Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962

Some like it hot by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
207 editions published between 1959 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 4,726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians

All about Eve by Joseph L Mankiewicz ( Visual )
31 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit

The seven year itch by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
83 editions published between 1955 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,905 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A plain, middle-aged married man, Richard Sherman sends his wife Helen and his young son Ricky off to vacation at the seashore in Maine during a sultry summer in New York City. They escape but he must remain behind in the heat, to make money. He sees them off at the train station, promising to eat properly, and neither smoke nor drink. He will be sensible, not play around as soon as his wife leaves like so many other men. That is until he meets his new upstairs neighbor--subletting for the summer--a stunning, curvaceous, wide-eyed blonde with a giggly voice. Sherman is already prone to Walter-Mittyish fantasies, and in a flash his lively imagination goes into full gear as he battles the seven-year itch

The misfits by John Huston ( Visual )
63 editions published between 1960 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 1,555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Following her divorce, a lonely young woman befriends a couple of down-on-their-luck cowboys. Both men desire her, but she longs for only one, who represents for her the freedom she's never had. Teaming up with a weather- beaten rodeo rider, the foursome goes into the mountains on a quest for rare and elusive wild horses. There they come to realize that, for all their differences, they share fundamentally similar needs and desires

How to marry a millionaire by Jean Negulesco ( Visual )
62 editions published between 1953 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three New York models, Schatze, Pola, and Loco sublet a luxury penthouse apartment with a plan: they are tired of cheap men and a lack of money, so they'll use all their talents to trap and marry millionaires. The trouble is that it's not so easy to tell the rich men from the hucksters. Recent divorcee Schatze meets real-estate mogul Tom, but thinks he looks like a gas station attendant. Loco gets involved with a married man, but falls for forest ranger Eben. Blind as a bat Pola refuses to wear her glasses, and thus winds up on the wrong plane, but meets Freddie--who actually owns the penthouse they're renting! So which is better: to marry for love or money?

Gentlemen prefer blondes by Howard Hawks ( Visual )
66 editions published between 1953 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,193 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bachelorette showgirl singers Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee are sailing to Paris, courtesy of Lorelei's millionaire boyfriend Gus Esmond, Jr. They're also being shadowed--thanks to Gus Sr.--by private detective Ernie Malone. Lorelei gets embroiled in a contretemps involving Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman, outspoken Lady Beekman, and a tiara. Dorothy, meanwhile, becomes involved in a running flirtation with the detective. All's well that ends well, but everything plays second fiddle to the snazzy costumes and in-your-face attitudes sported by the showgirls. One of Howard Hawks' biggest commercial hits, this lush, garish, cynical, yet fun-filled fortune-hunter satire is based on a 1949 Broadway musical and has a wisp of a plot, serving merely to tie together the lavish musical numbers

Bus stop by Joshua Logan ( Visual )
64 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 1,169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beauregard "Bo" Decker and Virgil Blessing set out from their ranch in Montana to Phoenix, Arizona on the bus, so Bo can participate in a big rodeo. Bo is a brash, obnoxious, at times rather dislikable young man, skilled at ridin' and rustlin' and not much more. Bo has in his mind that there in the big city, he's going to find "an angel" and take possession of her. In Phoenix, he meets Cherie. She had enough gumption to get out of Arkansas, and is now trying to earn enough money to get to L.A. But Cherie isn't quite ready to become Bo's personal angel, even if it would get her out of a dive girlie club!

The asphalt jungle ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1950 and 2005 in English and held by 1,070 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An aging criminal is released from prison and decides to assemble the old gang to go on one last heist. Based on the book by W.R. Burnett

Howard Hawks' Gentlemen prefer blondes by Jule Styne ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1982 and 2013 in English and French and held by 1,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A musical about two showgirls from Little Rock searching for love and marriage aboard a luxury-liner bound for France

Niagara by Henry Hathaway ( Visual )
58 editions published between 1952 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 863 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Although the quaint motel overlooking the famed falls seems like the perfect honeymoon retreat, in fact, it's where the young and beautiful Rose Loomis plans to kill her husband George