Marilyn’s Lost ‘Seven Year Itch’ Footage

First posted here on January 17, 2017 Amateur footage from the set of The Seven Year Itch has resurfaced, as Helene Stapinski reports for the New York Times. Shot by Jules Schulback, a furrier and home movie enthusiast, in September 1954, the missing reel – in pristine condition, and lasting for three minutes and seventeen seconds in total...

When Marilyn Came to Forest Hills

First posted here on February 12, 2019 In an article for Forest Hills Connection, Ann Kessler looks back at Marilyn’s week-long stay in the Washington DC suburb while husband Arthur Miller was on trial for contempt of Congress in May 1957. “Monroe wanted to support her husband by coming to DC, but didn’t want to stay...

‘Oh, My Stars!’: Multiple Marilyns Open the Oscars

First posted here on February 25, 2015 For a brief, Warholesque moment, a multitude of dancing Marilyns graced the open ceremony of the 2015 Academy Awards. In 'Moving Pictures,' presenter Neil Patrick Harris’s musical tribute to Hollywood (penned by the team behind hit Disney musical Frozen), Marilyn was mentioned in the same breath as Charlie Chaplin, another...