Ladies of the Chorus (Karlson, 1948): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.45pm
This 35mm presentation is part of the Marilyn Monroe season at BFI Southbank. The movie also screens on July 12th with an introduction by season curator Kimberley Sheehan.BFI introduction:
Peggy and her overprotective mother Mae work as chorus girls in a
burlesque troupe. When the star of their show quits, Mae hatches a plan
for Peggy to take the top spot. In her first major screen role, Monroe
elevates a low-budget, uneven b-movie musical. It’s fascinating to see
the then 22-year-old performing with her natural voice and building the
foundations of her future star persona. It showcases both her gift for
comedy and her musicality, culminating in the catchy, if somewhat
questionable, sugar-baby anthem Every Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy.
Here (and above) is an extract.
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