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Mysteries of the West
Fridays in December
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Marilyn Monroe stars! Falling in love can be odd, clumsy and slow to develop. Such is the case when a naive and stubborn rodeo star falls in love with a singer from the East. He wants to take her away, get married and live on his ranch in Montana. She has other plans.
Did You Know:
- Don Murray was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Marilyn Monroe was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress
- This film is an adaptation of the 1955 Broadway play of the same name
- The role of Bo Decker (played by Don Murray) was intended for Fess Parker, but he was under contract with Disney at the time.
- This movie was Don Murray’s cinema debut.
- Marilyn Monroe sang “That Old Black Magic” in the film and did it live on camera without lip-syncing.
- The Saturday Review of Literature wrote that Marilyn Monroe’s performance “effectively dispels once and for all the notion that she is merely a glamour personality.”
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