17 Wednesday Feb 2010
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe
Sylvia Barnhart with Marilyn Monroe, 1946
Sylvia Barnhart, the woman who first dyed Marilyn Monroe’s hair blonde, has died. In recent years she was a favourite at meetings of the Marilyn Remembered fan club in Los Angeles, California. Continue reading
07 Sunday Feb 2010
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe
Artwork by Eric Woodard
David Brown, one of Hollywood’s most enduringly successful producers, has died at his Manhattan home aged 93, after a long illness. A native New Yorker, he trained as a journalist and wrote short stories, edited numerous publications, and served as a first lieutenant with US Army Military Intelligence during World War II.
In 1951, Brown was hired by Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox, to run the studio’s story department. He would stay at Fox for two decades, rising in the executive ranks and surviving two firings during a tumultuous period which changed Hollywood’s ‘star system’ irrevocably. Continue reading
10 Sunday Jan 2010
Posted in Film, History, Marilyn Monroe
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1963, An American Affair, Cameron Bright, Gretchen Mol, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Mary Meyer
An American Affair is an independent film, written by Alex Metcalf and directed by William Olsson, released in US cinemas and on DVD last year. Set in 1963, it depicts a fictional romance between President John F. Kennedy and a mysterious woman, observed by a young boy in the months before Kennedy’s assassination. Continue reading
24 Thursday Dec 2009
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals, 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.
23 Wednesday Dec 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
≈ Comments Off on Bob Willoughby 1927-2009
Photographer Bob Willoughby has died at his home in Vence, France, aged 82. For many years he was the one of the most prominent still cameramen in the international film industry, largely due to his unobtrusive style and aesthetic sensibility. Critic Charles Champlin once described Willoughby’s work as transcending photojournalism to become ‘salon art’. Continue reading
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