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Tag Archives: Marilyn Monroe

Dear Birthday Girl – Unwrapping the Marilyn Archive

01 Thursday Jun 2023

Posted by marina72 in Marilyn Monroe, Updates, Websites

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On what would be Marilyn Monroe’s 97th birthday, here’s a gift from me to all her fans. (The photo above – shot by Ed Feingersh in March 1955 – shows Marilyn looking up at a James Thurber drawing on the wall of Costello’s Restaurant, an Irish bar on Third Avenue in Manhattan,  beloved by the literati.)

As regular readers will know, I’m the author of The Mmm Girl, a novel about Marilyn Monroe – and way back in 2010, I started a daily blog on Marilyn called ES Updates, part of the Everlasting Star online community. After a decade, I moved to a fully independent blog, The Marilyn Report, which continues to this day.

So what is THE MARILYN  ARCHIVE? It’s a way of keeping all the highlights from the ES Updates era online. My focus is on preserving stories of lasting value pertaining to Marilyn’s remarkable life and career, and her enduring cultural impact. So I won’t be repeating the more ephemeral posts about screenings, exhibitions, etc unless they’re still relevant.

It’s a long project, covering Marilyn-related news from 2010-20 – and at the time of writing, I’ve been working on it for a year and am approximately halfway done. I’ll keep adding to the archive whenever I have time, and my posts are usually either chronological or related to topics of current interest. So if you want to know more, please bookmark The Marilyn Archive and search away!

Tara Hanks

Walter Mirisch: ‘Some Like It Hot’ Producer Dies at 101

08 Wednesday Mar 2023

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Arthur Miller, Billy Wilder, Dick Patterson, Elmore Leonard, Fanfare der Liebe, Harold Mirisch, Herb Baker, Jack Lemmon, Joe Hyams, John Huston, Marilyn Monroe, Marvin Mirisch, NBC, Paula Strasberg, Sidney Poitier, Some Like It Hot, Steven Spielberg, The Mirisch Company, Tony Curtis, United Artists, Vic Damone, Walter Mirisch

Walter Mirisch, producer of Some Like It Hot, has died aged 101. Continue reading →

Stella Stevens: An Adventurous Blonde

19 Sunday Feb 2023

Posted by marina72 in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Television, Theatre

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Bus Stop, Dean Martin, Eli Wallach, Elvis Presley, Golden Globes, Jean Harlow, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Peter Bogdanovich, Playboy, Sex Symbols, Stella Stevens, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Blue Angel, The Nutty Professor, The Poseidon Adventure

Actress Stella Stevens died in Los Angeles on Friday, February 17th, 2023, aged 84. Continue reading →

Zimbelism: Marilyn’s ‘Momento’ on 52nd and Lexington 

30 Monday Jan 2023

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Billy Wilder, Canada, Garry Winogrand, George S. Zimbel, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Still Life, Momento, Natasha Lytess, New York, The Night I Shot Marilyn, The Seven Year Itch, Tom Ewell, Trans-Lux Theatre, Walter Winchell, Zimbelism

George S. Zimbel, the photographer who documented the shooting of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous movie scene, has died aged 93.  Continue reading →

‘La Lollo’ in New York: When Gina Lollobrigida Met Marilyn

25 Wednesday Jan 2023

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Alberto Moravia, Beat the Devil, Cinecitta, Earl Wilson, Fidel Castro, Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Howard Hughes, Humphrey Bogart, Italy, Marilyn Monroe, Pope Francis, Rock Hudson, Sophia Loren, The Seven Year Itch, The Woman of Rome

Gina Lollobrigida, an icon of Italian cinema and one of the great post-war sex symbols, died aged 95 on January 16, 2023. Continue reading →

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