6 September 2010

Don Murray held Marilyn Monroe close in “Bus Stop”

Marilyn was experienced by then, she had done about 20 films by that time. But she was missing her marks all the time. You know, there are marks — places to stand where the lighting, sound, camera angle are all correct. So the director [Josh Logan] told me, every time, put your hands on her hips and move her into her mark. I was doing this the whole film.” [...]

1 August 2010

Jack Cole to be celebrated at Jacob’s Pillow

An afternoon symposium at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival will remember dancer/choreographer Jack Cole, August 14, 2010. arts·meme will attend.

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24 June 2010

Jane Russell remembers “Gentleman” Jack Cole

Jane Russell speaks at Hollywood Heritage about choreographer Jack Cole, who coached her and Marilyn Monroe in Howard Hawk’s comic masterpiece, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” She says Cole directed the film’s dance sequences. [...]

6 August 2009

Marilyn dances . . .

Marilyn Monroe’s six-movie collaboration with Jack Cole began with 1953’s “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” the breakthrough film that made her a superstar. Yet the man behind the icon has been forgotten – an odd missing puzzle piece in view of Monroe’s staying power. [...]

4 July 2008

Girl Power

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are giant amazons in Howard Hawks’s comic masterpiece, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), projected on the humongous screen of the vintage Los Angeles Theater (1931) on Broadway in downtown L.A. in last summer’s Last Remaining Seats. [...]