Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait on the grass in 1954 in Palm Springs, California. Photo: Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images I’ve loved Marilyn Monroe for as long as I’ve loved films, which is to say forever. Her comedies – Some Like It Hot (1959), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) (especially Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) – are the first films I became obsessed with, watching them repeatedly.