Marilyn Monroe and Louis Calhern in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) dir. John Huston

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The Asphalt Jungle

Eh. Found myself a little bored watching this.

What I Liked:

"I see you running over any cats I'll kick your teeth in."

I like the guy who played the Doc and the lady who played Doll.

What I Disliked:

Uncle Lon. Gross.

The guy who played Dix was a terrible actor.

Thoughts and Ponderings:

The whole thing between Marilyn Monroe and Emmrich was gross.

The Lieutenant slapped ole Coppy into singing.

She's finished and she's gorgeous! #marylinmonroe #normajean #sevenyearitch #gentlemenpreferblondes #somelikeithot #theasphaltjungle #candleinthewind (at The Gaslight) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ACwcMFQTH/?igshid=1seofvh05x3zh

Cinema Noir: Niagara/ The Asphalt Jungle      March 1st  9pm to 12am

Bar Redux & New Orleans Film Noir Society Present a Cinema Noir Double Feature of Marilyn Monroe. Niagara- "Belated honeymooners Polly (Jean Peters) and Ray Cutler (Casey Adams) arrive at their Niagara Falls cottage only to find that Rose (Marilyn Monroe) and George Loomis (Joseph Cotten) have not yet checked out. Though the Cutlers temporarily take another cabin, the lives of the two couples are bound together for the next two days. Polly discovers that Rose is having an affair and that George, though emotionally unstable, has good reason for his jealous rage. George accurately suspects that Rose openly flaunts her sexuality to make him act crazy in front of witnesses. This is part of Rose's plan: her lover Patrick (Richard Allan) will kill George and make it look like suicide or a disappearance. Instead, George kills Patrick, and he returns to kill Rose, but finds Polly instead. As she had been sympathetic to him, he asks her not to tell anyone that he is alive so he can simply disappear. But, realizing that he wants to kill Rose, Polly informs the police. What follows is escalating terror, with George stalking Rose, Rose desperately trying to leave town, the police searching for both of them, and finally George and Polly adrift in a boat heading for the precipice. In Henry Hathaway's Technicolor film noir, Niagara Falls serves as an apt metaphor for the destructive power of out-of-control carnal and murderous obsessions."~ Steve Press, All Movie Guide The Asphalt Jungle - "The Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime -- or, as director John Huston and scripter Ben Maddow put it, a left-handed form of human endeavor. Recently paroled master criminal Erwin Doc Riedenschneider (Sam Jaffe), with funding from crooked attorney Emmerich (Louis Calhern), gathers several crooks together in Cincinnati for a Big Caper. Among those involved are Dix (Sterling Hayden), an impoverished hood who sees the upcoming jewel heist as a means to finance his dream of owning a horse farm. Hunch-backed cafe owner (James Whitmore) is hired on to be the driver for the heist; professional safecracker Louis Ciavelli (Anthony Caruso) assembles the tools of his trade; and a bookie (Marc Lawrence) acts as Emmerich's go-between. The robbery is pulled off successfully, but an alert night watchman shoots Ciavelli. Corrupt cop (Barry Kelley), angry that his patsy (Lawrence) didn't let him in on the caper, beats the bookie into confessing and fingering the other criminals involved. From this point on, the meticulously planned crime falls apart with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy. Way down on the cast list is Marilyn Monroe in her star-making bit as Emmerich's sexy niece; whenever The Asphalt Jungle would be reissued, Monroe would figure prominently in the print ads as one of the stars. The Asphalt Jungle was based on a novel by the prolific W.R. Burnett, who also wrote Little Caesar and Saint Johnson (the fictionalized life story of Wyatt Earp)" .~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Films are screened on our lovely patio (weather permitting)

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Marilyn Monroe in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) dir. John Huston

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