{"id":2633,"date":"2008-06-07T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-07T22:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/06\/sitwell-and-monroe\/"},"modified":"2008-06-07T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-07T22:32:00","slug":"sitwell-and-monroe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/06\/sitwell-and-monroe.html","title":{"rendered":"Sitwell and Monroe"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SEtE2hjl99I\/AAAAAAAABkE\/YM68oM0RmLM\/s1600-h\/Edith+and+Marilyn.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/SEtE2hjl99I\/AAAAAAAABkE\/YM68oM0RmLM\/s320\/Edith+and+Marilyn.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Here\u2019s Marilyn Monroe with Dame Edith Sitwell.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>I\u2019m always amused when celebrities from different worlds meet. Did you know T.S.Eliot carried on a correspondence with Groucho Marx? They were mutual fans.\u00a0\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When they met in London they discussed cigars, cats and jokes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Evelyn Waugh was also friends with Edith Sitwell, and stood as godfather at her reception into the Catholic Church. In the congregation was a young Alec (Obi Wan) Guinness, who would be received into the church the same year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Do any of you know of other incongruous celebrity friendships?\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s Marilyn Monroe with Dame Edith Sitwell. I\u2019m always amused when celebrities from different worlds meet. Did you know T.S.Eliot carried on a correspondence with Groucho Marx? They were mutual fans.\u00a0 When they met in London they discussed cigars, cats and jokes. 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