Fox announces FOREVER MARILYN: THE BLU-RAY COLLECTION

The seven-disc collection will feature titles new to Blu, like "How to Marry a Millionaire," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Seven Year Itch," "There's No Business Like Show Business," and "River of No Return."
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Celebrate the life, the legend and the beauty of Marilyn Monroe.  The iconic blonde bombshell shines in high definition in "Forever Marilyn: The Blu-ray Collection."  With classics like "The Misfits" and "Some Like It Hot" as well as new-to-Blu-ray titles "How to Marry A Millionaire," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "The Seven Year Itch," "There’s No Business Like Show Business" and "River of No Return," this unique set of films, those that made Marilyn a star, is a collector’s dream.  Marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of this Hollywood legend, the seven-disc collection will be available as a Blu-ray set and individual titles beginning July 20th Internationally (Germany) and on July 31st in North America from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Starting today (June 1st), Marilyn fans around the world can pre-order the Collection with online retailers. 

"The Misfits" (1961)
A sexy divorcée (Monroe) falls for an over-the-hill cowboy (Clark Gable) who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-sixties Nevada. Montgomery Clift also stars.

"Some Like It Hot" (1959)
When two musicians (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon) witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in when they become enamoured with the band's singer (Monroe).

"How to Marry A Millionaire" (1953)
Three women (Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall) set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953)
Two singers, best friends Lorelei Lee (Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell), travel to Paris pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei's fiancé's disapproving father to keep an eye on her, a rich, enamoured old man and many other doting admirers.

"The Seven Year Itch" (1955)
When his family goes away for the summer, a so-far faithful husband (Tom Ewell) is tempted by a beautiful neighbor (Monroe).

"There’s No Business Like Show Business" (1954)
Molly (Ethel Merman) and Terry (Dan Dailey) Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. But when son Tim (Donald O'Connor) meets hat-check girl Vicky (Monroe), the family act begins to fall apart.

"River of No Return" (1954)
A frontier farmer (Robert Mitchum) takes off with his son and a saloon singer (Monroe) after the man who stole his rifle and his horse.