Before Marilyn
the blue book modelling years
$62.38
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2015
Summary
Marilyn Before the Icon: Unveiling Her Modeling Years
A captivating collection of rare and unpublished photographs and documents that, for the first time, detail Marilyn Monroe’s formative modeling career.
“Before Marilyn” tells the story of Norma Jeane’s journey through the famed Blue Book Agency in Hollywood. Miss Emmeline Snively, the agency’s discerning head, recognized the young woman’s potential and meticulously documented their professional relationship.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750961172 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0750961171 |
| Author: | Astrid Franse |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 1.25kg |
| Dimensions: | 275mm x 202mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Astrid Franse
Michelle Morgan is the author of Marilyn’s Addresses (Smith Gryphon, 1995), Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed (Constable, 2007), Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed New Edition (Robinson, 2012), The Mammoth Guide to Hollywood Scandals (Robinson 2013) and 271 Steps: The Life and Death of Thelma Todd (Chicago Review Press, 2015).
Astrid Franse runs Bennies Fifties USA Collectables in the Netherlands with her husband. She purchased Miss Emmeline Snively’s collection of her correspondence with Marilyn Monroe, her documents about the Blue Book Agency and her unpublished photographs from a shop in America, not realising until years later the importance of her purchase.
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