Before Marilyn

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by Astrid Franse and Michelle Morgan

Type

Stories

Subject

Actress > Marilyn Monroe

Keywords

Marilyn Monroe, 1940s

Publishing date

2019

Publisher

The History Press

1st publishing

2015

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 256 pages
7 ¾ x 10 ½ inches (19.5 x 26.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7509-9254-1

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Book Presentation:
Before Marilyn tells the story of Marilyn Monroe’s modelling career, during which time she was signed to the famous Blue Book Agency in Hollywood. The head of the agency, Miss Emmeline Snively, saw potential in the young woman and kept detailed records and correspondence throughout their professional relationship and beyond. On the day of Monroe’s funeral, Snively gave an interview from her office, talking about the beautiful girl she had discovered and the talented woman she had become, before announcing, rather dramatically, that she was closing the lid on her Marilyn Monroe archive that day – to ‘lock it away forever’. Miss Snively’s archive was found by Astrid Franse in 2012. With bestselling Marilyn Monroe biographer Michelle Morgan she draws on this collection of never-before-seen documents, letters and much, much more. Before Marilyn explores an aspect of Monroe’s life that has never been fully revealed, by charting every modelling job she did alongside rare photographs of the young model and her mentor.

About the authors:
Michelle Morgan is the author of Marilyn’s Addresses (Smith Gryphon, 1995) Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed (Constable, 2007) and Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed New Edition (Robinson, 2012). 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Snively’s collection of her correspondence with Marilyn Monroe, her documents about the Blue Book Agency and her unpublished photographs from a shop in America.

See the publisher website: The History Press

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