In which Marilyn Monroe gives good leg. Our favorite blonde bombshell publicizing The Seven Year Itch (1955) and showing off the world’s most perfect set of pins. On the set of Love Nest (1951). How does one get that person’s job? Asking for a friend. Giving Cary Grant a glimpse of her jaw-dropping legs in … Continue reading Marilyn Monday
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Marilyn Monday
If Marilyn in her lingerie blissing out to books and records isn’t the mood, then I don’t know what is. Good lord, bibliophiles and audiophiles everywhere are clutching their hearts and dying the very best deaths. See what I mean about “blissing out”? She looks stoned out of her gourd, or like she just got … Continue reading Marilyn Monday
Marilyn Monday
The color red can signify love, lust, passion, sex, and eroticism, among other intense emotions and experiences. Marilyn Monroe embodied all of those things, no matter what color she wore, but as the Lady in Red she sure always stoked the flames of our hearts with extra intensity. From photographer Milton Greene’s “Red Dress Sitting”—from … Continue reading Marilyn Monday
Marilyn Monday
These pictures of the one and only Marilyn should come with a flammable contents warning. Holy smoke show! How is it possible we never tire of staring at, ogling, and drooling over images of this goddess? ‘Tis not possible, that’s why.
Cheesecake Queen Marilyn Monroe
It likely comes as no surprise to anyone, but cheesecake is the official dessert of the Starfire Lounge. There is no decadent sweet treat I love more than cheesecake, plus it’s long been used to as a shorthand for sexy pinup modeling, which we’ve been known to feature here at the Lounge here and there, … Continue reading Cheesecake Queen Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monday
This Monday, let’s travel back in time to Madison Square Garden in New York City, 1955, when Marilyn Monroe stole the show at a charity event for Arthritis and Rheumatism, hosted by the Ringling Bros. Circus. Getting in the circus spirit, Marilyn straddled an enormous elephant and waved at the adoring crowd. She was game … Continue reading Marilyn Monday
Marilyn Monday
It’s Monday, so how about some more Marilyn Monroe to ease us all on down the road this week? Saturday would also have been Marilyn’s 98th birthday, so she’s well deserving of another visit to the Starfire Lounge. Marilyn’s performer’s outfit in There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) bears a striking resemblance to the … Continue reading Marilyn Monday






