Tag Archives: River of No Return

Another Candle in the Wind

This photo shows singer Amy Winehouse, who sadly died this weekend aged just 27, at home in 2004. You may notice a framed picture of Marilyn on her wall – as her father, Mitch Winehouse, confirmed in 2008, she was quite … Continue reading


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Marilyn and Otto Preminger

Of all Marilyn’s directors, Otto Preminger was probably the least suited to her sensitive nature. He was notorious for bullying actors, and while filming River of No Return, Marilyn was forced to do dangerous stunts and subjected to constant insults … Continue reading


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Marilyn’s Canadian Influence

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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Monroe, Mitchum at UCLA

River of No Return will be screened at the Billy Wilder Theatre, UCLA, at 7.30 pm on July 23 as part of a retrospective, Tracking the Cat: Robert Mitchum in the West, running from July 8-30. Producer Stanley Rubin will attend. … Continue reading


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MM Film Season in NYC

Fourteen of Marilyn’s films will screen next month at New York’s BAM Rose Cinema, reports the New York Post July 1: The Asphalt Jungle, Don’t Bother to Knock July 2: The Seven Year Itch July 3-4: Some Like it Hot July … Continue reading


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Niagara, River Soundtracks on CD

The original soundtrack albums for Niagara and River of No Return have been released on a compilation CD by the Intrada label. Niagara includes The Starlighters’ version of ‘Kiss’, as requested by Marilyn in the movie. Marilyn’s own recordings do … Continue reading


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John Vachon: A ‘Lost Look’ at Marilyn

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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‘Marilyn in Canada’ Exhibit

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

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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‘You Remind Me of Marilyn Monroe…’

It seems that Marilyn wasn’t the only actress to face the wrath of Otto Preminger, who directed her in River of No Return. Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones in Sex and the City) told The Guardian this week: When the veteran … Continue reading


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