08 Wednesday Mar 2023
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe
≈ Comments Off on Walter Mirisch: ‘Some Like It Hot’ Producer Dies at 101
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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
01 Wednesday Mar 2023
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, History, Politics, Profumo Affair
≈ Comments Off on ‘Scandal’ Revisited as New Exhibition Opens in Leicester
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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
19 Sunday Feb 2023
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Television, Theatre
≈ Comments Off on Stella Stevens: An Adventurous Blonde
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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
30 Monday Jan 2023
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
≈ Comments Off on Zimbelism: Marilyn’s ‘Momento’ on 52nd and Lexington
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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
25 Wednesday Jan 2023
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≈ Comments Off on ‘La Lollo’ in New York: When Gina Lollobrigida Met Marilyn
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Alberto Moravia, Beat the Devil, Cinecitta, Earl Wilson, Fidel Castro, Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Howard Hughes, Humphrey Bogart, Italy, Marilyn Monroe, Pope Francis, Rock Hudson, Sophia Loren, The Seven Year Itch, The Woman of Rome
Gina Lollobrigida, an icon of Italian cinema and one of the great post-war sex symbols, died aged 95 on January 16, 2023. Continue reading
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