Marilyn Monroe s personally annotated Seven Year Itch script offered at Heritage Auctions
Marilyn Monroe Personal Heavily Hand-Annotated Shooting Script for The Seven Year Itch (TCF, 1955).
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.- To the casual observer, Marilyn Monroe was the ultimate Hollywood bombshell, a hybrid of stunning good looks and an alluring personality that made her the standard by which all sex symbols were measured.
But thumbing through her annotated movie scripts reveals that she was far more than just a bundle of curves and charisma. She was a serious student of acting who took a very cerebral approach to her craft.
One such script (estimate: $120,000), from one of her most popular and important films, is available in Heritage Auctions Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Auction July 16-18. Monroes Personal Heavily Hand-Annotated Shooting Script for The Seven Year Itch (TCF, 1955) will afford its new owner much more than a review of the lines in the classic film.
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An Airstream Bambi trailer, which was designed in 1960 and became a fixture on American highways, at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, June 29, 2021. The MoMA exhibit Automania, drawn almost exclusively from the museums own collection, walks a painted white line between critique and celebration. Jeenah Moon/The New York Times.
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