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Old Hollywood

  • My Top 5 Favorite Songs Sung by Marilyn Monroe

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a companion countdown to yesterday’s post.   I will be counting down my favorite songs that were sung by Marilyn, as opposed to my favorite songs about her!    Number 5: That Old Black Magic sung in Bus Stop  ~Bus Stop was one of the great films…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Songs About Marilyn

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite songs that are about Marilyn Monroe!   Now, it is unsurprising that Marilyn is featured in many songs over the years, given her iconic status.   However, the five songs I have chosen are some of the most iconic examples of songs…

  • More Than Marilyn Poem

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a poetic tribute to Marilyn Monroe.   I just had to share this, as we are coming up on the 60th anniversary of her death on August 4/5.   She likely died late at night on August 4th but was officially declared dead on August 5th.  …

  • Let’s Talk About Breakfast at Tiffany’s

    For today’s post, I have decided that I just needed to talk about Breakfast at Tiffany’s, both the novella and the film.   This is something that I have been thinking a lot about lately.   The evolution of this literary classic to a classic film is one that had Truman Capote hating the casting…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Marilyn Monroe Outfits

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite looks worn by Marilyn Monroe!   For this post, I narrowed it down to my top five looks she wore in both real life and films.   I have so many other looks that I have adored, but I did not want…

  • Top 10 Marilyn Monroe Biographies

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite Marilyn Monroe biographies.   It will likely come as little surprise to regular readers of my blog that I read a lot about Old Hollywood.   More particularly, Marilyn Monroe is one of my favorite people to read about! Number 10: Marilyn…

  • Top 10 On-Screen Old Hollywood Pairs

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite on-screen pairings in Old Hollywood Classics.   Some will be off-screen lovers who appeared together on-screen, and others may appear in more than one pairing! Number 10: Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis ~For my number ten pick, I had to choose the…

  • Sex Symbols of Old Hollywood

    For today’s post, I would like to take a look at the sex symbols of Golden Age Hollywood.   I am a huge fan of classic Hollywood films, and have long been a lover of silver screen sirens!   This love of sex symbols is what inspired today’s topic. From the earliest days of film,…

  • 5 Common Marilyn Monroe Fictions Taken to be Fact

    I have decided to look at five common misconceptions about Marilyn Monroe for today’s post.   As a lifelong fan of this blonde bombshell, I have a strong opinion on her being misrepresented in the media, looking at you Kim Kardashian! Number 5: Marilyn Was the Real Woman ~I figured I would start strong with…

  • Elizabeth Taylor, Queen of the Silver Screen

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to feature one of my all-time favorite actresses.   Elizabeth Taylor was an icon of Old Hollywood who starred in countless films over several decades!    She was both famous and infamous for her many romantic entanglements.    Taylor was married eight times to seven different…