Marilyn’s most celebrated costume designer, William ‘Billy’ Travilla, is featured in a new TCM book, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of … More
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Virginia Campbell: Remembering Marilyn’s ‘Hometown Story’ Co-Star
Actress Virginia Campbell ended her movie career in one of Marilyn’s earliest movies, Home Town Story (1951.) According to The … More
‘Becoming Herself’: Finding Marilyn’s Feminine Power
The queer feminist academic Sophie Lewis has written a very personal tribute to Marilyn for the November issue of literary … More
Glory Days: Marilyn and the Middle-Aged Male
Writing for Collider, Jeremy Urquhart includes The Seven Year Itch among 10 Movies That Best Capture Middle-Aged Angst. It’s the … More
Why Girls Have More Fun in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’
Writing for Vulture, film critic Christina Newland – who appeared in the recent CNN docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe – praises … More
‘To the Actress’: Marilyn and Her Mentors
In April 1955, Marilyn gave her first (and only) extensive TV interview on Edward R. Murrow’s Person to Person. The … More
The ‘ARTE’ of Marilyn on French TV
Marilyn’s fans in France are in for a treat this Sunday, October 11, when a screening of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes … More
Marilyn’s Underrated Greats: From ‘Love Nest’ to ‘River of No Return’
Writing for Collider, Yenyiyani Siegfried recommends ten ‘great, underrated’ Monroe films, including the innocuous but sweet Love Nest (1951), in … More
The Colour of Marilyn in ‘Yours Retro’
The latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro – #54, with Elvis Presley on the cover – includes a … More
Marilyn, Howard Hawks, and the Making of a Comedy Queen
Writing for Screen Rant, Shae Sennett focuses on the two films Marilyn made with Howard Hawks. (She also recently wrote … More
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