Any fan of Smash should watch this 1953 movie musical, but so should everyone else. It’s Marilyn Monroe at her best, playing a sweet gold digger with a heart of gold to match – and with Jane Russell as her brunette, more cynical equivalent. The comedy (directed, deftly, by Howard Hawks) is as flawless as the diamonds Monroe wears while singing her signature song, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” As for the Smash connection – Megan Hilty, who on that NBC series plays one of the Broadway actors hoping to play Monroe in a musical based on the movie star’s life, starred earlier this year on Broadway in an Encores! concert production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, playing the part portrayed by Monroe in this movie. And, before that, by Carol Channing on Broadway.