Marilyn Monroe has re-entered the chat.
A screen siren during Hollywood’s Golden Age, the blonde bombshell is widely considered a peak sex symbol of the 1950s, but also a trailblazer who took control of her image and paved the way for future generations of women to embrace their natural curves on their own terms. Starring alongside A-list greats like Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Jane Russell, and Betty Grable, Monroe carved out a career critics and fans continue to celebrate today.
In 1962, the starlet passed away, but she's managed to remained the subject of online discourse for decades. The reason she’s trending today, however, is two-fold. Not only are photos from Monroe’s beach vacay with Joe DeMaggio (who by the way, died on this day in 1999) popping up, but MoMA is preparing to debut a 14-film restrospective dedicated to the superstar.
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Let’s start at the beach. In March 1961, Monroe was snapped enjoying the sand and sun with her pro baseball player ex-husband (video above, close-up photos here). According to the Tampa Bay Times, per Catalyst, DiMaggio took Monroe to Florida’s St. Petersburg following her psychiatric hospital stint to rest and recharge. The photos show the two lounding at Redington Beach -- her in a chic capris-jacket combo over a high-waist bikini and him in swim trunks. The whole display, published on March 22, 1961, is pure vintage Hollywood.
In other Marilyn news, the actress is the subject of a 14-film retrospective in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Debuting this week, Marilyn Monroe: Celluloid Dream highlights a section of the star’s acclaimed work, including Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, among other classics.
“When we think about moving images — the bright and dark elements of moving images — we always go back to Marilyn, because she really embodied our fascination with the contradictions of the industry,” Assistant Curator Francisco Valente told the Boston Herald in an interview published today.
He added, “She looked at the industry at that time and many of those things are still valid today. How male-dominated it was. Mostly focused on male fantasies. The industry looked at her and wanted to create a new ‘dumb blonde’ for a mostly male audience. She understood that — and turned it around in her own fashion and created this character called ‘Marilyn Monroe.’”
Marilyn Monroe: Celluloid Dream runs March 12-15 at MoMA in New York City. And, luckily, her vintage beachy snapshots will live on forever.
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