Bus Stop (1956) opens with Virgil (Arthur O’Connell) and Bo (Don Murray) practicing steer wrestling for the rodeo in beautiful Montana. Bo is the very young owner of the ranch and Virgil is his top hand. They get on a bus to ride from Montana to Phoenix for the big rodeo. Oh for the old…
Marilyn Monroe
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Lisa’s Home Bijou
Film Festival: Cruise Ship Romance Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is one of the great Technicolor movie musicals with two famous beauties as the stars. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell take over a cruise ship. I’ve always loved the fantasy life of people cruising on ships in the old days. Dressing up for dinner, meeting all…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: “The Seven Year Itch”
Film Festival: Summertime Blues When summer comes to New York City, it gets hot. Really hot. Back in the 1950s, Manhattan husbands used to pack their wives and children off to the seashore or to the mountains, creating a town full of “summer bachelors.” It’s within this atmosphere that Billy Wilder sets a delightful story…