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...

Marilyn, Yves Montand and a ‘Secret Pregnancy’

First posted here on February 16, 2017 A series of gorgeous colour photos taken by Monroe Sixer Frieda Hull, whose incredible archive of candid snapshots were auctioned at Julien’s in November 2016, were published in yesterday’s Daily Mail. The images show Marilyn arriving for test shots for The Misfits in New York in July 1960. Unfortunately – and...

Marilyn’s ‘List of Note’ Goes Viral

First posted here on January 6, 2015 A list of Marilyn’s acting goals, jotted into an address book in 1955 and published in Fragments (2010), has gone viral since being posted on Uproxx.com this New Year’s Day. It is also featured in the recently-published book of Shaun Usher’s eponymous blog, Lists of Note, alongside other lists compiled by...

Marilyn, John Huston and ‘Freud’

First posted here on November 2, 2014 This letter from Marilyn Monroe to John Huston, in which she rejects a part in the director’s planned film on Sigmund Freud (from the Margaret Herrick Library of AMPAS), was posted today by James Grissom on the Follies of God Facebook page. The letter was also discussed recently on the Stars...

Keeping ‘Abreast’ of the Marilyn Rumour Mill

First posted here on October 13, 2013 First reported by Reuters, the upcoming sale of Marilyn’s medical files at Julien's Auctions has led to a media blitz of speculation (mostly unfounded) about the history of Marilyn’s plastic surgery. In a blog for Allure, Joan Kron fills in the gaps. “The story of Monroe’s surgery starts...

Dr. Gurdin and Marilyn

First posted here on October 9, 2013 The upcoming sale of Marilyn’s medical files (at Julien’s in November) has spawned many sensationalist headlines. However, the files have raised some important points which have largely been overlooked – so I’m going to briefly address some of these issues here. Most of these stories pertain to plastic surgery,...

Marilyn’s Redbook Award, and More, at Julien’s

First posted here on October 8, 2013 Some interesting Marilyn-related items are featured in the upcoming Icons and Idols auction at Julien’s, set for November 9th. My favourites are these Korea photos, taken by Daryl Mitchell, who served in the Korean War from August 1952 to August 1954 as ‘Senior Still Photographer’ of the 101st Signal Battalion. There...

Marilyn’s £5 Million Gift to London’s Children

First posted here on December 3, 2012 London’s Anna Freud Centre for children suffering from mental health problems, an indirect beneficiary of Marilyn’s final 1961 will (via her New York psychiatrist, Dr Marianne Kris), has been given a £5 million windfall following the purchase of her estate by Authentic Brands Group (ABG), reports the Daily Express....

Liz Smith on Marilyn’s Last Cheque

First posted here on July 10, 2012 Last week, a forensic psychologist commented on what may be Marilyn’s last signed cheque, for a chest of drawers, dated August 4th. (The cheque goes under the hammer at Heritage Auctions on July 24th.) “‘People about to kill themselves frequently engage in self-soothing behaviors,’ Dr. S. David Bernstein told The...

Remembering Marilyn On Long Island

First posted here on July 27, 2012 Newsday looks backs on Marilyn’s many trips to Long Island, from iconic photo shoots with Andre De Dienes, Eve Arnold and Sam Shaw, to private getaways with husband Arthur Miller. “After Monroe became involved with the married Miller in 1955, the two would rendezvous at locales including playwright and...