| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | Forever Marilyn Blu-Ray Collection July 31st 20th-Century Fox Retail: $99.99, Our: $89.99 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), River of No Return (1954), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959), The Misfits (1961) |   |
Fox has announced a July 31st release date for their Forever Marilyn Blu-Ray Collection.
The 7-disc set will include five new-to-Blu-Ray titles, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), River of No Return (1954), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955) with all seven available as singles.
Bonus features mostly carry over from the standard DVD releases. More details below.
Marilyn Monroe forever stands alone as Hollywood’s quintessential icon with a timeless allure. Her breathy voice, voluptuous figure and wide-ranging talents catapulted her to superstardom, where she remains as legendary today as ever.
Immortalized here in this must-own collection are seven of her best and most popular films, presented on Blu-ray — the perfect format to showcase Marilyn’s flawless beauty and captivating performances as they’re meant to be seen.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Blu-Ray) (1953)
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell sizzle, sing and dance as a couple of gold diggers out to land rich husbands. This Technicolor film fable follows the exploits of two gorgeous women aboard a luxury ocean liner. One (Monroe) loves diamonds and the other (Russell) loves men.
On the ship with them are an elderly diamond mine owner (Charles Coburn), a team of handsome and muscular Olympic athletes, a fascinating but very young millionaire (George Winslow) and a nosy private eye. Packed with 40 minutes of production numbers, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes includes the legendary title song and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."
BONUS FEATURES:
- Movietone News: Mann's Chinese Theater - "Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell Immortalized in Cement"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
Marilyn delivers one of the finest comedic performances of her career in this outrageously funny film co-starring Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall! Three beautiful models plan to snag rich husbands by pooling their funds and renting a posh Manhattan penthouse in which to lure their victims. What follows is a series of near-marital mishaps where love prevails over money, proving that even gold diggers sometimes have hearts of gold!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Movietone Newsreel: "How to Marry a Millionare in Cinemascope"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
After his wife dies, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Matt is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun). When Weston's beautiful fiancee (Marilyn Monroe) then decides to nurse Calder back to health, the insanely jealous Weston risks their lives by taking them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking western.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
This delightful Irving Berlin musical – featuring Marilyn Monroe, a stellar cast and an array of dazzling, upbeat production numbers – is a showstopper on Blu-ray.
Co-starring with Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor and Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn plays an ambitious and beautiful showgirl named Vicky, who catches the eye of Tim, a son in the veteran vaudeville family act known as the Five Donahues. But when Vicky steals Tim’s heart, his loyalties to his talented clan will be tested and the show business life will prove to be more surprising and entertaining than anyone thought possible.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
Featuring one of the most iconic images in cinema history, this classic Billy Wilder comedy will seduce you on Blu-ray.
Marilyn Monroe lights up the screen as a voluptuous actress known only as “The Girl,” who moves into the apartment above a married man named Richard (Tom Ewell.) While Richard’s wife and son are away for the summer, his marriage vows are put to the ultimate test by The Girl’s charm and unwitting flirtations. Will the smitten Richard stay faithful or will he succumb to “the seven year itch”?
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Author Kevin Lally
- The Hays Code - Picture in Picture
- Marilyn Monroe Interactive Timeline
- Monroe & Wilder - An Intersection of Genius
- Deleted Scenes
- Hollywood Backstory: The Seven Year Itch
- Fox Movietone News: "The Seven Year Itch Has Sneak Preview"
- Theatrical Trailers
- Still Galleries
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in Some Like It Hot, hailed by the American Film Institute as the funniest American movie of all time. When two Chicago musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, they trade in their union suits for flapper frocks and hightail it down to Florida as the newest members of an all-girl jazz band. Jam-packed with a sizzling selection of brand new bonus features, the Some Like It Hot Collector's Edition is a comic salute to "one of the greatest film comedies" (The Motion Picture Guide). Zowie!
BONUS FEATURES:
- New Full-Length Commentary Featuring:
- A New Interview with Tony Curtis
- An archived 1984 interview with Jack Lemmon
- Additional Commentary by Paul Diamond (Son of I.A.L Diamond)
- The Screenwriting Team of Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
- New Documentary: The Making of Some Like It Hot
- New Documentary: The Legacy of Some Like It Hot
- Nostalgic Look Back With Tony Curtis
- Memories from the Sweet Sues Featurette
- Virtual Hall of Memories
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Divorced and disillusioned, Roslyn Tabor (Marilyn Monroe) befriends a group of "misfits," including an aging cowboy (Clark Gable), a heartbroken mechanic (Eli Wallach) and a worn-out rodeo rider (Montgomery Clift). Through their live-for-the-moment lifestyle, Roslyn experiences her first taste of freedom, exhilaration and passion. But when her innocent idealism clashes with their hard-edged practicality, Roslyn must risk losing their friendship... and the only true love she's ever known.
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