Tag Archives: John Vachon

Julien’s Icons and Idols

Posted on October 10, 2012 by marina72

Julien’s Auctions will be holding their Hollywood Icons and Idols sale in Beverly Hills on November 9-10. Marilyn-related items include an eight-minute film made at John F. Kennedy’s birthday gala; the purple skirt Monroe wore for a 1953 photo shoot … Continue reading →


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Marilyn’s Canadian Influence

Posted on July 13, 2011 by marina72

Chris Finn, curator of the recent ‘Marilyn in Canada’ exhibit at the McMichael in Toronto, will discuss Marilyn’s time in Canada filming Niagara and River of No Return at the RiverBrink Art Museum, Niagara, on July 17 at 2pm. ” … Continue reading →


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‘Canadian or American?’

Posted on March 29, 2011 by marina72

The twin Marilyn Monroe exhibitions currently on show at the McMichael Gallery, Toronto, are also being documented in photos and on video, via Facebook and Youtube.


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Vachon Reviewed at MM Book Blog

Posted on February 10, 2011 by marina72

ES staffer Sirkku Aaltonen has reviewed John Vachon’s Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost ‘Look’ Photos, in Finnish and English, over at her Marilyn Monoe Book Blog. “All the pictures are black and white, which goes well with the style of … Continue reading →


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John Vachon: A ‘Lost Look’ at Marilyn

Posted on January 31, 2011 by marina72

My profile of photographer John Vachon, whose work with Marilyn Monroe is collected in a new book, Marilyn, August 1953: The Lost ‘Look’ Photos, has been posted on the Immortal Marilyn website. My fellow Immortal Marilyn staffers are currently adding monthly updates for … Continue reading →


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December at Immortal Marilyn

Posted on December 1, 2010 by marina72

This month’s updates include two vintage magazine articles and a review of The Lost ‘Look’ Photos by John Vachon.


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‘Marilyn in Canada’ Exhibit

Posted on November 24, 2010 by marina72

Marilyn visited Canada at least three times: as 18 year-old Norma Jeane Dougherty, in 1944; and while filming two of her movies, Niagara (1952) and River of No Return (made in 1953, released ’54.) In February 2011, the touring Marilyn … Continue reading →


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Vachon’s Marilyn, Reviewed

Posted on November 3, 2010 by marina72

By Bob Duggan at Big Think Wallis remarks on Monroe’s “stagy performance of threatened innocence” that Cindy Sherman and Madonna, most notably, mimicked years later. In fact, many of Vachon’s photos seem like precursors of Sherman’s famous “film noir” stills, yet Sherman, … Continue reading →


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DiMaggio Lawyer Criticises Author

Posted on November 2, 2010 by marina72

Morris Engelberg, former attorney to Joe DiMaggio and executor of his estate, has criticised Yale University Press for using a photo of DiMaggio with Marilyn Monroe on the cover of a forthcoming biography, Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil. “It’s in … Continue reading →


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More John Vachon Rarities

Posted on September 30, 2010 by marina72

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