Gentlemen prefer blondes (Motion picture). Two-dimensional moving image. How to marry a millionaire (Motion picture). Two-dimensional moving image. Seven year itch (Motion picture). Two-dimensional moving image. Some like it hot (Motion picture). Two-dimensional moving image.
Notes:
Originally released as motion pictures 1953-1959. "Gentlemen prefer blondes" based on the novel by Anita Loos ; "How to marry a millionaire" based on the plays by Zoe Atkins, Dale Eunson, and Katherine Albert ; "Seven year itch" based on the play by George Axelrod. Dolby stereo, Dolby surround, Dolby digital 5.1, full screen 1.33:1, wide screen 2.55:1, wide screen 1.66:1. Features: Fox Movietonews, original trailers, still gallery, restoration comparison, theatrical trailers. Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Betty Grable, Tom Ewell, Tony Curtis.
Contents:
Gentlemen prefer blondes (1953, 91 min.) / directed by Howard Hawks -- How to marry a millionaire (1953, 105 min.) / directed by Jean Negulesco -- The seven year itch (1955, 104 min.) / directed by Billy Wilder -- Some like it hot (1959, 122 min.) / directed by Billy Wilder.
Summary:
Two showgirls are surround by music and men as they pursue their quest for love, romance, and money on a luxury-liner bound for France; three women rent an expensive New York penthouse apartment in the hopes of catching rich husbands; a man fantasizes about a beautiful actress in the upstairs apartment while his wife and son are away for the summer; when Chicago musicians witness a murder they realize that their only escape is to dress as women and join an all-girls band on their way to a tour of Florida.
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