Georgetown Peabody Library

Hollywood bombshells collection

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Hollywood bombshells collection

Hometown story: Iconic blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe plays the secretary to a small-town newspaper editor who begins a campaign to prove that corrupt big business has taken over City Hall (1 hr., 2 min., B&W)Sundown: At an English outpost in North Africa during World War II, two British officers enlist a ravishing caravan trader to help thwart the Nazis from supplying arms to local rebels (1 hr., 31 min., B&W)Outpost in Morocco: An emir's vivacious daughter and a dashing captain are caught in a web of forbidden love, intrigue and high adventure (1 hr., 31 min., B&W)!The outlaw: Jane Russell plays love interest to Billy the Kid in director Howard Hughes' scandalous (and originally banned) version of the legendary outlaw's tale (1 hr., 57 min., B&W)Salome, where she danced: Set during the Franco-Prussian war, a Viennese dancer accused of being a spy is forced to flee to the American West (1 hr., 26 min., color)Bride of the gorilla: A blonde beauty murders her wealthy husband to marry another, but an ancient curse turns her handsome love into a rampaging gorilla (1 hr., 35., B&W)

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