This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Grit and Glamour: Marilyn and Eve Arnold “I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman [...]
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Eve Arnold 1912-2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bement, East of Eden, Eve Arnold, James Joyce, Magnum Photos, Malcolm X, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, The Misfits, Ulysses on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Films Marilyn Wanted: ‘Guys and Dolls’
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Damon Runyon, Frank Sinatra, Guys and Dolls, Immortal Marilyn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Films Marilyn Wanted: Guys and Dolls Born in Manhattan, Kansas in 1880 to a family of newspapermen, Damon Runyon found fame as a baseball columnist, and later for his humorous short stories chronicling the vibrant street life of New York. His eccentric characters – gamblers, hustlers and [...]
My Week With Marilyn
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Colin Clark, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, The Prince And The Showgirl on November 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
‘This is a fairy tale’, was the original tagline – later replaced by ‘this is a true story.’ My Week With Marilyn is an Anglo-American confection, based on Colin Clark’s memoirs of filming with Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe on The Prince and the Showgirl (1956).
Andrea Arnold’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Film, tagged Agatha A, Agatha Nitecka, Andrea Arnold, Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wuthering Heights – the classic novel by Emily Brontё, published in 1848 – was first filmed by William Wyler in the sunny hills of California nearly a century later. The French-born actress, Juliet Binoche, starred in a 1992 remake. There have been several TV adaptations, and non-English versions from Luis Bunuel and Jacques Rivette.
Finishing the Picture
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Theatre, tagged Arthur Miller, Finishing the Picture, Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits on October 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Finishing the Picture: Miller, Monroe and The Misfits Finishing the Picture, Arthur Miller’s last play, opened in Chicago in October 2004, a few months before his death. It was inspired by Miller’s own memories of The Misfits, the movie he wrote for his then-wife, Marilyn Monroe.
American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Cindy De La Hoz, Lana Turner, Marilyn Monroe on October 9, 2011 | 4 Comments »
American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner Marilyn Monroe is sometimes described as the last of Hollywood’s great sex symbols. Early in her career she was dubbed ‘the new Jean Harlow’, and she replaced Betty Grable as glamour queen at Twentieth Century-Fox. But what of Lana Turner, blonde bombshell of the 1940s? In her stunning pictorial [...]
I Am Because We Are
Posted in Film, Madonna, tagged AIDS, Documentaries, I Am Because We Are, Madonna, Malawi on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wishing Madonna Ciccone a happy 53rd birthday… Madonna and Malawi: ‘I Am Because We Are’ “People have asked, “Why did you choose Malawi?” I always answer, “I didn’t. Malawi chose me.”
Did Hollywood Kill Marilyn Monroe?
Posted in Film, tagged Hollywood, Immortal Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Something's Got To Give, Twentieth Century Fox on August 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This article marks the 49th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and is also published at Immortal Marilyn ‘Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.’ [...]
Documentary: Marilyn’s Last Sessions
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Arline Hunter, Documentaries, Don't Bother To Knock, Dr Ralph Greenson, George Belmont, John Miner, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn: The Last Sessions, Michel Schneider, Niagara, Patrick Jeudy on May 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Marilyn: The Last Sessions is a documentary made by Patrick Jeudy in 2008, based on a 2006 novel by Michel Schneider.
‘A Queen in Her Own Realm’
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, Newsreel, Pathé on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve written a guest post for British Pathé Blog, focussing on archive footage of Marilyn Monroe.
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