Feb 10th   
Niagara**   

(US 1952)                            

Honeymooners arrive at Niagara Falls to find that a voluptuous blonde is plotting to kill her neurotic husband, but the scheme backfires.
Uneven melodrama with a tragic edge, showcasing Marilyn in her first major vehicle, with a studio that didn't really know how to utilise her properly, other than emphasising her obvious physical assets - her role actually amounts to not much more than her previous decorative cameos. Quite suspenseful however, and well photographed, although with a surprisingly boring climax, given the setting.

Written by: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen.
Producer: Charles Brackett.
Director: Henry Hathaway.
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Denis O'Dea, Richard Allan.
Photography: Joe McDonald.
Music: Sol Kaplan.

Preceded by:
Niagara
(Fra. 1897. 1m. bw. silent; One of the first filmed records of the famous landmark, on a visit by the Lumieres.; aka: Niagara Falls)