Rare Marilyn Monroe footage surfaces in Australia

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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Rare behind-the-scenes footage of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, taken while she was filming her iconic 1959 hit "Some Like it Hot," has been found in Australia, an auction house said Tuesday.

The two-and-a-half-minute amateur film, featuring Monroe and co-stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, was taken by a US naval officer after Monroe invited him to visit the set at the famed Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California.

The eight-millimetre film, still in its original box, was found among the sailor's possessions and brought to Australia by his daughter when she immigrated here.

It will be auctioned off in Melbourne later this month and is expected to fetch between 20,000 and 30,000 dollars (16,710 and 25,065 US), according to the auction...