{"id":31270,"date":"2013-05-07T09:08:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T16:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31270"},"modified":"2021-08-27T23:11:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T06:11:13","slug":"bus-stop-wrong-kind-of-girl-the-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31270","title":{"rendered":"Bus Stop \/ Wrong Kind of Girl, The (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I know she&#8217;s my angel &#8212; and that&#8217;s good enough for me!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Poster.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile on his way to a rodeo competition with his buddy (Arthur O&#8217;Connell), a romantically inexperienced young cowboy (Don Murray) meets the woman of his dreams (Marilyn Monroe) at a saloon, and attempts to convince her to marry him by kidnapping her.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Betty Field Films<\/li>\n<li>Cowboys<\/li>\n<li>Don Murray Films<\/li>\n<li>Hans Conried Films<\/li>\n<li>Hope Lange Films<\/li>\n<li>Joshua Logan Films<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Marilyn Monroe Films<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Love<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Rodeo<\/li>\n<li>Romance<\/li>\n<li>Singers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn a decidedly dubious endorsement, Peary writes that &#8220;if you like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bus_Stop_%28play%29\">William Inge&#8217;s play<\/a>, you&#8217;ll be more than satisfied with this version, directed by Joshua Logan [and] scripted by George Axelrod&#8221;. Personally, I&#8217;ve never been a fan of Inge&#8217;s tale about an &#8220;infantile&#8221; cowboy who &#8220;pays no attention to [Monroe] when she attempts to say they are unsuitable for each other&#8221;, but who eventually &#8220;learns that men should respect women&#8221;, at which point &#8220;Monroe falls for the suddenly tender young man&#8221;. I agree with Peary that it&#8217;s &#8220;hard to watch Murray&#8217;s overly aggressive, obnoxious cowboy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-1024x407.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-128x51.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-1536x610.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2-604x240.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray2.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and concede that &#8220;Monroe is sexy and beautiful and gives one of her best performances&#8221; &#8212; a frustrating dilemma for film fanatics, who will want to check this one out simply to see Monroe in &#8220;the film that won her the first critical praise for her thespian skills&#8221;, but will likely find themselves irritated by the vehicle itself. With that said, while Logan should have dialed Murray&#8217;s performance w-a-a-a-y back:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-1024x410.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-128x51.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-768x308.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-1536x615.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray-604x242.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Murray.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>he does a nice job opening up the stagey scenario (originally taking place exclusively in a diner), and incorporating live rodeo footage: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-1024x404.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"253\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-1024x404.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-128x50.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-1536x605.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo-604x238.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Rodeo.png 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; and he elicits fine performances from the rest of his cast (most notably Monroe, but also Eileen Heckart as Monroe&#8217;s coworker, Betty Field as the randy owner of the diner, Robert Bray as Carl the bus driver, and O&#8217;Connell as Murray&#8217;s father-figure friend).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-1024x405.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"253\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-1024x405.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-128x51.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-768x304.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-1536x607.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray-604x239.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-OConnell-Bray.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-1024x414.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-1024x414.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-128x52.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-768x311.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-1536x622.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2-604x244.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Field2.png 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This would make a sociologically interesting double-bill with the similarly-themed <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20651\"><em>Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<\/em> (1954)<\/a> &#8212; another &#8217;50s film about male courting aggression taken to extremes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marilyn Monroe as Cherie (nominated by Peary as one of the Best Actresses of the Year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-1024x407.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-128x51.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-1536x610.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe-604x240.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Monroe.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Eileen Heckart as Vera<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-1024x402.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-128x50.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-1536x603.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2-604x237.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bus-Stop-Heckart2.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though of course it&#8217;s worth a look for Monroe&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049038\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1956\/09\/01\/archives\/the-screen-marilyn-monroe-arrives-glitters-as-floozie-in-bus-stop.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/busstop.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s240monroe.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I know she&#8217;s my angel &#8212; 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