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* AgeGapRomance: Gay is significantly older than Roslyn, and even has a daughter who's close to her age.
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* AgeGapRomance: Gay is significantly older than Roslyn, and even has a daughter who's close to her age. Guido's pursuit of Roslyn would count as well, since Eli Wallach was about ten years older than Marilyn Monroe.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Roslyn is the most beautiful person in the cast, and also the kindest. She's TheHeart of the gang.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Zig-zagged. Roslyn is the most beautiful person in the cast, and also the kindest. She's TheHeart of the gang. But then again, Isabelle is her OnlyFriend and she's considered plain. But the two nicer of the men are played by actors who were famous for their movie star good looks in the Golden Age of Hollywood, while Guido is a jerk and played by the less conventionally attractive Eli Wallach.
* BriefAccentImitation: Isabelle says that she's originally from Virginia and lost her accent, but puts one on for a sentence or two to demonstrate. In actuality, Thelma Ritter was from Brooklyn, New York!
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Clark Gable's character's name is actually Gay, and judging by the way he interacts with Roslyn and other women, he's definitely not homosexual. Though he and Guido are pretty close.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Clark Gable's character's name is actually Gay, and judging by the way he interacts with Roslyn and other women, he's definitely not homosexual. Though he and Guido are pretty close.It's never said but is possibly a nickname for Gabriel or Gaylen.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Gay and Guido.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Gay and Guido.Guido have known each other a long time and compete somewhat respectfully for the same woman.
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* LettingHerHairDown: Rosyln is wearing her hair up to get her divorce at the beginning of the film. She lets it down when she joins Gay and Guido for a trip to the desert, which also coincides with a happier attitude. While she does get one scene wearing her hair in pigtails, it stays down for the remainder of the film.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Guido presents himself as this in contrast to Gay, to make a better match for Roslyn. The reality is actually the other way around - Gay is the more sensitive man, openly telling Roslyn about his failed marriage and strained relationship with his kids, and winning her affection because of his kindness rather than manly qualities.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Guido. Then again, he was blind drunk and bitter.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Guido. Then again, Guido makes Roslyn fear for their lives when he was blind drives them home from the bar, not helped by him being quite drunk and bitter.only behind the wheel because Gay and Perce are unconscious.
* GenkiGirl: Isabelle is an older example than most, but she's a chatty, energetic presence who fills a room with her enthusiasm.
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* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Roslyn, who is more or less blissfully unaware of the men admiring her body.
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* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Roslyn, who is more or less blissfully unaware of the men admiring her body. Either that or she's so used to it she just ignores it.
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* TheLostLenore: Guido is still mourning his deceased wife.
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* TheLostLenore: Guido is still mourning his deceased wife. Some of this seems to be an act however, as he enters the story trying to get with Roslyn, and his wife is brought up only to score sympathy with her.
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* MaleGaze: Not even in a serious role could the studio not use Monroe's looks to sell the film. Most obvious in one scene where Gay and the camera both stare at Roslyn's bottom in tight jeans.
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* MaleGaze: Not even in a serious role could the studio not use Monroe's looks to sell the film. Most obvious in one scene where Gay and the camera both stare at Roslyn's bottom in tight jeans. Granted it ''is'' to show that he's ogling her, as well it being from the perspective of the other lecherous guys in the bar.
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* PlainJane: Isabelle is up front about knowing she isn't a great beauty, and isn't surprised when Guido forgets her name because he's too entranced with Roslyn. She also jokes that she wasn't beautiful enough to go back home to Virginia.
--> "Beauty's a help any place but, in Virginia, it's a necessity. We can't hardly get a driver's license without it."
--> "Beauty's a help any place but, in Virginia, it's a necessity. We can't hardly get a driver's license without it."
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: Roslyn is wearing a black dress at the beginning, symbolising how she's essentially in mourning for the collapse of her marriage and old life. When she starts living with Gay, she first appears in a white dressing down, and wears white blouses and swimsuits in all her following scenes. Even the dress she wears for the rodeo is majority white.
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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Gay believes he's still rounding up mustangs like he did in his younger days, but eventually comes to admit that times have changed too much for his deeds to hold true (he's taking mustangs to be turned into dog food) and decides he must give it up.
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Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) has come to Reno to get a quickie divorce from her neglectful husband Raymond (Creator/KevinMcCarthyActor). One day she and her friendly landlady Isabelle Steers (Creator/ThelmaRitter) go to a cocktail lounge, where they meet aging cowboy Gay Langland (Gable) his friend Guido (Creator/EliWallach). Guido, who is enchanted with the beautiful Roslyn, invites her out to his unfinished house in the desert, but while there she falls for Gay instead. As it turns out, both guys are massive jerks who want Roslyn for themselves.
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Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) has come to Reno to get a quickie divorce from her neglectful husband Raymond (Creator/KevinMcCarthyActor).(Creator/{{Kevin McCarthy|Actor}}). One day she and her friendly landlady Isabelle Steers (Creator/ThelmaRitter) go to a cocktail lounge, where they meet aging cowboy Gay Langland (Gable) his friend Guido (Creator/EliWallach). Guido, who is enchanted with the beautiful Roslyn, invites her out to his unfinished house in the desert, but while there she falls for Gay instead. As it turns out, both guys are massive jerks who want Roslyn for themselves.
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Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) has come to Reno to get a quickie divorce from her neglectful husband Raymond (Kevin [=McCarthy=]). One day she and her friendly landlady Isabelle Steers (Creator/ThelmaRitter) go to a cocktail lounge, where they meet aging cowboy Gay Langland (Gable) his friend Guido (Creator/EliWallach). Guido, who is enchanted with the beautiful Roslyn, invites her out to his unfinished house in the desert, but while there she falls for Gay instead. As it turns out, both guys are massive jerks who want Roslyn for themselves.
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Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) has come to Reno to get a quickie divorce from her neglectful husband Raymond (Kevin [=McCarthy=]).(Creator/KevinMcCarthyActor). One day she and her friendly landlady Isabelle Steers (Creator/ThelmaRitter) go to a cocktail lounge, where they meet aging cowboy Gay Langland (Gable) his friend Guido (Creator/EliWallach). Guido, who is enchanted with the beautiful Roslyn, invites her out to his unfinished house in the desert, but while there she falls for Gay instead. As it turns out, both guys are massive jerks who want Roslyn for themselves.
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* AmicableExes: Isabelle is on good terms with her ex-husband, and is happy for him to have married her friend.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Roslyn is the most beautiful person in the cast, and also the kindest. She's TheHeart of the gang.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: When Gay tries to rationalise that Roslyn likes him because he's manly and tough, she responds "I liked you because you were ''kind''."
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: When Gay tries to rationalise that Roslyn likes him because he's manly and tough, she responds "I liked you because you were ''kind''."
* CityMouse: Roslyn is an urbanite who's not used to the countryside, and is the proverbial fish out of water. Unusually for this trope, the men learn from her.
* HeadTurningBeauty: As played by one of the greatest screen beauties to have ever lived, Roslyn naturally is considered a great beauty in-universe. In the first scene, Isabelle says they stopped using the car because all the local men kept rear ending it for a chance to talk to her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Gay when he discovers a rabbit has been eating the lettuce crops. Roslyn is horrified that he'd kill an animal who "doesn't know any better", and we never see him actually do it, suggesting she did convince him. However, rabbits can actually prove quite destructive to a farm if there's enough of them (and there's no guarantee it was just one).
* TheLostLenore: Guido is still mourning his deceased wife.
* LoveTriangle: Downplayed. Both Gay and Guido are interested in Roslyn, but never actively fight over her with each other.
* LoveTriangle: Downplayed. Both Gay and Guido are interested in Roslyn, but never actively fight over her with each other.
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* OlderThanHeLooks: Creator/EliWallach was 45 and looking fantastic.
* RunningGag: Multiple times when meeting a man, he showers Roslyn with politeness and attention, while barely acknowledging Isabelle.
* TheSimpleLifeIsSimple: Double subverted. The farm itself is initially presented as a beautiful, serene spot away from the hustle and bustle of a town. And Roslyn adjusts very well to growing crops and living without electricity. However, it's illustrated that in this area, people often have to do whatever they can for money (which is a trade-off for their independence). Roslyn discovers that animals are often hurt for the survival of the humans (and that the dog food is made from horse meat). But it's ultimately a positive lifestyle choice for her, and the ending is happy.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Roslyn.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Creator/ClarkGable was just 59 when he did the film and he looked ''awful''.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Creator/ClarkGable was just 59 when he did the film and he looked ''awful''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Isabelle vanishes after meeting up with her ex-husband and his new wife, with the justification that they're spontaneously going to spend the week with her (as the rest of the film takes place entirely up the mountain on the mustang trip).
* WideEyedIdealist:Roslyn.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Creator/ClarkGable was just 59Roslyn doesn't want to see harm come to any living thing, and she weeps for Perce (who she barely knows) when he did he's injured in a rodeo.
* WorstAid: In-universe. Roslyn is baffled by Perce not only going back into thefilm rodeo when he's injured the first time, but also that he doesn't go to the hospital for his head trauma and he looked ''awful''.instead goes out drinking.
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* YoungerThanHeLooks: Creator/ClarkGable was just 59
* WorstAid: In-universe. Roslyn is baffled by Perce not only going back into the
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''The Misfits'' became a legendary TroubledProduction. Temperatures in the Nevada desert were 120 degrees in the sun. Director Huston battled a drinking problem and kept passing out on set. Marilyn Monroe's out-of-control addiction to pills was an even bigger problem, which often left her unable to work or unfit to work if she actually made it to the set. At one point production was halted for two weeks while Monroe went to detox to get clean. Her collapsing marriage to Miller--she announced their separation a week after the production concluded--was another problem. Montgomery Clift was going blind. Eli Wallach was the healthiest cast member, and ended up being the last surviving star of the film.
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''The Misfits'' became a legendary TroubledProduction. Temperatures in the Nevada desert were 120 degrees in the sun. Director Huston battled a drinking problem and kept passing out on set. Marilyn Monroe's out-of-control addiction to pills was an even bigger problem, which often left her unable to work or unfit to work if she actually made it to the set. At one point production was halted for two weeks while Monroe went to detox to get clean. Her collapsing marriage to Miller--she announced their separation a week after the production concluded--was another problem. However, she ended up largely a scapegoat to cover up John Huston's massive gambling problems; having spent most of the production gambling, the director ended up $50,000 in debt to various casinos. Production was halted for a week so that United Artists could raise the money (after Huston's begging of friends for loans and donations yielded very little). Marilyn Monroe was initially going to spend the week off in her bungalow, but was persuaded to check into a hospital by her doctor (after the latter was given a call by the director). Once she was in the hospital, Huston then broke the story that production was shutting down because of her. No one on set believed it, but that's the story the press ran with. Montgomery Clift was going blind. Eli Wallach was the healthiest cast member, and ended up being the last surviving star of the film.
* AgeGapRomance: Gay is significantly older than Roslyn, and even has a daughter who's close to her age.
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** Gay dotes on Roslyn gently so that she will want him, but has a slightly sociopathic side shown when he tries getting a gun to shoot a rabbit, and fawns over Roslyn in a disturbingly lecherous manner.
* ClothingDamage: The back of Perce's shirt gets torn in the rodeo.
* CourtlyLove: Perce tells Roslyn that he loves her, but his love for her manifests in intense respect and platonic caring.
* CourtlyLove: Perce tells Roslyn that he loves her, but his love for her manifests in intense respect and platonic caring.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Perce, who had an accident a while back, assures his mother over the phone that "My face is fine. It's all healed up, just as good as new." Montgomery Clift had been in a serious car accident in 1956 that scarred his face and damaged his pretty-boy good looks.
* MaleGaze / MsFanservice: Not even in a serious role could the studio not use Monroe's looks to sell the film. Most obvious in one scene where Gay and the camera both stare at Roslyn's bottom in tight jeans.
* MayDecemberRomance: Gay is old enough to be Roslyn's father.
* MaleGaze / MsFanservice: Not even in a serious role could the studio not use Monroe's looks to sell the film. Most obvious in one scene where Gay and the camera both stare at Roslyn's bottom in tight jeans.
* MayDecemberRomance: Gay is old enough to be Roslyn's father.
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** Perce, who had an accident a while back, assures his mother over the phone that "My face is fine. It's all healed up, just as good as new." Montgomery Clift had been in a serious car accident in 1956 that scarred his face and damaged his pretty-boy good looks.
** Roslyn's characterization was tailored even more closely to match Marilyn Monroe's real life as the writing went on. There are even famous glamour photos of the real woman stuck to Roslyn's closet door. The "saddest girl I ever saw" exchange between Gay and Roslyn was taken from a conversation she and Arthur Miller had.
*MaleGaze / MsFanservice: MaleGaze: Not even in a serious role could the studio not use Monroe's looks to sell the film. Most obvious in one scene where Gay and the camera both stare at Roslyn's bottom in tight jeans.
* MayDecemberRomance: Gay is old enough to be Roslyn's father.jeans.
** Perce, who had an accident a while back, assures his mother over the phone that "My face is fine. It's all healed up, just as good as new." Montgomery Clift had been in a serious car accident in 1956 that scarred his face and damaged his pretty-boy good looks.
** Roslyn's characterization was tailored even more closely to match Marilyn Monroe's real life as the writing went on. There are even famous glamour photos of the real woman stuck to Roslyn's closet door. The "saddest girl I ever saw" exchange between Gay and Roslyn was taken from a conversation she and Arthur Miller had.
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''The Misfits'' is a 1961 film directed by Creator/JohnHuston, starring Creator/ClarkGable and Creator/MarilynMonroe, and written by Monroe's husband, acclaimed playwright Creator/ArthurMiller, who adapted a 1957 short story. Monroe is Roslyn Tabor, who has come to Reno to get a divorce from her neglectful husband. One day she and her landlady, Isabelle (Thelma Ritter) meet aging cowboy/horse wrangler Gay Langland (Gable) and Gay's friend Guido (Creator/EliWallach). Guido, who is enchanted with the beautiful Roslyn, invites her to his unfinished house out in the desert, but while there she falls for Gay instead. As it turns out, both guys are massive jerks who want Roslyn for themselves.
Gay and Guido decide to round up some wild mustangs to earn some money. They hire Perce Howland (Creator/MontgomeryClift), a slow-witted rodeo rider, to help them round up the mustangs. Roslyn gets upset when she sees Perce getting hurt in the rodeo. After the rodeo, the group goes out to the desert to round up the mustangs. Roslyn gets even more upset when she finds out the mustangs are going to get turned into dog food.
Gay and Guido decide to round up some wild mustangs to earn some money. They hire Perce Howland (Creator/MontgomeryClift), a slow-witted rodeo rider, to help them round up the mustangs. Roslyn gets upset when she sees Perce getting hurt in the rodeo. After the rodeo, the group goes out to the desert to round up the mustangs. Roslyn gets even more upset when she finds out the mustangs are going to get turned into dog food.
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''The Misfits'' is a 1961 drama film directed by Creator/JohnHuston, starring adapted by Creator/ArthurMiller from his own 1957 short story of the same name. Miller's then-wife, Creator/MarilynMonroe, heads the cast along with Creator/ClarkGable and Creator/MarilynMonroe, and written by Monroe's husband, acclaimed playwright Creator/ArthurMiller, who adapted a 1957 short story. Monroe is Creator/MontgomeryClift.
RoslynTabor, who Tabor (Monroe) has come to Reno to get a quickie divorce from her neglectful husband. husband Raymond (Kevin [=McCarthy=]). One day she and her landlady, friendly landlady Isabelle (Thelma Ritter) Steers (Creator/ThelmaRitter) go to a cocktail lounge, where they meet aging cowboy/horse wrangler cowboy Gay Langland (Gable) and Gay's his friend Guido (Creator/EliWallach). Guido, who is enchanted with the beautiful Roslyn, invites her out to his unfinished house out in the desert, but while there she falls for Gay instead. As it turns out, both guys are massive jerks who want Roslyn for themselves.
Gay and Guido decide to round up some wild mustangs to earn some money. They hire Perce Howland(Creator/MontgomeryClift), (Clift), a slow-witted rodeo rider, to help them round up the mustangs. Roslyn gets upset when she sees Perce getting hurt in the rodeo. After the rodeo, the group goes out to the desert to round up the mustangs. Roslyn gets even more upset when she finds out the mustangs are going to get turned into dog food.
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Famous as the last film for both Gable and Monroe. Gable had a heart attack just two days after shooting wrapped, and died in the hospital eight days later. Monroe's erratic behavior and drug addiction were making her unemployable. She was fired from her last film project, ''Something's Got to Give'', before she died of a drug overdose in 1962.
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Famous as the last completed film for both Gable and Monroe. Gable had a heart attack just two days after shooting wrapped, and died in the hospital eight days later. Monroe's erratic behavior and drug addiction were making her unemployable. She was fired from her last film project, ''Something's Got to Give'', before she died of a drug overdose in 1962.
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* LapPillow: Perce lays his head on Roslyn lap when they talk together in a Dayton back alley.
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Not to be confused with [[Music/TheMisfits the musical group]], although they ''did'' get their name from this film.
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Not to be confused with [[Music/TheMisfits the musical group]], although even though they ''did'' get their name from this film.
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The making of the film inspired Arthur Miller's final play, ''Theatre/FinishingThePicture''.
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* {{Hero of Another Story}}: We get glimpses throughout the film of Guido's backstory, and we're told how he became what he is in the film, but some details like his marriage remain a mystery.
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* {{Hero of Another Story}}: We get glimpses throughout the film of Guido's backstory, and we're told how he became what he is in the film, but some [[UnreliableNarrator details like his marriage remain a mystery.mystery]].
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Guido, which Roslyn calls him out on, but this applies to Gay and Perce as well, who are just as self-absorbed.
