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Now here is real unique Marilyn book. Mr. Kidder has amassed quite a collection of magazines that feature Marilyn on the cover. His love of this type of collectible inspired him to create a book that feature rare Marilyn covers. I think this is a fabulous idea since most of us would never otherwise have a chance to see them. There are lots of photos that were used on magazine covers and never published again so it is real treat to get to see them now. The good thing about this book is Mr. Kidder did not use the more popular magazines (Life, Modern Screen, etc) that you can find on Ebay at any given time. Instead, he went for much rarer mags and foreign issued ones as well. He also gives you an estimate on what each magazine is worth. You can currently get a re-issue of this book through Amazon... |
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BOOK REVIEW BY DAVID MARSHALL Even though today is December 14,
there’s still a wee bit o’ time to place this one on your Christmas wish
list. If you’re like me then you like Marilyn Monroe in pretty much any shape
or form. So what a great idea to devote an entire book to Marilyn’s magazine
covers-- not only is the book 158 pages of color cover reproductions, this will
give you yet another excuse to spend untold hours at the computer trying to find
new covers to collect-- and who doesn’t need yet another excuse to sit in
front of a computer, mesmerized by the quest to find just one more picture of
Marilyn? The one draw back to the book
would have to be the foreword-- written by none other than Mamie Van Doren. Yep,
the star of such cinematic epics as “Girls, Guns and Gangsters” and
“Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women” picks up her pen and fills us in
on her thoughts on Kidder’s book as well as the woman you know darn well
she’d have given her eyeteeth to be-- Marilyn Monroe. To be completely honest,
the foreword is rather sweet but if it were up to me, the names Van Doren,
Mansfield and Carman would never be uttered in the same breath as Monroe. But that’s not the reason
you’d want to own the book. That reason would be the page after page of great
color reproductions of just a sampling of the billion and two magazine covers
Marilyn appeared on in her all too brief career. From the very Norma Jeane as
Model start to the final Marilyn Monroe as the Ultimate Movie Star, “Cover to
Cover” provides a chronological review of that wonderfully expressive,
incredibly beautiful face, month after month, year after year. And we’re not talking just
American fan magazines. I would imagine Marilyn appeared on the cover of a
magazine from just about every country on the globe and each are represented
here. And if you are as anal as me, another great reason for the book is that
Kidder provides the date of issue on each cover so you can use the book as a
great reference tool once you start your own online collection. Plus-- nearly
every cover has comment by Kidder explaining the significance of the photo or
better yet, a quote from Marilyn herself. I tell you, this is the type of
book that will make those who don’t quite get why you’re so enthralled by
this woman roll their eyes and treat you very condescendingly. But really, at
this point-- who cares what they think as long as they buy it for you for
Christmas? And while they’re chuckling under their breath at how obsessed
you’ve become, you can ignore them completely and just go page by page
indulging yourself. And that’s a GREAT Christmas gift in my opinion! |
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