Marilyn Monroe Valentines

February 14th is finally here!

Today I bring you some gorgeous vintage photos of the lovely Marilyn Monroe as a young starlet. Her studio (usually 20th Century Fox) always had Marilyn working over-time taking plenty of publicity photos. These would be used in pin-up magazines and calendars, often circulated among GI's returning from World War II or stationed in Korea. Pin-up images like these made Marilyn the favorite among the servicemen, and actually earned her the title of "Pin-up Cheesecake Queen" in 1952!

Below are a selection of photos from Marilyn's various "cheesecake" pin-up shoots for Valentine's Day, from 1947 through 1952. Enjoy!












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^Marilyn posing as a sexy Cupid on the beach




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Have a lovely Valentine's Day!

xoxo

Marilyn: Retro Summer

As you may or may not know, I've been a Marilyn Monroe-addict/obsessor since I was about five years old. I can't get enough! For over 20 years now, I've read nearly every book I can find on her. In college I even wrote my thesis on her a few years back. I find her adorable and completely fascinating, both inside and out. For over 6 years I've ran the largest fan blog on LiveJournal dedicated to MM, and I keep most of my Marilyn-info on that page. But on this blog I think I will still have to put up the occasional bit of MM eye-candy or interesting facts.
Today I'm feeling a little blue that summer is ending next week, and I wanted to put up some summer-time photos of Marilyn that will keep the season going for a few more days.

Enjoy.