Bob Miller, Marilyn’s stepson from her third marriage to Arthur Miller, has died aged 74. You can read my tribute…
Shades of Red: Marilyn, the Scarlet Blonde
In a blog post for the British Film Institute (BFI) website, Sophie Monks Kaufman adds Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to her…
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),…
Marilyn’s Father: Documentary to Explore Family Secret
After the recent CNN docuseries, Reframed: Marilyn Monroe, and ahead of the April 27 release of a feature-length Netflix documentary,…
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…
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…
Spot the Difference: Collecting Marilyn’s Signature
As a teenage movie fan in the 1950s, Joan Moore regularly wrote to the studios requesting signed photos of the…
Wrapped in Diamonds: Marilyn Lights Up the Screen
Marilyn is featured in Vogue‘s list of the 20 Most Iconic Dresses in Cinematic History. However, it’s not her ubiquitous…
‘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…
Why Marilyn is Still ‘The Lady’ for All Seasons
As we prepare for the 60th anniversary of Marilyn’s death this summer, UK magazine The Lady‘s April issue revisits the…