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 [...]
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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 »
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.
Elizabeth Taylor 1932-2011
Posted in Film, tagged AIDS, AmFAR, Bert Stern, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Max Lerner, Michael Jackson, Mike Todd, Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton, Truman Capote on March 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In honour of the glorious Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away today, I’m posting an updated version of my tribute, Marilyn, Elizabeth and Cleopatra, first published on Immortal Marilyn in 2009.
‘A Girl’s Best Friend’: Jane Russell 1921-2011
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Adoption, Bob Hope, Bob Waterfield, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hughes, Jane Russell, Jim Dougherty, Marilyn Monroe, Max Reinhardt, Robert Mitchum, Santa Maria, The Paleface, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Van Nuys High School on March 7, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Jane Russell, one of Hollywood’s great sex symbols, and star of such films as The Outlaw, The Paleface, His Kind of Woman and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, has died aged 89 at her home in California’s Santa Maria Valley, of a respiratory illness.
Jean Harlow: Centenary of a Bombshell
Posted in Film, tagged Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe on March 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In honour of Jean Harlow, the original blonde bombshell, turning 100 on Thursday, March 3, I am participating in a Blogathon led by Kitty Packard Pictorial. This article, comparing Marilyn Monroe to her idol, Harlow, was originally published at Immortal Marilyn in 2009.
John Vachon: A ‘Lost Look’ at Marilyn
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Websites, tagged Animal Haven, Flowers for Marilyn, Immortal Marilyn, John Vachon, Marilyn Monroe, River of No Return on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My profile of photographer John Vachon, whose work with Marilyn Monroe is collected in a new book, Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost ‘Look’ Photos, has been posted on the Immortal Marilyn website. My fellow Immortal Marilyn staffers are currently adding monthly updates for February, so watch out for more new features (articles, reviews, artwork) over [...]
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