When Rocky mentioned that Tommy was on the "home team," Rocky Jr.began to show signs of betrayal and withdrawal.To ensure success as Tommy""s manager, Rocky asked for Father Carmine""s (Paul Micale) blessing on their close partnership.2by the hearth, Laura attends to her embroidery, while brooding, fantasizing and conducting a caring, inner monologue oward her decent-minded husband for the remainder of the film.In one of Kubrick""s best-orchestrated scenes, Broulard describes his top secret offensive plan: "I""ve come to see you about something big.Marilyn Monroe had already starred in a number of great roles, sometimes opposite notable male leads:as Rose Loomis opposite Joseph Cotten inNiagara (1953)as Lorelei Lee with Jane Russell inGentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)as Kay Weston opposite Robert Mitchum inRiver of No Return (1954)as The Girl inThe Seven Year Itch (1955)Bus Stopwas her first "serious" lead role, although her vulnerable performance as Cherie (a semi-dumb, sexually-exploited Ozark girl with hillbilly roots who was trying to make something of herself but only admired for her sensuality, mirroring Monroe""s own life) went unrecognized for an Academy Award.