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Marilyn and Nicholas Ray

Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director, a new  biography by Patrick McGilligan, features insights into the on-off relationship between Marilyn and the eccentric Ray, who helmed such classics as In a Lonely Place and Rebel Without a … Continue reading


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Jack Cardiff on Marilyn, and ‘The African Queen’

John Huston’s The African Queen, photographed by Jack Cardiff, has been digitally restored and released on Blu-Ray. Marilyn attended the film’s premiere in February 1952, with her director friend, Nicholas Ray. (Her first big break had been in Huston’s 1950 … Continue reading


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