Marilyn Monroe

REALTORS IN L.A. ARE NOW SELLING VALUABLE SPACE IN THE CEMETERY

Real estate in Los Angeles remains flat except for a tiny pocket of properties located in Westwood. Pierce Brothers Memorial Park cemetery- to be exact. This is where Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, and Burt Lancaster etc. currently reside and the neighborhood is in high demand. A crypt located above Marilyn Monroe’s was rumored to have sold for 4.6 million. Realtor Henry Keleman is representing a client offering a crypt next to Truman Capote – around 30 feet from Marilyn – for $100,000. There are very few – if any- spaces left, says Henry “It’s a matter of supply and demand.”

By Janet / June 28, 2011

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DEBBIE REYNOLDS WAVES GOODBYE TO A LIFETIME COLLECTION, BUT SHE’S IN THE MONEY NOW!

Debbie Reynolds’ Hollywood costume auction this weekend was a roller coaster of emotional ups and downs. It was nice to see Debbie solving her financial problems after being robbed blind by not one, but two good-for-nothing husbands. But it was undeniably sad to see her dream of opening a Hollywood museum go up in smoke. She acquired most of her massive collection at the big MGM sale around 40 years ago and has been storing and caring for them ever since. Sadder still is the fact that most of the collectibles were purchased by foreigners and will be taken out of the country. A Saudi Arabian voice on the phone paid 4.6 million for Marilyn Monroe’s white “Seven Year Itch” subway dress. A man from a Japanese museum quietly purchased Judy Garland’s “Wizard of Oz” dress and ruby sequin slippers for $910,000 and $510,000. One of our personal favorites- Joan Crawford’s waitress uniform from “Mildred Pierce” only pulled in $22,500- maybe THAT will stay in the US.

By Janet / June 19, 2011

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MARILYN MONROE AND JOE DIMAGGIO IN THEIR COURTING DAYS

Photo: Reuters

Just when you thought you’ve seen every photo ever taken of Marilyn Monroe, along comes another book of exclusive pictures. It’s called Marilyn: August 1953 and the pictures were all taken for Look magazine while 27 year old Marilyn was filming “The River of No Return” with Robert Mitchum and Rory Calhoun in Alberta, Canada. Baseball hero Joe DiMaggio visited her on location and Marilyn looks sweet and a little shy in their photo. They got married the following year.

By Janet / September 26, 2010

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WHAT IF MARILYN MONROE’S DOG WROTE A MEMOIR?

Somehow we can’t picture Angelina Jolie playing Marilyn Monroe, but she’s got the part in an upcoming movie, according to writer Andrew O’Hagen. He wrote the book “The Life And Opinions Of Maf The Dog, And Of His Friend Marilyn Monroe.” It’s about the last two years in Marilyn’s life, told from the point of view of her Maltese Maf (short for “Mafia”) – the pooch that was given to Monroe by her friend Frank Sinatra. The author says George Clooney will play Sinatra. Maf had an exciting life – he encountered JFK and went with Marilyn to acting classes and restaurants. When Marilyn died, Sinatra’s secretary adopted Maf.

By Janet / August 16, 2010

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MICKEY FINE PHARMACY NEVER TURNED DOWN A CELEBRITY

Mickey Fine, the pharmacy in Beverly Hills being investigated for providing drugs to celebrities with fake names, has been serving their elite clientele for many years. We spoke to a former employee who told us that doctors in the medical building battled for Michael Jackson’s business and they got loads of prescriptions for Michael under different names like “Mr London.” All the employees wanted to deliver to the Jackson house because they always got at least a $40 tip. This is the same drugstore that back in the day, created RECTAL sleeping pills for Dean Martin because he always messed up his dosage. (It’s easier to remember putting a pill in your butt than swallowing it.) Ironically, they were preparing the same prescription for Marilyn Monroe right before she died after injesting too many sleeping pills. (Hey, that guy walking out of Mickey’s looks familiar)

By Janet / September 3, 2009

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Marilyn Monroe Thanks for the Memories

YOU CAN SPEND ETERNITY ON TOP OF MARILYN MONROE FOR THE RIGHT PRICE

Photo Credit: Pacific Coast News

Here’s an opportunity that doesn’t come along very often. The crypt directly above Marilyn Monroe’s final resting place at the Westwood Village cemetery is now for sale for $500,000. Right now it’s occupied by a deceased man named Richard Poncher, but his wife Elsie has decided to move his remains and sell the precious location on eBay to help pay off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home. Ironically, Richard’s crypt is engraved “To The Man Who Gave Us Everything And More.” It’s rumored that the crypt was once owned by Joe Dimaggio.

By Janet / August 14, 2009

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WHO'S THAT GIRL? IS IT MARILYN MONROE OR MADONNA?

Remember that excited guy in Las Vegas who announced that he had stumbled upon what he thought was a very rare nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe? His name is Lawrence Nicastro, he’s 73, and he invited reporters to take a look at the poster size picture. He figured it was taken when Monroe filmed The Misfits in Las Vegas in 1960 and he found it in a box stored in someone’s garage. He was SO embarrassed when a newsman pointed out that it was actually Madonna! It was the nude hitchhiking picture that Steven Meisel snapped for her Sex book in 1992. Madonna must be flattered, but she might not be thrilled to see this photo plastered all over the internet again because of her kids. Which is worse, mother hitchhiking nude or smoking a cigarette?

By hoodlum / February 21, 2008

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