
My tribute to Hal Schaefer, the jazz pianist who died recently. This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. (more…)
Posted in Marilyn Monroe, Music, tagged Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hal Schaefer, Irving Berlin, Jazz, Joe DiMaggio, Lionel Newman, Louella Parsons, Marilyn Monroe, Piano, River of No Return, There's No Business Like Show Business, Wrong Door Raid on January 2, 2013 | 1 Comment »

My tribute to Hal Schaefer, the jazz pianist who died recently. This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. (more…)
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Hugh Hefner, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Schiller, Lawrence Schiller, Let's Make Love, Liz Smith, Marilyn & Me, Marilyn Monroe, Pat Newcomb, Playboy, Something's Got To Give, Taschen on June 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Lawrence Schiller was one of only three photographers granted access to the shooting of the much-vaunted ‘pool scene’ in Marilyn Monroe’s final, incomplete movie, Something’s Got to Give. Fifty years later, he has collected his pictures – including some never seen before – with a personal commentary, in a new, deluxe book, published by Taschen. (more…)
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Baseball, Jerome Charyn, Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe on November 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Last November, Morris Engleberg – former lawyer and executor of Joe DiMaggio’s estate – objected to a new biography of the baseball legend, or more precisely, its cover – a photo of DiMaggio with his second wife, Marilyn Monroe, taken by John Vachon in 1953. (more…)
Posted in History, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Dom DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dom DiMaggio, former centre fielder for the Boston Red Sox, has died aged 92. Known as the ‘little professor’ because of his bespectacled appearance and short, skinny build, Dom played major league baseball for ten seasons. (more…)