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Tag Archives: Marilyn Monroe
“My work is the only trustworthy hope I have”
An amazing cache of letters (and one photograph) from Marilyn Monroe – being sold. These letters (many of them) have never before been seen by the public. Her scrawling note to Marlon Brando is very moving to me. They were … Continue reading
Marilyn and Jack
Wow – I would have thought that with all my Marilyn books lying around, I would have seen this photo but I never have. Marilyn’s smile really strikes me there. It’s not the “Oh, there is a camera, let me … Continue reading
Jerry Lewis on Dean Martin: “The best thing he ever had working for himself was his way of standoffishness.”
From Peter Bogdanovich’s wonderful Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors. Excerpts from the chapter devoted to Jerry Lewis. The last time I saw Dean was one evening in front of the Beverly Hills restaurant La Famiglia, … Continue reading
River Of No Return
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Marilyn Monroe, Otto Preminger, River of No Return, Robert Mitchum
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Monroe/Russell
The beauty is in the caught-by-the-camera candid feel of it.
Faces I Love
I’m copying. But go look here. WONDERFUL, right? And I’m not just saying that because Archie is on the list. So here are my choices. I think it’s fun to show the faces without listing the name that goes with … Continue reading
Close … But Not Close Enough
It is truly distressing when, for an evening out, you attempt to make your hair look like this … and instead it ends up looking like this …
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe: Thoughts on Myth-Making
Thank you to whoever sent me the book The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. There was no message but I assume it was someone who reads this blog – so thank you. I’ve been wanting to read it ever since … Continue reading
Marilyn Monroe and the Photographers
Eve Arnold took some of my favorite photos of Marilyn Monroe. Like this candid one. Eve Arnold has written a couple of books about Marilyn (mainly photo books) and there’s a lot of great insights there about the relationship between … Continue reading
Marilyn Monroe: “The Last Love Goddess”
From Who the Hell’s in It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdanovich: The fact is that Marilyn was in bad trouble from the day she was born as Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in the city … Continue reading