Monthly Archives: August 2011

Marilyn and Shelley Winters

Posted on August 18, 2011 by marina72

Actress Shelley Winters, pictured here with Marilyn and Robert Mitchum in Canada, 1953, wrote about her friendship with Marilyn in her two volumes of autobiography. Over at HiLobrow today, Mimi Lipson compares their ultimately very different careers: “She taught her roommate … Continue reading →


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A Second Glance at ‘Marilyn in Canada’

Posted on August 18, 2011 by marina72

The ‘Marilyn in Canada’ exhibit, recently at the McMichael, will be revived at the Canada National Exhibition in Toronto, from August 19 – September 5, reports CBC News.


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Elliott Erwitt Exhibit in New York

Posted on August 18, 2011 by marina72

Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best, a major retrospective of the Magnum photographer whose subjects included Marilyn (during filming of The Seven Year Itch in 1954, and The Misfits in 1960) is on display at New York’s International Centre of Photography until August … Continue reading →


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Marilyn and the Pin-Up Grrrls

Posted on August 18, 2011 by marina72

This 1952 shot of Marilyn exercising at home, taken by Philippe Halsman, is discussed in Is the Pin-Up Feminist?, a blog post by Rebel Grrrl Italiana. “The Marilyn Monroe poster exudes sexuality, which was threatening during the time period (and some … Continue reading →


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A ‘Misfits’ Tour of Reno

Posted on August 18, 2011 by marina72

Lindsay at the IAmNotAStalker blog – dedicated to movie locations, title is ironic – visited Reno last week and stopped by several landmarks related to filming of The Misfits: Virginia Street Bridge, Washoe County Courthouse, and Edith Palmer’s Country Inn, … Continue reading →


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Remembering the Studio Club

Posted on August 18, 2011 by marina72

Writing for the McLeansboro Times-Leader, Helen Sue Johnson remembers her stay at the Studio Club, the hostel for young actresses where Marilyn once lived: “Back in the 1950s, when I was an aspiring actress and singer, I stayed at the … Continue reading →


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Early Glimpse of a Natural Star

Posted on August 14, 2011 by marina72

In an essay, ‘Monroe and Sexuality’, published in the 1986 book, Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society, the British film critic Richard Dyer discusses Philippe Halsman‘s portrait of the young Marilyn among a group of aspiring actresses (Lois Maxwell, who would … Continue reading →


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Jessica Chastain Inspired by Marilyn

Posted on August 13, 2011 by marina72

Actress Jessica Chastain (Tree of Life) studied Marilyn’s life while preparing to play Celia Foote, the naive employer of maid Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) in The Help, a comedy-drama set in 1960s Mississippi at the height of the Civil Rights movement, … Continue reading →


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‘Clash By Night’ in New York

Posted on August 12, 2011 by marina72

One of my favourite early Monroe movies, Clash By Night (1952), is screening in a double bill with the 1948 film, Caught, at New York’s Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, between 6th Ave and Varick (7th Ave), on August 19, as … Continue reading →


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‘i-Marilyn’ at the Apple Apps Store

Posted on August 12, 2011 by marina72

The 1964 documentary, The Legend of Marilyn Monroe, and J. Randy Taraborrelli’s 2009 biography, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, are both available at the iTunes Apps Store, reports Product Reviews


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