yes, tonight's featured smoker is none other than the lovely and legendary miss marilyn monroe. for those of you who don't know, the man 'lighting her fire' is the overrrated knight himself, sir laurence olivier. obviously, this was around the time they filmed the excellent 'the prince and the showgirl.' out of all the names marilyn had on screen, i liked the name of her character in 'showgirl' the best; she was called elsie marina. the first time i watched it, i was bored; the second time, i was mesmirised by her white dress; and the third time, i was really wooed by the entire thing. i think olivier actually tries to show some 'humor.' and marilyn's wordless performance in the church sequence is nothing short of thunderous. i don't for one minute suspect that she and olivier 'made it real' like, 'behind the scenes,' if you know what i mean. i think they both had other things on their minds... namely, arthur miller and danny kaye. but whoahhhh, look at norma jean suck on that cig! drag on, miss baker...! you rock! vipe it!
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