Tag Archives: Marilyn Monroe

Speaking of Essence:

I just love this photograph, and its caught-moment feel of it. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Continue reading

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Marilyn Monroe’s Up-Sweep

Restless night where I had terrible dreams and kicked all of the covers off, and must have been thrashing about so much for HOURS that I woke up with my hair looking exactly like this. Granted, I was in plaid … Continue reading

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When Love Goes Wrong… Nothing Goes Right.

Clip of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe singing “When Love Goes Wrong” in Gentleman Prefer Blondes below the jump. I love when the va-va-voom section of the song kicks in. It seems like we’re in for a melancholy ballad, but … Continue reading

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iPod shuffle as I cleaned my apartment.

“Everybody Loves Me, Baby” – Don McLean. My whole childhood is in this song. I remember being disturbed, as a kid, by the blatant egotism of the song, it scared me. I was probably 5 years old. (It is important … Continue reading

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Movie Poster: All About Eve

Funny bitchy gossipy poster, in perfect keeping with the movie. Clever.

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Sam Shaw’s artistry: Marilyn Monroe

Another one of my favorites from the Shaw / Monroe collaboration. This is an interior shot, so there is probably some artificial lighting going on, but the effect is that of totally natural light. And while she can’t help but … Continue reading Continue reading

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Sam Shaw’s artistry: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn on the phone. I love her twining legs in the photo. I could not do that with my legs if you paid me a hundred dollars. They just don’t seem to “go” that way. Her legs remind me of … Continue reading Continue reading

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Sam Shaw’s artistry: Marilyn Monroe

I love this one. Classic period photo – the purse, the stole, the whole look and feel. Continue reading

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Sam Shaw’s artistry: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn frolicking in the surf. That first one just makes me smile every time I see it. Maybe because I don’t see that much difference between her there, a grown woman, and me here, a small child. It has that … Continue reading

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Sam Shaw’s artistry: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn dancing around in her yard in Connecticut. These are just so much fun. Continue reading

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