and you’ll get Marilyn Monroe + Bette Davis, Thelma Ritter, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Richard Widmark, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Joseph Cotten, Jane Russell, Lauren Bacall, William Powell, Robert Mitchum, Laurence Olivier, Yves Montand, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Dean Martin.

Not bad, eh?

Still not convinced? Scroll down and you know you need more Marilyn in your life. Enjoy!

Love Happy (1949)

Directed by: David Miller, Leo McCarey
Starring: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Marilyn Monroe
Country: USA
New Musical Girlesque!!!

A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)

Directed by: Richard Sale
Starring: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Country: USA
Note: the images are from a TCM recording. This film is not available on DVD.

Clash by Night (1952)

Directed by: Fritz Lang
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe
Country: USA
Livin’ in my house! Lovin’ another man! Is that what you call bein’ honest? That’s just givin’ it a nice name!

We’re Not Married! (1952)

Directed by: Edmund Goulding
Starring: Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Victor Moore, Marilyn Monroe
Country: USA

Don’t Bother to Knock (1952)

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
Starring: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Elisha Cook Jr.
Country: USA
SHE’S DYNAMITE! It Opens the Door on the Screen’s Most Exciting New Personality – MARILYN MONROE

O. Henry’s Full House (1952)

Directed by: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
Starring: Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Jeanne Crain, Farley Granger
Country: USA

Monkey Business (1952)

Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
Country: USA

Niagara (1953)

Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Harry Carey Jr.
Country: USA
Marilyn Monroe and “Niagara” a raging torrent of emotion that even nature can’t control!

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Country: USA
The Two M-M-Marvels Of Our Age In The Wonder Musical Of The World!

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Directed by: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, William Powell
Country: USA
The most glamorous entertainment of your lifetime in CinemaScope. You see It without glasses!

River of No Return (1954)

Directed by: Otto Preminger, Jean Negulesco
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun
Country: USA
MARILYN MONROE…Sultry, flaming, exciting as never before – on a desperate river journey…experiencing the violence and madness of desperate men!

There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Directed by: Walter Lang
Starring: Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor, Marilyn Monroe
Country: USA

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell
Country: USA
It TICKLES and TANTALIZES! – The funniest comedy since laughter began!

Bus Stop (1956)

Directed by: Joshua Logan
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O’Connell
Country: USA
Give this boy enough rope and he’ll land Marilyn Monroe!

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Directed by: Laurence Olivier
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe
Country: USA
Some countries have a medal for Everything.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O’Brien, Joe E. Brown
Country: USA
Marilyn Monroe and her bosom companions

Let’s Make Love (1960)

Directed by: George Cukor
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly
Country: USA
Marilyn Monroe and her bosom companions

The Misfits (1961)

Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach
Country: USA
‘Smashing’ thru the excitement barrier!

Something’s Got to Give (1962)

Directed by: George Cukor
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse
Country: USA