Marilyn Monroe Beaming Down From Heaven About New Beginnings by Greg Schreiner
Marilyn Monroe Beaming Down from Heaven About New Beginnings
by Greg Schreiner
As we start the New Year, always an opportunity for new beginnings, I wanted to share with you a great find that I had at the close of 2020. In the early 1980’s one of my first acquisitions as a costume collector was an orange robe worn by Marilyn Monroe in publicity photos. The photographer was Ernest Bachrach. I was so thrilled to own this robe by my favorite movie star, but the teddy she wore underneath had not come with the robe.
It was only many years later in the 1990’s, that I discovered the underneath teddy was owned by Gene London, a famous collector of movie costumes. Fast forward to December, 2020 and I was finally able to acquire this teddy to complete the outfit. So after 67 years, they are finally back together again. What a wonderful and strange journey these two pieces have had. The robe is chiffon with a beautiful lace adorning the waistline. The same lace is found on the silk teddy as well surrounding the top and bottom of this piece.
Greg Schreiner on left, on right Maurice Zolotow, a famous author of many books including the biography of Marilyn
I can’t tell you how excited I was to finally reunite this two pieces. I can only hope that Marilyn is beaming down from Heaven that they are back together again. For those wanting to see more of my Marilyn collection, please go to www.themarilynmonroesite.com. I have also been president of her fan club , Marilyn Remembered, since 1982. For those looking to find out more about the club or to join at no cost, please go to www.marilynrembered.org.
Please visit Hollywood Revisited - A Tribute in Costume and Song
I own a huge collection of over 500 movie costumes worn by the great stars of the golden age Hollywood and have been asked to feature something special befitting the month of September. I also utilize my costumes in a show, Hollywood Revisited (www.hollywoodrevisited.com).
Hollywood Revisited will be available for viewing in February 2021 in conjunction with Modernism Week in Palm Springs.
Greg Schreiner is the pianist, narrator and producer of Hollywood Revisited. He has appeared on numerous television programs including AMC's Hollywood Fashion Machine, A&E's The Incurable Collector, Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy and The Montel Williams Show. All have featured various movie costumes from his vast personal collection. Some of these costumes are on display at the new Hollywood Museum in Hollywood, California. Mr. Schreiner serves on the piano faculty at Cerritos College and Santa Monica College, has several recordings in release and was composer/performer for the educational television series Masters of the Silent Screen. Greg also is an active participant in the music community of Southern California as the accompanist for the Mansfield Chamber Singers of Beverly Hills. He is also the president of Marilyn Remembered, a club devoted to preserving the memory of Marilyn Monroe. Greg Schreiner is truly a renaissance man!