09 Thursday Sep 2021
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals
≈ Comments Off on Donald Zec: Marilyn’s Man at ‘The Mirror’
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Arthur Miller, Bus Stop, Colin Clark, Daily Mirror, Donald Zec, Let's Make Love, Marilyn Monroe, Niagara, The Mirror, The Prince And The Showgirl
Donald Zec, the British journalist who covered show-business for the Daily Mirror over four decades, has died at the grand old age of 102. Continue reading
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted in Anniversaries, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre
≈ Comments Off on Born On This Day: Anthony Bushell 1904-1997
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Anthony Bushell, Barry O'Neill, Colin Clark, Disraeli, Fredric March, George Arliss, Her Cardboard Lover, Jealousy, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Marilyn Monroe, The Prince And The Showgirl
Anthony Arnatt Bushell was born in Westerham, Kent on May 19, 1904. He was educated at Magdalen College School, and later Hertford College in Oxford. He was a champion boxer, rower, and member of the Hypocrites Club, infamous for its wild parties. After graduating, Bushell trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his theatrical debut in Diplomacy (1924), opposite Gerald Du Maurier. Continue reading
25 Friday Nov 2011
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Colin Clark, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, The Prince And The Showgirl
‘This is a fairy tale’, was the original tagline – later replaced by ‘this is a true story.’ Continue reading
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