Scandal ’63 Revisited: Symposium in Leicester
21 Tuesday Mar 2023
Posted Art and Photography, Film, History, Poetry, Politics, Profumo Affair
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Carol Dyhouse, Caroline Collett, Caroline Coon, Cathy Lomax, Christine Keeler, Dameon Priestly, De Montfort University, Fionn Wilson, Gemma June Howell, Guinevere Clark, Leicester, Leicester Gallery, Marguerite Horner, Mari Ellis Dunning, Melanie Williams, Pauline Boty, Profumo Affair, Richard Farmer, Sarah Caulfield, Scandal '63 Revisited, Seymour Platt, Stephen Ward, Steve Chibnall, Sue Tate
A symposium for Scandal ’63 Revisited will be held at Leicester Gallery on Friday, April 14th, ahead of the exhibition’s last day on Saturday. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance here. (The flyer image seen above shows an outtake from Christine Keeler’s iconic photo shoot with Lewis Morley, who later recreated her most famous pose with the Leicester-born playwright and provocateur, Joe Orton.)
Walter Mirisch: ‘Some Like It Hot’ Producer Dies at 101
08 Wednesday Mar 2023
Posted Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Arthur Miller, Billy Wilder, Dick Patterson, Elmore Leonard, Fanfare der Liebe, Harold Mirisch, Herb Baker, Jack Lemmon, Joe Hyams, John Huston, Marilyn Monroe, Marvin Mirisch, NBC, Paula Strasberg, Sidney Poitier, Some Like It Hot, Steven Spielberg, The Mirisch Company, Tony Curtis, United Artists, Vic Damone, Walter Mirisch
Walter Mirisch, producer of Some Like It Hot, has died aged 101. Continue reading
‘Scandal’ Revisited as New Exhibition Opens in Leicester
01 Wednesday Mar 2023
Posted Art and Photography, Film, History, Politics, Profumo Affair
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Cathy Lomax, Christine Keeler, Dameon Priestly, De Montfort University, Fionn Wilson, Leicester, Leicester Gallery, Phoenix Leicester, Profumo Affair, Sal Jones, Scandal, Scandal '63 Revisited, Stephen Woolley, Steve Chibnall
Scandal, the 1989 movie dramatising the Profumo Affair, is showing at the Phoenix Leicester at 7:30 pm this Friday, March 3rd, introduced by producer Stephen Woolley with an onstage Q&A. Whatever you may think of the narrative, Scandal boasts terrific performances by John Hurt as Stephen Ward and Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler (seen above with Bridget Fonda); surprising cameo turns (Leslie Phillips as Lord Astor!); and a fabulous retro soundtrack topped by Dusty Springfield’s comeback hit, ‘Nothing Has Been Proved.’
The screening is in partnership with Leicester Gallery on the De Montfort University campus, where a new exhibition, Scandal ‘63 Revisited: Reframing the Profumo Affair via Art and Artefact, opens on Friday, following a private view from 6 pm – 8 pm on Thursday with Christine Keeler’s son, Seymour Platt. (If you plan to attend the preview, please RSVP to leicestergallery@dmu.ac.uk.) Continue reading
Stella Stevens: An Adventurous Blonde
19 Sunday Feb 2023
Posted Film, Marilyn Monroe, Television, Theatre
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Bus Stop, Dean Martin, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Golden Globes, Jean Harlow, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Peter Bogdanovich, Playboy, Sex Symbols, Stella Stevens, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Blue Angel, The Nutty Professor, The Poseidon Adventure
Actress Stella Stevens died in Los Angeles on Friday, February 17th, 2023, aged 84. Continue reading
Zimbelism: Marilyn’s ‘Momento’ on 52nd and Lexington
30 Monday Jan 2023
Posted Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Billy Wilder, Canada, Garry Winogrand, George S. Zimbel, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Still Life, Momento, Natasha Lytess, New York, The Night I Shot Marilyn, The Seven Year Itch, Tom Ewell, Trans-Lux Theatre, Walter Winchell, Zimbelism
George S. Zimbel, the photographer who documented the shooting of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous movie scene, has died aged 93. Continue reading
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