The Prints and the Showgirl (con't).

Cahill
Forever Marilyn by Marie Cahill
Published by Smithmark / Brompton Books Corp. 1992. USA.

ISBN: 0-8317-3470-1.
Details: Hardback. 63 pages.
Contains: Over 90 photos (color, b&w). Index. Photo credits.

The photos in Forever Marilyn are ordered in roughly chronological order, with a paragraph or two of explanatory text to accompany each two-page spread of photographs. This U.S. edition has a photo of Marilyn in her There's No Business Like Show Business garb instead of the Jayne Mansfield snapshot that is found in the British edition.

Cahill
Forever Marilyn by Marie Cahill
Published by Magna Books. 1993. UK.

ISBN 1-85422-599-5.
Details: Hardback. 64 pages.
Contains: Over 90 photos (color, b&w). Index. Photo credits.

This British edition of Forever Marilyn has the dubious distinction of being the only book (of which I am aware, at least) to misidentify Jayne Mansfield as Marilyn Monroe! Ugh. The only other difference between this edition and the U.S. edition is the cover photo.

Cahill
Forever Marilyn by Marie Cahill
Published by Bison Books Ltd. 1991. UK.

ISBN 0-86124-819-8.
Details: Hardback. 64 pages.
Contains: Over 90 photos (color, b&w). Index. Photo credits.

This edition is identical to the Magna Books edition. C.B.

Capote
Marilyn Monroe: Photographs 1945-1962 by Truman Capote
Published by Schirmer's Visual Library / W. W. Norton. 1994. USA.

ISBN: 0-393-30938-X.
Details: Softback. 119 pages.
Contains: 48 photographs (color, b&w). Bibliography. Biographical notes. Photo credits.

Click here to order this book.The text of this book comes from Truman Capote's Music for Chameleons, a sweet little essay recounting his friendship with Marilyn Monroe. The accompanying photographs are fairly standard, though nicely reproduced on glossy stock.

Capote
Marilyn Monroe: Photographien 1945-1962 by Truman Capote
Published by Schirmer's Visuelle Bibliothek / Schirmer/Mosel 1991. Germany.

ISBN: 3-88814-385-3.
Details: Softback. 120 pages.
Contains: 48 photographs (color, b&w). Bibliography. Biographical notes. Photo credits.

The title and all of the text is in German, otherwise it is the same as the Schirmer's U.S. edition. C.B., S.J.


Further Reading

Other books that, though listed under different categories (or not available to me at this time), contain a good selection of photographs:

Marilyn: The Life, The Myth by GiovanniBattista Brambilla is an enormous book, published by Rizzoli, and contains a large number of photos.

Marilyn at Twentieth Century-Fox by Lawrence Crown contains an absolutely fabulous selection of photographs from the 20th Century-Fox archives, some quite rare.

Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend by James Haspiel is a photo-book/memoir by the well-known Marilyn fan and collector, and contains a wealth of uncommon photographs of Marilyn, including many of costume-tests from her movies.

Marilyn: A Neverending Dream by Gus Luitjers, though not printed on glossy stock, contains well-chosen, non-standard fare.

Marilyn by Norman Mailer, is a sort of "best of" for photographs of Marilyn, with all of the top photographers' work represented.


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