Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962

Some like it hot by Billy Wilder ( Visual )
135 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 4,614 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians in an all-girl band

All about Eve by Joseph L Mankiewicz ( Visual )
28 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in English and held by 2,649 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 )
84 editions published between 1955 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A husband of seven years, alone in New York while his family is on vacations, fantasizes on an affair with the TV model in the upstairs apartment

Gentlemen prefer blondes by Howard Hawks ( Visual )
72 editions published between 1953 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A musical comedy about the adventures of two beautiful showgirls--an apparently stupid blonde golddigger and her provocative brunette friend--during a voyage from New York to Paris

The misfits by John Huston ( Visual )
66 editions published between 1960 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 1,558 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

The asphalt jungle by John Huston ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1950 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La meticulosa planificación de un atraco a una joyería, por parte de una banda de delincuentes, le sirve a Huston para ofrecer un relato lleno de intensidad, amén de un realista e insuperable estudio de los personajes y sus motivaciones. Sin lugar a dudas, una de los mejores películas del cine negro de todos los tiempos, con el gran Hayden y una seductora y sexy Marilyn Monroe

How to marry a millionaire by Jean Negulesco ( Visual )
55 editions published between 1953 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 1,325 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?

Bus stop by Joshua Logan ( Visual )
66 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 1,180 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!

Niagara by Henry Hathaway ( Visual )
62 editions published between 1952 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 872 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

River of no return by Otto Preminger ( Visual )
32 editions published between 1954 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 822 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Matt Calder (Mitchum), a widower, decides it's time to start a new life with his son, Mark (Rettig). After being robbed and pistol-whipped by gambler Harry Weston (Calhoun) and nursed back to health by Weston's fiancee, Kay (Monroe), Matt takes Mark and Kay on a ride down a roaring river, where they are at the mercy of wild animals and a lawless frontier