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Bus Stop 1950s Western comedy: Lisa’s Home Bijou

August 2, 2019 by Lisa Grable 3 Comments

Bus Stop (1956) is a Broadway play by William Inge brought to the screen. With Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray. Fun at the Phoenix rodeo! Lisa's Home Bijou

Film Festival: William Inge stories 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…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1956, Broadway play, Bus Stop, classic films, Don Murray, Joshua Logan, Lisa's Home Bijou, Marilyn Monroe, Phoenix rodeo, William Inge

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Lisa’s Home Bijou

March 4, 2019 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) stars Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell on a cruise ship with Olympic athletes and diamonds. Technicolor musical! 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…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: Anita Loos, classic films, cruise ship films, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Russell, Jule Styne, Lisa's Home Bijou, Marilyn Monroe, musicals

Lisa’s Home Bijou: “The Seven Year Itch”

August 10, 2015 by Lisa Grable 6 Comments

Lisa's Home Bijou: Billy Wilder's delightful story about summer madness is “The Seven Year Itch (1955), starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell and a white halter dress.

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…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1950s, 1955, classic films, Lisa's Home Bijou, Marilyn Monroe, summer, summertime, The Seven Year Itch

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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