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A poignant, informal portrait remembers the film legend through anecdotes about her personal life, her secret fantasies, and her ever-fluctuating moods, speculations on her romances and untimely demise, and candid photographs.
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Photographer Shaw, a friend of Marilyn Monroe, took many photos of her, including the famous billowing-skirt shots for the film The Seven-Year Itch . Two hundred of his pictures, most of them never before published, are shown here: Marilyn at the makeup table, on the phone, on the beach, on the set, on the streetMarilyn with Bogart, with Gable, with DiMaggio, with Miller, with her basset hound Hugo. The text is affectionate but pretentious , with descriptions of the times Rosten (poet/playwright/novelist) spent with her, stories of her friends, husbands and admirers, and imagined conversations with the star. It is pleasant to note that there are no tales of CIA murder plots, Kennedy trysts and the likebut describing Marilyn as "the ethereal, virginal nymph dancing innocently among trees" is rather like calling William Howard Taft "puckish." Avid fans will love this book.
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From Library Journal
Photographer Shaw and writer Rosten were both longtime friends of Monroe. As the title indicates, and the book's introduction makes clear, little if anything derogatory is said about Monroe. Instead, in typical glossy book style, short chapters of prose (usually only a page or two in length) are spaced around many nice photographs. In this case, the photos number about 200, and most of them are previously unpublished. On its own terms, as a pleasant, attractive and brief memoir on Monroe, the book succeeds. Whether that is enough, given Monroe's notoriety and the many books about her, is something each library will have to decide. John Smothers, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Manalapan,
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- PublisherGramercy
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 051706989X
- ISBN 13 9780517069899
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Photographer Sam Shaw met Monroe on the set of Viva Zapata when she was an out-of-work contract player. Shaw was to take many famous photographs of Marilyn, including the skirt-blowing shots for The Seven-Year Itch. But he became her friend and over many years took the kind of photographs that only friends can. Two hundred of Shaw's intimate photographs, most of them previously unpublished, appear in this book. As her closest friends, both the author and the photographer are uniquely placed to reveal the real Marilyn. "Marilyn among Friends" conveys its subject with greater authority, candour and above all, affection than any previous book. Profusely illustrated. First printing. As new oversize hardcover in a fine, mylar covered, dust jacket. The pictures on the listing page are of the actual book for sale, NOT stock photos. Always carefully packaged and shipped quickly. Seller Inventory # 001642
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