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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Schwarz Review Goes To Print

28 Tuesday Apr 2009

Posted by marina72 in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Updates

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Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Revealed, Ted Schwarz

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Just a quick note to let you know that you can read my review of Ted Schwarz’s Marilyn Revealed in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine. You can also find it here.

And many thanks to all of you who read and comment on my articles – long may it continue!

Jack Cardiff 1914-2009

22 Wednesday Apr 2009

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Jack Cardiff, Marilyn Monroe, The Prince And The Showgirl

Marilyn Monroe by Jack Cardiff

Marilyn Monroe by Jack Cardiff

Jack Cardiff, the renowned cinematographer, has died aged 94. The son of music hall entertainers, he acted in silent movies as a child. His earliest credits behind the camera were on Wings Of The Morning (1937), the first Technicolor film made in Britain, and a series of public information films during World War II. Continue reading →

Life Among The Cannibals

11 Saturday Apr 2009

Posted by marina72 in Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe

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David Marshall, Life Among The Cannibals, Marilyn Monroe, Suzie Kennedy, The DD Group

‘There are no second acts in American lives,’ F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote – and he should know. Like Elvis Presley, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, Fitzgerald’s flame burned brightly, but was all too soon extinguished. Continue reading →

Like A Prayer

08 Wednesday Apr 2009

Posted by marina72 in Madonna, Music

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Express Yourself, Like A Prayer, Madonna

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Madonna’s fourth studio album was released in 1989, a turning point for her. After four stormy years, she had split from husband Sean Penn. Since her previous album, True Blue, dedicated to ‘the coolest guy in the universe’, Madonna had completed a triumphant world tour; appeared in two best-forgotten movies; and released a remix album. Continue reading →

Reading Meme

06 Monday Apr 2009

Posted by marina72 in Books

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Nabbed from Faye L. Booth, a few questions on reading:

What time do you find the best time to read? During the day I combine my writing with research, mainly non-fiction. Or else a book I’m reviewing. I try to set aside time each evening to read something unrelated to work, generally a novel or biography. Becoming a writer has changed the way I read, I’d say that I’m less spontaneous now and I think a lot about the way it was written rather than just experiencing it. But it’s important for me to remember the pleasure of losing myself in words, because that’s what inspired me to write in the first place. Continue reading →

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