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Scandal ’63 Revisited: Symposium in Leicester

21 Tuesday Mar 2023

Posted by marina72 in 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.)

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‘Scandal’ Revisited as New Exhibition Opens in Leicester

01 Wednesday Mar 2023

Posted by marina72 in 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 →

Zimbelism: Marilyn’s ‘Momento’ on 52nd and Lexington 

30 Monday Jan 2023

Posted by marina72 in 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 →

That Magic Click: Douglas Kirkland and Marilyn

19 Thursday Jan 2023

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Angelina Jolie, Bert Stern, Bob Beerman, Canada, Coco Chanel, Douglas Kirkland, Elizabeth Taylor, Eve Arnold, Judy Garland, Look Magazine, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, Milton Greene, Niagara, Pat Newcomb

Photo by Tim Mantoani

Douglas Morley Kirkland was born in 1934 in Toronto, and moved to the small town of Fort Erie, Ontario with his parents when he was three years old. His father, Morley, was a tailor who made and sold men’s suits from a store on Jervis Street, and his mother Evelyn kept the books.

“The first picture I took was with a Brownie box camera,” Douglas told American History magazine. “I was about seven or eight, and I was allowed to take a photo of my family standing at the front door on a very cold Christmas Day. It was a big deal to take a photo at that time because film wasn’t much available during the Second World War. There were eight exposures on that camera, and I had one opportunity to photograph my family. I pushed this box camera into my stomach to hold it very steady. So I heard that magic click; there it was for the first time. That is what has been pushing me ever since. And it’s taken me into worlds that I could never have imagined.” Continue reading →

‘Fenella Fielding: Actress’ – A Tribute in Art

11 Sunday Dec 2022

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Fashion and Beauty, Film, Theatre

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Andrew Logan, Carry On Screaming, Cathy Lomax, Cecil Beaton, Colette, Do You Mind If I Smoke?, Doctor in Clover, Federico Fellini, Fenella Fielding, Fenella Fielding: Actress, Fionn Wilson, Follow a Star, Gallery 286, Hedda Gabler, Helen of Troy, Jeanette Watkins, Martin Firrell, MetaFenella, Natalie Dowse, Norman Wisdom, Patrick Boyd, Sal Jones, Simon McKay, The Old Dark House, Vidal Sassoon

Fenella Fielding was eighty-three years old when, in 2011, she wandered into a pilates class and set down her mat a little too close to Simon McKay’s. He glared at her territorially and she stared back without hesitation. Eventually he smiled and they began to talk. After meeting a few more times, it dawned on him that she was that “gorgeous vamp” from Carry On Screaming. “Coffee became a regular thing and I quickly recognised the blindingly obvious: Fenella is an incredible raconteur,” Simon wrote. “I loved her stories and knew we had to do something with them.” Continue reading →

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