Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Monroe gara n'ihu na-adọta uche site n'iji uwe na-ekpughe ihe na mmemme mgbasa ozi, nke kachasị ama na Photoplay awards na Jenụwarị 1953, ebe o meriri "Fastest Rising Star" award. O yi uwe ejiji ọla edo nke na-ekpuchi akpụkpọ ahụ, nke kpaliri onye na-eme ihe nkiri bụ Joan Crawford ịkọwa omume ya dị ka "onye na-adịghị eme ihe nkiri na nwanyị" nye ndị nta akụkọ. Ọ bụ ezie na Niagara mere Monroe ka ọ bụrụ akara ngosi mmekọahụ ma guzobe "anya" ya, ihe nkiri nke abụọ ya n'afọ ahụ, ihe nkiri egwu egwu Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, guzobere njirimara ihuenyo ya dị ka "onye nzuzu blonde". Dabere na akwụkwọ akụkọ Anita Loos na ụdị Broadway ya, ihe nkiri ahụ na-elekwasị anya na ụmụ agbọghọ abụọ "na-egwu ọlaedo", Lorelei Lee na Dorothy Shaw, nke Monroe na Jane Russell na-egwu. Ọrụ Lorelei bụ nke e bu n'obi maka Betty Grable, onye bụ 20th Century-Fox "blonde bombshell" kachasị ewu ewu na 1940s; Monroe na-eme ngwa ngwa na-eme ka ọ bụrụ kpakpando nke nwere ike ịrịọ ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị. Dị ka akụkụ nke mgbasa ozi nke ihe nkiri ahụ, ya na Russell pịa aka ha na akara ụkwụ ha na simenti mmiri n'èzí Grauman's Chinese Theatre na June. A tọhapụrụ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes n'oge na-adịghị anya ma bụrụ otu n'ime nnukwu ihe ịga nke ọma na igbe ọrụ nke afọ ahụ site na ị nweta $ 5.3 nde, ihe karịrị okpukpu abụọ nke mmepụta ya. Crowther nke The New York Times na William Brogdon nke Variety kwuru okwu ọma banyere Monroe, ọkachasị na-ekwu maka arụmọrụ ya nke "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"; dị ka nke ikpeazụ si kwuo, o gosipụtara "ikike ịmekọ egwu egwu yana igosi ụkpụrụ anya nke ọnọdụ site na ọnụnọ ya".Na Septemba, Monroe mere ihe ngosi telivishọn ya na Jack Benny Gosi, na-egwu nwanyị nrọ Jack na ihe omume "Honolulu Njem". O soro Betty Grable na Lauren Bacall mee ihe nkiri nke atọ ya n'afọ a, How to Marry a Millionaire, nke e wepụtara na Nọvemba. O gosipụtara Monroe n'ọrụ nke onye nlere anya na-amaghị ihe nke ya na ndị enyi ya jikọrọ aka ịchọta ndị di bara ọgaranya, na-ekwughachi usoro ihe ịga nke ọma nke Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Ọ bụ nke abụọ...  Ajụjụ: Ebee ka ije nke ama malitere?
Grauman's Chinese Theatre