#marilyn monroe

[ultraviolnce]

“Cause I’m strong but I’m lonely, like Marilyn Monroe” -Lana del Rey

[willpressleverfordopamine]

I LOVE that her arrival, as much as it was shot for the male gaze, was framed in the context of two men dressed as women being jealous of how she moves. It's not "wow she's hot" (although that is the obvious framing subtext), but "how does she walk like that in heels when we're struggling like newborn fawns?" They're admiring her skill and as several times throughout the movie, indirectly pointing out how difficult it is to be a woman.

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959 — dir. Billy Wilder

[lindadarnell]

Marilyn Monroe in NIAGARA 1953 | Henry Hathaway

[captain-kampari]

Marilyn Monroe

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe, then known as Norma Jeane, in California, March 1946. Photo by Richard C. Miller.

[willpressleverfordopamine]

I finally watched Some Like It Hot (because of a tumblr post) and I have to say, that film was lovely. It restored my will to watch more classic old movies (after Casablance almost killed it, and I know saying that will get me killed by film buffs).

for me, this is the best ending scene ever made in the story of hollywood

[marilynmonroe-norma-jeane]

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Sam Shaw, 1957.

[sharpeningdogteeth]

The Misfits 1961

[anna-sawais]

SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959 — dir. Billy Wilder

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed in the “Hooker” sitting by Milton Greene at the outdoor settings of 20th Century Fox, 1954.

[iana2650]

Beauty shines through at any age

[summers-in-hollywood]

Marilyn Monroe during the filming of Niagara, 1952.

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[ladybegood]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern