I have a predilection for this Marilyn Monroe film noir movie. Being filmed on location on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, the studio hired local actors, carpenters, etc, to work for them. My father knew a sign painter who made the required signs needed. Being aware that the new sensational blonde star would soon show-up, he was extremely surprised when being introduced to a very demure, polite and genuinely sweet young girl, not the stuck-up, demanding big Hollywood star he had anticipated. He was so taken aback by her loveliness, he completely forgot to ask for an autograph. The film itself is a lovely snapshot of the 1950s and the Niagara Falls area is captured gloriously in Technicolor. The acting is adequate for this dark suspenseful story about a honeymoon couple becoming mixed up with a woman planning on murdering her obsessive husband, and the film utilizes it's location very well. Veteran actor Joseph Cotten plays Monroe's neurotic husband, Jean Peters and Casey Adams play the young honeymooners. The highlight of course is Marilyn Monroe and she delivers a fine performance as the cheating, murderous wife. This is a very interesting early Monroe movie, well worth a look for the nostalgic feel of a past era.
Review of Niagara
