Tag Archives: Lois Banner

No Sale for Disputed MM ‘Sex Tape’

Posted on August 8, 2011 by marina72

A 1940s porn film, said by current owner Mikel Barsa to feature an ‘underage’ Marilyn Monroe, failed to sell at auction in Buenos Aires yesterday, after MM’s estate denounced it as ‘fraudulent’. ‘Whoever the woman in the film may have … Continue reading →


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‘The Feminist Betrayal of Norma Jeane’

Posted on June 22, 2011 by marina72

The Secret Knowledge: The Dismantling of American Culture is a new collection of essays by the dramatist David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Wag the Dog.) The central theme of this book is Mamet’s disillusionment with the liberal left. One of … Continue reading →


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‘Mad About Marilyn’ Spring Issue

Posted on June 9, 2011 by marina72

My reviews of Cindy De La Hoz’s Marilyn Monroe: The Personal Archive and MM – Personalby Lois Banner are featured in the latest issue of the Mad About Marilyn fanzine, which also includes a vintage article, ‘…and the Lord Taketh Away’, from Modern Screen … Continue reading →


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Lois Banner on ‘MM – Personal’

Posted on April 8, 2011 by marina72

Dr Lois Banner, author of MM – Personal: The Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe, has been interviewed by Susan Andrews of USC Dornsife: ‘To understand the highly complex Monroe, Banner said that you have to understand her complexities. “She had … Continue reading →


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Immortal Marilyn in April

Posted on April 5, 2011 by marina72

Among this month’s updates at Immortal Marilyn are Claire Stevenson’s fascinating profile of James Haspiel, the teenage fan who became a friend to Marilyn and took many candid photos of her; a feature on Natasha Lytess from club president Mary … Continue reading →


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Lois Banner at Book Soup, LA

Posted on March 16, 2011 by marina72

Dr Lois Banner will be signing copies of MM – Personal at Book Soup, West Hollywood, on March 30 from 7pm. Her next book, An Uncommon Woman: Marilyn Monroe as an American Icon of Passion and Power, will be published … Continue reading →


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David Marshall Reviews ‘MM – Personal’

Posted on March 12, 2011 by marina72

David Marshall, author of The DD Group and Life Among the Cannibals, has reviewed Lois Banner and Mark Anderson’s MM – Personal: The Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe: ‘The feeling is quite a lot like one feels after the death … Continue reading →


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‘MM – Personal’: What the Critics Said

Posted on March 3, 2011 by marina72

MM – Personal, the new book by Lois Banner and Mark Anderson, has been widely covered in the media this week. “Anderson and Banner’s selection of material presents Monroe in a positive light. She is a woman fighting to control … Continue reading →


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‘MM – Personal’ Reviewed

Posted on February 27, 2011 by marina72

You can read my review here


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Larry McMurtry on Marilyn

Posted on February 18, 2011 by marina72

Larry McMurtry is an American novelist and screenwriter. Many of his stories have been adapted for film, including Hud, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove. In the latest issue of the New York Review of Books, … Continue reading →


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