Marilyn Monroe Reading a Book in 1954

Marilyn Monroe, Long Island, New York, 1954
Photograph by Eva Arnold

It looks like she is reading the last page of Ulysses by James Joyce.

This is a reproduction postcard and is postmarked in 2013. 

Marilyn Monroe Eating at the Drive-In

Marilyn Monroe at the Drive-In, 1952. Photograph by Phillippe Halsman

This is a reproduction postcard and is postmarked in 2013. 

Happy Birthday Baby! features Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe

Daivid Parrish: Happy Birthday Baby! (1994)
Olie pa laerred,. 156X234 cm
Courtesy Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York

features Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe

Gentlemen Prefer Blonds

Gentlemen Prefer Blonds
1953 renewed 1981, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Jane Russell
and
Marilyn Monroe

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 film adaptation of the 1949 stage musical starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.

plot:
Two singers, best friends Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei's fiancé's disapproving father to keep an eye on her, a rich, enamoured old man and many other doting admirers.

A Cow in Hollywood dressed like Marilyn Monroe

A cow in hollywood - Behia hollywooden
Una vaca en hollywood (Una vachea hollywood

Kukuxumusu

postmarked from Spain in 2008

This cow is showing more than Marilyn Monroe did!!  ha ha

This is from kukuxumusu a company from Spain specialising in clothing and product design. Its name means flea's kiss.

Marilyn Monroe, Black and White in White Dress

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe Outside the Plaza Hotel in New York City

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn outside the Plaza Hotel, New York City, 1958
Photo Sam Shaw

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Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker, was an American actress, singer, and model. After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946. Her early roles were minor, but her performances in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve (both 1950) were well received. Monroe was praised for her comedic ability in such films as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Some Like It Hot and The Seven Year Itch.

The typecasting of Monroe's "dumb blonde" persona limited her career prospects, so she broadened her range. She studied at the Actors Studio and formed Marilyn Monroe Productions. Her dramatic performance in Bus Stop was hailed by critics, and she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Some Like it Hot.

The final years of Monroe's life were marked by illness and personal problems. The circumstances of her death, from an overdose of barbiturates, have been the subject of conjecture. Though officially classified as a "probable suicide", the possibility of an accidental overdose, as well as the possibility of homicide, have not been ruled out. In 1999, Monroe was ranked #6 on the American Film Institute's "50 Greatest Screen Legends" list.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

postmarked in 2008

Marilyn Monroe jumping at the beach

Marilyn Monroe
By Sam Shaw

Marilyn Monroe, Fim Festival in Brazil

Vivo apresenta:
Festival Cinema De Arte De Salvador (Art of Cinema Festival De Salvador)

10 A 23 de outubro de 2008  (10 October 23, 2008)

fale + Sobre isso! (Talk about it!)
Circuito de Cinema Saladearte (Circuit Cinema Saladearte)

I love how this is from Brazil and they use Marilyn Monroe as the background.

Marilyn Monroe, 1947, In a Red Heart

Marilyn Monroe, 1947
Photograph by Bruno Bernard

(I think this was for a Chocolate advertisement)

Marilyn Monroe by Joseph Jasgur

Marilyn Monroe, 1946
Photograph by Joseph Jasgur

Marilyn Monroe, Singing to the Troops

Marilyn Monroe, Singing to the Troops

Marilyn Monroe - Leaning Out a Window

Marilyn Monroe
Photographer: Sam Shaw
Taken on September 12, 1954

Marilyn Monroe in the Seven Year Itch

Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell
by Sam Shaw

this is from the movie The Seven Year Itch

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe
Black Dress

Some Like it Hot with Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe and her bosom companions Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon
"Some Like it Hot"
1959. Directed by Billy Wilder. United Artists.

postcard made by the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2001

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Plot of this very funny movie:
When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.


a few movie quotes:

Sugar: Real diamonds! They must be worth their weight in gold!

Sugar: Story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

Joe: [referring to Jerry] He has an empty stomach and it's gone to his head.

Jerry: Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something.

Sugar: Water polo? Isn't that terribly dangerous?
Junior: I'll say. I had two ponies drowned under me.