Marilyn Monroe: Bus Stop + drag performance
Queen's Film Theatre presents romcom The Bus Stop (1956) with a pre-screening performance by drag queen Trudy Scrumptious. Showing as part of the QFT's Marilyn Monroe season celebrating her 100th birthday.
In one of her finest comedic performances, Marilyn Monroe stars as a saloon singer, whose plans of Hollywood are lassoed in a new direction by a stubborn cowboy.
Cherie (Monroe) is a singer at a divey Phoenix nightclub, far away from her hometown in the Ozarks, but still not far enough. She dreams of a new life in Hollywood, but her plans are suddenly derailed when the rodeo comes to town, bringing with it a lovestruck cowboy (Don Murray) who approaches courtship with the subtlety of a steer roping competition.
Dissatisfied with the roles being assigned to her after completing The Seven Year Itch, Bus Stop marked Monroe's return to the big screen after a one-year absence. While away she enrolled in the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions, before signing a new contract with 20th Century Fox, granting her script and director approval. This marked a turning point in her career.
Trudy Scrumptious joins us for a pre-film performance, celebrating Marilyn Monroe's greatest hits.
Screening as part of Marilyn Monroe 100 at QFT, a season celebrating 100 years of a screen icon.
