Rare Historical Photos

Bill Mason while working for the Shell Motor Company's film unit assembled an impressive series of documentaries that trace the history of motor racing. The first film shows the early years as Panhards raced against Mercedes.<br/>The German Kaiser showed up at the races. The French Grand Prix with Lancia, Fiat, Renault and Hotchkiss squaring off. Talbot races Delage at Brooklands. Accidents abound. George Boillot becomes a star. And Grand Prix racing attract huge crowds<br/><br/><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HpgyahLcm2M" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>

<h1><span id="wGlmmvrv12"><span class="ui_content_title ui_content_title--default ui_content_title--large"><span class="ui_qtext_rendered_qtext">What was Arthur Miller's marriage to Marilyn Monroe like?</span></span></span></h1><br/><span class="ui_qtext_rendered_qtext">She apparently saw a father figure in him and besides wanting to be loved and appreciated, also wanted him to help lift her out of the "dumb blonde" category.  As the son of an immigrant, Miller probably saw himself gaining a lift in status too by marrying a beautiful all-American star.  However, one day she peeped into his diary and saw to her mortification that he did think of her, at least sometimes, as a dumb and even irritating blonde.  The marriage was collapsing even as Miller was working on Marilyn's finest film, <i>The Misfits.  </i>He failed to write Marilyn out of his system with that project, though, and Marilyn figures kept reappearing in his subsequent works, none of which matched the quality of his pre-Marilyn writing.</span><br/><br/>So in the end, Miller and Monroe kind of shattered one another, or at least contributed to the shattering<br/><br/><img alt="" class="wp-image-16425 alignnone" height="405" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MM-1-300x234.jpg" width="519" /><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16426 alignnone" height="392" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MM-2-300x234.jpg" width="503" /><br/><br/><!--nextpage--><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-16427" height="397" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MM-3-300x234.jpg" width="510" /><img alt="" class="alignnone wp-image-16428" height="397" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MM-4-300x234.jpg" width="510" /><br/><br/><!--nextpage--><img alt="" class=" wp-image-16429 aligncenter" height="571" src="http://oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MM-5-300x234.jpg" width="732" />

[caption id="attachment_15043" align="aligncenter" width="500"]<img alt="Marilyn" class="size-full wp-image-15043" height="489" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mmm.jpg" width="500" /> Marilyn[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15044" align="aligncenter" width="540"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe" class="size-full wp-image-15044" height="680" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe.jpg" width="540" /> Marilyn Monroe[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15045" align="aligncenter" width="528"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe photographed by Laszlo Willinger, c. 1948." class="size-full wp-image-15045" height="738" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-photographed-by-Laszlo-Willinger-c.-1948..jpg" width="528" /> Marilyn Monroe photographed by Laszlo Willinger, c. 1948.[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15046" align="aligncenter" width="537"]<img alt="Marilyn " class="size-full wp-image-15046" height="810" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-vhh.jpg" width="537" /> Marilyn[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15047" align="aligncenter" width="365"]<img alt="Marilyn " class="size-full wp-image-15047" height="810" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mm.jpg" width="365" /> Marilyn[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15048" align="aligncenter" width="480"]<img alt="Marilyn in the movie Something's Got to Give (her last film)" class="size-full wp-image-15048" height="422" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-in-the-movie-Somethings-Got-to-Give-her-last-film.jpg" width="480" /> Marilyn in the movie Something's Got to Give (her last film)[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15049" align="aligncenter" width="292"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe photographed by Lawrence Schiller on the set of Something’s Got to Give ~ 1962" class="size-full wp-image-15049" height="395" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-photographed-by-Lawrence-Schiller-on-the-set-of-Something’s-Got-to-Give-1962.jpg" width="292" /> Marilyn Monroe photographed by Lawrence Schiller on the set of Something’s Got to Give ~ 1962[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15050" align="aligncenter" width="511"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe photographed by Laszlo Willinger." class="size-full wp-image-15050" height="673" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-photographed-by-Laszlo-Willinger..jpg" width="511" /> Marilyn Monroe photographed by Laszlo Willinger.[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15052" align="aligncenter" width="736"]<img alt="MM in London, 1957" class="size-full wp-image-15052" height="939" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MM-in-London-1957.jpg" width="736" /> MM in London, 1957[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15053" align="aligncenter" width="540"]<img alt="Marilyn supports the March of Dimes in January 1958." class="size-full wp-image-15053" height="688" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-supports-the-March-of-Dimes-in-January-1958..jpg" width="540" /> Marilyn supports the March of Dimes in January 1958.[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15054" align="aligncenter" width="471"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe, 1952" class="size-full wp-image-15054" height="640" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-1952.jpg" width="471" /> Marilyn Monroe, 1952[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15055" align="aligncenter" width="500"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold" class="size-full wp-image-15055" height="629" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-by-Eve-Arnold.jpg" width="500" /> Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15056" align="aligncenter" width="539"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe carrying two dachshunds." class="size-full wp-image-15056" height="810" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-carrying-two-dachshunds..jpg" width="539" /> Marilyn Monroe carrying two dachshunds.[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15058" align="aligncenter" width="540"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe posing for River of No Return, 1954" class="size-full wp-image-15058" height="762" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-posing-for-River-of-No-Return-19541.jpg" width="540" /> Marilyn Monroe posing for River of No Return, 1954[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15059" align="aligncenter" width="500"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe, 1950s." class="size-full wp-image-15059" height="626" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-1950s..jpg" width="500" /> Marilyn Monroe, 1950s.[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15060" align="aligncenter" width="502"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe on Crutches and one High Heel" class="size-full wp-image-15060" height="960" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-on-Crutches-and-one-High-Heel.jpg" width="502" /> Marilyn Monroe on Crutches and one High Heel[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15061" align="aligncenter" width="522"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny during rehearsal for The Jack Benny Show, 1953" class="size-full wp-image-15061" height="705" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-and-Jack-Benny-during-rehearsal-for-The-Jack-Benny-Show-1953.jpg" width="522" /> Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny during rehearsal for The Jack Benny Show, 1953[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15062" align="aligncenter" width="500"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe by Andre De Dienes" class="size-full wp-image-15062" height="658" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-by-Andre-De-Dienes.jpg" width="500" /> Marilyn Monroe by Andre De Dienes[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15063" align="aligncenter" width="555"]<img alt="Marilyn Monroe in a funhouse mirror" class="size-full wp-image-15063" height="640" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn-Monroe-in-a-funhouse-mirror.jpg" width="555" /> Marilyn Monroe in a funhouse mirror[/caption]<br/><br/><!--nextpage--><br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_15064" align="aligncenter" width="406"]<img alt="Marilyn" class="size-full wp-image-15064" height="600" src="http://www.oldpicsarchive.online/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Marilyn.jpg" width="406" /> Marilyn[/caption]