American photographer and film producer Sam Shaw (1912-1999) is known for the celebrated photographs he took of Marilyn Monroe, whom he met in the early 1950s, when he was working as a photographer on the set of “Viva Zapata”, then they became close friends. When asked about Sam, Marilyn said, “He always makes me look […]
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‘River of No Return’ is a 1954 American Western film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a story by Louis Lantz, who borrowed his premise from the 1948 Italian film The Bicycle Thief. It was made in Technicolor and CinemaScope and released by […]
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Curator David Wills owns one of the largest independent archives of Marilyn Monroe photographs. In his book Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis, he’s gathered a portfolio of over 200 photos of the Hollywood icon. They include previously unseen shots from her early modeling career, candid and on-set images from Marilyn’s many films, and unpublished photos from many of […]
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The Hat Sitting 1958 – Rare Portrait Photos of Marilyn Monroe Rediscovered in a New York Warehouse in Early 1980 – C1
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June 16th 1958 – Marilyn sits for Magnum photographer Carl Perutz in New York, shortly before flying out to Hollywood to film Some Like It Hot. It’s worth mentioning that this photoshoot is the last time Marilyn is seen sporting her longer layered ‘1957’ hair, before it was restyled for Some Like It Hot, which she started […]
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In 1955, Peter Mangone was 14 years old, a skinny boy from the Bronx with a Marilyn Monroe fixation, like so many teenagers of his generation. What distinguished Mangone was that he got to meet his idol, and a remarkable five-and-a-half-minute amateur movie that he shot of Marilyn Monroe on the streets of Manhattan in […]
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More than any other pinup girl or star of the silver screen, Marilyn Monroe has captivated the minds of an entire generation. With her come-hither stare and womanly figure, she continues to be one of Hollywood’s sexiest women. While many photographers captured Monroe’s obvious sexuality, Eve Arnold, the only woman to have photographed her extensively, […]
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During the 1950s, the pioneering photojournalist Eve Arnold took a series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe. The now iconic photos generally present Monroe as a larger-than-life celebrity and sex symbol. Except for one. Marilyn Monroe In 1955, Arnold photographed Monroe reading a worn copy of James Joyce’s modernist classic, Ulysses. It’s still debated whether this was […]
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Intimate Photos of Marilyn Monroe and Her Date José Bolaños at the Golden Globe Awards in 1962 – C1
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Born in Mexico City, José Bolaños (1935-1994) was known as something of a playboy, but was also a writer, director and producer of Mexican cinema. Bolaños was married to Italian actress Venetia Vianello. In 1962, he escorted Marilyn Monroe during the Golden Globes. One year after her death, he told Motion Picture magazine that they […]
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These photographs were taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt for an issue of LIFE magazine in 1953. “Eisie” as he was known in the trade, photographed Marilyn on her patio. Marilyn is wearing white pants (and in some photos checkered pants), and a black turtleneck top. Marilyn Monroe “When I photographed Marilyn Monroe, I mixed up my cameras – […]
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Cecil Beaton was one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century and his iconic images captured everyone from Hollywood greats such as Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly, to art world legends including Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. Marilyn Monroe Cecil Beaton had only one shoot with Marilyn Monroe, which took place at the […]