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Newbie![]() Posts: 13 Gender: ![]() Real Name: - Joined: 17-November 06 ![]() |
Hi,
Does anyone here have a list of around 400 books that Marilyn Monroe used to read? I used to see it in one of the website but i think it was no longer available anymore... pls do let me know, here or through messages, thanks in advance. (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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team marilyn![]() Posts: 2 812 From: Virginia Beach Gender: ![]() Real Name: Felicia Joined: 9-March 06 ![]() |
I don't know all 400 books, but I'll start the list:
How Stanislavsky Directs by Michael Gorchakov |
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Newbie![]() Posts: 13 Gender: ![]() Real Name: - Joined: 17-November 06 ![]() |
Thanks, Meztisa. Erm...anymore?
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I will be chasing a starlight![]() Posts: 3 220 From: Romania Gender: ![]() Real Name: Ileana Joined: 9-November 05 ![]() |
Ulysses, by Joyce
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
There is a very long list in the Christies' auction catalogue. I will write up a few, more later.
1) Let's Make Love by Matthew Andrews (novelisation of the movie) 2) How To Travel Incognito by Ludwig Bemelmans 3) To The One I Love Best by Ludwig Bemelmans 4) Thurber Country by James Thurber 5) The Fall by Albert Camus 6) Marilyn Monroe by George Carpozi 7) Camille by Alexander Dumas 8) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 9) The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt-Farmer 10) The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 11) From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming 12) The Art Of Loving by Erich Fromm 13) The Prophet by Kahlil Gilbran 14) Ulysses by James Joyce 15) Stoned Like A Statue: A Complete Survey Of Drinking Cliches, Primitive, Classical & Modern by Howard Kandel & Don Safran, with an intro by Dean Martin (a man who knew how to drink!) 16) The Last Temptation Of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis 17) On The Road by Jack Kerouac 18) Selected Poems by DH Lawrence 19 and 20) Sons And Lovers by DH Lawrence (2 editions) 21) The Portable DH Lawrence 22) Etruscan Places (DH Lawrence?) 23) DH Lawrence: A Basic Study Of His Ideas by Mary Freeman 24) The Assistant by Bernard Malamud 25) The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud 26) Death In Venice & Seven Other Stories by Thomas Mann 27) Last Essays by Thomas Mann 28) The Thomas Mann Reader 29) Hawaii by James Michener 30) Red Roses For Me by Sean O'Casey 31) I Knock At The Door by Sean O'Casey 32) Selected Plays by Sean O'Casey 33) The Green Crow by Sean O'Casey 34) Golden Boy by Clifford Odets 35) Clash By Night by Clifford Odets 36) The Country Girl by Clifford Odets 37) 6 Plays Of Clifford Odets 38) The Cat With 2 Faces by Gordon Young |
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Newbie![]() Posts: 13 Gender: ![]() Real Name: - Joined: 17-November 06 ![]() |
Oh finally, my prayer has been answered! Thanks Tara, greatly appreciate your help and others too! (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif) Hope i can have the full list, thanks alot.
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
You're welcome. I'm a big reader myself so this is fascinating to me. Some of them, like the Dean Martin book, have inscriptions to Marilyn inside. That Gordon Young book I just mentioned (The Cat With Two Faces) was a gift to Marilyn from playwright Clifford Odets. Another book had a piece of paper inside with doodlings by Marilyn. I love hearing about these personal touches.
I will try and write up more whenever I have time. Here are a few: 39) Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill 40) Part Of A Long Story: Eugene O'Neill As A Young Man In Love by Agnes Boulton 41) The Little Engine That Could by Piper Watty (with childish pencil scrawls at end, possibly MM's) 42) The New Joy Of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer & Marion Rombauer-Becker (with some cut recipes, page markers, a typed diet sheet and manuscript shopping list, apparently in MM's hand, laid in) 43) Selected Plays Of George Bernard Shaw 44) Ellen Terry And Bernard Shaw - A Correspondence 45) Bernard Shaw & Mrs Patrick Campbell - Their Correspondence 46) The Short Reigh Of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck 47) Once There Was A War by John Steinbeck 48) Set This House On Fire by William Styron 49) Lie Down In Darkness (William Styron?) 50) The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone by Tennessee Williams 51) Camino Real by Tennessee Williams 52) A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (with notes by MM) 53) The Flower In Drama And Glamour by Stark Young (inscribed to MM by Lee Strasberg, Christmas 1955) American Literature 54) Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald 55) The Story Of A Novel by Thomas Wolfe 56) Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe 57) A Stone, A Leaf, A Door (Thomas Wolfe?) 58) Thomas Wolfe's Letters To His Mother, ed. John Skally Terry 59) A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway 60) The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 61) Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 62) Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser 63) Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck 64) The American Claimant & Other Stories & Sketches by Mark Twain 65) In Defense of Harriet Shelley & Other Essays (Mark Twain?) 66) The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 67) Roughing It (Mark Twain?) 68) The Magic Christian by Terry Southern 69) A Death In The Family by James Agee 70) The War Lover by John Hersey 71) Don't Call Me By My Right Name & Other Stories by James Purdy 72) Malcolm by James Purdy Anthologies 73) The Portable Irish Reader (pub. Viking) 74) The Portable Poe - Edgar Allen Poe 75) The Portable Walt Whitman 76) This Week's Short Stories (New York, 1953) 77) Bedside Book Of Famous Short Stories 78) Short Novels Of Colette 79) Short Story Masterpieces (New York, 1960) 80) The Passionate Playgoer by George Oppenheimer 81) Fancies And Goodnights by John Collier 82) Evergreen Review, Vol 2, No. 6 83) The Medal & Other Stories by Luigi Pirandello This post has been edited by Tara: Nov 19 2006, 11:53 PM |
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Marilyn´s Misfit![]() Posts: 420 From: Europe Gender: ![]() Joined: 12-November 05 ![]() |
Thank you so much,Tara for your time and effort to write this list of books which MM red.I love to read myself,all my life,it has been one of my biggest passions.I have hundreds of books and sometimes my husband is in pain thinking where to put all those books and during moving (to another house) it was awful.But honestly,I could not live without reading and books.They really are (at least to me) much,much more important and interesting than television ever could be.
ps.There really is 3 different viruses messing in ES.Moving in ES is very,very difficult so I'm going to stay here only short time :( This is just awful!! This post has been edited by rose: Nov 19 2006, 05:26 PM |
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Yes, thank you, Tara! I had a short list myself but was too lazy to write it down... So thanks! again, for the time and effort (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/thumbup1.gif)
Rose, yes, there is something going on, I posted about it in a different topic, let's hope it will be sorted out soon! (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/throb.gif) |
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Newbie![]() Posts: 13 Gender: ![]() Real Name: - Joined: 17-November 06 ![]() |
Tara, once again, i really thank you, from the bottom of my heart. (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/yes.gif) I really regretted not printing out a copy that time when i saw it on a website and when i return back later on, it was not longer available anymore and hence i could only ask around and crossing my finger and heart, someone can help me out on this because i know it is a very very long list. This time around i'm sure to keep an extra copy, just in case i lost it. (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/v.gif)
Do you have a scanner? Maybe you could scan it instead of having to type out one by one but still, i'm grateful for the list so far and your time and effort in putting it out, word by word, i'm sure others may also benefit from the list too. And yes, i do greatly enjoy reading too. So i was really fascinated with what Marilyn's booklist was like and the books that she read. She wasn't just any blonde actress, she was one with a deep passion for books and knowledge. Heard that she had debts left behind to settle when she died, was some of the books that she brought...and i have been searching high and low to alot of website on Marilyn Monroe, but i never saw any section where it state of the books that she used to read...perhaps the information is not easily available as well as it is also one of a hectic work and only that one rare website which i stumbled upon had it. Nevertheless now since i had some, i will keep a lookout for the Dean Martin's book, hope it still inprint. (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
Honestly, I find it quicker to write down than make scans. My scanner is quite old so the quality isn't always great. Here are some more:
Art Books 84) Max Weber (art book - inscribed to MM by 'Sam' - Shaw?) 85) Renoir by Albert Skira 86) Max by Giovannetti Pericle 87) The Family Of Man by Carl Sandburg 88-90) Horizon, A Magazine Of The Arts (Nov 1959, Jan 1960, Mar 1960.) 91) Jean Dubuffet by Daniel Cordier Biography 92) The Summing Up by W. Somerset Maugham 93) Close To Colette by Maurice Goudeket 94) This Demi-Paradise by Margaret Halsey 95) God Protect Me From My Friends by Gavin Maxwell 96) Minister Of Death: The Adolf Eichmann Story by Quentin Reynolds, Ephraim Katz and Zwy Aldouby 97) Dance To The Piper by Agnes DeMille 98) Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It by Mae West 99) Act One by Moss Hart Christian Science 100) Science And Health With Key To The Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy 101) Poems, Including Christ And Christmas by Mary Baker Eddy Classical Works 102) 2 Plays: Peace And Lysistrata by Aristophanes 103) Of The Nature Of Things by Lucretius 104) The Philosophy Of Plato 105) Mythology by Edith Hamilton 106) Theory Of Poetry And Fine Art by Aristotle 107) Metaphysics by Aristotle 108-111) Plutarch's Lives, Vols 3-6 only (of 6) by William and John Langhorne Counter-Culture 112) Bound For Glory by Woody Guthrie 113) The Support Of The Mysteries by Paul Breslow 114) Paris Blues by Harold Flender 115) The Shook-Up Generation by Harrison E. Salisbury Foreign-Language Texts And Translations 116) An Mands Ansigt by Arthur Miller 117) Independent People by Halldor Laxness 118) Mujer by Lina Rolan (inscribed to MM by author) 119) The Havamal, ed. D.E. Martin Clarke 120) Yuan Mei: 18th Century Chinese Poet by Arthur Waley 121) Almanach: Das 73 Jahr by S. Fischer Verlag French Literature 122) Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 123) The Works Of Rabelais 124) The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust 125) Cities Of The Plain by Marcel Proust 126) Within A Budding Grove by Marcel Proust 127) The Sweet Cheat Gone by Marcel Proust 128) The Captive by Marcel Proust 129) Nana by Emile Zola 130) Plays by Moliere This post has been edited by Tara: Nov 19 2006, 08:23 PM |
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
Freud
131) The Life And Work of Sigmund Freud by Ernest Jones 132) Letters Of Sigmund Freud, ed. Ernest L. Freud 133) Glory Reflected by Martin Freud 134) Moses And Monotheism by Sigmund Freud 135) Conditioned Reflex Therapy by Andrew Salter Gardening & Pets 136-137) The Wise Garden Encyclopedia, ed. E.L.D. Seymour (2 editions) 138) Landscaping Your Own Home by Alice Dustan 139) Outpost Nurseries - publicity brochure 140) The Forest And The Sea by Marston Bates 141) Pet Turtles by Julien Bronson 142) A Book About Bees by Edwin Way Teale 143) Codfish, Cats & Civilisation by Gary Webster Humour 144) How To Do It, Or, The Art Of Lively Entertaining by Elsa Maxwell 145) Wake Up, Stupid by Mark Harris 146) Merry Christmas, Happy New Year by Phyllis McGinley 147) The Hero Maker by Akbar Del Piombo & Norman Rubington 148) How To Talk At Gin by Ernie Kovacs 149) VIP Tosses A Party, by Virgil Partch 150) Who Blowed Up The House & Other Ozark Folk Tales, ed. Randolph Vance 151) Snobs by Russell Lynes Judaism 152) The Form of Daily Prayers 153) Sephath Emeth (Speech Of Truth): Order Of Prayers For The Wholes Year In Jewish and English 154) The Holy Scriptures According To The Masoretic Text (inscribed to MM by Paula Strasberg, July 1, 1956) |
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Everlasting Star![]() Posts: 10 254 From: Netherlands Gender: ![]() Real Name: Suusmarie Joined: 14-April 03 ![]() |
Great job Tara (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/clapping.gif) !
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
Literature
155) The Law by Roger Vailland 156) The Building by Peter Martin 157) The Mermaids by Boros 158) They Came To Cordura by Glendon Swarthout 159) The 7th Cross by Anna Seghers 160) A European Education by Romain Gary 161) Strike For A Kingdom by Menna Gallie 162) The Slide Area by Gavin Lambert 163) The Woman Who Was Poor by Leon Bloy 164) Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson 165) The Contenders by John Wain 166) The Best Of All Worlds, Or, What Voltaire Never Knew by Hans Jorgen Lembourn (is this the same guy who later wrote '40 Days With Marilyn'?) 167) The Story Of Esther Costello by Nicholas Montsarrat 168) Oh Careless Love by Maurice Zolotow (MM biographer) 169) Add A Dash Of Pity by Peter Ustinov 170) An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (filmed as A Place In The Sun - MM admired Elizabeth Taylor's performance) 171) The Mark Of The Warrior by Paul Scott 172) The Dancing Bear by Edzard Schaper 173) Miracle In The Rain by Ben Hecht (co-author of MM's autobiography) 174) The Guide by R.K. Narayan 175) Blow Up A Storm by Garson Kanin (later wrote screenplay 'Moviola', featurning an MM-based character) 176) Jonathan by Russell O'Neill 177) Fowlers End by Gerald Kersh 178) Hurricane Season by Ralph Winnett 179) The un-Americans by Alvah Bessie (later wrote The Symbol, a novel loosely based on MM's life) 180) The Devil's Advocate by Morris L. West 181) On Such A Night by Anthony Quayle 182) Say You Never Saw Me by Arthur Nesbitt This post has been edited by Tara: Nov 20 2006, 11:46 AM |
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ellen![]() Posts: 1 464 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 4-May 05 ![]() |
(IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/clapping.gif) thanks tara
tara as a pro (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/thumbup1.gif) which would you recommend please ? (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) This post has been edited by ellen: Nov 20 2006, 11:47 AM |
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Newbie![]() Posts: 13 Gender: ![]() Real Name: - Joined: 17-November 06 ![]() |
Tara (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/worshippy.gif) I thought having a scanner would probably lessen your work but since you are coping well with the typing, keep it up! (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/thumbup1.gif)
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♥ Appleblossom ♥![]() Posts: 3 998 From: Finland Gender: ![]() Real Name: Sirkku Joined: 4-August 02 ![]() |
Tara, thank you so much for this list! (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/clapping.gif)
Do you mind if I put that list on my website? I think people might be interested in it (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/smile1.gif) |
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
QUOTE(Paju @ Nov 20 2006, 03:38 PM) [snapback]120433[/snapback] Tara, thank you so much for this list! (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/clapping.gif) Do you mind if I put that list on my website? I think people might be interested in it (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/smile1.gif) Please do Paju, that's a great idea! QUOTE(ellen @ Nov 20 2006, 10:46 AM) [snapback]120413[/snapback] (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/clapping.gif) thanks tara tara as a pro (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/thumbup1.gif) which would you recommend please ? (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Great idea Ellen - when I've finished writing them all up, I'll make a list of my 'picks'! (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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ellen![]() Posts: 1 464 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 4-May 05 ![]() |
yaaaay!!!! thanks tara (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/marilynbybrandon_190.gif) will that list be here or on a new topic? (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)
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Glittering Mist![]() Posts: 6 651 From: England Gender: ![]() Joined: 11-August 04 ![]() |
Literature, Ctd.
183) All The Naked Heroes by Alan Kapener 184) Jeremy Todd by Hamilton Maule 185) Miss America by Daniel Stren 186) Fever In The Blood by William Pearson 187) Spartacus by Howard Fast 188) Venetian Red by L.M. Pasinetti 189) A Cup Of Tea For Mr Thorgill by Storm Jameson 190) Six O'Clock Casual by Henry W. Cune 191) Mischief by Charlotte Armstrong (the movie 'Don't Bother To Knock' was based on this novel) 192) The Gingko Tree by Sheelagh Burns 193) The Mountain Road by Theodore H. White 194) Three Circles Of Light by Pietro Di Donato 195) The Day The Money Stopped by Brendan Gill 196) The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins (Hollywood-set bestseller, featuring a Jean Harlow-based character, Rina Marlowe. Marilyn's secretary, Margerie Stengel, recalls that Marilyn was reading a Robbins novel in her New York apartment in 1961.) 197-198) Justine by Lawrence Durrell (2 editions, possibly read during filming of The Misfits) 199) Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell 200) Brighton Rock by Graham Greene 201) The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad 202) The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett 203) Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog by Dylan Thomas (Marilyn met Thomas in Shelley Winters' apartment circa 1951) 204) Hear Us O Lord From Heaven Thy Dwelling Place, by Malcolm Lowry Modern Library 205) The Sound And The Fury/As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner 206) God's Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell 207) Anna Christie/The Emperor Jones/The Hairy Ape by Eugene O'Neill (Marilyn played Anna in a scene performed at the Actor's Studio in 1956) 208) The Philosophy Of Schopenhauer by Irwin Edman 209) The Philosophy Of Spinoza by Joseph Ratner 210) The Dubliners by James Joyce 211) Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson 212) The Collected Short Stories by Dorothy Parker (Friend of Marilyn's, lived nearby her Doheny Drive apartment in 1961) 213) Selected Works by Alexander Pope 214) The Red And The Black by Stendhal 215) The Life Of Michelangelo by John Addington 216) Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham (Niagara director Henry Hathaway wanted to film this with MM and James Dean. It was eventually made with Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey.) 217) Three Famous French Romances (W. Somerset Maugham?) 218) Napoleon by Emil Ludwig 219) Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (a second copy?) 220) The Poems And Fairy-Tales by Oscar Wilde 221) Alice's Adventures In Wonderland/Through The Looking Glass/The Hunting Of The Snark, by Lewis Carroll 222) A High Wind In Jamaica by Richard Hughes 223) An Anthology Of American Negro Literature, ed. Sylvestre C. Watkins QUOTE(ellen @ Nov 20 2006, 07:48 PM) [snapback]120455[/snapback] yaaaay!!!! thanks tara (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/marilynbybrandon_190.gif) will that list be here or on a new topic? (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) I'll probably write it here Ellen (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) |
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