In my second post on the Hollywood Legends event at Julien’s Auctions, I’m looking at some of the items going … More
Tag: Playboy
Marilyn’s Hollywood Haunts (and More) in ‘Yours Retro’
While Elvis Presley is the cover star of UK nostalgia mag Yours Retro‘s October issue (#93), a smaller 1953 photo … More
Blonde Playgirls: Marilyn and June Wilkinson
June Wilkinson, who has died aged 85, was a British-born showgirl who became a popular Playboy model and B-movie starlet … More
Marilyn, Anna Nicole and the Lethal Price of Fame
It’s Terrible the Things I Have to Do to Be Me is a new essay collection from Philippa Snow, exploring … More
Mara Corday: the Pin-Up Star Who ‘Just Missed’ Marilyn
Mara Corday, model and star of 1950s sci-fi movies, has died aged 95. She was born Marilyn Joan Watts in … More
Marilyn’s Roxbury Mortgage Deed – and More – at University Archives
The mortgage deed for Marilyn and Arthur Miller’s country farmhouse at 232 Old Tophet Road in Roxbury, Connecticut – signed … More
Marilyn at Julien’s: From Norma Jeane to Hollywood Legend
This rare image of a young Marilyn (in a 1980s print) is among various Monroe-related items going under the hammer … More
Marilyn at Julien’s: An Icon in the Camera Eye
Items from Icons: Playboy, Hugh Hefner and Marilyn Monroe – including the red umbrella from Marilyn’s Tobay Beach layout, a … More
Julien’s Brings Marilyn (and Playboy) to East Asia
Although they never met or worked together, Marilyn and Hugh Hefner will forever be linked in the popular imagination. In … More
Shattered Dreams: Marilyn and Anna Nicole Smith
A voluptuous Texan blonde who became a tabloid fixture in the 1990s is the subject of a new documentary feature, … More