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Joan Mellen: Marilyn’s First Female Filmographer

22 Monday Sep 2025

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe

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Bus Stop, Clash By Night, Don't Bother To Knock, Feminism, Frank Powolny, Gene Kornman, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Germany, Gloria Steinem, Italy, Joan Mellen, John F. Kennedy, Larry McMurtry, Marilyn Monroe, Netherlands, Nickolas Muray, Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies, Ralph Schoenman, Richard Avedon, Sam Shaw, Sexism, Some Like It Hot, The Misfits, Turkey, Typecasting

Joan Mellen – the academic whose many books included the first female-authored (and feminist) critical biography of Marilyn Monroe, with a primary focus on her film career – has died aged 83. Continue reading →

Marie Irvine: Marilyn’s New York Make-Up Artist

27 Monday May 2024

Posted by marina72 in Fashion and Beauty, Marilyn Monroe

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Marie Irvine, who worked as a make-up artist to Marilyn Monroe in New York, died aged 99 in a Florida care facility on January 15, 2024. Continue reading →

Gone Ladies: Marilyn and Pauline Boty

13 Tuesday Feb 2024

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe, Periodicals, Poetry

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Art Decades, Bruce Davidson, Christie’s, Christopher Gregory, Christopher Logue, Colour Her Gone, Epitaph to Something’s Gotta Give, Gazelli Art House, George Barris, Gone Ladies, John Aston, Lawrence Schiller, Life Magazine, Marc Kristal, Marilyn in Beads, Marilyn Monroe, My Colouring Book, Pauline Boty, Picture Show, Pop Art, Richard Avedon, Some Like It Hot, Something's Got To Give, Sue Tate, Tara Hanks, The Only Blonde in the World, Town Magazine

At left, Marilyn Monroe by Richard Avedon, 1959; and at right, Pauline Boty by John Aston, 1962

Pauline Boty was an English pop artist who created three paintings of Marilyn before her death from cancer, aged 28, in 1966. Although neglected for many years, Boty’s work is now being rediscovered – and in March, one of her Marilyn portraits will go under the hammer at Christie’s, as Joe Dziemianowicz reports for Barron’s Magazine. Continue reading →

61 Years Ago: Retracing Marilyn’s Moment in Time

05 Saturday Aug 2023

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Books, Documentaries, Marilyn Monroe, Television, Updates

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Asteroid City, BBC, Chris Wade, Criterion, Documentaries, Elisa Jordan, Elliott Erwitt, Eve Arnold, Film International, George Toles, Jean Howard, Kim Morgan, Magnum Photos, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of an Actress, Marilyn Remembered, Michelle Morgan, Philippe Halsman, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, Richard Avedon, Richard Barrios, The Misfits, Wes Anderson, Yours Retro

Marilyn Monroe died 61 years ago; after passing into eternal rest, her body was found in the early hours of August 5th, 1962. Continue reading →

Brighton Shows Love (and Pride) for Marilyn

06 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by marina72 in Art and Photography, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, Politics

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Brighton, Brighton Pride, broken//hartist, Graffiti, LGBTQ+, Marilyn Monroe, Public Art, Richard Avedon, Sad Marilyn, Street Art, The Postman

Brighton Pride is the biggest event of its kind in the UK, and one of the most popular worldwide. This weekend, a rainbow ribbon of graffiti streamed across my hometown – including this mural at the old Methodist Church on 88 London Road. Created by The Postman and broken//hartist, after Richard Avedon’s 1957 photograph, widely known as ‘Sad Marilyn‘ – all the more touching as this Pride weekend coincided with the 57th anniversary of Marilyn’s passing, and she will always be loved by our LGBTQ+ community.

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