Marilyn Monroe

May's George Is Dead, with Thomas and Murray, Begins Arizona Run Oct. 17

source: playbill.com

Murray (George) made his motion picture debut in 1956 in "Bus Stop" with Marilyn Monroe, for which he received Best Supporting Actor nominations for both ... and more »

Published Fri, Oct 16

Norma Jean And The Kennedys

source: majorityoftwo (Blogspot)

watch "Bus Stop", "The Seven Year Itch" or "Some Like It Hot". If those movies were to be produced today, Marilyn Monroe would be nominated for an ...

Published Sun, Oct 4

Bus stops here ... but why?

source: Denver Post

 CO By John Moore Barbra Andrews, left, as Marilyn Monroe stand-in Cherie, with naive Elma (Malorie Stroud) in "Bus Stop." ( E. Tyler Photography ) Paragon got to be one of Denver's rising theater companies by mixing the absurdism of "The Caretaker" with ...

Published Thu, May 14

Cinematheque salutes James Mason, Jules Dassin, Don Murray

source: Los Angeles Times

 CA Over at the Egyptian Theatre tonight, veteran actor Don Murray will be on hand for a screening of 1956's "Bus Stop," for which he received a supporting actor nomination as an innocent cowboy who falls for a singer (Marilyn Monroe), and the 1959 Irish ...

Published Wed, May 13

COLUMN: It happened in Hollywood, Idaho

source: Twin Falls Times-News

 ID Bus Stop" (1956): Busted-up rodeo cowboy Don Murray falls in love with saloon singer Marilyn Monroe in a Hollywood rendition of the William Inge play, filmed at North Fork near Ketchum ... 7. "The Mortal Storm" (1940): Jimmy Stewart plays a German who ...

Published Fri, May 8

Theatre of Gadsden to present 'Bus Stop' - Gadsden Times

source: Gadsden Times

A motion picture version a year later starred Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray. The cast for the Theatre of Gadsden's production is Brandy Townsend as Elma Duckworth, a waitress; Ann Sharpe as Grace Hoylard, owner of the restaurant; Dennis Nunnely as Will ...

Published Tue, May 5

Television movies for the week of April 26

source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette

 PA A suburban homeowner's week off with his wife turns sour after odd neighbors move in next door. (PG) (1:45) HBO: Mon. 12:30 PM (CC) • Bus Stop '56. Marilyn Monroe. A brash young cowboy gets off the bus in Phoenix and courts a cafe singer. ...

Published Sat, Apr 25

Drake Relays: A century has passed like a baton

source: DesMoinesRegister.com

 IA Al Oerter embodied postwar optimism, winning his first Relays discus title in 1956 — the same week Marilyn Monroe returned to shooting for the movie “Bus Stop” after being hospitalized for a viral infection and exhaustion. Oerter would go on to become ...

Published Sun, Apr 19