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Love Nest [VHS]

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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Some films aren't really 5 stars, but because of their charm and actors, you make an exception. Monroe shines in this cute little movie. I would say you need to be a true Monroe fan to really appreciate this one. It has a simple somewhat slow plot, but gee who can resist a black and white with her in it?

Story about a young married couple who become landlords to an apartment building full of interesting tennants - including Marilyn Monroe (as Roberta). Marilyn is beautiful, funny, and charming as the "sex symbol" of the house. This is a cute romantic comedy - a sweet, simple movie about love, money, and trust. Would you trust your husband living next door to sexy Marilyn Monroe??

as a younger viewer (not born until the 1970's) I am just discovering Monroes films. I like "7 year itch", "Niagra" and "dont bother to knock", but this film doesn't have enough Monroe. If they didnt put her on the cover and pretend it was a Monroe film Im sure alot less people would have purhchased it. She isnt even well casted for the role. She doesn't look like she would have been a WAC.

The film is okay, but its nothing worth owning. The plot is really stupid and the jokes aren't that great. All the actors did a great job, but there is only so much you can do with a silly premise like this...

Although I enjoy this movie, the honest truth of it all like one reviewer tried to impart, the deal of it is is that MM had a secondary role in this movie; This was one of her first flicks, but in this one, she has a bit more of a prominent role; In this movie, William Lundigan comes home to June Haver who buys an apartment trying to make it work and be profitable; She bought more than enough trouble in my opinion. MM was an ex servicemans buddy that he raved about not stating that the "buddy" is a she, an ex-WAC. but ok, life goes on and MM tend to stays to herself and not break up homes. The meat of the movie revolves around a man who moves in, who clearly has eyes on one woman that lives there but is by all accounts, a gigolo and earns money from rich women. When things hit the fan, things get hairy but as Hollywood does, it come tied down in a neat little bow at the end. When I first saw it on TMC, to be honest, they didn't mention MM on the initial credits, but because she is in the movie, they bill it as such.

This is a fun and cute movie. A young and relatively unknown Marilyn Monroe and also Jack Paar have roles in it. If you love old movies like I do, you'll enjoy this one.

Fast service, enjoyable film with MM and Jack Paar , though dated film about post WWII accomadations in New York.

it was a great movie but i just wish Marilyn was in the movie more

Love Nest is a good little comedy that probably would have been long forgotten if Marilyn Monroe fans did not buy it. The cover is misleading because Marilyn never appears in uniform in the movie. Her part is small, but like all her early roles, she used every second of her camera time to make herself known, thus becoming the star we all love.

Mr. Scott is a vet returning from World War II. His wife has purchased a tenant house in the city, a fixer upper. The rent from the tenants will permit Mr. Scott to pursue his writing. Among the tenants are Edie the widow and her daughter, Marilyn who is a returning WAC, causing some jealousy from Mrs. Scott, a con man, and the "Mm-Hmm Man". The only two lines the guy has in the movie is "Mm-Hmm".

The con man goes after old widows and scams them out of their money. He claims he is doing it for all men, because the men worked themselves into an early grave, leaving their wives with money they did not earn or deserve. He begins his scam on Edie, but after realizing she is poor, he ends up falling in love with her an eventually marries her.

Meanwhile poor Mr. Scott has his hands full with the house. The plumbing is bad, the coal is delivered in through the bedroom window, and the place is about to be condemned because of bad wiring. His writing isn't going so well either. His first story has been rejected. He and his wife begin fighting and he leaves to sleep outside in his hammock. Unfortunately, Suds the cat decides to wreck havoc on him. Mr. Scott ends up sleeping in Marilyn's apartment while she is away for the weekend. He gets caught by his wife, but she has bigger news. She has caught on to the con man's game. Seems the feds have too and shortly after he and Edie marry, the police arrest him. All seems lost, but it works out well in the end.

Mr. Scott writes the con man's story and it turns into a national bestseller. They have plenty of money to fix up the tenant house and everyone lives happily ever after. The con man and Edie are seen walking down the street with their newborn twins.

Marilyn looks great as always. She only appears in this movie for a total of maybe ten minutes, but for Marilyn fans who love to see her in her early work like I do, this is a great addition to your collection.