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‘Mad About Marilyn’: Issue 26

Posted on January 12, 2013 by marina72

‘American Blondes’, my essay comparing Marilyn Monroe with Lana Turner (originally posted here), is republished in the latest issue of the excellent Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also features Marilyn’s 1956 interview with Elsa Maxwell; a profile of photographer Gene Lester; and a feature on … Continue reading →


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Wallis Simpson, Elsa Maxwell and Marilyn

Posted on November 2, 2011 by marina72

According to That Woman: A Life of Wallis Simpson - Duchess of Windsor, a new biography by Anne Sebba, the American socialite whose affair with Edward VIII, England’s king, led to his abdication in 1936, was peeved when, in the 1950s, … Continue reading →


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