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When a stubborn cowboy falls for a determined singer, love clashes with ambition in a charming, heartfelt story of resilience, compromise, and the pursuit of dreams.

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Bus Stop (1956)

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.”