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Murder on the Orient Express
The legendary detective Hercule Poirot (an unrecognizable Albert Finney, in an Oscar-nominated performance) finds himself faced with a train full of all-star suspects (including Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins and Vanessa Redgrave) when a notorious gangster (Richard Widmark) is murdered on the Orient Express. Director Sidney Lumet took an unexpected departure from his usual gritty stories of contemporary urban life with this lavish film version of Agatha Christie’s 1934 whodunit. Ingrid Bergman won her third Oscar for her droll supporting performance as an unassuming suspect, and the film’s six nominations included one for composer Richard Rodney Bennett; the three-time nominee contributed an elegant score highlighted by a charming waltz theme for the train itself.
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Close-Up Tours: Marilyn Monroe
Museum educators lead 30-minute guided tours exploring the career of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Through her films, costumes and more, this exhibition, titled Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon, uncovers the woman behind the carefully crafted image.
Tour guides use voice amplifiers to enhance sound accessibility.
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.
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The Thin Red Line in 35mm
Terrence Malick adapted James Jones’s 1962 novel, inspired by the author’s experiences serving in World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign, for his first film since his 1978 classic Days of Heaven. Malick assembled an all-star cast (including George Clooney, Nick Nolte and John Travolta) for his unusually contemplative war epic, which received seven Oscar nominations including Directing, Adapted Screenplay (both for Malick) and Best Picture. Nominated composer Hans Zimmer spent nine months working on his evocative score, which he termed the most challenging assignment of his career.
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River of No Return
Marilyn Monroe’s appearance in Western genre films required designer Travilla to create costumes ranging from saloon-style gowns to casual denim looks. Monroe wanted her character, Kay—a kind-hearted saloon singer torn between an ex-convict (Robert Mitchum) and her troubled fiancé (Rory Calhoun)—to have a natural feel. Her acting coach, Natasha Lytess, and director Otto Preminger clashed over whether Monroe should use her typical breathy voice, with the studio backing Monroe’s decision to forgo it.
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There's No Business Like Show Business
The Donahue clan, led by husband and wife Molly and Terry (Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey), navigate the ups and downs of show biz, from their beginnings in Vaudeville to the Great Depression, in this musical comedy with songs by Irving Berlin. The family’s close bond is further tested with the arrival of the talented and driven Vicky Parker (Marilyn Monroe). Costume designer Travilla played an integral role in shaping Marilyn Monroe’s public image on- and off-screen. Together they famously produced looks that evaded censorship while still courting controversy. His designs for her showgirl characters are of particular note.
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The Prince and the Showgirl in 35mm with Bus Stop
The Prince and the Showgirl in 35mm
In this sole collaboration between Warner Bros. and Marilyn Monroe Productions, Monroe plays Elsie Marina, a witty American showgirl who gets noticed by the eccentric Prince Regent Charles (Laurence Olivier). Set in Edwardian London and directed by Olivier, the film was a famously troubled production, with tension between co-stars and cinematographer Jack Cardiff. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios outside London; Monroe’s difficulties on and off set were adapted into Simon Curtis’s fictional My Week with Marilyn (2011), with Michelle Williams starring as Monroe.
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Let’s Make Love
Director George Cukor’s musical comedy was Monroe’s second-to-last completed film. She plays a bohemian off-Broadway actor who is in a show satirizing a French billionaire, Jean-Marc Clément (Yves Montand). While scoping out the production, Clément is cast in the play and the two fall in love, though deception threatens to ruin everything. Monroe worked closely with costume designer Dorothy Jeakins to draw inspiration from her personal style for the film’s looks.
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The Misfits in 4K
Penned by Arthur Miller, this contemporary Western centers on the recently divorced Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe) and her relationship with an aging former cowboy, Gay (Clark Gable), who now survives by rounding up wild mustangs to sell them to a slaughterhouse. Considered a commercial failure at the time of its original release, the film has since been regarded as a classic by critics and audiences, perhaps notably because it was the final completed film of both Gable and Monroe, and a fitting bookend to Monroe’s career—she credited Huston for her first big break in his The Asphalt Jungle (1950).
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