Marilyn at Julien’s: From ‘Motion Picture’ to ‘Confidential’

In my second post about the online event at Julien’s Auctions, ‘Happy 99th Birthday, Marilyn!‘ – open for bids until … More

Nanette Barber: Secretary to Ben Hecht (and Marilyn) Dies at 98

Nanette Barber, a secretary to Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht during his collaboration with Marilyn on her memoir, has died aged … More

Bidding is now underway at the Julien’s Auctions event, Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe, with Marilyn’s pink Pucci … More

Items from Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe – including the red umbrella from Marilyn’s Tobay Beach layout, a … More

Over 175 Marilyn-related items will go under the hammer tomorrow, December 17, as part of the Icons and Idols: Hollywood … More

Henri Dauman escaped Nazi-occupied Paris for New York as a child, later becoming a photographer for LIFE magazine. He photographed … More

An article about the Catalina Country Club for Atlas Obscura mentions Marilyn’s time living on Catalina Island from 1943-44, when … More

This photo of Marilyn arriving at Chicago’s Midway Airport en route to promote Some Like It Hot on a windy … More

Over at the Chicago Sun-Times, a look back at how their former sister paper, the now-defunct Chicago Daily News, covered … More

This photo of a rather windswept Marilyn arriving at Chicago’s Midway Airport on March 17, 1959, captured by Edward DeLuga, … More