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Clara Bow, whose birthday falls on 29 July, was the “it” girl of her time, making fifty-two films between 1922 and 1930. “Of all the lovely young ladies I’ve met in Hollywood, Clara Bow has ‘It,’” noted novelist Elinor Glyn. According to her entry in American National Biography, “With Cupid’s bow lips, a hoydenish red bob, and nervous, speedy movement, Bow became a national rage, America’s flapper. At the end of 1927 she was making $250,000 a year.”
In recognition of the numerous leading ladies of the early days of Hollywood, the American National Biography team has put together a quiz to test your knowledge of early Hollywood and its stars. Film buff or not, the experiences of these iconic actresses may surprise you.
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The iconic actress Marilyn Monroe may have played the role of a ditzy blonde in many films, but she was actually quite the bookworm whose reading preferences included books by James Joyce and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Open Culture has more: “Once married to playwright Arthur Miller, Monroe stocked about 400 books on her shelves, many of which were later catalogued and auctioned off by Christie’s in New York City.”
Library Thing has made a list of 261 titles that were a part of Monroe’s personal library. Books on the list include: Out Of My Later Years by Albert Einstein; Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner; as well as poetry collections from Robert Frost, John Milton, and Edgar Allen Poe, among others. (Via Gothamist).
What is it about Marilyn Monroe? It wasn’t just her looks. She was America’s sweetheart, “The Blonde Bombshell.” She was everything men wanted and everything women wanted to be—curvy, charming, and maybe a bit wild. Her memory lives on and on, generation to generation, yet I’m not sure we can even call her a gifted actress. Put it this way: she was no Vivien Leigh or Elizabeth Taylor. However, Marilyn—little Norma Jeane Mortenson—is possibly the most recognized actress in history.
Last year, My Week with Marilyn was released with a new take on this goddess of film. Based on the detailed journal of Brit Colin Clark (who worked as a gofer on the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl), the movie garnered Michelle Williams an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win for portraying the ageless diva. It is a film not to be missed, if only for Williams’ performance.
Uptight Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Colin Clark finagles himself a job on the set. When Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier struggles to meet her many demands and acting ineptness. Basically, Monroe is a mess, addicted to her alcohol and pills. Young Colin’s can’t help but be infatuated with her, however, and soon, she invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty, and her desire to be a great actress.
The real Marilyn, on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, 1957.
As I said, this film is based on a true story, documented in Colin Clark’s book, The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me: Six Months on the Set With Marilyn and Olivier. Internet Movie Database—the best movie reference site in the world—backs up Clark’s story. According to IMDB, Olivier was driven so mad by Monroe’s difficult behavior that he practically abandoned directing. Also at the time of filming, Monroe suffered from various illnesses and a miscarriage. No wonder the woman was a mess!
But what a beautiful mess. The transformation of Michelle Williams is incredible. It’s easy to believe she really is Marilyn Monroe. She embodies the classic actress’s movements, voice, and look flawlessly. She also embodies Monroe’s pain in a fashion that is truly Oscar-worthy. Kenneth Branagh plays a pitch perfect Olivier (he even kind of looks like the guy!), while young actor Eddie Redmayne is wonderfully believable as the love-struck Colin Clark.
My Week with Marilyn made me think a lot about Ms. Monroe. I do not believe she was a happy person, if Williams’ portrayal is anything close to fact. She was so beautiful and so adored, but she was constantly afraid of being left alone—just like when her father abandoned her as a child and her mother left her for the insane asylum. Monroe is something of a tragic hero, a drug addict who probably suffered from deep, deep depression. It’s sad to think of her dying so young, at the mere age of thirty-six, all alone, after having taken too many pills. I wish she could have found lasting happiness, like so many of the characters in her films.
Will the real Marilyn please stand up??
Although Marilyn Monroe’s life ended in tragedy, the film My Week with Marilyn is not tragic at all. It is more focused on Colin Clark’s devotion to the starlet, the first real love of his life. The snippet of Monroe’s life portrayed in this picture is a troubled time during her short and tumultuous marriage to playwright Arthur Miller. However, we know (thanks to IMDB) that she went on to act in my favorite of her films, Some Like It Hot, right after. We know she continued to be America’s sweetheart, and it’s safe to say she still is, even today.
Marilyn Monroe lives on through her films and through films like this one. My Week with Marilyn is an honest, painful glimpse into the life of a distressed, beautiful young woman and the thousands who loved her then, and let’s face it—still love her today.
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Janine said, on 8/9/2012 9:36:00 AM
What I find interesting is that her sadness, her need to be loved, is probably what shot her staright to stardom. She had a “quality” (cliche, I know) that made men want to sweep her up and take care of her: but instead of being an act, it was real, so no man ever really could “fix” her. This is also why she was universally loved by women. Because of that subtle sadness and vulnerability, I don’t think she was ever hated by the general female public, but embraced. If you look (and by look, I mean study) photographs of her, from young, to her very last photo shoot, she never looks really, genuinely happy. She always has this sad note on her face. This inner turmoil is what made her so dynamic, so appealing, so legendary. And while she is one of my all-time favorite people, and her death was tragic because she was alone and young, there is something poetic about the fact that we never have to watch Marilyn Monroe get old. (To quote Steel Magnolias) She will always be young, she will always be beautiful. And I personally, do not wish to think of her any other way.
As a fan, I loved this movie (saw it in the theater). I don’t know if everyone would love it, but it is a spectacular slice of Hollywood, and Marilyn. For those of us who long for the “glory days of Hollywood” and are intrigued by Ms. Monroe, and want to know more about her, I think this film gives us exactly what we want.
saradobie said, on 8/9/2012 11:19:00 AM
She will always be young and beautiful, won’t she? I knew you would love this movie, darling girl. Thank you for your comments. You’re so right!
We all face obstacles in our lives. Some days it seems just too tough to go on, battling against our problems. The memoir RagDoll Redeemed: Growing Up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe will be an inspiration to everyone who reads it, no matter what demons they face in their own life. RagDoll Redeemed is the story of Dawn Novotny’s triumph over the problems that seemed destined to conquer her.
Early on, Dawn learned that her body could get her things she wanted . . . not luxuries like diamond rings or fancy clothes but simple things we all take for granted like food and safety. As the years passed, Dawn began a search for that thing all teenage girls want more than anything: love. She thought she found it with Joe DiMaggio Jr. but quickly learned that, like all the other men in her life, he was just interested in a trade. If she would fulfill his Marilyn fantasies, he would give her safety. RagDoll Redeemed is the story of Dawn’s realization that she would have to provide her own safety and her long journey to discover what love truly was.
RagDoll Redeemed: Growing Up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe is available in paperback at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Dog Ear Publishing, and your local independent bookstore.
Book Giveaway Contest: If you would like to win a copy of RagDoll Redeemed: Growing Up in the Shadow of Marilyn Monroe, please leave a comment at the end of this post to be entered in the random drawing. The giveaway contest closes this Thursday, May 10 at 11:59 PM PST. For an extra entry, link to this post on Twitter with the hashtag #Novotny, then come back and leave us a link to your tweet. We will announce the winner the following day--Friday, May 11. Good luck!
About the Author:
So many words describe Dawn Novotny: clinician, teacher, author, workshop leader, wife, mother, stepmother, grandmother, recovering addict, breast cancer survivor, reader, swing dancer, and snorkeler. But what she is most proud of is her ability to “thrive.” She thrived in the face of poverty, abuse, and addiction to finally become the woman she is today. She wrote her memoir to encourage other women to look past their difficulties to what is possible, to the women they should be.
Thanks you for all of your help during the preparations for this blog tour. And a special thanks to Jodi for your magnificent guidance and support during this process, especially during the times when I was lost, stuck or scared.
This is my first book and first blog tour and sometimes, I didn't know which end was up. Jodi turned me toward the right side every time.
Dawn, I am a memoir writer and am always interested in why another writer has undertaken this very personal and sometimes painful journey, as well as the process that brought the book to fruition. I love your title...very intriguing. Your interview has certainly piqued my interest. I'd love to read how you were healed and found the process of writing therapeutic.
This book sounds like a great and thoughtful read. I myself am going through a rough time right now and this book may help me with some insight into my problems.
Congratulations on your debut memoir! I just ordered RagDoll Redeemed from Amazon and can't wait to read it. :) Amazon said it was currently out of stock (hopefully that equals great book sales!), but I had a credit there so I will have to wait until it gets restocked.
I can personally relate to some of the topics you cover in your book... How wonderful to hear that Linda Joy Myers helped shape your story. I look forward to checking out your blog as well. It looks like a wealth of information.
Thank you for commenting. I am not sure if the book is currently available through Amazon but it is through the publisher. If you go to my blog site, http://thefaceswelive.com and click on the book cover in the side bar, you will be able to order it immediately. Thank you for your interest.
So sorry for your current rough times, reading how others have gotten through similar things has certainly been inspirational for me. Perhaps there will be parts in the book where you can relate. I hope so and good luck.
Thank you for ordering my book and the good wishes. Ragdoll Redeemed, would never have come to fruition without Linda Joy. Sounds like we have a common admiration for a very special mentor.
Congratulations Dawn on having given birth to your beautiful book! All your life you have pushed beyond your fears and past to be the glowing bright star you are today! I'm happy for you. Linda Joy
It is widely believed that March is the cruelest month, boasting thirty-one days of wet and chilly weather, not one of them a holiday. Arguably its one redeeming factor may be the opportunity given to society to celebrate one of its most outstanding, intelligent, and beautiful groups of the population—women, of course. Since its official U.S. origination in 1981, Women’s History Month has been
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Yona Zeldis McDonough is the talented author of many books for readers of all ages: fiction and non-fiction for adults and award-winning children’s books. She has most recently written the highly anticipated second book in her Doll Shop series, The Cats in the Doll Shop. Although a prolific writer, Yona still makes time for school visits and readings. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
Nicki Richesin: It’s a great pleasure to interview you. You have proved a prolific writer of both fiction and nonfiction for adults, in addition to your award-winning children’s books. My daughter adored The Doll Shop Downstairs and The Cats in the Doll Shop. Could you explain how you first discovered Beatrice Alexander, or Madame Alexander as she’s known, and how her story inspired you to write about the resourceful Breittlemann family?
Yona Zeldis McDonough: I remember Madame Alexander dolls from my own childhood. I longed for them though I never had one back then. As an adult, I started collecting dolls and bought a few of Mme. Alexander’s creations for my collection. When I was reading about her early life, I found out that her father owned and operated America’s first doll hospital. It was on the Lower East Side and the family lived in an apartment above the shop. Beatrice (she was Bertha in those days) and her sisters were allowed to play in the doll hospital sometimes and when I learned that, I just knew: here was a perfect setting for a children’s story.
Many of your books are set in Brooklyn, where you live with your family. Why has this area of New York proved such a “fertile ground” as you put it in your work?
YZM: I love Brooklyn. It’s so vast and filled with its own history, character and even mysteries. It is both a part of New York, and yet retains a separate identity. I grew up in Brooklyn and so it holds many associations for me
We are proud to present the October 2010 Print(out) Edition of GalleyCat Reviews–a monthly collection of our best book review content. Embedded below, our October edition contains all sorts of goodies–from Marilyn Monroe‘s bookshelf to the best of the best book lists to a short primer on how to pitch your book to GalleyCat.
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This afternoon, GalleyCat joined Bloomberg News book review editor Laurie Muchnick, Library Journal book review editor Heather McCormack, and Publishers Weekly children’s book editor Diane Roback on the Book Reviewer Panel for the Young to Publishing Group. We wanted to follow up with some helpful links for all authors, publicists, and publishing folk contacting GalleyCat.
Kate Childs (the executive assistant to the president & publisher of Random House Publishing Group) tweeted the entire event and took the picture embedded above and the panel was moderated by Newmarket Press sales & marketing coordinator Haley Pierson-Cox.
Most importantly, we urged everybody to use GalleyCat’s “New Books” page on Facebook. We use this page to create our Coming Attractions features and organize our book review coverage. Want to include your book? Just follow the easy directions on our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post.
As we head home for the weekend, we wanted to make sure you had plenty of publishing headlines to keep you busy. Email GalleyCat to get all our publishing stories, book deal news, videos, podcasts, interviews, and writing advice in a daily email newsletter.
Marilyn Marionette’s life is not much different from the woman who inspired her look. She gets pulled in so many different directions as if someone else is in control of her life…sigh
First day of Sept! Which means we’re only ten days away from my birthday. Yes. Exciting times. Honestly though it feels like I just celebrated my last birthday…where does the time go…ah well..here’s to hoping for an amazing new year to come!
“Do you think that in Heaven we’ll ever laugh until we cry?”. My friend asked from across the table.
We had been talking about the political debates coming up. That had followed talk about baseball, the up-coming playoffs, and whether Cliff Lee would get the Cy Young (which would be EXCELLENT). I wasn’t sure how one makes the transition in the mind from how pathetically weak debates have been (with the exception of those hosted by the late great Tim Russert) to laughing so hard that you cry….and doing so in heaven? So I had to ask.
“Where in the world did that come from?”
“Well….uh….”. He apparently wasn’t sure either. “Gosh. We were talking about the debates, which made me think of past debates, which made me think of Bentzen’s JFK blather with Quayle, then Reagan’s famous line about age coming after the debate in which Reagan LOOKED old. Man, that was a great debate. Uh, then I thought about the “Read my lips” bunk…which reminded me of… Uh… golly… “. So far the closest thing to laughing in heaven would have been the Reagan line…but he clearly wasn’t connecting those dots. “Oh! Then I thought of Marilyn Monroe.”
“Wait,” I interrupted. “How did she get in here?”.
“The JFK thing.”. He said it with some offense–as though he were saying, “Duh!”
“Ah.”
“Then I thought of the Three Stooges, and”
“Wait! You go from Marilyn Monroe to the Three Stooges?!”
Sheepishly, he says, “Well, they were both in show business.”
If I was able to raise a single eyebrow (I am not), this is when I would have done it. Since I can’t, I just screwed up my face to as forceful a Question Mark as I could.
“Please,” I say, “do go on.”
“Well, obviously,” a word I would NOT be using here, if it were me, “the Three Stooges led to…”
Wait. Let me cut into the scene right here. You are very likely thinking that the Stooges led to “laughing until you cry” in heaven. In my years of experience with this otherwise very reasonable and intelligent man, I have learned to expect otherwise. However, I was expecting that, too.
“…people being dead, and…”
And so it went for two more minutes.
Somehow or other, we got back to the combination of laughter and heaven.
“…Then the Ted Bundy thing led me back to people who were dead, which reminded me of the Three Stooges, which made me think of Laurel and Hardy, which made me think of a time I was watching Spanky and Alfalfa when I laughed until I cried. And then I wondered whether we’d laugh that hard in heaven. And here we are”.
He paused smuggly, as though this exhaustive and impossible trail justified everything. “So,” another, more dramatic and smug pause, “do you think we’ll ever laugh until we cry in heaven?”
I was still reeling mentally. The abrupt end came as somewhat of a shock to me.
“Do you think that in Heaven we’ll ever laugh until we cry?”. My friend asked from across the table.
We had been talking about the political debates coming up. That had followed talk about baseball, the up-coming playoffs, and whether Cliff Lee would get the Cy Young (which would be EXCELLENT). I wasn’t sure how one makes the transition in the mind from how pathetically weak debates have been (with the exception of those hosted by the late great Tim Russert) to laughing so hard that you cry….and doing so in heaven? So I had to ask.
“Where in the world did that come from?”
“Well….uh….”. He apparently wasn’t sure either. “Gosh. We were talking about the debates, which made me think of past debates, which made me think of Bentzen’s JFK blather with Quayle, then Reagan’s famous line about age coming after the debate in which Reagan LOOKED old. Man, that was a great debate. Uh, then I thought about the “Read my lips” bunk…which reminded me of… Uh… golly… “. So far the closest thing to laughing in heaven would have been the Reagan line…but he clearly wasn’t connecting those dots. “Oh! Then I thought of Marilyn Monroe.”
“Wait,” I interrupted. “How did she get in here?”.
“The JFK thing.”. He said it with some offense–as though he were saying, “Duh!”
“Ah.”
“Then I thought of the Three Stooges, and”
“Wait! You go from Marilyn Monroe to the Three Stooges?!”
Sheepishly, he says, “Well, they were both in show business.”
If I was able to raise a single eyebrow (I am not), this is when I would have done it. Since I can’t, I just screwed up my face to as forceful a Question Mark as I could.
“Please,” I say, “do go on.”
“Well, obviously,” a word I would NOT be using here, if it were me, “the Three Stooges led to…”
Wait. Let me cut into the scene right here. You are very likely thinking that the Stooges led to “laughing until you cry” in heaven. In my years of experience with this otherwise very reasonable and intelligent man, I have learned to expect otherwise. However, I was expecting that, too.
“…people being dead, and…”
And so it went for two more minutes.
Somehow or other, we got back to the combination of laughter and heaven.
“…Then the Ted Bundy thing led me back to people who were dead, which reminded me of the Three Stooges, which made me think of Laurel and Hardy, which made me think of a time I was watching Spanky and Alfalfa when I laughed until I cried. And then I wondered whether we’d laugh that hard in heaven. And here we are”.
He paused smuggly, as though this exhaustive and impossible trail justified everything. “So,” another, more dramatic and smug pause, “do you think we’ll ever laugh until we cry in heaven?”
I was still reeling mentally. The abrupt end came as somewhat of a shock to me.
The media frenzy over that Marilyn Monroe sex reel, sold to an unidentified buyer on Monday, is certainly dominating the headlines. For all those fans seeking to learn about Marilyn Monroe, Adam Victor's The Marilyn Encyclopedia is an indispensable resource guide to the life and times of the legendary sex goddess. Lavishly illustrated, this ultimate collector's item includes complete information about her films, quotes from reviews, anecdotes, gossip, and famous sayings; entries touching on all of Marilyn's relationships (husbands, lovers, family members, directors, co-stars); catalogs of her clothing; and complete information on her recordings. The book also includes an up-to-date bibliography, a list of fan clubs, web sites, and--of course--hundreds of photos and illustrations, many of them rare, some simply never seen before. Marvelously stylish and incomparable in scope and depth, The Marilyn Encyclopedia will satisfy even her most ravenous fans.
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Louis Armstrong was one of the most charismatic and innovative performers of the 20th century. His inspired and improvised soloing was the main influence for a fundamental change in jazz. Most famous as a cornet player, then as a trumpet player, toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and became one of the most influential jazz singers. Louis was born in 1901 in one of the poorest areas of New Orleans. His father abandoned the family when Louis was an infant and his mother left Louis and his sister to be raised my Louis' grandmother. Louis moved back with his mother when he was five. He brought a little money into the home by delivering newspapers and selling discarded food to restaurants, but it wasn't enough to keep his mother from prostitution. Louis hauled coal in New Orleans' red-light district. There he experienced bands playing in brothels and dance halls. He formed a vocal quartet with three other boys and performed on street corners for tips. The Karnofskys, a family of Russian Jewish immigrants, hired Louis to work on their junk wagon. Louis purchased his first cornet with money loaned to him by the Karnofskys. To express gratitude towards the Karnofskys, who took him in as almost a family member, and fed and nurtured him, Armstrong wore a Star of David pendant for the rest of his life. Louis' 1926 performance of the song "HeebieJeebies" was the turning point for "scat singing". According to Louis, when he was recording the song with his band The Hot Five, his music fell to the ground. Not knowing the lyrics to the song, he invented a gibberish melody to fill time. Louis continued to experiment and improve his playing for his entire career. He played with every major musical and vocal contemporary (Jimmie Rodgers, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and many others) from the 1920s until his death in 1971. For thirty years, he played over 300 performances a year. The nickname "Satchmo" is short for "Satchelmouth" (describing his embouchure). In 1932, Melody Maker magazine editor Percy Brooks greeted Armstrong in London with "Hello, Satchmo!" shortening "Satchelmouth". Louis loved it and it stuck. Louis Armstrong was a major financial supporter of civil rights activists, but preferred to work quietly behind the scenes, not mixing his politics with his work as an entertainer. However, he criticized President Eisenhower, calling him "two-faced" and "gutless" because of his inaction during the conflict over school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. As a protest, Armstrong canceled a planned tour of the Soviet Union on behalf of the State Department saying "The way they're treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell". In 1964, Louis knocked the Beatles off the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart with "Hello, Dolly", which gave the 63-year-old performer a U.S. record as the oldest artist to have a #1 song. Louis Armstrong died of a heart attack on July 6, 1971, at age 69, the night after playing a famous show at the Waldorf Astoria's Empire Room. Shortly before his death he stated, "I think I had a beautiful life. I didn't wish for anything that I couldn't get and I got pretty near everything I wanted because I worked for it."
In the notebook I left on the plane from China was also my introduction to something for Mark Evanier. So I am going to spend this afternoon recreating it, which is reason enough for not blogging, and instead posting the kind of thing that Mark puts up on his blog.
This is a Youtube video of Raymond Crowe at work (http://www.raymondcrowe.com/). I've seen him do it live and it's astonishing. He's really funny and amazingly skilled comedian and magician and mime and, er, maker of hand shadow-bunnies...
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The iconic actress Marilyn Monroe may have played the role of a ditzy blonde in many films, but she was actually quite the bookworm whose reading preferences included books by James Joyce and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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What I find interesting is that her sadness, her need to be loved, is probably what shot her staright to stardom. She had a “quality” (cliche, I know) that made men want to sweep her up and take care of her: but instead of being an act, it was real, so no man ever really could “fix” her. This is also why she was universally loved by women. Because of that subtle sadness and vulnerability, I don’t think she was ever hated by the general female public, but embraced. If you look (and by look, I mean study) photographs of her, from young, to her very last photo shoot, she never looks really, genuinely happy. She always has this sad note on her face. This inner turmoil is what made her so dynamic, so appealing, so legendary. And while she is one of my all-time favorite people, and her death was tragic because she was alone and young, there is something poetic about the fact that we never have to watch Marilyn Monroe get old. (To quote Steel Magnolias) She will always be young, she will always be beautiful. And I personally, do not wish to think of her any other way.
As a fan, I loved this movie (saw it in the theater). I don’t know if everyone would love it, but it is a spectacular slice of Hollywood, and Marilyn. For those of us who long for the “glory days of Hollywood” and are intrigued by Ms. Monroe, and want to know more about her, I think this film gives us exactly what we want.
She will always be young and beautiful, won’t she? I knew you would love this movie, darling girl. Thank you for your comments. You’re so right!