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Cool Photos: Never before seen photos of Marilyn in New York, taken by 15 year old fan…

This is pretty interesting, I just had to post it. Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe visiting New York City, shortly before she sang “Happy Birthday” to JFK at MSG surfaced the web today. They were taken by Peter Mangone when he was 15 years old. He was also the one who filmed the footage of Marilyn performing at MSG.

Marilyn, all smiles and looking beautiful like she always was. I can see why she dated so many men and had affairs with many of them ’cause you can easily fall in love with someone like her. As soon as you lay your eyes on Marilyn, she immediately makes you smile. That’s how powerful this woman is. She’s very likeable.

See the photos, here.

Speaking of Marilyn, I just watched a 45 minute documentary of her called, “Marilyn In Manhatten”, on Netflix, the other night. It’s very good, even though it’s a short documentary, check it out. Very informative about her stay in NYC.

Kev

Report: Missing FBI files released, but Marilyn Monroe’s death, still remains a mystery…

FBI files of Marilyn Monroe were released, in which, shows that she may have had a communist past. They also show that the FBI were aware about the theories that she has been killed, but they do not contain any new information about her death 50 years ago.

Read the full story, here.

Oh man, this is really starting to show the government might have had something to do with her death. Yes, I’m still calling on it, that she was murdered by the Kennedy’s, and they covered it up. Got away with it.

Some of you may ask, how? Well, it’s easy to make a murder look like a suicide. That’s what they did here. I’ve read, the book, “The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe”, a long while back. It was described that her body was found in her bedroom, with the phone left off the hook. She had bruises all over her body. Before her death, Bobby Kennedy was spotted at her home with other men. So they may have beaten her and forced her to take the drugs.

Her death maybe probable suicide, but I think she was murdered.

It doesn’t matter how long ago it was, we need to know how she really died. It’s going to be even more difficult to get answers ’cause most of the Kennedy family are dead. It’s a shame what happened to her. I love Marilyn. Watched most of her entire filmography and I feel good about it. I understand why she’s so famous and legendary now.

Kev

Book Review: “The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe” by Donald H. Wolfe…

Today, I finally finished the book, “The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe” by Donald H. Wolfe. Yes, I know, my Marilyn obsession continues. I also know that there are way too many biographies published about M.M. but most of them aren’t true and accurate. This one is. While this book here is a biography, it does talk about her childhood, all the way up to her death, this book mostly focuses on her death. It mostly focuses on what happened before she died, hence the title.

This book did a good job on proving that Marilyn’s death could have been a possible homicide or murder. The facts were backed up and researched pretty carefully. The writer did his homework for sure. Some may think that Marilyn had a good life, but she did not. She had a difficult life before her death. Her death has always been mysterious, and I’ve always believed Bobby Kennedy had killed her in some way. There is no way to prove that he did it now ’cause he is dead too obviously. A lot of people like to believe that the Kennedy’s were good politicians and good people, but they weren’t. Both Jack and Bobby Kennedy were assholes. They were the ones who shut Marilyn out of their lives shortly after she sang “Happy Birthday” to Jack at MSG.

Her death has always been looked at as a suicide for years, but it couldn’t have been. She was going to finish “Something’s Got to Give” and she was going to work on another musical film with Frank Sinatra after, a film that never got made. I enjoy reading about Marilyn and her history. I enjoy watching her films, and her story and life, is just inspiring to me. She was never considered a train wreck. She was no Anna Nicole back in those days. Marilyn has always been likeable to everyone. She never wanted to be looked at as a sex symbol. Marilyn was an entertainer who had a lot of personal problems.

Even though Marilyn is gone, I already feel like I know her, which what makes her pretty powerful. It almost makes me wish I was around when she was alive. This is a very good book and it’s recommended reading. Probably the best Marilyn biography out there, and this is the only one I’ve read. It’s a pretty new book too. Just came out earlier this year.

Kev

RIP: Marilyn Monroe 1926 – 1962

This post is not going to be about her death or her personal problems, it’s going to be a positive thing. About celebrating her great career. When I visited Los Angeles last year in Hollywood, it inspired me to get into Marilyn Monroe movies more. I started watching her films this year, and pretty much watched most of her films in her filmography. I even saw all the ones where she had small cameos in. What are my top 5 Marilyn flicks, out of all the ones I’ve watched?

In no particular order: “Some Like It Hot”, “Gentlemen Prefers Blondes”, “Niagra”, “The Seven Year Itch”, and “Bus Stop”.

There’s still a few more I need to see like “Prince and the Showgirl” and “Don’t Bother to Knock” (which both of these are listed on my DVD rental que for Netflix). I still need to see “The Misfits”, too and that DVD is hard to find.

This woman is so inspiring that she makes me wish I was around the time she was alive. Her career was pretty important in the movie industry. She didn’t become a legend for nothing. No matter how long ago she was around, she’ll inspire people forever.

Kev

Happy 86th Birthday Marilyn Monroe

This post is about celebrating the career of Marilyn Monroe, the legendary actress and singer. I’m proud to be a fan of her films, as I’ve watched too many of them and still plenty of more to go. While I’ve watched a lot of her films already, I still say that “The Seven Year Itch”, “Gentlemen Prefers Blondes” and “Niagara” are my favorites.

Thanks Marilyn for the inspiration. It was quite a ride, watching her films. I still haven’t seen, “Prince and the Showgirl” yet, but looking into checking it out soon. Enjoy the videos below.

Kev

Netflix Pick (DVD): “My Week With Marilyn”…

So I finally watched, “My Week With Marilyn”, starring Michelle Williams. Got it in the mail through Netflix yesterday and watched it last night. It was actually a pretty good movie, I liked it, but my only problem was the casting of Michelle Williams as Marilyn. Michelle is a good actress, don’t get me wrong, but she’s not for Marilyn. Michelle did a great job on her speaking voice, it was dead on, but it was the looks that didn’t fit. Michelle looked nothing like Marilyn at all. Above is Michelle, below is the real Marilyn.

Other than that, it was a pretty good movie overall. Good plot, good acting with the other cast. It was well filmed and well directed.

It tells the real life story of Colin Clark’s really brief affair with Marilyn around the time, “The Prince and the Showgirl” (which was originally called, “The Sleeping Prince” but the title was changed later), was being filmed.

I’ve been watching a lot of Marilyn movies and haven’t seen “Prince and the Showgirl” yet. I have it listed in my DVD Que in Netflix, so I should get it soon. “My Week with Marilyn” was worth watching once, so I wouldn’t watch it again. I won’t bother buying my own copy. I just wish Marilyn was better casted, didn’t agree with Michelle playing her, so I’m glad they didn’t give her the Oscar.

I have a feeling there will be many more Marilyn Monroe movies coming out in theaters in the future, played by different actresses, but that’s Hollywood. I wish they would stop doing that, because there is only one Marilyn. I love Marilyn Monroe, can’t stop watching her movies. I need to read more about her life and career too, so maybe I’ll get some biography books about her soon.

Kev

My Marilyn Monroe obsession is still going…

I can’t stop watching Marilyn Monroe movies for some reason. After watching the 5 movies through that Marilyn Monroe DVD boxset, I picked up a while back, I just kept watching her films in Netflix.

So far the films I’ve watched of hers are:

– Gentlemen Prefers Blondes

– Niagra

– The River of No Return

– Let’s Make Love

– The Seven Year Itch

– Monkey Business

– There’s No Business, Like Show Business

– How to Marry a Millionare

I still got more films to watch of hers. I’ve just been watching her films on the weekends. I like ’em all, but so far, my favorites are “Gentlemen Prefers Blondes”, “The Seven Year Itch”, and “Niagra”.

While she is sexy in almost every movie she’s in, I think she’s the sexiest in the “Seven Year Itch”, of course. I love Marilyn movies. Can’t get enough of her.

Watching Marilyn movies, makes me want to watch other classic movie actresses other than her. I like the old classic movies from the 50’s. Good stuff.

Kev

Marilyn Monroe movies in Netflix…

So I was just browsing through the Netflix website to see what Marilyn movies they have for streamable, and surprisingly, Netflix streams pretty much most of her films. Some of them are not for streamable, some are for rent only. Instead of collecting her movies on DVD, I think I’ll watch them all through Netflix streaming and DVD rentals.

I really need to watch Marilyn’s movies ’cause you are not a true movie buff if you haven’t watched any of her films. I really need to catch up with the classics.

Netflix has a pretty large library in their DVD collection. You want something, they have it. They have rare films that no one has ever heard about and indie films too. This is why I love Netflix and I’m sticking with them. I think they’re DVD service is great.

Back to Marilyn, I only watched two of her films that DVD boxset that I bought. I haven’t caught up with all of them yet. The last one I watched was, “Let’s Make Love”, which is one I didn’t care for, it only had like one good scene in that film.

I’m not interested in seeing that Michelle Williams movie, “My Week With Marilyn” which is coming out in theaters soon. I hate it when celebrities try to portray Marilyn, none of them look good as Marilyn anyway. The only celebrity that came pretty close to perfection as Marilyn was obviously, Anna Nicole Smith. Anna Nicole made a great Marilyn back in her day, but other than that, nobody else can copy her. That goes for Lindsay Lohan as well.

I might watch another Marilyn movie this weekend, not tonight though.

Kev

I loved “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”…

Last night, I started to watch that Marilyn Monroe, DVD boxset. The first one I watched was, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”. There is something about Marilyn that puts a smile on your face as soon as she came on screen. She immediately became enjoyable and like-able. She has that power to keep that smile on your face throughout the whole film. Now I can understand why she is so iconic and popular. She had the full package. The beautiful looks, the singing talent and she was an amazing actress.

Jane Russell was great in this film as well. I’m probably going to become addicted to Marilyn Monroe flicks after watching this film. In the past, I was never into Marilyn that much. I only saw a few of her films,”Some Like it Hot”, and “The Seven Year Itch”, were the only two I’ve seen before, but I really should watch more of her films.

I think visiting L.A. and Hollywood is what did it to me. Visiting Hollywood inspired me to get into her more. I want to collect her movies on DVD as much as possible now.

I know I said I would start a blu-ray collection, but I think I will stick with DVD. I’ll only buy Blu Ray discs of my favorite movies, but I will continue to buy random movies on DVD though. I honestly like old school DVD more. I just want to watch the movies, you don’t really need better picture & sound with Blu Ray if you think about it.

Kev

Marilyn Monroe…

Today at Barnes & Noble, I picked up the Marilyn Monroe DVD collection which includes 5 different films. “Gentlemen Prefers Blondes”, “Let’s Make Love”, “Niagara”, “River of No Return” and “The Seven Year Itch”. It also has a bonus disc which is a documentary of her life called, “The Final Days”. I wanted to find a Marilyn Monroe DVD collection boxed set and Barnes & Noble was the only place where they had it. So I had to get it there.

I really should learn more about her and watch more of her classic films. When I was in L.A. last week, Marilyn was pretty much everywhere you go. Everywhere you look in Los Angeles, you’ll see her photo somewhere. Why? Because she was born in L.A. and she died there too. That’s why she’s a big deal in that city.

I figure it would be good to research her more by watching more of her films and reading about her past. I happen to be a fan and starting to collect some of her merchandise stuff.

Celebrities of today can try to impersonate her all they want to, but they’ll never be in her league. Her career and life was something else. I guess this is just me getting older and wanting to get into classic stuff more.

Kev