23 Thursday Aug 2012
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most chronicled women of the modern age. In the fifty years since her death, she has been a muse to the literary set, and the subject of gossipy exposés. Continue reading
05 Sunday Aug 2012
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl
On the 50th anniversary of Monroe’s death, I’d like to share an extract from my novel, The Mmm Girl (2007), in which a young Marilyn visits the grave of her beloved Aunt Ana. Continue reading
03 Friday Aug 2012
Posted in Film, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, Radio
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Alec Baldwin, Archive on 4, Arthur Gelb, BBC, Carroll Baker, Charles Marowitz, George Cukor, Harvey Weinstein, Jack Lemmon, Jayne Mansfield, Joshua Logan, Lawrence Schiller, Leon Wieseltier, Marilyn Monroe, Marina Warner, Maureen Dowd, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, Susan Greenfield, Sybil Thorndike, The Smart Dumb Blonde
The 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death falls this weekend. In tribute, I have reviewed a recent radio documentary, celebrating her beauty, talent and intelligence. Continue reading
01 Sunday Jul 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Betty Grable, Charles Feldman, Clark Gable, Darryl F. Zanuck, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Immortal Marilyn, Jean Howard, Johnny Hyde, Marilyn Monroe, Romanoff's, The Seven Year Itch
Jean Howard 1910-2000
This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn
Marilyn’s Photographers: Jean Howard 1910-2000
The Hollywood actress and socialite turned photographer, Jean Howard, was born Ernestine Hill in Dallas, Texas, on October 13, 1910. As a teenager, she visited the studio of photographer Paul Mahoney. He encouraged her to take modelling work and she even used his surname.
In the late 1920s, Ernestine visited Hollywood with her father. Continue reading
21 Thursday Jun 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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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
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. Continue reading
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