Gene London: TV Personality and Marilyn Collector Has Died

First posted here on January 28, 2020 Gene London, the television personality turned fashion designer who owned one of the world’s largest Hollywood costume collections, has died aged 88 after a fall at his home in Reading, Pennsylvania on January 19, 2020. He is survived by husband John Thomas, and will be buried alongside his...

Jack Allen To Sell Marilyn’s ‘Down Boy’, and More

First posted here on December 4, 2018 Marilyn By Moonlight author Jack Allen is selling off some items from his collection in the Essentially Marilyn auction on December 11, 2018, at Profiles In History – including photographs and the unreleased song, ‘Down Boy‘, as Mike Szymanski reports for Dreamweaver Arts. (The auction also features the...

Marilyn in Nat Dallinger’s Hollywood

First posted here on February 20, 2014 An archive of 58,000 images (many unseen) by Hollywood press photographer Nat Dallinger was recently acquired by the Motion Picture Academy, the Hollywood Reporter has announced. You can view a series of photos showing Marilyn at a press party for Let’s Make Love - held at the Twentieth Century Fox Commissary...

Whitey Snyder’s Marilyn Mementoes Sold at Julien’s Auctions

First posted here in March 2012 A gold Tiffany money clip, engraved 'Whitey Dear: While I'm still warm/Marilyn,' has sold for $21,250 in the Hollywood Legends event at Julien's Auctions (March 31, 2012.) It comes from the estate of Allan 'Whitey' Snyder, Marilyn's make-up artist from her first screen test in 1946 until her death...

Debbie Reynolds’ Marilyn Costumes Sold at Profiles in History

First posted here on December 4, 2011 The second half of Debbie Reynolds’ Collection was auctioned at Profiles in History yesterday, with four of Marilyn's movie costumes selling for more than $200,000 each. Travilla aubergine gown with jacket from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes sold for $260,00 Dorothy Jeakins 'Let's Make Love' gown sold for $240,000 Travilla...