Marilyn Plays the Money Game for ‘Yours Retro’

Marilyn makes a splash in the latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro (#39, with Deborah Kerr on the … More

65 Years Ago: Marilyn, Arthur and Paris Match

On June 22, 1956 – sixty-five years ago this week – Marilyn and Arthur Miller posed for reporters outside her … More

Revisiting Norma Jeane’s Catalina Days

In September 1943, 22-year-old Jim Dougherty and his 17-year-old wife Norma Jeane moved to Catalina Island (27 miles outside Los … More

Sinatra, Marilyn and the Kennedy Rumour Mill

Tony Oppedisano, once a road manager to Frank Sinatra, has written a memoir, Sinatra and Me: In the Wee Small … More

Jane Russell: Marilyn’s Leading Lady in ‘Yours Retro’

June 21st will mark 100 years since the birth of Jane Russell, Marilyn’s friend, co-star and a Hollywood legend in … More

Audible’s Curtain Rises for Marilyn and Dame Edith

First mentioned here, The Dame and the Showgirl – Simon Berry’s new play, inspired by Marilyn’s friendship with poet Edith … More

Miller, Marilyn, and James Baldwin’s ‘After the Fall’ Backlash

When Arthur Miller’s first play in eight years, After the Fall, opened in 1964, many were outraged by his harsh … More

Marilyn and Edith Sitwell Inspire Playwright

Marilyn’s friendship with the poet Dame Edith Sitwell has inspired a new audio play, The Times reports. “The Dame and … More

Dangerous Triangle: Yves, Simone and Marilyn

Silvia Casanova’s article about the Monroe-Montand affair, first seen in Gente magazine, has been republished on Elle‘s Italian website. 2021 … More

Marilyn at Julien’s: Love and Friendship

Continuing a series of posts on the 80 Marilyn-related items in the Legends & Luminaries sale at Julien’s Auctions on … More