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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 →

A Singular Loveliness: Marilyn’s Painterly Gesture

29 Friday Jul 2022

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

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Abstract Expressionism, Andy Warhol, Bert Stern, Cold War, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, Feminism, Frida Kahlo, Gesture and Film, Gordon Parks, Griselda Pollock, Jayne Mansfield, Kerry Filer Harker, Killing Men and Dying Women, Korean War, Lee Krasner, Marilyn Monroe, Miscarriage, New York, Nicky Bird, Playboy, Sam Shaw, The Seven Year Itch, William de Kooning

In 2018, the feminist art historian Griselda Pollock gave a lecture on Marilyn Monroe at the Caixi Forum in Madrid. Despite the acres of coverage on Monroe’s life, Pollock stated, “there is very little analysis of her work. How did a white woman, uneducated and abused, become a star like one she was? Why was Andy Warhol crying at her death? Why did Elton John identify with her? Why did Madonna forge her image in Monroe’s likeness?” Continue reading →

To Save and Project: Jeanne Eagels at MoMA

19 Friday Jan 2018

Posted by marina72 in Film, History, Jeanne Eagels

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Daniel Eagan, Dave Kehr, David Stenn, Film Journal, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Louise Brooks, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Now We're In The Air, Outcast, Silent Movies, Thanhouser, The World and the Woman, To Save and Project

The World and the Woman, the 1916 silent film starring Jeanne Eagels, will be screened today – preceded by a fragment from an early Louise Brooks comedy – at 4:30 pm in New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as part of their ‘To Save and Project‘ series, curated by Dave Kehr and now in its fifteenth season, as Daniel Eagan reports for Film Journal. (And thanks to the Thanhouser Studio restoration project, you can also watch it here.) Continue reading →

Liz Smith 1923-2017

13 Monday Nov 2017

Posted by marina72 in Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals, Radio, Television

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Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Liz Smith, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, New York

Liz Smith, the veteran gossip columnist known as the ‘doyenne of dish’, has died aged 94. Continue reading →

Styling Marilyn: Kenneth Battelle 1927-2013

13 Thursday Jun 2013

Posted by marina72 in Fashion and Beauty, Marilyn Monroe

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Bert Stern, Chicago, Earl Gustie, Eve Arnold, Jackie Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Kenneth Battelle, Marilyn Monroe, New York, Some Like It Hot

Marilyn Monroe, styled by Kenneth for her appearance at the JFK birthday gala in 1962

Marilyn Monroe, styled by Kenneth for her appearance at the JFK birthday gala in 1962

Kenneth Battelle, who was dubbed ‘hairdresser to the stars’ during the 1950s, died at home in Wappinger Falls, New York, on May 12th,  2013. Continue reading →

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