02 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Marilyn Monroe, Music
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hal Schaefer, Irving Berlin, Jazz, Joe DiMaggio, Lionel Newman, Louella Parsons, Marilyn Monroe, Piano, River of No Return, There's No Business Like Show Business, Wrong Door Raid
My tribute to Hal Schaefer, the jazz pianist who died recently. This article can also be read at Immortal Marilyn. Continue reading
31 Monday Jan 2011
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, Websites
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Banff, Brian Wallis, Canada, Cindy Sherman, Dover Publications, Great Depression, Immortal Marilyn, Jayne Mansfield, Joe DiMaggio, John Vachon, Look Magazine, Madonna, Marilyn August 1953: The Lost Look Photos, Marilyn Monroe, River of No Return, Stanley Rubin
Dover Publications is a US company, founded in 1941, that reissues classic literary works in value-priced, paperback editions. In 2010, Dover broadened their remit by publishing Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost Look Photos, a hardback, coffee-table book featuring John Vachon’s photographs of Marilyn Monroe in Canada, while filming ‘River of No Return’, most of which had never been seen before. It was released under their Calla Editions imprint, using paper from sustainable forests, and presented in landscape format. On the grey front cover, under the dust-jacket, is a silhouette of Monroe. Continue reading
