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I have watched and re-watched "The Final Days" documentary so many times this past week. It's a very well-done piece of work. Something's Got to Give was plagued with problems from the very beginning. Monroe hadn't too much interest in the project, George Cukor didn't want to work with Marilyn...

Some Like It Hot emerged as Monroe's biggest success, but it was also one of the most difficult to film. She returned to Hollywood in August 1958 to film the movie, mostly against her will. Although she considered the role of Sugar Kane to be typical of the dumb blonde stereotype she wished to...

I've heard two versions of the story. One, Capote wanted her and plugged her, but Paramount worried that Monroe's reputation as troublesome during production would complicate the film. The complication of her latest movies ─ Some Like It Hot, Let's Make Love, and The Misfits ─ made the studio...

Ummmm... Seems kinda similar to my earlier post? :rolling-smiley:

You're absolutely right. Director George Cukor had a very difficult time working with her on Let's Make Love in 1960, and he wasn't enthusiastic at all about working with her again Something's Got to Give. He tried, on multiple occasions, to have her replaced, even long before Fox finally gave...

Marilyn Monroe was officially fired from Something's Got to Give on June 8, 1962, just seven days after her birthday. The news of her firing swept Hollywood quickly, as Fox executives threatened her with the "your career in this town is finished" routine. Naturally, Monroe was worried, and...

Title: Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) Genre: Comedy, Documentary Director: Patty Ivins Release: 2001-06-01 Runtime: 117 Plot: Marilyn Monroe's final project, "Something's Got to Give", has become one of the most talked about unfinished films in history. The story of the...