04 Sunday Aug 2013
Posted in History, Marilyn Monroe
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Abraham Lincoln, Arthur Miller, Bement, Carl Sandburg, Civil Rights, Emancipation, Gettysburg Address, Jacqueline Rose, Marilyn Monroe, Slavery, Thomas Keneally
Milton Greene, 1954
On the 51st anniversary of Marilyn Monroe‘s passing, I explore her admiration for Abraham Lincoln. This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. Continue reading
25 Friday Nov 2011
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Arthur Miller, Colin Clark, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, Milton Greene, My Week With Marilyn, Paula Strasberg, Simon Curtis, The Prince And The Showgirl, Zoe Wanamaker
‘This is a fairy tale’, was the original tagline – later replaced by ‘this is a true story.’ Continue reading
23 Sunday Oct 2011
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Theatre
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
05 Sunday Dec 2010
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Andre De Dienes, Arthur Miller, Bus Stop, Cindy De La Hoz, George Barris, Janice Anderson, Jenna Glatzer, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive, Platinum Fox, Susan Doll
Cindy De La Hoz is an American film historian, and has previously written about Lana Turner and Lucille Ball, as well as Platinum Fox (2007), a pictorial retrospective of Marilyn Monroe’s career at Twentieth Century Fox. The latter book was followed by a miniature edition, simply entitled Marilyn.
Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive is a broader look at Monroe’s life. It also features twenty facsimile documents, and is published in the UK by Carlton Books. In 2008, the US bookstore, Barnes & Noble, released a similar photo-biography with inserts, Jenna Glatzer’s The Marilyn Monroe Treasures.
Like Platinum Fox, De La Hoz’s book is lavishly designed, with a cushioned cover and pastel colour scheme. Continue reading
23 Thursday Sep 2010
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe
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Arthur Miller, Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Howard Hughes, James Bacon, Joan Crawford, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Schenck, John F. Kennedy, Jose Bolanos, Ladies of the Chorus, Let's Make Love, Marilyn Monroe, Milton Stein, Robert F. Kennedy, Some Like It Hot, Susan Strasberg, The Asphalt Jungle, The Misfits, Wrong Door Raid, Yves Montand
Marilyn Monroe at the Photoplay Awards, 1953
Born in Buffalo, New York in 1914, Bacon studied at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, from 1933-36, dropping out in his final year after his parents lost their home in a flood. He completed his journalism degree in 1943 at Syracuse University, and served in the Navy. Bacon’s career in Hollywood, writing a syndicated column for Associated Press, coincided with the rise of Marilyn Monroe and the final phase of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Era.’ Continue reading
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