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Blonde (2022)

Cast Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson
Year released1922
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Her mother Gladys Pearl Baker tells young Norma Jeane Mortenson, "I worry for our safety." (0:03)

Poster for City Lights (0:05)

Gladys tells a policeman, "I wish you would shoot me."
Policeman: ”You’re drunk. You’re doped up.” (0:09)

Gladys beats Norma Jeane, (0:10)

Neighbor Miss Flynn tells Norma Jeane, referring to Gladys, "She tried to hurt you." (0:16)

Norma Jeane: "This mentally unbalanced woman almost killing a little girl, like a novel by Dostoyevsky, where you feel sympathy for the criminal..." (0:22)

Marilyn, referring to character Nell: "She’s a sleepwalker... She’s trapped in delusion, but where does dreaming end and madness begin? Anyway, Isn’t all love based on delusion?"
Casting director: ”... like watching a mental patient...” (0:27)

Norma Jeane visits Gladys in a psychiatric hospital. She walks past patients in straight jackets. Her escort tells her, "These are some of our more troubled patients." (0:29)

Acting, Marilyn Monroe holds a razor blade to her throat as if to kill herself. (0:34)

Announcer, referring to Marilyn: "Her portrayal of a mentally unbalanced young babysitter is so chillingly convincing..." (0:36)

By telephone, her agent I.E. Shinn asks Marilyn, "Are you on painkillers?"
: ”... a whole lot classier than Don’t Bother...” (0:36)

Cass Chaplin, referring to Norma Jeane: "Miss Golden Dreams, of all people." (0:39)

Title: "A Raging Torrent of Emotion" (0:43)

Cass tells Norma Jeane and Edward “Eddy” G. Robinson, Jr., "We’re a triangle." (0:51)

Cass: "Well this is a vision for baby to see." (0:54)

By telephone, Shinn tells Marilyn, "Zanuck has bought Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for you." (0:55)

The psychiatrist tells Marilyn, referring to Gladys, "A syndrome of symptoms." (1:00)

A doctor, holding a syringe, tells Norma: "This will put you in twilight sleep." (1:03)

Marilyn tells Joe DiMaggio, "I’m crazy about babies." (1:10)

One of her assistants tells Mariilyn, "This is a confidential letter..." (1:12)

Theater marquee: "GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES" (1:14)

Marilyn attends a screening of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (1:16)

Her husband Joe smacks Marilyn in the face. (1:26)

Filming The Seven Year Itch (1:27)

Joe beats Marilyn. (1:31)

Actor: "When I dream of back there, I dream of the smell of laundry." (1:34)

Theater marquee: "the seven year itch" (1:36)

Playwright Arthur Miller tells Norma, referring to character Magda, "She wouldn’t dream of being cruel." (1:38)

Joe tells Marilyn, "Well, don’t worry..." (1:48)

Marilyn sings in Some Like it Hot. (1:52)

A man injects Marilyn’s neck. (1:53)

Joe tells Marilyn, "I’m so worried about you... these drugs..." (1:55)

Filming of Some Like it Hot
Doc: ”Have a little Benzedrine, codeine?” (1:56)

Screening of Some Like It Hot (2:06)

Marilyn removes pills from a prescription bottle then swallows them. (2:06)

Marilyn tells secret service agents, "I’m not crippled." (2:12)

Marilyn: "You don’t have to worry about me." (2:18)

Marilyn repeats, "It’s just a dream. It’s just a dream... It’s just a crazy dream." (2:24)

Marilyn, prescription bottles on her nightstand: "What an ugly dream. What a crazy dream." (2:25)

By telephone, Eddy tells Norma, "Cass is dead... classic alcy death..." (2:27)

Marilyn swallows a series of drugs. Overdose? (2:35)

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