Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Happy Birthday, Mr President’ dress for sale (video+photos)

On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe wore a legendary dress to sing a sultry rendition of “Happy Birthday” at President John F. Kennedy’s 45th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden.
That dress is now estimated to bring $2-3 million when it goes up for sale in November at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.

Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe go up for auction

A collection of rare and never-seen-before photos of Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe taken by one of her most devoted fans in the 1950s is up for auction.

The 183 images are included in the personal collection of James Collins which was a member of the ‘Monroe Six’, a group of fans who followed Monroe so often that she gave them special access into her life, as Daily Mail writes.

Elliott Erwitt: History’s photographer

Famous photographer Elliott Erwitt presents his work in London’s Somerset House, during an exhibition which seems a lot like a history lesson.

 

Marilyn Monroe, Jack Kerouac, John F Kennedy’s funeral, and Hollywood sets (“On the Waterfront”, “The Misfits”), everyday people, and dogs, are the subjects of his photos.