14 Tuesday May 2019
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe
≈ Comments Off on Sunshine Blondes: Marilyn and Doris Day
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Clark Gable, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Howard Keel, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Move Over Darling, Pillow Talk, Rock Hudson, Something's Got To Give, That Touch Of Mink, The Graduate, The Prince And The Showgirl, Thelma Ritter
“You take the grey skies out of my way
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day…”
– Wham!, ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ (1984) Continue reading
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted in Anniversaries, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre
≈ Comments Off on Born On This Day: Anthony Bushell 1904-1997
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Anthony Bushell, Barry O'Neill, Colin Clark, Disraeli, Fredric March, George Arliss, Her Cardboard Lover, Jealousy, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Marilyn Monroe, The Prince And The Showgirl
Anthony Arnatt Bushell was born in Westerham, Kent on May 19, 1904. He was educated at Magdalen College School, and later Hertford College in Oxford. He was a champion boxer, rower, and member of the Hypocrites Club, infamous for its wild parties. After graduating, Bushell trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his theatrical debut in Diplomacy (1924), opposite Gerald Du Maurier. Continue reading
05 Friday Oct 2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe
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Andre De Dienes, Anthony Beauchamp, Cecil Beaton, Dame Edith Sitwell, Don't Bother To Knock, Frankie Vaughan, Let's Make Love, Marilyn Monroe, Marlyn Monroe: A British Love Affair, Michelle Morgan, Nahum Baron, National Portrait Gallery, Pauline Boty, Picture Post, Roy Ward Baker, The Prince And The Showgirl, Wilfred Hyde-White
‘Marilyn Monroe: A British Love Affair’ is a small display in Room 33 of London’s National Portrait Gallery, featuring photographs and vintage magazine covers related to The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), and other homegrown influences on Hollywood’s most iconic star. Continue reading
25 Friday Nov 2011
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction
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Colin Clark, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, The Prince And The Showgirl
‘This is a fairy tale’, was the original tagline – later replaced by ‘this is a true story.’
My Week With Marilyn is an Anglo-American confection, based on Colin Clark’s memoirs of filming with Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe on The Prince and the Showgirl (1956). Continue reading
22 Wednesday Apr 2009
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe by Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff, the renowned cinematographer, has died aged 94. The son of music hall entertainers, he acted in silent movies as a child. His earliest credits behind the camera were on Wings Of The Morning (1937), the first Technicolor film made in Britain, and a series of public information films during World War II. Continue reading
