An Evening with Marilyn (Hardcover)

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Sleekly designed and accented with playful pink type, An Evening with Marilyn is the perfect gift book for the contemporary Marilyn enthusiast, fan, or collector. Hot pink type accents a sleek and modern design, perfect reflecting Monroe’s sophisticated and flirtatious personality. An Evening with Marilyn is an ideal gift for the contemporary Marilyn collector, fan, or photography enthusiast.

Product Description

Perhaps it was her girlish, whispery voice; or the way her eyes danced when she smiled; or how she seemed to have an unearthly glow about her. Whatever the reason, Marilyn Monroe remains one of the most glamorous, seductive, and charming women in Hollywood history. Worshipped for her sexuality, adored for her vulnerability and innocence, Marilyn is a celebrated movie icon whose persona continues to enthrall and delight her loyal fans. Marilyn’s ethereal beauty and irrepressible charisma are captured here in a sequence of sensual portraits taken over the course of one extraordinary evening in 1961 when she was thirty-five, just a year before her tragic death. On assignment for Look magazine to photograph the movie star for its twenty-fifth anniversary cover, Douglas Kirkland shot Marilyn in the intimate confines of an unmade bed. The result is a series of some of the most spontaneous and flirtatious photographs ever taken of this film legend. Moody, grainy, and evocative, these images are accompanied by Kirkland’s own recounting of the story behind the photo shoot. Together his words and pictures tell the seductive tale of a brief and unforgettable encounter between a handsome freshman photographer and the sexiest woman in Hollywood history.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Welcome Books (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932183736
• ISBN-13: 978-1932183733
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #268,959 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Searching for more of Marilyn you haven't yet seen?, June 22, 2006

By	Rebecca Kendrew (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

I have a huge collection of Marilyn books and came across this one of an intimate photographic session Douglas Kirkland did with Marilyn for Look magazine's 25th anniversary edition in 1961. Very much worth the purchase for Marilyn fans - the photos are stunning, Marilyn is stunning! The text is sparse with the occasional typo...but you aren't there for the photographer's text, are you? Marilyn is as lovely as ever, and I would love to see this book in a larger format one day as the rather small format does not do the beautiful images justice. Great behind-the-scenes photos as well. Definitely a book I will be adding to my collection and looking through in years to come.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars blonde angel as usual..., March 7, 2006

By	John Doe - See all my reviews

Me, as a fan, having nearly all written and printed things about MM, it's always a joy to find some new items. The pix in this book are incredibly wonderful. If you like MM and don't have this book, go on and buy! You really will like these fine pictures, honoring the beauty of this legend....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Evening with Marilyn, December 28, 2008

By	WuM - See all my reviews

A nice 'little'(8x7") book. I would consider it a 'snap shot' of Monroe, taken during an evening, intimate & sexy, but I wouldn't call it erotic. A lot of the photos carry coarse grain, and casted a different mood to the work.

The only thing I would wish is that it could be a bigger print.