Jerry Wald: Home of Marilyn’s ‘Clash’ Producer for Sale in Beverly Hills

First posted here on February 27, 2015 The former home of legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Wald is up for sale, reports the Los Angeles Times. Located in Beverly Hills, the Pennsylvania Dutch Colonial Revival-style house was designed by noted architect Gerard R. Colcord and built in 1939. Known as ‘the Barnett House’ after its original owners, it...

Marilyn’s ‘Misfit’ Mustangs Win Reprieve

First posted here on February 17, 2015 In a strange case of life imitating art, a Nevada judge has granted a temporary reprive to a herd of wild Mustangs – nicknamed ‘The Misfits’ – preventing the Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rounding up and thinning of the herd, reports CBS San Francisco.  This resoundingly echoes the...

Marilyn Inspires Max Mara’s Wrapover Trend

First posted here on February 26, 2015 The Mexican beach jacket - purchased by Marilyn from the Los Angeles boutique JAX, and worn during her last photo session with George Barris in July 1962 – is one of the inspirations behind Max Mara’s Fall 2015 collection, reports Women’s Wear Daily. Among the wrapover sweaters and...

Remembering Arthur Miller and Marilyn

First posted here on February 23, 2015 The tenth anniversary of Arthur Miller’s death is being marked with a London revival of A View From the Bridge – the controversial play that first opened in the same city back in 1956, during filming of The Prince and the Showgirl. In tribute to Miller, The Guardian has republished a 1998 interview...

Richard Meryman: Marilyn’s Last Interviewer Dies at 88

First posted here on February 19, 2015 Journalist Richard Meryman – who was the last person to interview Marilyn, and went on to become an acclaimed biographer – has died aged 88, reports the New York Times. The son of artist Richard Sumner Meryman, ‘Junior’ was born in Washington, and grew up in Dublin, New Hampshire....

Fantasy Love Triangle: Marilyn, Ronald Reagan and Darwin Porter

First posted here on February 11, 2015 Darwin Porter – author of Marilyn at Rainbow’s End (2012) – has published a new book, Love Triangle: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman And Nancy Davis, in which he claims Marilyn had an affair with Reagan. Born in 1937, Darwin Porter began his career as an entertainment writer at the Miami Herald in 1958. He...

Hollywood Dentist Remembers Marilyn’s ‘Beautiful Teeth’

First posted here on February 10, 2015 Dr LeRoy Nisson – a 94 year-old retired dentist, now living in St. George, Utah – has shared his memories of treating Hollywood’s greatest stars (including Marilyn) in an interview with The Spectrum. “Through the decades much has been made of Marilyn Monroe’s beauty. Dr. LeRoy Nisson, however, was...

‘Zimbelism’: New Documentary + Book On Marilyn, and More

First posted here on May 15, 2016 Zimbelism, the long-awaited documentary about photographer George S. Zimbel, had its premiere at the recent Hot Docs Festival in Toronto. Zimbel, now 86, spoke to Laura Goldstein for mashumashu.com about his 72- year career in ‘humanist’ photography, and his memories of Marilyn as she filmed the ‘subway scene’ for The Seven...

American Dreamgirls: Marilyn and Lana Del Rey

Singer Lana Del Rey has referenced Marilyn numerous times in her career, beginning with this February 2012 cover shoot for Lovecat magazine, in which photographer Ellen Von Unwerth  paid homage to Marilyn’s 1962 Vogue layout, shot by Bert Stern. (First posted here on February 11, 2012.) Marilyn Inspires Lana Del Rey First posted here on...