MARILYN MONROE - The Misfits (1/15)

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•A doctor was on call 24 hours a day for ... (more)
Added: December 16, 2007
NOTES:
•A doctor was on call 24 hours a day for both Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift during the filming.
•United Artists executives were unhappy with the rough cut of the film, so director John Huston, producer Frank E. Taylor, and writer Arthur Miller all agreed to reshoot several scenes. Clark Gable had script approval, however, and he rejected the idea. Other disagreements over the final cut resulted in the elimination of a shot of Marilyn Monroe's naked breast from the bedroom scene.
•Clark Gable's last film.
•This was the last completed film for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. Gable died of a heart attack and Monroe died of a drug overdose a year later. (Note: While Something's Got to Give (1962) is listed as her last film, it was never completed because she was fired.)
•Bored while waiting for Marilyn Monroe to turn up on the set, Clark Gable opted to do his own stunts, which included being dragged by a truck traveling at 30 mph.
•On the last day of filming, Clark Gable said, "Christ, I'm glad this picture's finished. She [Monroe] damn near gave me a heart attack." The next day, Gable suffered a massive heart attack; he died 11 days later.
•When Montgomery Clift was filming one of his rodeo stunts, his shirt was ripped. They decided to keep filming and the torn shirt can be seen in several shots.
•Originally written as a short story by Arthur Miller while awaiting his own divorce in Reno prior to marrying Marilyn Monroe.
•John Huston pocketed $250 by casting himself as an extra in the blackjack scene.
•Marilyn Monroe reputedly nagged then-husband Arthur Miller to cut scenes featuring Eli Wallach's character, for fear that he would upstage her own performance.
•According to writer Arthur Miller, Clark Gable had already seen a rough cut of the movie by the last day of filming, and said, "This is the best picture I have made, and it's the only time I've been able to act."
•The biplane that Guido flies is a 1943 Meyers OTW. It's still registered today to a couple in Northern California.
The final theatrical performance of Marilyn Monroe

Roslyn is a very beautiful woman who just got divorced. She meets two friends, Guido and Gay, who take her to Guido's house in the country to relax and forget the difficulties of the past few weeks. Everything is fine at first, but soon the two men fall in love with Roslyn and start showing some bad aspects of their characters. Soon they meet another friend of Gay's, and the four of them go to hunt some wild horses. This is when things just... explode!