Niagara (film) compatibility problems with "three-strip" but not with Eastmancolor). Monroe was given first billing in "Niagara" which elevated her to star status. Her following two films of that year, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", with Jane Russell, and "How to Marry a Millionaire", with Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall, were even bigger successes. Ray and Polly Cutler (Showalter and Peters), on a delayed honeymoon at Niagara Falls, find their reserved cabin occupied by George and Rose Loomis (Cotten and Monroe). Rose tells them that George is asleep and has recently been discharged from an Army mental hospital after his war service in Korea.
Simon Jones (actor) of 'Sir Francis Beekman'), with [Megan Hilty] starring in "[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]" at the City Center's ENCORES! concert series, which also resulted in another CD. Later in the year, he went to the UK, where he starred in a national stage tour of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Live!" In the summer of 2013, he went to East Hampton, NY, where Tony Walton directed him in a production of "Tonight at 8:30", featuring 3 of Noel Coward's short plays. Blythe Danner was the co-star, and they performed "Hands Across the Sea", "Family Album" and "Red Peppers". This was followed