Quintessential Marilyn Monroe in arguably her greatest screen performance, BUSTOP, presents a woman with real life dilemmas, not merely a look at the formula dumb blonde persona with personality and passaz but few brains. This role from the William Inge Play suited the Marilyn temperament to perfection garnering unbelievable reviews from the critics and a tremendous following by her public. Her co-star, Don Murray, received a well deserved Oscar nomination for the man who falls in love with her "Cherry", but Marilyn out-acted everyone in the film. Too bad Darryl F. Zannuck, head of 20th Century Fox, was a stupid, hard headed lug who didn't care for the very immense talent he had under his wing. But then he could care less about Monroe herself as a human being, only that she raked in the dollars for 20th Century while paying her way below what she was worth. If you have never seen BUSTOP, you owe it to yourself to see a side of Marilyn that is so tangible, fragile and vulnerable, much like the lady herself.
For all the cynics of the past or any who exist today, know how great Marilyn was on the silver screen. She was voted the 5th or 6th greatest actress of the 20th century by the prestigious American Film Institute Award. (The AFI) Miss Monroe would be very pleased with this honour as she always strove to be a great star/actor. Her pain and suffering during her short life is a source of great empathy for a woman who was usually misunderstood and often maligned.
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