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Love Happy (1949)
In director David Miller's anarchic comedy - the Marx
Bros' final starring feature, and noted for Marilyn Monroe's small
but early memorable walk-on role:
- Detective Sam Grunion's (Groucho Marx) beautiful
blonde client (Marilyn Monroe), who made a dramatic entrance into
Grunion's Detective Agency, while Sam held the door open
- after she sashayed into the office, Sam asked: "Is
there anything I can do for ya?" - followed by a pause, reflection,
a glance at the audience, and then an aside: "What a ridiculous
statement!"; she put her hand on his right shoulder and responded: "Mr.
Grunion. I want you to help me"; Grunion was cooperative: "What
seems to be the trouble?"; she told him: "Some men are
following me," after which he replied: "Really? I can't
understand why" - and then rolled his eyes; he volunteered to
accompany her to the bus station when she was asked to leave: "I'll
take ya down to the bus station. Oh, if I'm not back tonight, go
ahead without me. That's been the history of all my romances"
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Blonde Client's Dramatic Entrance
"Some men are following me"
"Really? I can't understand why"
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