now is the time for all good men to come...

Michelle Williams does not have Marilyn’s magical glow in any of the photos that I’ve seen. (How could she?)

Nonetheless, I want to see this movie.

allaboutmarilynmonroe:

NPR: A Prince and a Showgirl, On Location and at Odds

There’s an old story about Marilyn Monroe window-shopping with a friend on 5th Avenue, at the height of her fame. The friend was suddenly struck by the fact that they’d walked several blocks together on a busy New York sidewalk without anyone appearing to notice the best known and most glamorous star in all of motion pictures.

Monroe wasn’t in disguise — quite the contrary, she wasn’t even wearing sunglasses. Still, passers-by were simply passing by.

When the friend remarked on this, Monroe is reported to have said, “Oh, do you want them to notice me?” Then she reached into her purse for a lipstick and a scarf, and by the time she’d covered her blond locks with the latter, thrown back her shoulders slightly, and taken 20 steps, she was mobbed. Star power was something she had to turn on…