Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox(ISBN=9780762431335)

Sidestepping the tragic figure presented in other books, "Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox" provides a light-hearted and humorous look at a legend like no other! Sixty years after her image first flickered on the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains the ultimate Hollywood star, a face and name more recognizable than current performers. What remains to be explored about 'Marilyn'? Here we celebrate what first made her a star. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white stills from the 20th Century Fox archives - some of which will be seen for the first time in this book - "Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox" focuses on quintessential Marilyn in classics like "Gentleman Prefer Blondes", "The Seven Year Itch" and her other Fox films. The text is filled with behind-the-scenes stories, memorable movie quotes, film facts, trivia, plotlines, character profiles and highlights of the most Marilyn moments.

Cindy de La Hoz has been a devoted classic film enthusiast since the age of nine, and is a proud collector of everything Marilyn. The many witty quotations sprinkled throughout the book come from award winning writers including Billy Wilder, George Axelrod, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer and a host of other brilliant minds who contributed to the stories and screenplays of Marilyn's Fox films.

American Profile ...this lavish, luxurious coffee-table volume chronicles Monroe's Hollywood career with hundreds of photos, including candid, never-published-before on-the-set snapshots, and insights into the dramatic skills that were usually overshadowed by a hyper-glamorized sexpot fa?ade. Asbury Park Press Platinum Fox' is a slickly packaged scrapbook served up like a luscious dessert. Fewer Reviews BookPage ...a gorgeous coffee-table book. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...another beautifully produced book for an audience of film fans.