Marilyn Monroe in Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

[MrYORKSHIREGUY]

Legend.

[julie101rox]

i think that not only she looks beautiful but i also think that her personality her way is beautiful

[theblueangel28]

the most gorgeous in every way..it just boggles the mind

[tomitstube]

marilyn was all of 21 when she shot this. this is like the last 12 minutes of norma jean still being present.

[alttab7890]

The hair AND the dress!!...GORGEOUS! what i wouldn't give to have this fashion today!!

[fromthesidelines]

See, this is from an original print, as Adele Jergens got top billing over Marilyn in the opening credits. When Marilyn became a star several years later, Columbia reissued the film and partially refilmed the opening title with Marilyn's name out front.

[bakerpb]

You can see and hear a bit of the real Norma Jean.

[NUFFyo]

the most beautiful woman i have ever seen

[Gertrudia09]

This was Marilyn in her Columbia days, which weren't many. She was on her way w/this one. It also was where she met Natasha Lytess, Head Drama Coach. I miss you NJ.

[ytcarol]

How many really beautiful young women do we see on the stage who are riveting in their deliciously womanly figure, yet who are all class and grace in their form and movement? Why do young women wish to be primarily "hot" - i.e. sexually appealing, and not just perfectly lovely? I have missed this style in our last generations.

[alttab7890]

@ytcarol I rather see these things,too.I think women lost heir delicasy.Their lady -like posture and even maybe their manners.So sad.....

[erika1237]

beautiful voice !!

[sulivan623]

awesome

[RoseJack]

seriously how can u do ur hair like dat can somone teach me

[SilverScreenLee]

Marilyn is incredibly darling in this!

Thank you for sharing.

[RainbowBrite80]

Oh!! Yes it's early Marilyn, but not quite...anybody Who knows anything can see that she's becoming Marilyn, but here...She's still Norma jean. Who i always thought was far prettier than Marilyn was.

[77marked]

And they fired marilyn because of this. what freaks they were at columbia. xox mark

[Gertrudia09]

@77marked Columbia did not fire Marilyn. She only had a 6 month contact or so. MGM Fox fired her; but then rehired her. Daryl Zanuck had a problem w/her. Maybe because his daughter was dating a guy who was seeing MM too. Don't you love her bio's. There's so many of them & what to believe? It's all good. As MM used to say, "what the hell?"

[77marked]

@Gertrudia09 Either way they gave marilyn the flick which after seeing her in that movie makes no sense at all.She also had top billing for the movie. In the last interview you can hear in marilyn's voice when she talks about LADIES OF THE CHOURUS that something else happend to her at columbia as you can hear alot of bitterness in marilyn's voice when she talks about that movie

[HERBLANDZ]

She didnt need the nose job.Hollywood put to much on her.thats nose job was a bullshit change.This looks like marilyn.Mgm did some useless things

[AWickedMind]

This clip displays how Marilyn did have a normal voice in her early career, before she was trained to speak in her trademark breathy little girl's tone. Her singing voice here is actually pretty deep- when compared to clips from The Seven Year Itch and the Person To Person interview, it doesn't even sound like it could be the same person! Guess it shows how good of an actress she truly was- her evolution of becoming the legend she is now is amazing.

[NotADood]

@AWickedMind I like her natural voice. There's audio of her last interview for Life magazine elsewhere on YT where she speaks in her natural voice. She kind of sounds like Angie Dickinson.

[ThePharaoho]

@AWickedMind Actually her voice was higher here; she later lowered her singing voice to give it more sex appeal and senuality and to give her voice a richer tone because her natural voice was very high, as she does in her songs from the "River of No Return" and the other later ones.

[faithoffaith]

Dam she was hot!

[kattypig58]

Ummm thats is NOT her singing. If you've heard her sing in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or any of her other performances you'd realise that.

[sublime1marilyn]

The script called for Marilyn to sing two songs in the film, a ballad entitled "Anyone Can Tell I Love You," and the enticing "Every Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy." ..she revealed a pleasant, competent singing voice. Columbia executives hedged their bets by setting their new starlet up with singing and acting lessons. Fred Karger, the musical director of Ladies of the Chorus, coached Marilyn to prepare her for her two production numbers....Karger improved Marilyn's vocal and musical skills immensely.

[waif55]

@sublime1marilyn Sigh! Well, let's run her down some more. Anybody who knows marilyn's voice, knows that this IS her voice. It's a huskier timbre, but you can already hear her coming down hard on her D's and T's--the hallmark of Natasha Lytess's "coaching." Think about it. If anybody had dubbed Marilyn, they would talked about it LONG ago. Or somebody at Columbia would have. Her style changed, that's all.

[sublime1marilyn]

@waif55 U have me confused with someone else. Of course it's her voice. Who/what comment R U responding to? The script called for Marilyn to sing 2 songs in the film, a ballad entitled "Anyone Can Tell I Love You," + "Every Baby Needs a Da-Da-Daddy." she revealed a pleasant, competent singing voice. Columbia executives set MM up with singing and acting lessons. Fred Karger, the musical director of Ladies of the Chorus, coached Marilyn to prepare her for her 2 production numbers..

[waif55]

@kattypig58

It IS her singing. You can tell because she is beginning to come down hard on her D and T's---that odd over-enunciation she was taught. If it wasn't her, by now--or long, long ago--it would have proved and the "real" singer revealed.Every single biography confirms that she sang here--she was trained by Columbia's top vocal coach and from that a romance developed between them.

[katiesjustthebest]

Amazing.

[philochs]

This is a beautiful song. I want to use it for a tribute video.

[poosaypirate]

ok one word !! W O W !!!

[philochs]

Thanks so much for the clips, what a great talent whose life was tragically cut short by the mob and the gov. Every time I watch her, she makes me feel happy and sad and I can't help but sigh. I love her. People I know don't watch old movies. They don't care about Marilyn cause they say that was so many years ago. What dullards folks are. She is the best, and I am quite sure I am going to write a lot about her in the future.

[poosaypirate]

you REALLY need new, and DIFFERENT friends. what kinda retards are u hanging out with ? jeese

[philochs]

The coolest people who live in Oklahoma. It's not like Far and Away or Oklahoma (the play), those glory days of the west are gone. Oh how I long for the old days and the wild west. I love this land, but It's become ignorant people who listen to rap now. Few care about history, let alone old movies. Gansta Rap music successfully killed off all culture and learning here. That's one reason why people here don't care about Marilyn Monroe. They only watch Scarface and newer movies. Nothing older.

[noahsarcooo]

the hair

the hair

oh my lord!

[sublime1marilyn]

you made me chuckle! honey, you are lovely.

;o)

[Caroline8481]

This is such a delightful video, thank you for posting it. Marilyn looks so innocent and sweet here.

[RJW882]

Absolutely stunning! Norma Jean at her finest!

[sublime1marilyn]

So sweet and beautiful! Thanks for the comment! :D

[Zac253Luvya]

Marilyn Monroe <3 REST IN PEACE !!

[sublime1marilyn]

She is so missed. May Marilyn/Norma Jeane be at rest and know peace.