Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)
by George Cukor, Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Jean Negulesco, Otto Preminger

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)
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Actor: Cary Grant, Joseph Cotten, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum, Yves Montand
Director: George Cukor, Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Jean Negulesco, Otto Preminger
Writer: Arthur Miller
Writer: Ben Hecht
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 476 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Movie Reviews of Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)

Movie Review: Great for Marilyn Fans!!!
Summary: 4 Stars

You can't go wrong if you're a big Marilyn Monroe fan! The only reason I gave it 4/5 stars is because I wish one of her lesser known movies was replaced with The Misfits - a Marilyn classic that all fans should own!

Summary of Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)

Contains: *Don't Bother to Knock *Let's Make it Legal *Monkey Business *Niagra *River of No Return
Some essential examples of the Marilyn Monroe mystique make up this second collection of titles from MM's years at Twentieth Century Fox. After sparkling in small roles, she burst upon the public consciousness in 1952, thanks to five films and a certain nude calendar. Two of the 1952 pictures, showing very different sides of the new actress, are included here. One is Monkey Business, Howard Hawks's raucous comedy about a youth serum, in which top-lined stars Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers regress to a state of adolescent abandon, with Monroe doing spot-on supporting duty. Don't Bother to Knock gives Marilyn her first lead role, in a tense little film noir; she's a babysitter with an unstable streak, a fine performance hinting at depths rarely touched in her career.

In Niagara, Monroe is a full-fledged sex goddess, a scheming wife tormenting husband Joseph Cotten in their cabin by the falls. This Technicolor slice of pseudo-Hitchcock is a fun location picture with a genuinely exciting climax. Otto Preminger's River of No Return has Marilyn livened up by the presence of costar Robert Mitchum, in a strong outdoorsy Western that catches the two stars in appealing form. By the time of 1960's Let's Make Love, MM looks tired. This backstage musical is more interesting as a time capsule than as a romance, although one number shines: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." Less urgent for Monroe fans than the first Diamond Collection, this set is still a good one for the die-hards. --Robert Horton

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