Forest Hill businessman James (Jamie) Salter, whose wife Cheryl is a Homfront customer, has recently purchased the rights to Marilyn Monroe. This means that he has the rights to the name and images in creating new products and he apparently plans to be very selective in what he produces. His company Authentic Brands group also owns Halston and Bob Marley. Authentic brands, is shopping a reality show based on Monroe, who has been dead almost 50 years, and plans to sell makeup, lingerie and other products that carry her name. It's a fascinating business. Millions of people remember Marylin Monroe and about that many have a Monroe story. Me too. In 1959 Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot was premiering at the Loews theatre at 53rd and Lexington (the same location that Marilyn shot her famous billowing dress scene over the subway grate four years earlier). The huge crowds drew me in and as I watched there she was stepping from a limousine. The lights went on and camera popped as she stepped out on the arm of her husband Arthur Miller. Her captivating luminosity was breathtaking. She paused, smiled and engaged her fans in her languorous fashion, signed autographs and slowly moved into the theatre for the premier. Fifty years later that scene is still fresh -- Trish
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Marilyn Monroe rights go to Jamie Salter
Forest Hill businessman James (Jamie) Salter, whose wife Cheryl is a Homfront customer, has recently purchased the rights to Marilyn Monroe. This means that he has the rights to the name and images in creating new products and he apparently plans to be very selective in what he produces. His company Authentic Brands group also owns Halston and Bob Marley. Authentic brands, is shopping a reality show based on Monroe, who has been dead almost 50 years, and plans to sell makeup, lingerie and other products that carry her name. It's a fascinating business. Millions of people remember Marylin Monroe and about that many have a Monroe story. Me too. In 1959 Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot was premiering at the Loews theatre at 53rd and Lexington (the same location that Marilyn shot her famous billowing dress scene over the subway grate four years earlier). The huge crowds drew me in and as I watched there she was stepping from a limousine. The lights went on and camera popped as she stepped out on the arm of her husband Arthur Miller. Her captivating luminosity was breathtaking. She paused, smiled and engaged her fans in her languorous fashion, signed autographs and slowly moved into the theatre for the premier. Fifty years later that scene is still fresh -- Trish
