Marilyn Monroe: The Diamond Collection
Released in May 2001 to commemorate what would have been Marilyn Monroe's 75th birthday, Fox's six-disc Marilyn Monroe: The Diamond Collection features five classic films There's No Business Like Show Business, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, and Bus Stop along with the documentary Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, which features a reconstructed 37-minute version of her final, unfinished film, Something's Got to Give, co-starring Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. All of the movies have been transferred from new 35mm film masters struck by Fox, while the DVDs of The Seven Year Itch and Bus Stop offer "before and after" comparisons of their restored prints. Note that the documentary Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days is only available on DVD in this box the rest of the titles can be purchased separately or in this collection. Six keep-cases in a paperboard slip-case. (Access individual reviews using the links above.)
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