I suppose ‘Songs That Scared Catherine as a Child’ might be a better title.” “This show is all about vocalists, all female, from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s – people such as Marlene Dietrich, Julie London, Jane Russell, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday. ...

"Lorelei Lee" in Encores! Made famous on Broadway by Tony Award winner Carol Channing and later in film by Marilyn Monroe, "Lorelei Lee" goes on a whirlwind trip to Europe to land a rich husband with her partner in crime "Dorothy Shaw," played by Jane...

(He was fired midway through production.) In a sequence full of in-your-face dancepower, watch the Jets’ oh-so-menacing yet oh-so-cool confrontation with the camera in the final shot. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953) is most famous for Marilyn Monroe’s...

The song, paired with Gene Kelly’s undeniable talent, created a classic scene in cinema, and one of the greatest in dancing history. While not a particularly great example of either Marilyn Monroe or Jane Russell’s best singing or dancing, this song...

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Even during Hollywood’s most conservative days, the subject of fornication and the allure of the human physique was still present — whether one was staring leeringly at the sight of Jane Russell’s bosom, or was dropping a few coins into a nickelodeon...