Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962), American actress, authentic, vintage, unsigned 8 x 10 glossy black and white photograph. A true icon - actress, model, singer and sex symbol - who made her lasting mark on Hollywood over the course of the 1950s and 1960s. Her cinematic repertoire includes such classics as "The Asphalt Jungle," "Niagara," "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," "How to Marry a Millionaire," "The Seven Year Itch," "Bus Stop" and "Some Like It Hot." Although the final years of her life were plagued with personal issues and controversy surrounding her alleged "suicide," Monroe is remembered as a quintessential sex symbol, her image still lending inspiration to modern-day art and culture.

This exceptional assortment of thirty black and white movie stills, each image harkening to Monroe's illustrious decade and a half on the silver screen, traces the blonde-bombshell from her early days in films like "Dangerous Years" (1947), "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" (1948), "Ladies of the Chorus" (1948), "Love Happy" (1949), "All About Eve" (1950) and "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), continuing on to showcase Monroe in her first leading role in the 1952 drama, "Don't Bother to Knock" and her subsequent hits, including "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953), "Niagara" (1953), "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" (1955), "Bus Stop" (1956), "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957), "Some Like It Hot" (1959), "Let's Make Love" and her final movie, starring alongside Clark Gable in his final film appearance in the 1961 drama, "The Misfits. Also included is a still from the 1963 20th Century Fox career retrospective narrated by Rock Hudson, "Marilyn."

Exhibiting the expected creasing, pin and staple holes from previous mounting, and other surface abrasions, collection ranges from good to fine condition.