A Marilyn Monroe archive of Hollywood candid photos from the 1950s taken by Darlene Hammond
A group of 27 photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken by Darlene Hammond (likely printed in the 1980s), from the original negatives, of Monroe at various events in Hollywood at the height of her career. We see Marilyn at the premiere of How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), a vision in white, hobnobbing with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Robert Mitchum, and others; Marilyn behind-the-scenes of the St. Jude Children's Hospital benefit at the Hollywood Bowl in 1953; and Marilyn with stars such as Jack Benny, Donald O'Connor, and others. Marilyn's natural charisma shines through in these incredible candids taken by one of Hollywood's most talented photographers.
8 x 10 in.
Footnotes:
From the 1950s through the early 1980s, there was rarely a Hollywood event at which photographer Darlene Hammond was not present, capturing the glamorous yet candid moments of the Golden Age of Hollywood and witnessing with her lens the changes that took over Hollywood in the late 1960s and beyond. A woman ahead of her time, Darlene was one of the few female photographers during these formative years in the film industry. Darlene's work appeared in national magazines such as Life, People, The National Enquirer, and in hundreds of movie magazines from the 1950s through the '70s. Her ability to catch just the right moments in both the private and public lives of her celebrity subjects, which included Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, and every other major star of the Golden Age, makes Darlene Hammond's photographs some of the most unique and vibrant in Hollywood history.