I’ve come across some articles that say that new photographs of Marilyn are found and now up for sale. I looked at the pictures but as far as I know, these aren’t new. Now I’m wondering if I’m wrong…
Anyway, the photographs are indeed amazing and I love how Marilyn looks in them.
A few months ago it was reported that Scarlett Johansson was leading a list of actress under consideration to play Marilyn Monroe in director Simon Curtis’ biopic, My Week with Marilyn. Kate Hudson, Amy Adams and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) were also mentioned as possible contenders for the role.
Production Weekly has now learned that Johansson is out of the running and that its Williams who is in-talks with Curtis to top line the movie, set to begin lensing in June, 2010.
My Week will be based on the diary of Colin Clark, an employee of Laurence Olivier, who looked after Monroe when she came to London to film Olivier’s “The Prince and the Showgirl” in 1957. Although Colin was technically considered the third assistant director, his unofficial role was to keep Monroe out of Olivier’s way.
Clark published excerpts of his diary a year later, but left out the details of one week. Those unreleased chapters form the basis of the movie.
Frankly, it’s probably one of the toughest roles to cast. Monroe’s body movements, mannerisms and vocal inflections are legendary. Difficult to master, impersonators who have done so typically haven’t looked that much like the late actress. Alternatively, those who look somewhat like Monroe have more often than not had a tough time duplicating her essence. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out…and if Curtis decides to employ today’s current state-of-the art CG to give his leading lady a little extra “authenticity,” or if he simply allows her to develop a close individual interpretation of the Monroe essence, sans special effects.
Source: Cinemaspy.com
I just love it when rare images or footage of Marilyn is found. Such has happened today, when I came across a video with Marilyn in it, sitting with friends, smoking a cigarette, laughing, having fun. Although many sources say the footage is from the late 50’s, I’m certain it’s from around 1954, looking at her hair and general appearance.
Enjoy!
By Ina Jaffe
People will spend a lot of money to live near the rich and famous. For the dead and famous, arguably no neighborhood is more desirable than the mausoleum at the Westwood Village Memorial Park cemetery in Los Angeles.
Among the many stars resting there is the iconic Marilyn Monroe, and the crypt directly above hers was recently auctioned on eBay. A Japanese man bid more than $4.6 million to spend eternity as Monroe’s upstairs neighbor. But the Los Angeles Times reports that he reneged on the deal in an e-mail, saying, “I need to cancel this because of the paying problem.”
The current occupant of the crypt is Richard Poncher, who died 23 years ago at the age of 81. In accordance with his wishes, he was entombed face down, above the movie star.
His widow, Elsie Poncher, wants to sell his crypt to pay off the mortgage on her house. She’ll then move him into an adjacent crypt that she owns.
I just read the news that photographer Joe Jasgur passed away. It’s sad to see that everyone who was in contact with Marilyn slowly moves to the other side… I am fortunate enough to own an original picture of Jasgur and he signed it too. I feel very fortunate to own that bit.
I was always a bit bothered when I read, years ago, that Tony Curtis said that kissing Marilyn was like kissing Hitler. I thought it was very unproffesional. But now it turns out he regrets saying that, as you can read in the following article. The thing that bothers me now is how he did a 180. Now he says he was arroused by Marilyn. Why? I still think it’s unproffesional. You just don’t say that you were arroused by your collegue.
‘Hot’ Marilyn Monroe kiss was no drag, Tony Curtis concedes
Updated Friday, October 3rd 2008, 10:14 AMTony Curtis still regrets his flippant crack about how kissing Marilyn Monroe in “Some Like It Hot” was “like kissing Hitler.” In fact, he now reveals, he was extremely turned on.
I’m not much of a Marilyn doll collector, but I do own the 2 dolls produced by Mattel. I own the Happy Birthday doll and How To Marry A Millionaire doll.
As I was surfing the web, I came across the news that Mattel will be releasing yet another Marilyn Monroe doll, which can be found here (fourth row, first doll).
It’s a beautiful doll with the famous gold lame dress. It’s not the kind of doll that was produced a few years ago, which was Barbie with a Monroe dress on. No, this one actually resembles Marilyn. The doll is created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mattel and is part of the Blonde Ambition Collection.
If you’re interested in owning a doll, please make sure to keep an eye on the Mattel website as the doll will be released somewhere in March 2009.
Dear visitors, I know I have been absent lately. I’ve gone through some things lately which forced me to leave the internet for some time. I have moved and had an accident, but I’m back although not completely better.
I do bring you a great article from Vanity Fair. Recently, two cabinets, filled with documents once owned by Marilyn were found. Vanity Fair has published a wonderful article on this matter and I encourage everyone to read it. It can be found here.
Look at those lovely pictures! I love these indepth articles on Marilyn. It gives us a sneak peak at her personal life.
A link to a video about the article: here.
And also the interesting article The Things She Left Behind:
The tragic 1962 overdose … two filing cabinets holding many of her secrets: keys to the mystery that was Marilyn Monroe. As her estate battles for control of her image, the author describes the cache’s revelations—papers, furs, jewelry, and other items—which have cast a spell over several people, including photographer Mark Anderson, who spent more than two years documenting the disputed collection. Related: “The Marilyn Files,” more than 500 images from Anderson’s archives. Read more at Vanity Fair.I have ordered a copy of the magazine online. It will probably arrive sometime next month. I will scan some bits and pieces of it, for you to watch.
Earlier this year I got totally excited because some rare footage of Marilyn footage showed up during filming The Misfits. Now, then you might understand when I did a happy dance when I read the following news below.
I’m still a bit disappointed though that we didn’t get to see much of the rare footage of The Misfits. Let’s hope we get to see some of this!
I don’t need to tell anyone that Marilyn was a revolutionairy style icon back in the day. But it might just be that she will be that again starting in spring 2009.
Shaw Archives, who has copyrights over about 400 images of Marilyn, has signed a deal with Blues Clothing. I just checked out their website and found clothing with Sesamestreet characters on it. Don’t know what to think of that :S
I sure hope they’re going to take this seriously, because if they do, they could book some great succes. Personally, I hope they will make casual clothing, like sweaters, jeans, etc. I would love to look a bit like a casual Marilyn!
