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 and the Women of ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’

Writing for Collider, Julia Harari argues that ‘How To Marry A Millionaire Shows Degrees of Femininity, From Monroe to Bacall … More

‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ on the Page, Stage and Screen

Classic film fan Angela compares Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to Anita Loos’ 1926 novel on her Hollywood Revue blog, as part … More

Marilyn Covers Italy’s ‘Grand Hotel’

As Sam Shaw’s photos of Marilyn go on display in Turin (see here), this gorgeous image graced the cover of … More

American Dreamers: Marilyn and Sylvia Plath

“Sylvia Plath was the Marilyn Monroe of modern literature,” Carl Rollyson wrote in American Isis, his biography of the poet. … More

Marilyn’s ‘Power Lunch’ With Khrushchev

Writing for the Hollywood Reporter, Scott Feinberg looks back on ‘the most epic Hollywood lunch of all time’ – when … More

Why Marilyn’s Iconic Style Still Fascinates

Italian author Massimilano Capello’s 2019 book, Iconic Marilyn, has now been published in Germany under a new title, Fascination Marilyn … More

Streaming Marilyn: 60 Years Later

From the steamy noir of Niagara and high glam of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to the comic capers of Some Like … More

‘The Beauty of Marilyn’ in Italy

In addition to the Forever Marilyn exhibition in Turin and her recent LINUS cover story, Marilyn is celebrated in a … More

‘Some Like It Hot’ in the AFI Movie Club

Some Like It Hot was yesterday’s pick for the AFI Movie Club, “a global, virtual gathering of film fans who … More