 This Can't Be..., (or can it?) |
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 Jan 22 2012, 06:42 PM
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Marilyn nut Posts: 55 From: Arizona Gender:  Real Name: Marcy Joined: 12-August 11  |
Having a debate with a friend (& relatively new fan)... I say nope, definitely not.
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Jan 22 2012, 08:18 PM
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Glittering Mist Posts: 6 524 From: England Gender: Joined: 11-August 04 |
I don't think the girl in the photo looks like Marilyn, but the strange thing is it was published in a couple of magazine articles about MM in 1953, including one with pictures of her by Anthony Beauchamp.
http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/ind...st&p=201267
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Jan 22 2012, 09:29 PM
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Marilyn nut Posts: 55 From: Arizona Gender: Real Name: Marcy Joined: 12-August 11 |
Thank you Tara for including that link to the previous thread, I'd not seen it before and thanks also for the Anthony Beauchamp article on your website, very lovely photos with intriguing & insightful writing.
I don't think it looks like Marilyn, at all! The eyes and eyebrows are not right (the inside part of Marilyn's eyebrows, over the nose, were closer together), Marilyn's nostrils were slightly more narrow than the lady in the photograph, her mouth and hands look wrong too. I really don't think the angle of the model in the picture has anything to do with the fact that it just doesn't seem to be Marilyn. She looks a lot like an actress I've seen in a few movies from the 40s-50s, but I just can't remember her name. |
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Jan 23 2012, 12:17 AM
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Everlasting Star Posts: 1 603 From: Puerto Rico Gender:  Real Name: Prince Nicolas aka Nicky Joined: 15-August 02 |
When you place a mirror on a flat lets say table and look into it your face drops thats why Marilyn looks like that I do it to my friends all the time we just crack up laughing
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Jan 23 2012, 10:05 PM
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Marilyn nut Posts: 55 From: Arizona Gender: Real Name: Marcy Joined: 12-August 11 |
I'm going to stick with my 'It's not Marilyn' opinion... if you place a mirror on a flat surface and look down into it, wouldn't the eyebrows then appear to be closer together, if everything's falling forward?
I think that image was included in the article about Anthony Beauchamp just as an example of his photographic work... in the caption of the image within the article it states "... (keep the rug and the model, of course)..." if that actually was Marilyn, wouldn't it make sense to name her specifically as the 'model'? |
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Jan 24 2012, 12:50 AM
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Everlasting Star Posts: 2 601 Gender: Joined: 23-September 03 |
I don't see it as MM either. The eyebrows aren't curved, as MM's were and distinct. The eyes are the giveaway. And the fingernails are cut. MM had long fingernails as we know.
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Jan 24 2012, 12:53 AM
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Roly's Bird. Posts: 1 104 From: United Kingdom Gender: Real Name: Becky Joined: 20-June 07 |
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Jan 24 2012, 01:56 PM
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Ultimate fan Posts: 972 From: PARIS Gender: Real Name: ERIC Joined: 28-November 09 |
Not Marilyn for me
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Jan 24 2012, 06:59 PM
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The light descends from nowhere Posts: 2 081 From: POLAND Gender: Real Name: magdalena Joined: 12-August 06 |
I don't think it's her. she wore her hair parted in the opposite way- on the left side....or m i confused because of the mirror?
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Jan 25 2012, 04:00 AM
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Everlasting Star Posts: 1 069 From: East Coast USA Gender: Real Name: Tony D Joined: 12-July 06 |
QUOTE(magda24 @ Jan 24 2012, 12:59 PM)  I don't think it's her. she wore her hair parted in the opposite way- on the left side....or m i confused because of the mirror? Yes, you are correct. Funny that no one else picked up on that. Good call! I am certain it's not her. A mislabeled picture. |
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Jan 25 2012, 04:30 AM
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Everlasting Star Posts: 2 601 Gender: Joined: 23-September 03 |
QUOTE(nicky62 @ Jan 22 2012, 03:17 PM) When you place a mirror on a flat lets say table and look into it your face drops thats why Marilyn looks like that I do it to my friends all the time we just crack up laughing Yes, Nicky mentioned the mirror effect. And the girl does hang her hair over her left eye, opposite of MM's. So it's obviously not her. This post has been edited by meganmarilyn: Jan 25 2012, 04:33 AM |
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Jan 28 2012, 06:10 PM
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Marilyn nut Posts: 55 From: Arizona Gender: Real Name: Marcy Joined: 12-August 11 |
Thank you all for responding (ever so). (IMG:http://www.everlasting-star.net/boards/style_emoticons/default/marilynbybrandon_190.gif)
I've been watching a lot of classic movies (30s, 40s and 50s) lately and keeping an eye out for the model in the photo... I'm pretty sure I've seen her before and if I ever figure it out, I'll follow up and post her name. Thank you again! |
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