Some like it, hooray! “Owl” is hilarious as it evokes Marilyn Monroe’s iconic little white dress moment
- The short-eared owl’s windswept feathers are ruffled in a strikingly familiar way
Check out Twit Twoo! This windswept scene is straight out of a Hollywood movie.
Echoing Marilyn Monroe’s iconic little white dress moment, a short-eared owl was captured with strikingly familiar ruffled feathers.
But the blustery Durham Moors where the owl was shot are a far cry from the hot summer streets of New York City where Miss Monroe provided the breezy spectacle in The Seven Year Itch.
And although it took the blonde bombshell three hours and 14 exposures on a subway grate to capture the scene in the 1955 classic, it took an amateur wildlife photographer just minutes to snap his shot, thanks to a perfectly timed gust of wind.
Paul Cleasby, 58, said: “I saw some short-eared owls flying around and stopped the car.” This one flew towards me and landed on a nearby post.
Echoing Marilyn Monroe’s iconic little white dress moment, a short-eared owl was captured with strikingly familiar ruffled feathers
Although it took the blonde bombshell in the 1955 classic (pictured) three hours and 14 exposures on a subway grid to capture the scene, it took an amateur wildlife photographer just minutes to capture his, thanks to a perfectly timed gust Recording made by wind
“I was thrilled that it sat for a few minutes and posed nicely so I could snap a few shots from the comfort of my car.”
The owl’s feathers wave to the right as it perches in the windy weather – while its tiny legs clamp together in a cheeky pose.
The image is a mirror image of the historic shot, which showed the Hollywood icon’s white dress billowing over a New York City subway grate.
But the dress — which sold for $4.6 million in 2011 — also featured ruffles and reportedly even contributed to the breakdown of the actress’ marriage to baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
The finale of their marital drama came on September 15, when two thousand men and dozens of photographers lined the corner of Lexington Avenue and Fifty-Second Street to watch the famous scene being filmed.
As she stood over a subway grate, Marilyn’s skirt billowed to her neck, revealing sheer panties. Director Billy Wilder halted filming and ordered her to swap them out.
By the time she got out of her trailer, DiMaggio had retreated to Toots Shor’s bar to drown herself in alcohol and flown back to San Francisco alone.