Set of 2 photos - NIAGARA - MARILYN MONROE - Lot 100

Set of 2 photos - NIAGARA - MARILYN MONROE Marilyn Monroe, directed by Henri Hathaway, 1953. 2 photos, vintage silver gelatin prints, stamped (including one from the magazine “Le Film complet” on the back) and annotated on the back. 25.5 x 20.7 cm. From 17.6 x 22.7 cm to 22.8 x 18.5 cm. Cropped prints. Note: Taken for Henry Hathaway’s *Niagara* in 1953, these promotional photographs reflect the decisive turning point that this film represented in Marilyn Monroe’s career. For the first time, the actress was no longer merely a glamorous presence: she became the very embodiment of desire and danger. The film fully exploits this new image—a blend of dazzling sensuality and dramatic tension—within a film-noir universe where color and staging contribute to the birth of the Monroe myth. These vintage silver gelatin prints perfectly capture the atmosphere of 1950s Hollywood cinema and the inner workings of the studios, where every image served to shape the actors’ public personas. Between glamorous scenes and moments of dramatic tension, Marilyn Monroe appears as a figure who is both radiant and elusive. *Niagara* remains to this day one of the foundational films of her iconography, definitively cementing her status as an icon of American cinema and the ultimate symbol of Hollywood glamour.