Jerry Karthauser Remembers Marilyn in Korea

First posted here on June 16, 2017 A veteran army cook has spotted himself in a photo with Marilyn in Korea during her 1954 tour, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “If an Army cook meets Marilyn Monroe and doesn’t have a photo to prove it, did it really happen? For 63 years now, Jerry Karthauser has...

Marilyn ‘Kissed’ in Coca Cola Ad

First posted here on March 2, 2015 Marilyn is one of several vintage stars featured in a new ad campaign marking the centenary of the iconic Coca Cola bottle. The original photo was taken by Edward Clark on the set of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with co-star Jane Russell, as the two women took a break from filming the ‘Two...

Atlanta Celebrates the Jewish Marilyn

First posted here on August 30, 2019 Bob Bahr explores Marilyn’s spiritual side in a cover story for the Atlanta Jewish Times (dated August 30.) “Monroe once told Paula Strasberg, her drama coach at the time, that she felt a special kinship with her newfound faith. ‘I can identify with the Jews,’ she said. ‘Everybody’s out to...