Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Her Photographs

Barris, George

Biographies & Memoirs

Headline

Holy kustom kars Batman! Crazy creations designed and built by George Barris for movies and TV are brought to life in this book. See them all - the Flintmobile, the Munster's Coach, the Batmobile, the Beverly Hillbillys' jalopy and more of the best customs ever to hit Hollywood. Fetherston reveals how each vehicle was built and provides an outline of each movie/TV show and the car related to the story.

Barris TV & Movie Cars

Engineering & Transportation

Fetherston, David

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

Barris Hot Rods 2000

Gingerelli, Dain

Here is a showcase of George Barris' hot rods and custom cars created during the swingin' 1960s. It contains photos from Barris' gold mine of archival color and black-and-white photography. George Barris remains the most visible and popular hot-rod and custom-car builder. His museums, and cars and special exhibits at car shows continue to draw attention. He is a hot-rod legend. This book picks up where the first Barris book, Barris Kustoms of the 1950s, ended. In the 1960s, Barris was becoming more involved with Hollywood movie and TV studios, but he still designed and built numerous hot rods and custom cars. Several of these won the "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" award at the Oakland Roadster Show.

Barris: Kustoms of the 1960s

History

Americas

The "King of Kustomizers" brings his legendary creations front and center in this dynamic and colorful coffee table book which highlights his most innovative and original works. Beginning with his fruitful partnership with his brother, Sam, this volume delivers a nostalgic look back at the customizing scene of yesteryear. The Big Book of Barris showcases the very best hot rods, motorcycles, pickup trucks, boats, and more from Barris Kustom Kars, the famous custom shop that influenced so many builders. Take a revealing look back at his leading edge designs!

The Big Book of Barris

Since the 1960s, George Barris has been one of the world’s most famous car customizers, creating countless one-of-a-kind custom rides out of his North Hollywood shop. Given Barris’s proximity to Tinseltown, it was only natural that when the world’s most famous Hollywood celebrities wanted to have their cars customized, they turned to George. Barris Cars of the Stars features rare images of Barris with his celebrity clients and the custom cars he built for them, along with commentary and stories from the King of Kustomizers himself. Featured celebrities include such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, John Travolta, Sammy Davis Jr., Farrah Fawcett, Bo Derek, Ann-Margret, Neil Diamond, the Beach Boys, and many others.

Barris Cars of the Stars

Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words : Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words

Arts & Literature

Dove Entertainment Inc

In 1962 until her death in August of the same year, George Barris worked with Marilyn Monroe on collecting information for a biography. After thirty years, the conversations and the photographs taken during the last months of her life are published for the first time.

Marilyn-Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Citadel Pr

Fulfilling Marilyn Monroe's dream of putting together a picture book-autobiography, the author, a personal friend of Marilyn's, provides a fascinating glimpse into her life, in this stunning tribute to one of America's most beloved celebrities, who would have been seventy-five years old on June 1, 2001. Reprint.

Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words : Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs

"You Are The First One I'm Telling This To. I'll Tell You All. . ." No one looked like her. No one walked like her. No one talked like her. Sexy yet vulnerable, and unexpectedly talented, she was no ordinary screen goddess. Few really knew her. What others wrote, she called "Lies! Lies! Lies!" Here, at last, is Marilyn Monroe's account, in her own singular voice. It was June 1, 1962, her thirty-sixth birthday. Famed photographer and reporter George Barris had come to see Marilyn on the set of what would be her final, unfinished, film. They had met eight years earlier, became friends, and planned to do a picture book and autobiography. Now the time was right. For the next six weeks Barris photographed and interviewed the actress. "Don't believe anything you read about me except this. . ." she told Barris. And so she began to confide the truth about herself. Barris last talked to Marilyn on August 3, less than twenty-four hours before she was found dead in her apartment. At their last meeting, she was effervescent and eager to embrace life. "I feel I'm just getting started," she said. Barris firmly believes that murder, not suicide, caused Marilyn's untimely end and he could not bring himself to publish her thoughts or the haunting photos of that summer--until now. Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words is a candid memoir enhanced by 150 black-and-white and color photos, many never before published. A highlight is "The Last Photo Shoot" where Marilyn appears luminous without makeup on the beach at Santa Monica and in a North Hollywood house. This moving book brings Marilyn Monroe back--beautiful, flirtatious, and sweet as a first kiss--for one rare and radiant farewell. George Barris has worked as a photojournalist for many of the country's major magazines, from Life to Cosmopolitan. He is the co-author (with Gloria Steinem) of Marilyn-Norma Jean, and contributed to Norman Mailer's book, Marilyn. He lives in California.

Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs

Citadel

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