Marilyn at Julien’s: Legend of a Hollywood Misfit

In my third post on the Hollywood Legends event at Julien’s Auctions, I’m looking at more items going under the hammer … More

Marilyn Goes to Bat for Paris

Marilyn is once again the poster girl for the Champs-Elysées Film Festival, celebrating French and American movies in Paris this … More

Marilyn, JFK and the Cal-Neva Tryst That Never Was

Writing for the Reno Gazette-Journal, Nevada state archivist Guy Rocha investigates one of the more dubious rumours about Marilyn’s links … More

End of an Era (and a New Beginning) for the Cal-Neva Lodge

Marilyn visited the Cal-Neva Lodge, a casino resort located in Lake Tahoe, on two occasions: firstly in August 1960 with … More

Screening Marilyn’s ‘Misfits’ in Asteroid City

The Misfits is showing at 1 pm this Saturday, June 3rd, at the Museum of the Moving Image in New … More

Making the Image: Marilyn in the Desert

In a new post for the Magnum Photos blog, Michael Arnold looks back at this striking image captured by his … More

A Toast to Marilyn’s ‘Misfits’ in Vegas Bar Documentary

I had a pleasant surprise last night while watching Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, a docudrama of sorts set in a … More

Remembering Marilyn in Reno

Encounters with Marilyn often become part of a family’s lore. Mary Ekorn Jackson has shared her late mother Jean Alice … More

60 Years Ago: Marilyn Returns to Reno

In July, the French e-zine Crazy For You published pictorials on Marilyn’s test shots for The Misfits in New York, … More

60 Years Ago: Marilyn in ‘The Biggest Little City in the World’

Celebrating sixty years since The Misfits was filmed, the French e-zine Crazy For You moves on from a previous issue … More