About this episode

The episode celebrates Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday by discussing her final film, 'Something's Got to Give'.

We are celebrating someone's birthday today on "Going Hollywood" and it is an occasion truly worth marking: Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday on June 1, 2026. And though it may be odd to think of the ultimate movie sex siren as a centenarian, her image as an ever youthful romantic symbol is forever burnished in celluloid. So we feel it's fitting, as we celebrate the life of this screen legend, to take a look at her final, unfinished film; "Something's Got to Give", the 1962 romantic comed...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Shreve, Tony Maietta

Topics covered

• Marilyn Monroe
• film history
• unreleased films
• celebrity birthdays
• romantic comedies

Keywords

• Marilyn Monroe
• Something's Got to Give
• film history
• romantic comedy
• celebrity birthdays

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Books & works: Something's Got to Give

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