Prison Belle
March, 2007
MISS MONROE HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO"I never wanted to be anything like Rita Hayworth, The acting of Miss Myrna Loy just frankly left me cold, Barbara Stanwyck was a tad too masculine for comfort, And ZaSu Pitts on-screen or off a man could never hold. I never cared for Joan Fontaine, Norma Shearer bored me, Tallulah Bankhead and Nazimova were just too old. Just give me Theda Bara any day, I loved her sultry, vamping, sloe-eyed way." —lyrics from The Marilyn Project, a musical opening...
