Items from Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe – including the red umbrella from Marilyn’s Tobay Beach layout, a … More
Category: Public Appearances
70 Years Later: Marilyn and Joe Go East With ‘Stars and Stripes’
70 years after newlyweds Marilyn and husband Joe DiMaggio visited the Far East, here’s a selection of vintage reports from … More
70 Years Later: Jerry Lavigne Remembers Marilyn in Korea
Korean War veteran Jerome ‘Jerry’ Lavigne has been honoured in New Hampshire, as Ray Duckler reports for the Concord Monitor. … More
70 Years Later: Leroy Van Dyke Remembers Marilyn in Korea
On February 16, 1954 – 70 years ago – Marilyn began her whistle-stop tour of U.S. Army bases across South … More
Did Marilyn Reach Out to Rock Hudson?
Marilyn is mentioned briefly in a cover story on Rock Hudson for the latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours … More
Beyond the Legend: Marilyn and Ella Fitzgerald
The friendship between Marilyn and Ella Fitzgerald has inspired plays, children’s books, and even an episode of TV’s Drunk History. … More
Henri Dauman, Who Photographed Marilyn in New York, Dies at 90
Henri Dauman – the French-born photojournalist who chronicled American life throughout the 1950s and ’60s – died aged 90 on … More
Dining With Marilyn at the Fox Commissary
Writing for Variety, Pat Saperstein remembers the golden age of studio commissaries. Marilyn was photographed in the Fox Commissary on … More
Marilyn’s Pin-Ups and Snapshots at Heritage Auctions
These two original candid photos from May 1962 – when Marilyn sang ‘Happy Birthday Mr President’ to John F. Kennedy … More
Marilyn Brings ‘Jean Howard’s Hollywood’ to Wyoming
The complete archive for photographer Jean Howard – featuring images of Marilyn and many other iconic figures in Hollywood history … More