Joyce Carol Oates has spoken about Marilyn and Blonde, the upcoming movie based on her 2000 novel, in a cover … More
Category: Books
Norman Rosten’s ‘Marilyn: Shadow and Light’ in France
One of the best books ever written about Marilyn is Marilyn: The Untold Story (aka Marilyn: A Very Personal Story), … More
Method or Madness: Marilyn at the Actors Studio
In my second post on Isaac Butler’s new book, The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act, I look … More
Beginnings: Marilyn and the Method
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler is a new history of method acting, from … More
‘Truly, Madly’: Marilyn and the Oliviers
Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and the Romance of the Century is a new book by Stephen Galloway, looking … More
Reading With Marilyn … in Hollywood
Marilyn features twice in Esquire‘s list of the 125 Best Books About Hollywood: firstly, Eve Arnold’s monograph, and then – … More
When Marilyn Met the Queen
You can read my review of Michelle Morgan’s fabulous new book, When Marilyn Met the Queen: Marilyn Monroe’s Life in … More
Netflix Plans Documentary On Marilyn’s Death
With Blonde, a fictional Monroe biopic, due for release on Netflix this autumn, the streaming giant is also producing a … More
Forever Young: Hayley Mills Remembers Eli Wallach (and Marilyn)
As Marilyn’s career wound down in the early 1960s, a generation of new faces emerged. Among them was English teenager … More
Remembering Britain’s ‘Marilyn Mania’ in the Daily Mail
British fans may want to buy a copy of today’s Daily Mail, which includes a two-page spread on Michelle Morgan’s … More