Hitchcockian Marilyn in Real Life

Often when a celebrity or person unexpectedly passes before their time, we are loaded with speculation about what ‘could have been’. In the case of Marilyn Monroe, there are already lists upon lists of never realized Monroe vehicles. Amist the future projects conjecture, perhaps the cinematic quality of her everyday life becomes overlooked.

I came across this candid photos of Monroe and was forced to do a double-take. It seemed as though Monroe walked right out of a Hitchcock film….except…in real life.

courtesy of everlastingstar.net

She may not be a Grace Kelly, or a ‘Grace Kelly was busy/Eve Saint-Marie, despite not wanting to join the masses, it’s hard not to wonder “What If…”