Finishing the Picture

23 Sunday Oct 2011

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Finishing the Picture: Miller, Monroe and The Misfits

Finishing the Picture, Arthur Miller’s last play, opened in Chicago in October 2004, a few months before his death. It was inspired by Miller’s own memories of The Misfits, the movie he wrote for his then-wife, Marilyn Monroe. The play is based on actual events that took place during the shoot: the fire that halted filming in Reno, causing power to be cut throughout the city – except for in Miller’s hotel suite, where he stayed up all night rewriting scenes from his script. Miller revisits that evening to explain why another ten days passed before work resumed. Continue reading →

Marilyn’s Photographers: Anthony Beauchamp

10 Monday Oct 2011

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This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn

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Focus on Marilyn: Anthony Beauchamp 

Tony and Vivienne

Anthony Beauchamp Entwistle was born in England towards the end of World War I, in 1917 or 1918.  His father was Ernest George Entwistle, who established an art school at St Pancras, London, with the illustrator, J.H, Valda, from 1895-1912. Anthony’s mother, Florence Vivienne Mellish – better known as ‘Vivienne of London’ – married Entwistle in 1913, and they had one other son, Clive, who became an architect, and also designed a rocket used as a secret weapon during World War II. ‘Tony was always very brilliant as a little boy,’ Vivienne told Australian Women’s Weekly in 1971. ‘He left grammar school when he was just under 15 with an “excellent” in every subject.’ Continue reading →

American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner

09 Sunday Oct 2011

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American Blondes: Marilyn and Lana Turner

Marilyn Monroe is sometimes described as the last of Hollywood’s great sex symbols. Early in her career she was dubbed ‘the new Jean Harlow’, and she replaced Betty Grable as glamour queen at Twentieth Century-Fox. But what of Lana Turner, blonde bombshell of the 1940s? In her stunning pictorial biography, Lana: The Memories, the Myths, the Movies, co-written with Cindy De La Hoz (author of two books on Monroe), Turner’s daughter, Cheryl Crane, states that her mother ‘thought Marilyn Monroe was a fine actress besides being a fascinating personality’.  Continue reading →

BloodMining

03 Monday Oct 2011

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BloodMining, the debut novel by Laura Wilkinson, is out now. My review is published today at For Books’ Sake.

Those in the Brighton area can see Laura reading from the book at the next Ace Stories event at the Hotel Pelirocco, Regency Square, on October 16 at 6pm. Authors Edward Wilson and Jeff Sheppard will also read, with music from Twenty-One Crows. Entry £3.