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Tag Archives: Twentieth Century Fox

There’s No Business Like Show Business

08 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by marina72 in Fashion and Beauty, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Music

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A Man Chases a Girl (Until She Catches Him), After You Get What You Want (You Don't Want It), Brighton, Cinemascope, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Duke of York's Brighton, Ethel Merman, Heat Wave, Irving Berlin, Jacqueline Rose, Joe DiMaggio, Johnnie Ray, Lazy, Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, Picturehouse, Susan Strasberg, The Seven Year Itch, There's No Business Like Show Business, Travilla, Twentieth Century Fox, Walter Lang, You'd Be Surprised

On June 1st – exactly ninety-two years after Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in the charity ward of Los Angeles General Hospital – her 1954 movie, There’s No Business Like Show Business, was screened at the Duke of York’s Cinema in Brighton, and will be shown at selected Picturehouse venues throughout June. The first musical made in CinemaScope (a pioneering widescreen technology developed by Twentieth Century Fox to combat the threat of television), it was also one of the last Technicolour musicals made under the studio system model of Hollywood’s golden age.  Continue reading →

Did Hollywood Kill Marilyn Monroe?

04 Thursday Aug 2011

Posted by marina72 in Film

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Hollywood, Immortal Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Something's Got To Give, Twentieth Century Fox

This article marks the 49th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and is also published at Immortal Marilyn  Continue reading →

Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox

16 Monday Jun 2008

Posted by marina72 in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction

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Cindy De La Hoz, Marilyn Monroe, Platinum Fox, Twentieth Century Fox

In Marilyn Monroe’s case, a picture really is worth a thousand words. Some of the most sumptuous photography books have been graced by her luminous presence. Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox, by Cindy De La Hoz, is dedicated to Marilyn’s image and film career, rather than her private life. It is wonderfully designed in a vivid, retro style evoking the 1950s, the decade when Marilyn became the world’s sexiest cultural icon. Twentieth Century Fox was the studio where her career began and ended, and each of her productions, from bit parts to blockbusters, are covered in detail.

Some film stills and publicity shots included here have never been seen before. The text lacks some depth but is light and entertaining, with plot summaries, character profiles, snippets of dialogue and trivia from behind the scenes. The main drawback of the book is it doesn’t cover some of the great work Marilyn achieved outside her home studio, from early gems like The Asphalt Jungle to classics like Some Like It Hot. But it is still a great introduction to Marilyn’s meteoric career, and a testament to her extraordinary love affair with the camera.

Related books: Blonde Heat – The Sizzling Screen Career Of Marilyn Monroe by Richard Buskin; Marilyn At Twentieth Century Fox by Lawrence Crown.

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