For my project I decided to connect classic movie stars to the movies they did. Starting with Marilyn Monroe, I used the top 4 movies she is famous for on IMDB and found the top 5 stars in each of her movies. From there, I found the top 3 or 4 movies they were famous for (3 if the movie they were famous for was also the one they were connected to Marilyn by), and the top 5 movie stars in each of those movies. Since the artists are listed by importance to the film, these are the main characters of the film. Through doing this I was able to see which actors and actresses had worked together on other movies and see how they were all connected to Marilyn Monroe. Even more modern day actors came up in my research. For example, Nicole Kidman and Kevin Spacey both worked on films that were connected to Marilyn Monroe by only 2 degrees of separation. I found this really interesting to see how movie stars were connected back then. Nowadays, a lot of actors and actresses are known for working together on multiple movies. Back then, this was not nearly as common. However, there were some people that seemed to follow this more contemporary trend.
Below is the list of movies and their stars.
Marilyn Monroe
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Jane Russell
Charles Coburn
Elliott Reid
Tommy Noonan
George Winslow
How to Marry a Millionaire
Betty Grable
Lauren Bacall
David Wayne
Roy Calhoun
Cameron Mitchell
Some Like It Hot
Tony Curtis
Jack Lemmon
George Raft
Pat O’Brien
Joe E. Brown
How to Marry a Millionaire
Betty Grable
I Wake Up Screaming
Victor Mature
Carole Landis
Laird Cregar
William Gargan
Alan Mowbray
The Gay Divorce
Fred Astare
Ginger Rogers
Alice Brady
Edward Everett Horton
Erik Rhodes
The Dolly Sisters
John Payne
June Harver
S.Z. Sakall
Reginald Gardiner
Frank Latimore
Lauren Bacall
The Big Sleep
Humphrey Bogart
John Ridgely
Martha Vickers
Dorothy Malone
Peggy Knudsen
Key Largo
Humphrey Bogart
Edward G. Robinson
Lionel Barrymore
Claire Trevor
Thomas Gomez
To Have and Have Not
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Brennan
Dolores Moran
Hoagy Carmichael
Sheldon Leonard
Dogville
Nicole Kidman
Harriet Anderson
Jean-Marc Barr
Paul Bettany
Blair Brown
David Wayne
The Andromeda Strain
Arthur Hill
James Olson
Kate Reid
Paula Kelly
George Mitchell
House Calls
Wayne Rogers
Ray Buktenica
Lynn Redgrave
Deedy Peters
Sharon Gless
Adam’s Rib
Spencer Tracy
Kathrine Hepburn
Judy Holiday
Tom Ewell
Jean Hagen
Roy Calhoun
The Texan
Regis Parton
Duncan Lamont
James Drake
Alan Hale Jr.
Richard Adams
Motel Hell
Paul Linke
Nancy Parsons
Nina Axelrod
Wolfman Jack
Elaine Joyce
River of No Return
Robert Mitchum
Marilyn Monroe
Tommy Rettig
Murvyn Vye
Douglas Spencer
Cameron Mitchell
The High Chaparral
Lelf Erickson
Henry Darrow
Linda Cristal
Mark Slade
Don Collier
The Beachcomber
Don Megowan
Sebastian Cabot
Santy Josol
Bill Hess
Robert Anderson
Blood and Black Lace
Eva Bartok
Thomas Reiner
Ariana Gorini
Dante DiPaolo
Mary Arden
Carousel
Gordon Macrae
Shirley Jones
Barbara Ruick
Claramae Turner
Robert Rounseville
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
Jane Russell
Fate is the Hunter
Glenn Ford
Nancy Kwan
Rod Taylor
Suzanne Pleshette
Wally Cox
Manner Im Trenchcoat, Frauen Im Plez
Sydney Pollack
Richard Fleischer
Coleen Gray
Norman Klein
Vincent Sherman
Worst in Show
Dane Andrew
Rascal The World’s Ugliest Dog
Jonathan Adler
Miles Egstad
Icky Theuglydog
Charles Coburn
The Lady Eve
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Fonda
Eugene Pallette
William Demarest
Eric Blore
Monkey Business
Cary Grant
Ginger Rogers
Marilyn Monroe
Hugh Marlowe
Henri Letondal
Heaven Can Wait
Gene Tierney
Don Ameche
Marjorie Main
Larid Cregar
Spring Byinton
Elliott Reid
Inherit the Wind
Spencer Tracy
Fredric March
Gene Kelly
Dick York
Donna Anderson
The Absent-Minded Professor
Fred MacMurray
Nancy Olson
Keennan Wynn
Tommy Kirk
Leon Ames
Move Over, Darling
Doris Day
James Garner
Polly Bergen
Thelma Ritter
Fred Clark
Tommy Noonan
A Star is Born
Judy Garland
James Mason
Jack Carson
Charles Bickford
Lucy Marlow
The Rookie
Peter Marshall
Julie Newmar
Jerry Lester
Claude Stroud
Norman Leavitt
Bundle of Joy
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Adolphe Menjoy
Nital Talbot
Una Merkel
George Winslow
Monkey Business
Cary Grant
Ginger Rogers
Charles Coburn
Marilyn Monroe
Hugh Marlowe
Artists and Models
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Shirley MacLane
Dorothy Malone
Eddie Mayehoff
Mister Scoutmaster
Clifton Webb
Edmund Gwenn
Frances Dee
Veda Ann Borg
Orley Lindgren
Some Like It Hot
Tony Curtis
The Defiant Ones
Sidney Poltier
Theodore Bikel
Charles McGraw
Lon Chaney Jr.
King Donovan
Sweet Smell of Success
Burt Lancaster
Susan Harrison
Martin Miller
Jeff Donnell
Sam Levene
The Great Race
Jack Lemmon
Natalie Wood
Peter Falk
Kennan Wynn
Arthur O’Connell
Jack Lemmon
The Apartment
Shirley MacLaine
Fred MacMurray
Ray Walston
Jack Kruschen
David Lewis
Glengarry Glen Ross
Al Pacino
Alec Baldwin
Alan Arkin
Ed Harris
Kevin Spacey
Grumpy Old Men
Walter Matthau
Ann-Margret
Burgess Meredith
Daryl Hannah
Kevin Pollak
George Raft
They Drive by Night
Ann Sheridan
Ida Lupino
Humphrey Bogart
Gale Page
Alan Hale
Scarface
Paul Muni
Ann Dvorak
Karen Morley
Osgood Perkins
C. Henry Gordon
I’m the Law
June Vincent
Lawrence Dobkin
J. Anthony Hughes
Frank Marlowe
Robery Bice
Pat O’Brien
Angels With Dirty Faces
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Ann Sheridan
George Bancroft
The ‘Dead End’ Kids
Ragtime
James Cagney
Brad Dourif
Moses Gunn
Elizabeth McGovern
Kenneth McMillian
Knute Rockne All American
Gale Page
Ronal Regan
Donald Crisp
Albert Bassermann
John Litchel
Joe E. Brown
Show Boat
Kathryn Grayson
Ava Gardner
Howard Keel
Marge Champion
Gower Champion
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World
Spencer Tracy
Milton Berie
Sid Caesar
Buddy Hackett
Ethel Merman
Hollywood Canteen
The Andrews Sisters
Jack Benny
Eddie Canor
Kitty Carlisle
Jack Carson