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The Marilyn Files
The Marilyn Files
You can tell a lot about a woman from the things she left behind. These images of Marilyn Monroe's records and personal effects, lovingly photographed by Mark Anderson, reveal the woman behind the tragic icon.
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GreenCine Daily — ... left behind when she overdosed in 1962. "One had a built-in safe hidden behind a faux drawer. That's where her personal life was, in those files: the letters, invoices, financial records, favorite snapshots, and mementos that meant the most to her." Photographer Mark Anderson spent more than two years documenting the collection and VF's posted over 500 of his images. Related online viewing: ...

Men Gleefully Expose Marilyn Monroe's Secrets For Vanity Fair [Maghag]
Jezebel — ... Anderson's exquisite photographs of Marilyn Monroe's belongings: "You can tell a lot about a woman from the things she left behind," the VF subhead reads. And some of the most lovely images are not of her bookstore receipts or telegrams, but of her clothes and jewels: The trappings of a bona fide movie star. But maybe that's because these items seem to celebrate her in a way that elevates her, Instead of grounding her? [image] [image] [image] [image] In Search of Marilyn , The Marilyn Files , The Things She Left Behind [Vanity Fair] ...

Marilyn Monroe's Secret Files in Vanity Fair's 25th Anniversary Issue
Oh No They Didn't! — ... Was she in fact murdered? The mystery has fueled her legend as much as any of the 30-plus films she made in her 15-year career, or the famous men she married—Yankee great Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller—or her relationships with John and Robert Kennedy. Conflicting accounts of her last hours and the actual time and means of her death have served only to deepen the mystery. The entire article is lengthy and can be found at the source. Sugar Kane The Marilyn Files At Frank ...

Marilyn’s Memorabilia
afrobella — ... 25th anniversary of Vanity Fair, the secret files of Marilyn Monroe are being featured in print and online. If you’re an old Hollywood buff, it makes for fascinating reading. You get a sense of the woman behind the icon in the letters she wrote — she wrote letters to Arthur Miller’s children in the voice of Hugo, the family basset hound. Vanity Fair’s collection of materials is staggering in its scope. Click here to browse through 586 artifacts, ranging from letters and telegrams to prescriptions and keepsakes — ...

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