Never-used negatives from a photo shoot (by Life photographer Ed Clark) of yesterday’s birthday girl, Marilyn Monroe, have just been discovered. She was only 24 years old when the pictures were taken, a hopeful starlet, and she already obviously had that magic “thing” with the camera.
Here is the gallery on the Life website.
I like this one in particular, but they’re all rather adorable. I always liked Marilyn Monroe best when she was frolicking around outside.
found via Gawker
I saw a link to these yesterday, and thought immediately of you.
An observation: some of those are your routine 50’s cheesecake shots, and I find them to be less than interesting. Then there are three or four that are unusual – the shot of her on the bench, pointing (I think it’s frame seven) in particular – and in those shots, it’s MARILYN. No doubt. THAT’S why she was such a huge star. That’s what separated her from the everyday dew-eyed cutie starlets.
Also – the cover shot from 1952. “There is a case for interplanetary saucers.” Hahahahahaha! So random to see that as the teaser on a cover with Marilyn Monroe.
THERE IS A CASE FOR INTERPLANETARY SAUCERS. That is all.