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‘A Girl’s Best Friend’: Jane Russell 1921-2011

07 Monday Mar 2011

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Adoption, Bob Hope, Bob Waterfield, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hughes, Jane Russell, Jim Dougherty, Marilyn Monroe, Max Reinhardt, Robert Mitchum, Santa Maria, The Paleface, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Van Nuys High School

Jane Russell, one of Hollywood’s great sex symbols, and star of such films as The Outlaw, The Paleface, His Kind of Woman and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, has died aged 89 at her home in California’s Santa Maria Valley, of a respiratory illness. Continue reading →

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

31 Wednesday Mar 2010

Posted by marina72 in Brighton, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Duke of York's Brighton, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe

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The Duke of York’s Picture House at Preston Circus, Brighton, is the oldest independent cinema in England and celebrates its centenary this month. Like many local residents, I can ring the changes in my own life by recalling my frequent visits to the Duke’s over the last 16 years. (For more on Brighton’s cinematic past, click here.)

When I first moved to Brighton in 1994, I would often attend the matinees as it was a safe and friendly place for a single girl to hang out. Among my favourite films at the time were Hal Hartley’s Amateur and Kieslowski’s Three Colours series. And one afternoon before Christmas, I saw Marilyn Monroe on the big screen for the first time, in her most celebrated film, Some Like It Hot. Continue reading →

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