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Marilyn Monroe made her official television debut by appearing on the Jack Benny Show, the title of her segment was “The Honolulu Trip.” She was wearing an evening gown by Travilla. During the sketch Benny asks her to marry him, before her exit she sings “Bye Bye Baby.” She was reluctant and didn’t really want to…

A figure-hugging sheer black and nude embellished cocktail dress worn by Marilyn Monroe while singing “I’m through with Love” atop a grand piano in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959). Marilyn Monroe The dress is composed of black souffle and nude silk jersey embellished with columns of jet-like beads and sequins, scattered beaded butterfly appliques, and…

Don’t Bother to Knock is a 1952 American psychological film noir thriller starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe and directed by Roy Ward Baker. The screenplay was written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel Mischief by Charlotte Armstrong. Marilyn Monroe Monroe is featured as a disturbed babysitter watching a child at the same New York hotel…

In the 1950s and early ’60s, Marilyn Monroe appeared on the cover of LIFE magazine half a dozen times. Seen all these years later, those covers still say ‘superstar.’ Marilyn Monroe LIFE Magazine, April 7, 1952. Marilyn Monroe’s debut on the magazine’s cover, photographed by Philippe Halsman. Marilyn Monroe LIFE Magazine, May 25, 1953. Marilyn Monroe and…

Men wanted her, women wanted to be her. The camera, the president and the public adored her. Everyone loved, and still love, the iconic beauty that was Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn’s personal life was of fascination from early on in her career. For a cover story in a 1952 issue of True Experiences magazine, the caption read:…

Milton Greene and Marilyn Monroe’s first sitting together was in Los Angeles for Look magazine in September of 1953. This photoshoot “Mandolin” was the first photographic collaboration between Milton and Marilyn. Marilyn posing with a mandolin, vibrantly colored boas and flowers. Wearing a large grey sweater over the evening dress donned in that session, Marilyn is striking…

William Travilla had designed costumes for just two films featuring Marilyn Monroe – Don’t Bother to Knock and Monkey Business, both in 1952 – before he started work on the Howard Hawks musical that catapulted the actress to name-above-the-title status: 1953’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. But he already intimately knew her style likes and dislikes, with the latter rooted in…

Marilyn Monroe was meticulous about this appearance, and she valued it enough to spend $12,000.00 on a dress that she’d asked Oscar winning designer Jean Luis to create for her. “I want you to design a truly historical dress, a dazzling dress that’s one of a kind,” she said to him. “A dress that only…

Andre de Dienes (1913–1985) was a Romanian American photographer, noted for his work with Marilyn Monroe and his nude photography. Here’s a collection of some fascinating black and white portraits of Marilyn Monroe at home, taken by Andre de Dienes in 1953. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe Marilyn…

Born 1926 as Norma Jeane Mortenson and raised in Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe spent most of her childhood in a total of 12 foster homes and an orphanage before marrying James Dougherty in 1942 at age sixteen. Marilyn Monroe Monroe was working in a factory during World War II when she met a photographer from…