12 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted in Film, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Updates
‘American Blondes’, my essay comparing Marilyn Monroe with Lana Turner (originally posted here), is reprinted in the latest issue of the excellent Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also features Marilyn’s 1956 interview with Elsa Maxwell; a profile of photographer Gene Lester; and a feature on the Moon of Baroda diamond.
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28 Friday Sep 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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My review of Lawrence Schiller’s Marilyn & Me: A Memoir in Words and Photographs has been published in Issue 25 of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also includes an in-depth profile of photographer Earl Thiesen and ‘I Dress for Men’, an article penned by Marilyn herself in 1953.
You can read my review in full here. For more details on Mad About Marilyn, contact emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
19 Sunday Feb 2012
My review of Michel Schneider’s psychological novel, Marilyn’s Last Sessions (originally posted here) features in the latest Mad About Marilyn fanzine, alongside a vintage Tatler article about the young Norma Jeane, and an interview with Jay Margolis, author of the investigative study, Marilyn Monroe: A Case For Murder.
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09 Thursday Jun 2011
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Cindy De La Hoz, Douglas Kirkland, Lois Banner, Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Modern Screen, USS Bennington
My reviews of Cindy De La Hoz’s Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive and MM – Personal by Lois Banner are featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also includes a vintage article, ‘…and the Lord Taketh Away’, from Modern Screen in 1957; a piece on Marilyn’s 1955 visit to USS Bennington; and a profile of photographer Douglas Kirkland.
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02 Saturday Apr 2011
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe
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My review of Pamela Keogh’s Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? (first posted here) is reprinted in the latest issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine. Also featured are photographer Bill Carroll; a short story by Michael Williams; a vintage Photoplay article, ‘Orphan in Ermine’, a look back at Marilyn’s ‘night at the circus’ in 1955; and a review of John Vachon’s Lost Look Photos.
If you would like to join the Mad About Marilyn Fan Club, please email Emma: emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
05 Saturday Feb 2011
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I’m a little late in posting this. My review of Fragments, last year’s collection of Marilyn Monroe’s personal writing (which you can also read here), has been published in the December 2010 issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine.
It is an outstanding edition, also featuring an article comparing Marilyn with her peer, actress Kim Stanley, who played Cherie in the original Broadway production of Bus Stop, and a character based on MM in the 1957 movie, The Goddess; and a fascinating interview with Marilyn herself from 1954, in which she lists her most-admired men (including then-husband Joe DiMaggio, and future beau, Arthur Miller.)
As always, if you would like to join the Mad About Marilyn Fan Club, please email Emma: emmadowning@blueyonder.co.uk
15 Wednesday Dec 2010
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe
My review of Keith Badman’s The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe is featured in the latest issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine, which also includes a vintage magazine article penned by Marilyn’s one-time roommate at Hollywood’s Studio Club, Clarice Evans, and a profile of photographer John Bryson.
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03 Friday Sep 2010
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe
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My review of Andrew O’Hagan’s comic novel, The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, is featured in the Issue 15 of the UK fan-club magazine, Mad About Marilyn, as well as coverage of the summer auctions, a profile of photographer Bob Beerman and a 1961 article by Louella Parsons.
24 Thursday Dec 2009
Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Updates
My review of J. Randy Taraborrelli’s The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe is featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine. It first appeared here.
The current edition also features a vintage article by Earl Wilson, ‘In Defence of Marilyn’, and a profile of photographer John Florea.
25 Saturday Jul 2009
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Updates
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By Eve Arnold, 1955
My review of David Marshall‘s speculative novel, Life Among The Cannibals: The Life and Times of Marilyn Monroe 1962-2003, appears in Issue 9 of Mad About Marilyn, the UK-based fan club and magazine. This latest edition also features the famous 1956 interview that Marilyn gave to Earl Wilson from her hotel suite, a retrospective on Jack Cardiff, and a closer look at those plastic surgery rumours.
