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Bus Stop Overview:

Bus Stop (1956) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Joshua Logan and produced by Buddy Adler.

SYNOPSIS

Adaptation of Broadway hit by Inge ended any debate about Monroe's talent. A rancher falls for a nightclub singer while stranded at a bus stop in a blizzard. The first films for Lange and Murray, who eventually married.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1956 --- Ceremony Number 29 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActorDon MurrayNominated
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Bus Stop BlogHub Articles:

Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Monroe Triumphs in Bus Stop

By Gary Vitacco-Robles on Jul 12, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Marilyn Monroe Triumphs in Bus Stop “Hold on to your chairs, everybody, and get set for a rattling surprise,” announced crusty New York Times critic Bosely Crowther, “Marilyn Monroe has finally proved herself an actress in Bus Stop. She and the picture are swell! She gives a performance... Read full article

Bus Stop (1956)

By Beatrice on Apr 28, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Bus Stop Directed by Joshua Logan Written by George Axelrod from the play by William Inge 1956/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Marilyn Monroe Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix rental There’s a lot you can say against this movie, yet somehow I always enjoy it. Young Bo Decker (Do... Read full article

Bus Stop(1956).

By Dawn on Feb 25, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Bus Stop(1956), also known as The Wrong Kind of Girl. Directed by Joshua Logan. Drama. Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray and Hope Lange. Monroe sings one song: "That Old Black Magic". When cowboy Beau and his friend Virgil take the bus f... Read full article

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Bus Stop Quotes:

Cherie: Bye, everybody! Bye! Bye.
Cherie: Well I had to do something, he was making a fuss in front of all those people.
Beauregard 'Bo' Decker: Well, I've been thinkin' about them other fellas, Cherry. And well, what I mean is, I like you the way you are, so what do I care how you got that way?
Cherie: Bo!
[crying]
Cherie: That's the sweetest, tenderest thing anyone ever said to me.
Cherie: I hate you and I despise you! Now give me back my tail!
Cherie: I just got to feel that whoever I marry has some real regard for me, aside from all that lovin' stuff.
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Bus Stop Facts
The original Broadway production of "Bus Stop" by William Inge opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 2, 1955, ran for 478 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award for the Best Play.
Marilyn Monroe played Cherie, a role that Kim Stanley originated on Broadway. Two years later, Stanley played a thinly-veiled version of Monroe in the The Goddess.
Elaine Stritch was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Drama for "Bus Stop" for the role of Grace Hoylard.
Film debut of Hope Lange.
Film debut of Don Murray.
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