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MARILYN AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES
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MARILYN AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES

Marilyn in 1960 with her Golden Globe for “Best Actress In A Musical Or Comedy” for “Some Like It Hot.”

Award season is well underway in Tinsletown as the Golden Globe Award ceremony is taking place at the Beverley Hilton Hotel in California tonight (Jan 5th 2020.)

Thoughts always turn to Marilyn and her peers whenever the annual celebrations of awarding the entertainments finest takes place. You remember all the talented individuals and classic Old Hollywood films that made their mark and took home the industries most coveted accolades.

Marilyn Monroe and Rock Hudson in 1962, holding her award for “World Film Favourite.”

Marilyn herself was nominated three times for a Golden Globe Award in her lifetime, taking home two out of the three nominations.

Golden Globes Won:
* 1962 Henrietta Award For World Film Favourite.
* 1960 Actress In A Leading Role Or Comedy (Some Like It Hot.)

Nominated:
*1957 Actress In A Leading Role – Musical Or Comedy (Bus Stop.)

In addition to that, many of the films that Marilyn Monroe starred or featured in, were Golden Globe Award winners in their own right:


Golden Globe Winners and Nominees:

‘All About Eve’
* 1951 Best Screenplay – Motion Picture – Joseph L. Mankiewicz (WINNER)
* 1951 Best Director – Joseph L. Mankiewicz (NOMINEE)

* 1951 Best Preformance By An Actress In A Supporting Role – Thelma Ritter (NOMINEE)
*1951 Best Preformance By An Actor In A Supporting Role – George Sanders (NOMINEE)
* 1951 Best Preformance By An Actress In A Leading Role – Bette Davis (NOMINEE)

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

*1956 Best Actor In A Leading Role – Tom Ewell (WINNER)

BUS STOP

*1957 Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy (NOMINEE)
* 1957 Best Actress In A Leading Role – Marilyn Monroe (NOMINEE)

SOME LIKE IT HOT

*1960 Best Motion Picture – Comedy (WINNER)
*1960 Best Actress In A Leading Role Musical Or Comedy – Marilyn Monroe (WINNER)
*1960 Best Actor In A Leading Role Musical Or Comedy – Jack Lemmon (WINNER)

LET’S MAKE LOVE

*1961 Best Picture – Musical (NOMINEE)


Marilyn attended the 17th Golden Globe Awards held on Tuesday, March 8th at the Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, when she won as Best Actress for the comedy Some Like It Hot. Looking every inch the movie star, photographs show just how elated she was that night, as if she were on top of the world.



A year later she returned on March 5th 1962 on the arm of Jose Bolanos, but some of the most iconic pictures of her that night saw her with friend and fellow actor Rock Hudson. She wore a shimmering green evening gown with earrings given to her by Frank Sinatra. The gown was one of the many items auctioned off at the famous Christie’s 1999 auction, fetching $96,000. Most recently, her 1961 World Film Favourite Golden Globe was auctioned off for a staggering and record breaking $250,000.

Monroe and her date Jose Bolanos
Marilyn Monroe and Rock Hudson

For more information on the Golden Globes, head to their website: https://www.goldenglobes.com/

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PROJECTIONS: MARILYN MONROE’S ON SCREEN PERSONA


16 April 2018 – 30 April 2018
Mondays 7-9pm

Freud Museum, London. United Kingdom, 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London NW3 5SX

PROJECTIONS: Marilyn Monroe’s onscreen persona

Three Week Evening Course

Norma Jeane Baker transformed into Marilyn Monroe inside Hollywood’s ravenous glare. She began her entertainment career as a pinup model and soon secured her place as a bona fide international movie star. The ever-luminous Marilyn stole every scene she appeared in; many cinema scholars equate Monroe with the essence of the art form itself, due to the magic she invariably conjured up on the silver screen. She possessed an instinctive and sophisticated understanding of how to construct memorable images, and was not afraid of being vulnerable in her artistic process.

But beauty, talent and success did not diminish the pain of emotional difficulties Marilyn lived through. Abandoned in childhood by her parents, she experienced the vagaries of fame in her professional life, was bullied by powerful studio bosses, had three unsuccessful marriages and endured fertility problems, turning to alcohol and pills to cope with debilitating neuroses. Beneath the social mask of cheerful joie de vivre, Marilyn suffered enormously – and had the wherewithal to channel sorrow into her craft, evident in her interest in psychoanalysis and reliance on Method Acting to deliver authentic performances. Her untimely death at the age of 36 did not stop the ascension of her star in popular culture; quite the opposite, film experts and amateurs alike see her as a modern-day Aphrodite.

In this new PROJECTIONS series, we will examine the creation of Marilyn Monroe’s onscreen persona, and the psychological underpinnings that shaped not only how she projected herself, but also the ways in which film audiences continue to respond to her. We will consider the symbolism contained in Marilyn’s most famous film characters within three categories: the origins of her celebrity, the establishment of her icon, and a burning desire to disrupt widespread perceptions of who she was.

Advance viewing is optional, select scenes and montages will be shown during weekly sessions (see filmography below).

Week 1 – A STAR IS BORN

Ladies of the Chorus (1948), All About Eve (1950), Monkey Business (1952), Niagara (1953)

Week 2 – ICONIC PERFORMANCES

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), The Seven-Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959)

Week 3 – ROCKING THE BOAT

Bus Stop (1956), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), Let’s Make Love (1960), The Misfits (1961)

https://www.freud.org.uk/events/77120/projections-marilyn-monroes-onscreen-persona/

The BAFTAS
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The BAFTAS

The British Academy Film Awards (or the BAFTAS as they’re more commonly referred to) are currently under way in London tonight (18th February 2018.)   Marilyn was nominated twice for ‘Best Foreign Film Actress’ once in 1956 for “The Seven Year Itch” and secondly for her role in “The Prince And The Showgirl” at the 1958 Award ceremonies.

 

“All About Eve,” “How To Marry A Millionaire,” “Some Like It Hot” and “Let’s Make Love” were all nominated in the catagory for “Best Film From Any Source.”

     

More recently in 2012, the 2011 film “My Week With Marilyn,” starring Michelle Williams in the lead role, earned itself no less than 7 BAFTA nominations.  They included:

Best British Film: My Week With Marilyn
Best Actress In A Leading Role: Michelle Williams
Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Kenneth Brannagh
Best Actress In A Supporting Role: Dame Judy Dench
Best Hair and Make Up: Jenny Shircore
Best Costume Design: Jill Taylor

Michelle Williams at the 2012 BAFTA Awards receiving a nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn in “My Week With Marilyn.”

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“LET’S MAKE LOVE” ON BLU-RAY

It’s the news Marilyn movie fans have been waiting for, for the the first time ever, ‘Let’s Make Love’ is being released on a 2 disc, special edition Blu-Ray.

Special features include:

  • High Definition Transfer
  • Interview with Film Expert Mark Searby
  • Posters & Images from Around the World
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

The 1960 musical comedy starring Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand will be released on June 25th 2018 (through Amazon and other leading retailers.)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Make-Blu-ray-Marilyn-Monroe/dp/B077NTQHNT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516638478&sr=8-1&keywords=let%27s+make+love