Hotel del Coronado debuts Marilyn Monroe exhibit for her 100th birthday

Monday would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, and the Hotel del Coronado, which served as a backdrop for one of her most well-known films, is memorializing the iconic actress with a new limited-time exhibit and audio tour.

Hotel del Coronado debuts Marilyn Monroe exhibit for her 100th birthday. Monday would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday, and the Hotel del Coronado, which served as a backdrop for one of her most well-known films, is memorializing the iconic actress with a new limited-time exhibit and audio tour. Running May 30 through July 31, “Marilyn Monroe: The Defining Roles,” examines Monroe’s film career, and features the work of photojournalist Lawrence Schiller. The photographer, who also photographed the likes of Paul Newman, Lee Harvey Oswald, Muhammad Ali and Barbra Streisand, grew up in La Jolla and Pacific Beach and attended La Jolla High School. At a visit to the exhibit Friday, Schiller explained that, while he took the photos on display at the exhibit, Monroe’s own expertise and artistic vision factored in to how she was captured...