‘Some Like It Hot’ a BFI All-Time Great

Some Like It Hot (1959) takes 38th place in Sight and Sound magazine’s poll of the 100 Greatest Films of … More

Marilyn’s Second Chance at Stardom in ‘All About Eve’

1950 was a watershed year in Marilyn’s fledgling career as she played supporting characters in two classic movies. Following the … More

Marilyn Quoted in ‘Compartment No. 6’

You wouldn’t expect Marilyn to be found anywhere in Compartment No. 6, a Finnish movie about a young student forced … More

Marilyn Gets Full Marks at the Academy

In her all too brief career, Marilyn never won an Oscar, or was even nominated – and she attended the … More

Marilyn Strikes a Pose for ‘Yours Retro’

Marilyn is mentioned twice in the latest issue of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro (#48, with Doris Day on the … 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

The ‘Mistero’ of Marilyn, from Eve to Sugar

In addition to the recent OGGI magazine special on Marilyn (see here), Italian fans may enjoy this eye-catching cover story … More

Revisiting Billy Joel’s Marilyn Moment

Singer Billy Joel’s 1989 hit, ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ – an earworm if ever there was one – mentioned … More

Reporters Tracked Marilyn’s ‘Bustle’ to Fame

Marilyn’s stopover in Vancouver while filming River of No Return in 1953 was well-reported in regional newspapers at the time … More

70 Years Ago: Marilyn at the Oscars

On March 29, 1951, Marilyn made her first (and only) appearance at the Academy Awards, presenting the Oscar for Best … More