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Carol Channing Remembers Marilyn

Posted on June 2, 2012 by marina72

Carol Channing, who first played Lorelei Lee in the Broadway musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, paid tribute to Marilyn’s big-screen portrayal in a rededication ceremony for MM in Palm Springs yesterday, reports Broadway World. “Miss Channing recalled seeing Miss Monroe for the first … Continue reading →


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‘Blondes’ – and More – on Blu-Ray

Posted on May 31, 2012 by marina72

Fox Home Entertainment have confirmed plans to release Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, River of No Return and There’s No Business Like Show Business on Blu-Ray, due July 31, reports HighDefDiscNews. Earlier this month, ES Updates reported that Blondes, … Continue reading →


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MM Film Festival in Hollywood

Posted on May 26, 2012 by marina72

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood has teamed up with Playboy to host a Marilyn Monroe Film Festival, starting with Some Like it Hot on June 1 (Marilyn’s birthday.) You can also catch There’s No Business Like Show Business (2nd), How to Marry … Continue reading →


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‘Our Weeks With Marilyn’ in Berkeley

Posted on May 18, 2012 by marina72

Berkeley Public Library will be screening four MM movies for free this July: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on the 6th; All About Eve on the 13th; Monkey Business on the 20th; and The Seven Year Itch on the 27th.


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‘Forever Marilyn’ on Blu-Ray

Posted on May 13, 2012 by marina72

Four of Marilyn’s funniest films – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch and Some Like it Hot – will be released in Fox Video’s Forever Marilyn boxset on July 23. UK fans can pre-order now … Continue reading →


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Lorelei on Broadway

Posted on May 10, 2012 by marina72

The Financial Times has praised Smash star Megan Hilty’s performance as Lorelei in the New York City Center. “A chief challenge facing Megan Hilty, the ripe, gifted performer playing Lorelei at City Center, is how to give us the character even … Continue reading →


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‘Blondes’ in Boston

Posted on April 30, 2012 by marina72

The new, digitally-restored print of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes will be screened at Arts Emerson in Boston on May 4-6, as part of their ‘Gotta Dance: The American Film Musical 1929-1953.’ “Never again in her career will Monroe look so sexually perfect, … Continue reading →


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Megan Hilty as Lorelei in ‘Blondes’

Posted on April 25, 2012 by marina72

Megan Hilty – alias Ivy Lynn in TV’s Smash - will play another MM-related character, Lorelei Lee, in a new production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, to be staged at the New York City Center from May 9-13. Incidentally, Rachel York – … Continue reading →


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MM Double Bill at UCLA

Posted on March 15, 2012 by marina72

 Catch ‘em if you can – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Bus Stop are showing tonight at 7.30pm in the UCLA Million Dollar Theater, as part of their Film & Television Archive on Broadway.


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‘Howard Hawks: The Measure of Man’

Posted on March 10, 2012 by marina72

 Monkey Business (1952) gets a screening at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) on Saturday, March 31 at 8.35 pm, followed by Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) on Tuesday, April 10 at 7pm, as part of a Howard Hawks retrospective. … Continue reading →


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