Bus Stop (1956)
7/10
Bus Stop
5 September 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This film from director Joshua Logan (Camelot, Paint You Wagon) was supposedly the film that showed the beautiful star of Some Like It Hot as more than just a sexpot. Basically innocent rodeo cowboy Beauregard 'Bo' Decker (Oscar and BAFTA nominated Don Murray) and his friends Virgil Blessing (Arthur O'Connell) take the bus from Montana to Phoenix to take part in the upcoming rodeo competition. They enter a café hoping to find their angels, and Bo finds his in the form of "hillbilly" singer and performer Cherie (Golden Globe nominated Marilyn Monroe). He manages to charm her to the point where she might have said something to suggest she loves him, and he wants to get married as soon as possible! Cherie accompanies him to the rodeo where he is taking part, and soon after she tries to run away to Los Angeles, but he forces her to board his bus back to Montana. They are forced to stop at Grace's Diner when a snow storm passes through, and everyone is to find out about Bo kidnapping Cherie. Bo is determined to have Cherie, but she is insisting that there is no real love, but of course after a long talk it turns out they do really love each other, and they get back on the bus for their happy ending. Also starring Betty Field as Grace, Eileen Heckart as Vera, Robert Bray as Carl and Hope Lange as Elma Duckworth. Murray is not bad as the male lead, but the show is ultimately stolen by Monroe, possible most memorable sequence being her deliberately bad singing of the song "That Old Black Magic", it is quite a nice story. It was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy. Marilyn Monroe was number 39 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, she was number 6 on 100 Years, 100 Stars - Women, she was number 3 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols (she could have been number 1), and she was number 11 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Very good!
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