“Oh, I don’t think so.” “Cheesecake Hasn’t Hurt Acting Career Says Starlet,” Newport Daily News, November 19, 1951.
“I was broke and needed the money.” “Marilyn Monroe Nude Pose Paid Rent,” Long Beach Independent, March 14, 1952.
“If anything, the busty, blond bombshell.” Gerry Fitz-Gerald, “Will Nude Art Hurt? Marilyn Monroe Asks,” Stars and Stripes, May 21, 1952.
“No! I’m for her.” Earl Wilson, “That High-Collar Girl, She’s Hildegarde Neff,” Winona (MN) Republican-Herald, October 17, 1953.
Phil Max arrest. “Marilyn Monroe Pix Brings Cops,” Times-Bulletin, February 20, 1953; “Showing Marilyn Monroe Picture Brings Trouble,” Odessa (TX) American, February 20, 1953; “Nude Calendar Display Results in Fine of $50,” Oil City (PA) Blizzard, February 26, 1953; “A Postcard from Stan Delaplane,” Reno Evening Gazette, May 1, 1957.
“I didn’t think there was anything wrong.” “Marilyn Monroe Gets Publicity, He Gets Fined,” Bakersfield Californian, February 23, 1953.
“[Marilyn’s] going through the same.” Erskine Johnson, “Jane Russell Knows Answer to Marilyn Monroe’s Problem,” Sunday Tribune, March 29, 1953.
Information on Pink Tights. Screenland, May 1954; Twentieth Century Fox Dynamo, December 1953; Film Bulletin, November 2, 1953; Film Bulletin, November 30, 1954.
“I liked his seriousness.” Aline Mosby column, Ames (IA) Daily Tribune, January 15, 1954.
Wedding to Joe DiMaggio. “Marilyn Monroe Marries,” Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, January 15, 1954; “400 See Marilyn Monroe Married,” Northern Whig, January 15, 1954.
“Miss Monroe has authorized me.” “Marilyn Refuses Script,” Aberdeen Evening Press, January 26, 1954.
“My only interest is Joe.” “I Don’t Like the Script, Says Marilyn,” Yorkshire Evening Post, January 30, 1954.
“Too many kids know.” Jack Wade, “The Two Worlds of Marilyn Monroe,” Modern Screen, November 1954.
“Marilyn was very likeable.” Interview with Bob Cornthwaite, March 11, 2006. Published in Michelle Morgan’s Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed (London: Constable and Robinson, 2007).
Marilyn’s being cast in The Seven Year Itch as a reward for returning to the studio has been widely documented in biographies. Her fight with Feldman when it looked as though he would take Itch to another studio was told in Barbara Leaming’s Marilyn Monroe.
“Marilyn Monroe told me.” Mike Connolly, “Hollywood—As I See It,” Screenland, July 1954.
“This was her first triumph.” Jack Wade, “The Two Worlds of Marilyn Monroe,” Modern Screen, November 1954.
The Seven Year Itch play. Theatre World, September 1953; New York Times, November 21, 1952; Tatler and Bystander, June 3, 1953; The Stage, January 22, 1953.
Making of The Seven Year Itch. Hedda Hopper, “Deborah Kerr Held Right for ‘Maverick,’” Los Angeles Times, August 3, 1954; Herbert Mitgang, “Tom Ewell’s Twenty-Year Itch,” New York Times, September 19, 1954; “Marilyn Monroe Ill After Windy Scene,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1954; Fergus Falls (MN) Daily Journal, September 20, 1954; Hedda Hopper, “Tom Ewell Feels Director of ‘Itch’ Up to Scratch,” Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1954.
“She should take about fifteen pounds off her fanny.” Earl Wilson, “On Again, Off Again,” Motion Picture, January 1955.
“I never worked with her.” Randall Riese and Neal Hitchens, The Unabridged Marilyn.
“Everybody worships this gal.” Hedda Hopper, “Powell, Heflin, Sought for ‘Darling Jenny,’” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1954.
“Marilyn Monroe is here.” Walter Winchell column, Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune, September 10, 1954.
“Howled, whistled and applauded” and “Oh, I love it!” Long Beach Press-Telegram, September 18, 1954.
“One of those two is correct.” Pete Martin, “Confessions of Marilyn Monroe: Part Three,” Daily Sketch, June 27, 1956.
“Why should it?” Earl Wilson, “On Again, Off Again,” Motion Picture, January 1955.
“She would slink off by herself.” Richard L. Cox, “The Strange Truth About Marilyn Monroe,” Reynold’s News (UK), October 30, 1955.
“Alive for the first time in days.” “Marilyn, Joe Forget with Work and Golf,” Los Angeles Times, October 8, 1954.
“There was no suggestion,” the comment from Reno Barsocchini, and “A-Bomb. There was no hint.” “Marilyn Seeks Divorce from Joe,” Bridgeport (CT) Telegram, October 5, 1954.
“Often morose baseball-star-with-muscles.” Natasha Lytess, “Marilyn Monroe: Her Secret Life: Part 4,” Sunday People, August 5, 1962.
Tips and expectations of a 1950s housewife. The Doc, “A Little Thought Can Save Your Wife No End of Trouble,” Sunday Post, February 5, 1950.
Qualities of an ideal wife and mother competition. Australian Women’s Weekly, March 23–May 4, 1955.
“Christmas morning she’ll be happier.” “Didn’t I Warn You About Serving Me Bad Coffee?” Daily Mail, December 30, 2012.
Coronet Instructional Films’ Marriage Is a Partnership, 1951. “First Year of Marriage—Learning to Live Together—Love & Marriage, Husband & Wife 1950s,” YouTube video, 16:16, posted by Historia-Bel99TV, August 20, 2014, https://youtu.be/UdFNUlRqDnU.
Survey of 143 newspaper and magazine editors. Gay Pauley, “Readers Want More Hints on Household,” Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1954.
DiMaggio relationship and divorce. “The Cerfboard: Marilyn, We Roll Along,” Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1954; “Marilyn Monroe,” Belfast News-Letter, October 5, 1954; “Marilyn Monroe Ill,” Belfast News-Letter, October 9, 1954; “Marilyn Monroe Seeks Divorce,” Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, October 5, 1954; Hedda Hopper, “Marilyn Monroe Will Divorce Joe DiMaggio,” Los Angeles Times, October 5, 1954; “Marilyn Monroe to Divorce DiMaggio, She Cites ‘Conflicting Career Demands,’” New York Times, October 5, 1954; “Miss Monroe Files Suit,” New York Times, October 6, 1954; “Ailing Marilyn Monroe Files Suit for Divorce,” Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1954; Edwin Schallert column, Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1954; “DiMaggio Leaves, Marilyn Unable to Work on Film,” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1954; “Marilyn Monroe Given Divorce from DiMaggio,” Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1954.
Death of Selma Silbert. “Divorce Case Spectator Plunges to Her Death,” Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1954; e-mail from Sandi Silbert, April 13, 2017.
Divorce of Mr. and Mrs. Parks. “Mate Wanted Another Marilyn,” Los Angeles Times, July 3, 1957.
Scene with Marilyn and Victor Moore. Hedda Hopper, “Chosen Few Witness Marilyn’s Bath Scene,” Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1954. The scene was eventually shown in Backstory: The Seven Year Itch, the August 26, 2000, episode of American Movie Channel’s documentary series.
“Working with Marilyn is not.” Steve Cronin, “The Storm About Monroe,” Modern Screen, May 1955.
“I wish to grow as an actress and a person.” “Top Stars’ 1955 Resolutions,” Oakland Tribune, January 2, 1955.
“Marilyn has a brassy smile.” Elizabeth Toomey, “Glamour Is Rare Outside Hollywood, Photo Man Says,” Vidette (IN) Messenger, November 16, 1954.
“Although she is personally shy and reserved.” Cox, “The Strange Truth About Marilyn Monroe.”
Romanoff’s party and Gable romance rumors. Hedda Hopper, “Marilyn and Gable Will Be Costarred,” Los Angeles Times, October 6, 1954; “The Gaze of the Charm,” Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1954; “No Romance Says Gable,” Sunderland Echo (UK), November 22, 1954.
“She was an absolutely perfect.” “You Don’t Really Know Marilyn Monroe: Clifton Webb in an Interview with Ernie Player,” Picturegoer, June 11, 1955.
“I looked like the back.” Hedda Hopper column, Los Angeles Times, November 13, 1954.
“People identify me personally.” Hal Boyle, “The Symbol of Success,” Lowell (MA) Sun, June 10, 1957.
“Marilyn is very sweet.” “You Don’t Really Know Marilyn Monroe.”
“Back when we were close.” E-mail from Bill Pursel, December 3, 2016.
Memories of Marilyn’s time at the Twentieth Century Fox lessons. E-mails from David and Cathy Sandrich, March 3 and 5, 2017.
“Marilyn’s a great reader.” Earl Wilson, “On Again, Off Again,” Motion Picture, January 1955.
“Himself in the role” and “feared the rehearsals.” “Memories of Stanislavsky [sic] by People’s Artist of the R.S.F.S.R. Mikhail Yanshin,” Theatre World, September 1953.
“First of all, he’s a rare human being.” “The Men Who Interest Me… by Mrs. Joe DiMaggio,” Pageant, April 1954.
Chekhov’s teachings. Monroe with Hecht, My Story; e-mail from Ian Bevins, administrator, Michael Chekhov Studio London.
“I know (painfully so).” Riese and Hitchens, The Unabridged Marilyn.
“Marilyn said she was thinking about shedding.” E-mail from Bill Pursel, December 3, 2016.
“This young fellow” and subsequent comments about Milton Greene. “The Men Who Interest Me…”
Marilyn’s letter to Twentieth Century Fox was dated December 11, 1954, and was addressed to Lew Schreiber, Executive Manager. The document was located in the Fox archive, Los Angeles, in 2006.
Publicity campaign for There’s No Business Like Show Business. “Fox ‘Show Business’ Tie-In,” Film Bulletin, December 13, 1954.
“Most assuredly and unreservedly.” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” Motion Picture Daily, December 8, 1954.
“Leave Monroe out of this.” “What the Picture Did for Me,” Motion Picture Herald, April 23, 1955.
“The one in There’s No Business Like Show Business.” Bill Foster, “Marilyn Monroe,” Sunday Graphic, March 29, 1959.
“‘Heat Wave’ frankly is dirty.” “Ed Sullivan’s ‘Toast,’” Exhibitors Forum, January 24, 1955.
Donald O’Connor’s thoughts on working with Marilyn. Hedda Hopper, “Donald’s Had Downs in Past but Now It’s All Up and Up,” Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1954.
Marilyn’s false name has been reported to be Zelda Zonk for many years. Amy Greene, in conversation with interviewer Scott Feinberg in 2012, remembered it to be Zelda Schnook. “Marilyn Monroe’s Best Friend Amy Greene Interviewed by Scott Feinberg,” YouTube video, 40:24, posted by “Scott,” November 9, 2012, https://youtu.be/Uc_3SYInn9g.
“I would adore to meet Marilyn.” “You Don’t Really Know Monroe.”
Bertha Spafford Vester’s memories of Christmas 1954 and Marilyn. Bertha Spafford Vester diary, 1954, Box II: 25, Folder 1, American Colony in Jerusalem Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Reproduced with permission from the Library of Congress. For more information about Vester’s children’s center, and to support their cause, please visit: http://www.spaffordcenter.org.
Fleur Cowles’s memories of Marilyn. Cowles, Friends and Memories.
“We’d discuss everything.” Helen Bolstad, “Marilyn in the House,” Photoplay, September 1955.
“I think Marilyn knows exactly where she’s going.” Earl Wilson, “In Defense of Marilyn Monroe,” Modern Screen, June 1955.
The “New Marilyn” press conference. “New Role for Marilyn Monroe,” New York Times, January 8, 1955; “New Marilyn Monroe Has Yen to Produce Her Own Movies,” Galveston (TX) Daily News, January 8, 1955; “New Marilyn Same as Old and That’s Plenty,” Los Angeles Times, January 8, 1955; “Studio Claims Marilyn Is Still Under Contract,” Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1955; “Marilyn Forms Her Own Film Company,” Great Bend (KS) Daily Tribune, January 10, 1955; Hedda Hopper, “Marilyn Stirs Storm with Latest Attitude,” Los Angeles Times, January 12, 1955; Philip K. Scheuer, “Frenke Receptive to Monroe Wish to Play in Karamazov,” Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1955.
“There has been a change in her public relations.” No title, Independent Film Journal, January 22, 1955.
“Milton Greene has been a disturbing influence.” Jim Henaghan, “My Love Affair with Marilyn,” Motion Picture, January 1955.
“She is one of the most talented actresses.” Aline Mosby, “Marilyn May Lose Her Public by Holding Out,” Great Bend (KS) Daily Tribune, January 23, 1955.
“I realized that just as I had once fought to get into the movies.” Monroe with Hecht, My Story.
“I was born under the sign.” “Skyrocket a Star Is Born,” Screen Fan, October 1952.
“You don’t seem to get the idea.” Elsa Maxwell, “Marilyn Confesses to Elsa Maxwell: I’ll Never Be the Same,” Modern Screen, July 1956.
“It didn’t take any courage.” Ibid.
“That, brother, was criticism.” Thomas M. Pryor, “Hollywood Canvas,” Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1955.
“The studio will use every legal means.” “Monroe Contract Still in Force,” Motion Picture Daily, January 11, 1955.
Attempts to replace Marilyn with Sheree North. “Dorothy Kilgallen’s Exclusive Movie Gossip,” Screenland, May 1954; Motion Picture Daily, March 23, 1955; Motion Picture Herald, June 11, 1955; Motion Picture Daily, December 7, 1955.
Information about the Oakland Seven Year Itch audience appeared in a memo from Zanuck to Skouras sent on January 29, 1955. Found in the Spyros Skouras Collection, Special Collections, Stanford University Library.
Stockholder who claimed he wanted Marilyn fired. Hedda Hopper, “Group Seeks Removal of Marilyn at 20th,” Los Angeles Times, February 18, 1955.
“I thought the audience would.” Hedda Hopper, “Lancaster Seeking Bogart as Costar,” Los Angeles Times, February 21, 1955.
“There is a small shrewd group that insists.” Alice Finletter, “Don’t Call Me a Dumb Blonde,” Modern Screen, April 1955.
“More than anything else.” Ibid.
Marilyn was reading a biography on Albert Schweitzer. “New Pin-Up Queen Book Reading Type,” Ironwood (MI) Daily Globe, January 6, 1951.
Marilyn’s favorite authors in 1951. List entitled “Wolfson Notes on Monroe,” Maurice Zolotow Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. It would appear from the document that the original list came from Collier’s, September 8, 1951.
“Please get this straight.” Florence Epstein, “Paar for the Course,” Screenland, January 1958.
“A girl can get along for quite a while.” “Marilyn Monroe Has Problem Too,” Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette, July 15, 1951.
“I’d like to be smart and chic.” Michael Ruddy, “Is This the End of Marilyn?” Sunday Chronicle, February 28, 1954.
“I’m beginning to understand Shakespeare.” Logan Gourlay, “I’ve Not Begun to Earn Much Yet,” Sunday Express, November 8, 1953.
“I’ve just discovered Tolstoy.” Elizabeth Frank, “Fall Girl,” The People, circa August 17, 1953.
“I’m trying to find myself.” Aline Mosby, “Marilyn Monroe Has Her Eye on Movie Oscar,” Lowell (MA) Sun, November 24, 1952.
Philippe Halsman’s thoughts. Ralph Hattersley, “Marilyn Monroe: The Image and Her Photographers” in Edward Wagenknecht’s Marilyn Monroe: A Composite View. Note: the article was originally published in Popular Photography, January 1966.
“I don’t know whether.” Earl Wilson, “Film Husband Tells All About Marilyn,” Lima (OH) News, June 24, 1956.
“Marilyn thought of herself.” Earl Leaf, “The Marilyn I Used to Know,” Movie Time, December 1954.
“I was afraid to talk about what I wanted.” Tex Parks, “Lessons I’ve Learned in Hollywood,” unidentified magazine, 1951.
“I once thought that this girl” and “I’ve been on a lot of pictures.” Cronin, “The Storm About Monroe.”
“I would listen to his advice.” Milton Schulman, “Will Mr. M. Rewrite the Monroe Story?” Aberdeen Evening Express, July 18, 1956.
“I have no doubt.” Ibid.
“The day of the ‘Casting Couch.’” Irving Wallace, “All This Is Hollywood Too!” Modern Screen, February 1941.
“I didn’t have much trouble brushing them off.” Florabel Muir, “Wolves I Have Known,” Los Angeles Mirror, September 22, 1952, in Riese and Hitchins’s The Unabridged Marilyn.
“I beg your pardon?” Earl Wilson, “MM Invited to Pose Nude for Calendar,” Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram, August 23, 1959.
“I never did sleep with anyone.” E-mail interview with anonymous actress, March 23, 2017.
“When I come to look back.” E-mail interview with anonymous photographer, May 11, 2017.
“But look at you.” Earl Wilson, “MM Invited to Pose Nude for Calendar.”
“I think women collectively are much to blame.” “This Week’s Best Letter,” Australian Women’s Weekly, March 23, 1955.
“[Marilyn] just never wants to get out.” Sidney Skolsky, “Sidney Skolsky Gives the Lowdown on Hollywood Women,” Modern Screen, March 1954.
“Marilyn looked upon New York as a shrine of culture.” William Barbour, “The Very Private Life of Marilyn Monroe,” Modern Screen, October 1955.
“I met Marilyn about a year and a half ago.” Alice Finletter, “Don’t Call Me a Dumb Blonde,” Modern Screen, April 1955.
“This book will show the new Marilyn.” “‘New Monroe’ to Come Out of 2-Weeks’ Rest,” Chronicle-Telegram, January 6, 1955.
“Please let me tell you why I formed my own company.” Louella Parsons, “Louella Parsons in Hollywood,” Modern Screen, April 1955.
“Technically, I’m not under contract.” Finletter, “Don’t Call Me a Dumb Blonde.”
“Bunch of bunk.” Ibid.
“Absolutely wonderful in the role.” “You Don’t Really Know Monroe.”
“Considering the architecture with which.” “Coulter Column,” Film Bulletin, January 24, 1955.
Richard Avedon on photo shoots. Hattersley, “Marilyn Monroe: The Image and Her Photographers.”
“I act when I’m posing.” Skolsky, “Sidney Skolsky Gives the Lowdown on Hollywood Women.”
Marilyn’s notes about directing lectures and The Misfits. Stanley Buchthal and Bernard Comment, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe.
Female film directors and producers. “A Tour of Today’s Talkies,” Modern Screen, December 1936; Alma Whitaker, “Woman Film Director Needs Tact,” Los Angeles Times, February 21, 1937; “616 Players, 293 Writers, 129 Directors Contracted for 1938–39 Programs,” Motion Picture Herald, March 26, 1938; “They’re Doing a Man’s Job,” Dundee Evening Telegraph, March 18, 1940; “We Take Our Hat to Miss Jill Craigie,” The Sketch, August 7, 1946; Milton Bracker, “Story of a Determined Lady,” New York Times, June 7, 1953.
“She was in a shell.” Aline Mosby, “Marilyn Monroe Learned to Talk in ‘Bedroom Voice’ After Movie Flops,” Coshocton (OH) Tribune, November 25, 1952.
“Practically un-coachable.” Fess Parker, “Our Kids Are Hero Happy,” Los Angeles Times, October 9, 1955.
“Her face was as wooden as a ventriloquist’s dummy.” Natasha Lytess, “Marilyn Monroe: Her Secret Life: Part 1,” Sunday People, July 15, 1962.
“Not a peep.” Hedda Hopper, “Jane Russell Will Star in ‘Gibson Girl,’” Los Angeles Times, March 19, 1955.
“One of the few women” and “I have come to the conclusion.” Cronin, “The Storm About Monroe.”
“Well just call it a visit.” “DiMaggio Denies He and Marilyn Are Reconciled,” Modesto Bee and News-Herald, January 25, 1955; “Just Call It a Visit,” Aberdeen Evening Express, January 25, 1955.
“You can bet I’ll be there.” “Jolter Tops Ballots as Lyons, Vance Hartnett Also Honored,” San Mateo Times, January 27, 1955. The Hall of Fame is also mentioned in the Northern Whig and Belfast Post, January 27, 1955.
Details of Marilyn’s studies with Constance Collier. Truman Capote, “A Beautiful Child,” from Music for Chameleons, reprinted in Schirmer’s Visual Library’s Marilyn Monroe: Photographs 1945–1962 (Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1994).
Constance Collier. “Stars’ Coach Is Dead,” Aberdeen Evening Express, April 26, 1955; “John Burrell’s Appointment,” The Stage, February 24, 1955.
“No Method-man.” Charles Marowitz, “Paganism in the West End,” Theatre World, April 1958.
“There’s really no such thing.” Rahna Maughan, “Meet the Goddess,” Screenland, March 1958.
“We have made history.” James Roose-Evans, “The Actors Studio,” Theatre World, January 1957.
“As Mr. Nelson admits.” Eric Johns, “Survival Through T.V.,” Theatre World, October 1956.
“Instinctively smart, nobody’s fool.” Susan Strasberg, Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
“Marilyn has a God-given talent.” Louella Parsons, “I Am Going to Adopt a Baby,” Modern Screen, July 1960.
“What the heck.” Joan Copeland, “They Really Liked Me!” Modern Screen, January 1957.
“Actually nobody’s being snooty.” Gene Houseman, “The Strange New Life of Marilyn Monroe,” Movie Life, March 1956.
“Therapy is likely to start.” E-mail interview with Dr. L. Ruddick, clinical psychologist, August 17, 2017.
Delos Smith Jr.’s observation that Marilyn withheld information during therapy and was fascinated with suicide. Strasberg, Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
“I’m not taking a full course.” Logan Gourlay, “Marilyn Incorporated,” Sunday Express, October 30, 1955.
“He’s the one I believe in.” Logan Gourlay, “Marilyn Monroe on Middle Age,” Sunday Express, no month, 1960.
“I’ve read a little of Freud.” Pete Martin, “Confessions of Marilyn Monroe: Part Three.”
“I decided it wouldn’t be fair.” Wilson, “In Defense of Marilyn Monroe.”
The payment of $175,000 was mentioned in memos from and to Zanuck and Skouras, dated April 13, 1955, and May 3, 1955, Spyros Skouras Collection, Special Collections, Stanford University Library.
“I’m not interested in money.” Pete Martin, “Confessions of Marilyn Monroe: Part One,” Daily Sketch, June 25, 1956.
“I didn’t go into movies.” Skolsky, “Sidney Skolsky Gives the Lowdown on Hollywood Women.”
Feingersh photo shoot. Ed Feingersh and Bob LaBrasca, Marilyn: Fifty-Five.
“Dogs never bite me.” Capote, “A Beautiful Child.”
Darryl F. Zanuck comments about Marilyn. Floyd E. Stone, “Zanuck Tells Press of New Process, Product Plans,” Motion Picture Herald, April 16, 1955.
Offer of a Las Vegas show. Cronin, “The Storm About Monroe.”
Marilyn’s interest in Nehru. Edward R. Murrow, “Are Celebrities Human?” Los Angeles Times, November 6, 1955.
Murrow’s gift of Winston Churchill’s speeches. Lot 258, Marilyn Monroe letter from Edward R. Murrow, sold at Julien’s on November 7, 1955.
Person to Person program. “Marilyn Monroe Rare Live Television Appearance—“Person to Person” Interview 1955,” YouTube video, 14:26, posted by Marilyn Monroe Video Archives, August 16, 2013, https://youtu.be/L05TYBXwU3A.
Marilyn’s disappearance from New York. Hedda Hopper, “Curtis Will Introduce Find in New Picture,” Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1955.
“I’m insane about jazz.” Bill Foster, “Marilyn Monroe,” Sunday Graphic, March 29, 1956.
Songs played on piano. Gourlay, “I’ve Not Begun to Earn Much Yet,” Sunday Express, November 8, 1953.
Marilyn’s observations of cab drivers and nightmares. Buchthal and Comment, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe.
“Any success I’ve had.” Hedda Hopper, “Niven Wins Big Role in ‘Around the World,’” Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1955.
Eli Wallach’s reaction to theater acting. Looker-on, “Whispers from the Wings,” Theatre World, June 1954. Wallach also spoke about Marilyn’s New York years in his book, The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage.
“Marilyn gave me the kind of advice.” Helen Dudar and Jim Cook, “The Rebellion of Marilyn Monroe,” New York Post, September 28, 1955.
“Marilyn had good experience.” Joseph Lionetti interview, March 29, 2017.
“Marilyn should have a show written.” Wilson, “In Defense of Marilyn Monroe.”
Marilyn’s denial of seeing Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Edwin Schallert, “Monroe Vows a New Effort,” Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1956.
Marilyn accidentally ruining a play’s run. Cox, “The Strange Truth About Marilyn Monroe.”
“Sit down in front of me and help block the view.” Gourlay, “Marilyn Incorporated.”
Jay Kanter’s opinion that Marilyn had no desire for theater work. Interview with Jay Kanter, April 9, 2017.
“I think my husband has the solution.” Parsons, “I Am Going to Adopt a Baby.”
Jane Fonda’s memories of Marilyn. “Jane Fonda Talks About Marilyn Monroe,” YouTube video, 3:43, posted by “Marmar,” January 17, 2016, https://youtu.be/9CaMx-wrcsc.
“Informed, acute and enchanting.” Vernon Scott, “Marilyn Monroe Says She’s Happy, but Has Not Changed,” Middlesborough Daily News, October 23, 1958.
“Yes, wouldn’t she.” Radie Harris, Radie’s World.
Tippi Hedren’s memories of Marilyn. Tippi Hedren, Tippi: A Memoir.
Jay Julien party. Jim Cook and Helen Dubar, “The Rebellion of Marilyn Monroe: Part Three,” New York Post, September 30, 1955.
Amy Greene’s memories of Marilyn emptying ashtrays. Helen Bolstad, “Marilyn in the House,” Photoplay, September 1955.
“All the studios brought their top.” Erskine Johnson, “Hollywood’s Marilyn Monroe: Blond, Saucy, the New Harlow,” Lima (OH) News, August 5, 1952.
“He had no clue who she was.” E-mail from Huston Huddleston, August 17, 2017.
“Marilyn’s effect on high-brows.” Milton Schulman, “Will Mr. M. Rewrite the Monroe Story?” Aberdeen Evening Express, July 18, 1956.
“I have never been so embarrassed.” Elsie Lee, “Why Women Love Marilyn Monroe,” Screenland Plus TV-Land, July 1954.
Joan Crawford’s complaints about Marilyn. Bob Thomas, “Crawford Aims Barbs at Monroe,” Syracuse Herald-Journal, March 3, 1953.
“With all the publicity I’ve had.” Louella Parsons, “Joan and Marilyn Talk,” Modern Screen, July 1953.
“I’ll never quit that!” Earl Wilson, “The Things She Said to Me!” Photoplay, May 1956.
“I think we’ve been held back by all the publicity.” Lee, “Why Women Love Marilyn Monroe.”
“Gosh, I thought you’d skin her alive.” Cox, “The Strange Truth About Marilyn Monroe.”
“Nobody can hurt [Marilyn].” Erskine Johnson, “In Hollywood,” Walla Walla (WA) Union-Bulletin, April 22, 1953.
“I’ll tell you a girl.” Bob Thomas, “The Face Is Familiar,” Modern Screen, June 1954.
“No, I’m the Marilyn with clothes on.” Bob Thomas, “Two Marilyn’s Provide Some Confusion,” San Mateo Times, January 9, 1953.
“Well, there have been nude models before.” “Dame Edith Sitwell—Face-to-Face Interview 1959,” YouTube video, 26:27, posted by EckingtonParishTV, November 18, 2014, https://youtu.be/Q5l3UPlO60M; Elspeth Grant, “Miss Monroe Stops the Traffic,” Tatler and Bystander, October 31, 1956.
“Of course I’d be delighted to play.” William Barbour, “The Very Private Life of MM,” Modern Screen, October 1955.
“I’ve taken plenty of criticism.” Parsons, “Joan and Marilyn Talk.”
“Here was a girl.” Jon Bruce, “The Inside Story of the Marilyn-Jane Feud,” Screenland Plus TV-Land, April 1953.
“I’d like to be known as a real actress and human being.” Foster, “Marilyn Monroe.”
“An ardent feminist is.” “Finger in the Pie,” The Scotsman, March 4, 1950.
“I am not a feminist.” “Mr. Nehru to Stay with Sir Anthony,” Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, July 8, 1956.
“I cannot understand how any woman.” “A Suffragette Retires,” Belfast News-Letter, June 26, 1951.
“Feminism is something that cannot be put into words.” “Feminist Eartha,” Northern Daily Mail, June 27, 1956.
“A woman only hurts herself.” Pete Martin, “Confessions of Marilyn Monroe: Part Two,” Daily Sketch, June 26, 1956.
“Marilyn’s one of the most.” Wilson, “Film Husband Tells All About Marilyn.”
“Selfish career women.” “Equal Pay Will Force Wives to Go to Work,” Sunderland (UK) Echo, April 23, 1954.
“Throughout her short life.” E-mail interview with Gabriella Apicella, April 1, 2017.
Joe and Marilyn attend a Sammy Davis Jr. concert. Interview with Jay Kanter, April 9, 2017.
Marilyn’s insistence that she would never marry DiMaggio again. Maurice Zolotow, “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (VI),” Maurice Zolotow Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
“A brilliantly produced version.” Review of The Seven Year Itch, Film Bulletin, June 13, 1955.
“The big achievements in humor.” Review of The Seven Year Itch, Motion Picture Daily, June 3, 1955.
“A top-notch sophisticated comedy.” Review of The Seven Year Itch, Harrison’s Reports, June 11, 1955.
Skirt-blowing scene cutout. “Change of Scenery,” New York Times, May 24, 1955.
Unveiling by Roxanne. “What the Showmen Are Doing,” Film Bulletin, May 30, 1955.
The Seven Year Itch publicity. “The National Spotlight,” Motion Picture Herald, June 18, 1955; “Showmen in Action,” Motion Picture Herald, June 25, 1955; “Showmen in Action,” Motion Picture Herald, July 9, 1955; “It’s the Windy City,” Motion Picture Herald, July 16, 1955; “What the Showmen Are Doing,” Film Bulletin, July 25, 1955; “Exhibition Highlights of the Week,” Independent Film Journal, September 3, 1955; “Pills Unnecessary for ‘Itch,’” Film Bulletin, September 5, 1955; “A Bell-Ring Shatters the ‘Great Lovers’ Fantasy,” Aberdeen Evening Express, November 15, 1955.
Weekend business of The Seven Year Itch. “Itch Pulls $50,000 for Weekend Mark,” Motion Picture Daily, June 7, 1955.
“Dear Marilyn: We need you.” Wilson, “In Defense of Marilyn Monroe.”
John Steinbeck’s autograph request. Lot 259, Marilyn Monroe letter from John Steinbeck, dated April 28, 1955, property from the Estate of Lee Strasberg, sold at Julien’s in November 2016.
Marilyn on the Monroe Six. Hedda Hopper, “Marilyn Studying, Enjoys Anonymity,” Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1955.
“I thought she was extremely brave.” Michelle Morgan, Marilyn Monroe: Private and Confidential.
“For the first time I felt accepted.” “The Scared Little Girl in a Woman’s Body Grows Up at Last,” Daily Herald, May 23, 1956.
“You get such wonderful thoughts.” “Home Life of a Hollywood Bachelor Girl,” Television and Screen Guide, August 1951.
“My poems are kind of sad.” “Marilyn Is Two Girls,” unidentified newspaper, June 10, 1951.
Poetry reading and trip to see Emil Giles. Norman Rosten, Marilyn: A Very Personal Story.
“Never Give All the Heart” by William Butler Yeats was published in 1906.
Marilyn’s poetry. Buchthal and Comment, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe.
“I know just the monsters he paints.” Tim Connelly, “Marilyn’s New Pitch,” unidentified newspaper, circa October 1957.
Marilyn’s portraits. Anna Strasberg and Bernard Comment, Marilyn Monroe: Girl Waiting.
Lover Watching His Love Sleep. Lot 521, sold by Julien’s in November 2016.
Nude portrait for Boris Aronson. Lot 986, sold by Julien’s on June 26, 2015.
Norman Rosten’s memories of Marilyn and The Hand of God. Rosten, Marilyn: A Very Personal Story.
“There are two schools of thought about her.” Martin, “Confessions of Marilyn Monroe: Part Two.”
“I first became aware of Marilyn after seeing her in cinema newsreels.” E-mail from Maureen Brown, May 16, 2017.
“Like everybody else.” E-mail from Virginia Nicholson, March 17 and 18, 2017.
Gloria Steinem’s early feelings about Marilyn are well known. One interview: “Gloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe | American Masters: In Their Own Words,” YouTube video, 2:39, posted by American Masters PBS, June 23, 2016, https://youtu.be/fvDz-WCUv20.
Steinem also wrote about the actress in Marilyn Monroe: Norma Jeane.
“Quite simply, I do not believe.” E-mail from Gabriella Apicella, April 1, 2017.
“He is one of the few contemporary playwrights.” “The Men Who Interest Me…”
“I was with her morning, noon and night.” Terrence Feely, “What Marriage Is Doing to Marilyn,” Sunday Graphic, July 1956.
“I am in love with the man, not the mind.” Parsons, “I Am Going to Adopt a Baby.”
Hedda Hopper’s amused reaction to the Greenes’ European trip. Hedda Hopper, “John Forsyth Will Co-Star with Olivia,” Los Angeles Times, July 14, 1955.
Marilyn’s invitation to Washington. “Marilyn Declines,” Aberdeen Evening Express, August 19, 1955.
“It seems to me she’s not there.” “Russians See Marilyn Film,” Aberdeen Evening Express, July 28, 1955.
Marilyn’s trip to Fire Island. Cox, “The Strange Truth About Marilyn Monroe”; Susan Strasberg, Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
“At least I haven’t made any appointments.” “Divorce of Marilyn and Joe Now Final,” Lowell (MA) Sun, October 27, 1955.
Divorce. “Marilyn Gets Final Decree from DiMaggio,” Los Angeles Times, November 1, 1955; “Marilyn Monroe Just a Step from Freedom,” Los Angeles Times, October 28, 1955.
“The public deserves its money’s worth.” Edwin Schallert, “Marilyn Monroe Seeks Best Direction,” Los Angeles Times, November 17, 1955.
Marilyn’s feelings on the character of Pola. Edwin Schallert, “Monroe Vows a New Effort,” Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1956.
Marilyn’s appearance on an unnamed radio show during The Rose Tattoo premiere. “Marilyn Monroe RARE Radio Interview—The Rose Tattoo Premiere 1955,” YouTube video, 14:00, posted by Marilyn Monroe Video Archives, April 3, 2013, https://youtu.be/Klr4hamwroQ.
“On the stage there is a feeling of integration.” “Marlon Brando: Unaccustomed as I Am,” Modern Screen, October 1955.
“My fight with the studio is not about money.” Maurice Zolotow, Marilyn Monroe.
“They were pretty tough on Marilyn.” John Gold, “The Man Behind Marilyn,” Aberdeen Evening News, February 8, 1956.
“What I have settled for is a compromise.” Wilson, “The Things She Said to Me!”
Frank Delaney’s memories of the new Fox contract appear in a letter he wrote to Inez Melson, dated June 22, 1965. She responded on June 24, 1965.
Frank Delaney’s thoughts on Marilyn’s debt appear in Maurice Zolotow’s notes on Frank Delaney, Maurice Zolotow Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
John Huston to direct The Sleeping Prince. “Miss Monroe, Olivier to Star,” New York Times, January 2, 1956.
“Gave Vivien Leigh.” Looker-on, “Whispers from the Wings,” Theatre World, December 1953.
“One wonders if there might be.” Ibid.
Meeting between Marilyn and Olivier. Interview with Jay Kanter, April 9, 2017.
Marilyn and Olivier see Anne Frank. April VeVea, Marilyn Monroe: A Day in the Life; Strasberg, Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
Olivier’s experience of an Actors Studio class. Laurence Olivier, On Acting.
“I wish you would use some of that.” Roose-Evans, “The Actors Studio.”
“Marilyn is an expert” and “Olivier has always.” “Marilyn Monroe to Star in British Film,” Hartlepool (UK) Northern Daily Mail, February 10, 1956.
“She is very sweet.” “Marilyn ‘Sweet and Charming,’” Hartlepool (UK) Northern Daily Mail, February 11, 1956.
“I cannot think of anyone better than Miss Monroe.” “Marilyn Monroe to Team with Sir Laurence Olivier,” Belfast News-Letter, February 10, 1956.
Alan Brien on Marilyn winning the battle. Alan Brien, “Marilyn Leads the Revolt,” Aberdeen Evening Express, February 15, 1956.
“You can hardly expect Marilyn Monroe.” Thomas Wiseman, “Uncle Edgar Comes Before Cousin Marilyn,” Aberdeen Evening Express, May 1, 1956.
“Perhaps only a husband and wife.” Looker-on, “Whispers from the Wings,” Theatre World, December 1953.
“If you pay that driver.” Robert J. Levin, “Marilyn Monroe’s Marriage,” Redbook, February 1958.
“Believe me when I say” and “She displayed—you know.” Copeland, “They Really Liked Me!”
Kim Stanley’s recollection of Anna Christie. John Kobal, People Will Talk.
“Like an over-excited child asked downstairs after tea.” “Marilyn Monroe’s Beauty Biography,” Los Angeles Times, December 11, 1960. Note: the newspaper credits as the original source for the quote Cecil Beaton’s The Face of the World (New York: John Day, 1957).
“Nobody believes it now.” Mawby Green, “Echoes from Broadway,” Theatre World, April 1955.
“A unique work of art.” “Marilyn Monroe, the Unique Work of Art,” Radio Times, October 8, 1970.
“I don’t really believe in ignoring traffic citations.” “Footage of Marilyn Monroe at Court 1956—‘I Don’t Really Believe in Ignoring Traffic Citations,’” YouTube video, 1:17, posted by Marilyn Monroe Video Archives, May 6, 2016, https://youtu.be/WOqiQ3DpTHk.
Meetings between Jane Wilkie and Natasha Lytess and the unpublished manuscript. Maurice Zolotow Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
France-Dimanche buying Lytess’s story. Memo to Pat Newcomb and Arthur P. Jacobs, dated May 11, 1962, Charles Von der Ahe Library, Loyola Marymount University.
“Marilyn Monroe: Her Secret Life” by Natasha Lytess was serialized in the Sunday People on July 15, 22, and 29, 1962, and August 5 and 12, 1962.
Natasha Lytess’s death was reported in a document entitled “Report of the Death of an American Citizen,” dated June 5, 1963, and found on Ancestry.com. Her name is given as Natasha Frank (aka N. Lytess and N. Lewis), and her place of death Switzerland. Prior to her death, the teacher was living in Italy with her daughter, Barbara.
“If I keep it there much longer,” “though that doesn’t mean,” and “That would make a good photograph.” Thomas Wiseman, “I’ve Nothing Against Women—But I Prefer Men Says Marilyn,” Evening Standard, March 3, 1956.
“I like Arthur very much.” Maxwell, “Marilyn Confesses to Elsa Maxwell: I’ll Never Be the Same.”
Joshua Logan spoke many times about his way of directing Marilyn in letters between Laurence Olivier and Logan. Letter from Olivier to Logan, June 9, 1956, and letter from Logan to Olivier, June 20, 1956, both Logan Box 31, Folder 13, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Also of interest, “Director of Bus Stop, Joshua Logan, Interview About Marilyn Monroe,” YouTube video, 2:29, posted by Marilyn Monroe Video Archive, August 22, 2013, https://youtu.be/YC-rwQLWnZ0.
Marilyn’s illness and details of scenes filmed in her absence. Letter from Joshua Logan to George Axelrod, April 16, 1956, Logan Box 99, Bus Stop Production, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Logan on Don Murray’s future. Letter from Joshua Logan to William Inge, April 16, 1956, Logan Box 99, Bus Stop Production, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Logan swearing on set. “Marilyn Monroe—The Making of Bus Stop 1956 [Backstory: Bus Stop, AMC Productions, 2001],” YouTube video, 23:06, posted by Marilyn Monroe History, February 10, 2015, https://youtu.be/LOxCP5RXMSI.
Marilyn swiping Murray across the face. Ibid.
Concern that certain scenes may be too risqué. Memo from Frank McCarthy to Buddy Adler, May 16, 1956, Logan Box 99, Bus Stop Production, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Don Murray on trying to keep Marilyn covered up. Earl Wilson, “Memories of Marilyn,” Times Recorder, April 15, 1973.
Marilyn playing her role charmingly and Logan’s concern film was too long. Letter from Joshua Logan to George Axelrod, April 16, 1956, Logan Box 99, Bus Stop Production, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photographs of Marilyn posing for Joshua Logan can be seen in Strasberg and Comment’s Marilyn Monroe: Girl Waiting. The book also includes a letter from Logan documenting how the photo shoot took place.
Nedda Logan’s favorite scene. Telegram from Buddy Adler to Joshua Logan, July 5, 1956, Logan Box 99, Bus Stop Production, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Logan on working with Marilyn. Letter from Joshua Logan to Lee and Paula Strasberg, April 9, 1963, Logan Box 35, Folder 15, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Alan Dent review of Bus Stop. “The World of Cinema: That Girl,” Illustrated London News, November 3, 1956.
New York Times on Bus Stop and “fools the skeptics.” “Marilyn Rings the Bell,” Aberdeen Evening Express, September 10, 1956.
“If that part about my being a symbol of sex is true.” Martin, “Confessions of Marilyn Monroe: Part One.”
“[She is] the only phenomenon.” “Movies Are Declining,” Aberdeen Evening Express, September 26, 1956.
“I didn’t avoid the film.” Rahna Maughan, “Meet the Goddess,” Screenland, March 1958.
William Inge reaction to final film. Undated, Logan Box 99, Bus Stop Production, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
“I don’t know exactly.” “Marilyn Protests as Picture Jumps from Calendar to Glassware,” Lima (OH) News, December 18, 1952.
Meeting with Dr. Robert Williams. “Doctors Study Picture of Marilyn Monroe,” Belfast News-Letter, May 3, 1955.
Grantham and District Young Farmer’s Club meeting. “Cross Between African Farmer’s Wife and Marilyn Monroe!” Grantham Journal, December 23, 1955.
“The thing that always takes the trick.” “Marilyn Would Take a Trick,” Aberdeen Evening Express, October 11, 1956.
Plans for the Marilyn Monroe aircraft. “Jet Design Secret Aired by Magazine,” Los Angeles Times, September 8, 1955; “The Marilyn Shape Makes Planes Faster,” Courier and Advertiser, September 12, 1955.
Nautilus atomic submarine. Riese and Hitchins, The Unabridged Marilyn.
“Figures are dreary.” “Miss Monroe Teams Up with Mr. Therm,” Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, March 5, 1954.
Boy who sold Marilyn’s phone number. Gene Sherman, “Cityside,” Los Angeles Times, January 21, 1954.
“With Jane Russell and Marilyn.” “Candid Quotes of the Week,” Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle, December 2, 1954.
“I don’t know whether.” “Hard on Marilyn,” Portsmouth Evening News, October 14, 1954.
“Marilyn Monroe is a good walker” and “Which is news if only.” Ed Weisman, “You, Too, Can Walk Like Marilyn,” Aberdeen Evening Express, June 30, 1956.
Dior uplift panty girdle. Olga Curtis, “Fashion Reporter Tests Dior’s Latest Style Garment,” Tipton (IN) Daily Tribune, July 10, 1957.
Penny Wilson winning a Marilyn look-alike competition. “MM on Ice,” The Stage, July 26, 1956.
Cheryl Ooms impersonation of Marilyn. “List Winners of Events at Steger Fete,” Chicago Heights Star, August 14, 1956.
Joan Ferchaud wins Marilyn look-alike competition. Anniston (AL) Star, August 27, 1957.
Pauline Spanos wins trip to New York. “Ready for the Show,” Lowell (MA) Sun, April 5, 1959.
Marilyn Monroe hen. “Mary Jane Beats Marilyn Monroe in Egg Contest,” Lovington (NM) Leader, October 24, 1954.
“The ultimate triumph of alliteration.” “The Literific: Fun in Debate at ‘Queens,’” Belfast News-Letter, October 21, 1954.
“Ill-mannered and boorish behavior.” “University Notes: The ‘Literific,’” Belfast News-Letter, October 29, 1954.
“Then there are other phenomena.” “Peer Backs Films Against TV,” Courier and Advertiser, January 22, 1954.
“They’re indecent.” “Marilyn Monroe Pictures Burned by Malta Censors,” Los Angeles Times, August 28, 1954.
Censorship in New Delhi. “Marilyn’s Movie Cut by Censors in India,” Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1954.
“Arousing temptation to lasciviousness.” “No Temptation,” Northern Whig and Belfast Post, December 22, 1954.
Star of Fire Gem Company problems. Riese and Hitchins, The Unabridged Marilyn.
Trinidad film censors. “Marilyn Posters Are Banned,” Aberdeen Evening Express, January 16, 1956.
Japanese ladies copying Marilyn. “Copying Marilyn Monroe,” Belfast News-Letter, February 5, 1954.
“And what did he put?” “Moonrakings,” Wiltshire Times, February 20, 1954.
Olivier/Logan correspondence. Letter written by Laurence Olivier to Joshua Logan, June 9, 1956, and Logan’s reply, June 20, 1956, Logan Box 31, Folder 13, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
“When Arthur’s parents told me.” Maxine Block, “The Two Faces of Marilyn Monroe,” Screenland, January 1959.
“A political whing-ding.” “Will Mr. M. Rewrite the Monroe Story?”
Miller’s contempt-of-Congress charge. “Marilyn’s Fiancé May Face Contempt Charge,” Aberdeen Evening Express, June 22, 1956; “Marilyn Monroe to Marry Before London Visit,” Belfast News-Letter, June 22, 1956.
“The happiest day” and “I’m sure everything will work out.” Stan Mays, “Marilyn Hugs in Street,” Daily Mirror, June 23, 1956.
Death of Mara Scherbatoff. “Coroner Exonerates Marilyn,” Aberdeen Evening Express, August 22, 1956.
“There’s been a terrible accident!” Christopher Dobson, “Marilyn,” Daily Express, June 30, 1956.
“Somebody should question you” and “Well, we just had a terrible accident on this road.” “Marilyn and Arthur Miller at a Press Conference,” YouTube video, 3:47, posted by Iconic, November 17, 2010, https://youtu.be/b_P2FFIVV8A; “Marilyn Monroe at Press Conference in Support of Her Husband Arthur Miller—‘Contempt of Congress,’” YouTube video, 1:32, posted by Marilyn Monroe Video Archives, January 10, 2016, https://youtu.be/pY7DHZ4oDzI; Christopher Dobson, “Marilyn.”
“It’s as much a surprise.” “Marilyn,” Daily Sketch, June 30, 1956.
“There was no question of controlling onlookers.” Dobson, “Marilyn.”
“I guess they suddenly decided to go through with it.” John Gold, “Marilyn Monroe Weds in Pink Sweater,” Evening News, June 30, 1956.
Cecil Beaton portrait from Joshua and Nedda Logan. Letter from Nedda Logan to Lee Strasberg, March 5, 1969, and letter from Lee Strasberg to Nedda Logan, March 11, 1969, Logan Box 35, Folder 15, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
“Awakened intellectually.” Scott, “Marilyn Monroe Says She’s Happy, but Has Not Changed,” Middlesborough Daily News, October 23, 1958.
“I would like to do Pygmalion.” “Miss Monroe Wants to Do ‘Pygmalion,’” Daily Telegraph, July 16, 1956.
“To espouse the Method.” Marowitz, “Paganism in the West End.”
“She is quite enchanting.” “Express from London,” Aberdeen Evening Express, September 29, 1956.
Sybil Thorndike’s methods for happiness. David Lewin, “Marilyn Monroe Talks as She Seldom Has,” Daily Express, May 6, 1959.
“Apart from closing theatres.” Eric Johns, “Sybil Thorndike Looks Back,” Theatre World, June 1954.
“She has obviously come to England.” “Marilyn Monroe, the Minister and the Sage,” Belfast News-Letter, July 17, 1956.
“I tried to walk like her down the corridor.” “Express from London,” Aberdeen Evening Express, October 20, 1956.
“A bit stuck-up, but nevertheless” and “It was dull working for them.” Alan Arnold, “Marilyn: A Bit Stuck-Up but Charming,” Sunday Dispatch, November 18, 1956.
“I’m telling you, they couldn’t.” Thomas Wiseman, “Marilyn, Weeping Thinks of Frank and Coca-Cola,” Aberdeen Evening Express, December 5, 1956.
“Marilyn Monroe! I am not kidding.” Nigel Nicholson, “Alma Would Like to Be Marilyn,” Aberdeen Evening Express, July 27, 1956.
“I would love to see her.” “O’Casey to Meet Marilyn?” The Stage, July 26, 1956.
O’Casey turning down Olivier’s invitation. Christopher Murray, Sean O’Casey: A Biography.
In 1959, Dame Edith Sitwell told the BBC’s Face to Face program about meeting Marilyn and Miller during the London trip.
“The truth is she was very interested.” Thomas Wiseman, “The Two Worlds of Arthur Miller,” Aberdeen Evening Express, October 9, 1956.
“I am familiar with Lysistrata.” “Marilyn Too Busy for Radio Part,” Belfast News-Letter, August 11, 1956; “Marilyn Sorry, but Too Busy,” Northern Daily Mail, August 11, 1956.
Vivian Blaine’s Vegas invitation. Edwin Schallert, “Drama,” Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1955.
Offer of Maiden Voyage. Letter from Arthur Miller to Kermit Bloomgarden, September 20, 1956, and letter from Bloomgarden to Miller, October 1, 1956, Kermit Bloomgarden Papers, Box 52, Folder 25, Wisconsin Historical Society.
“[Marilyn] had the courage to challenge the big movie moguls.” Maxwell, “Marilyn Confesses to Elsa Maxwell: I’ll Never Be the Same.”
“It was remarkable.” Arnold, “Marilyn: A Bit Stuck-Up but Charming.”
“Definitely not.” Ibid.
“What a terrible picture!” Alan Arnold, “Tension Between Marilyn and Olivier,” Sunday Dispatch, November 11, 1956.
“When a director says, ‘Marilyn.’” Gourlay, “Marilyn Incorporated.”
“The most interesting event.” “Over the Footlights,” Theatre World, October 1956.
“A very warm person” and “We shan’t live in Hollywood.” Wiseman, “The Two Worlds of Arthur Miller.”
“You!” Arnold, “Tension Between Marilyn and Olivier.”
“An Italian marble sphinx.” Strasberg, Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
“[Olivier] is the greatest actor” and “I have nothing lined up.” “Marilyn Monroe Says Goodbye to Britain,” Belfast News-Letter, November 21, 1956.
“She will be president.” “Marilyn Monroe Forms British Film Company,” Belfast News-Letter, November 17, 1956.
Firing of Milton Greene. “Star Scores Associate,” New York Times, April 12, 1957; “Miss Monroe Ousts Business Associate,” New York Times, April 17, 1957; “Marilyn Monroe Sued,” New York Times, July 12, 1957; “Stock to Miss Monroe,” New York Times, February 27, 1958.
“He knows perfectly well.” “Marilyn Monroe Feuds with Milton H. Greene,” Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1957. A similar quote appeared in the Daily Express, April 12, 1957.
Laurence Olivier made aware of Milton’s producing ambitions. June 9, 1956 Logan Box 31, Folder 13, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
“Sounded like an ad for a woman’s magazine.” Strasberg, Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
“Miss Sellars wonders.” Looker-on, “Whispers from the Wings,” Theatre World, August 1957.
“Does Marilyn Monroe.” Readers’ questions column, Modern Screen, October 1958.
“It is getting used to it—happiness and belonging.” Lewin, “Marilyn Monroe Talks as She Seldom Has.”
“What people don’t realize about Marilyn.” David Lewin, “Marilyn and Miller… Bound to Come Unstuck!” Daily Express, November 12, 1960.
“It really didn’t start out that way.” Erskine Johnson, “It’s Like Reading Marilyn’s Mail,” Rhinelander Daily News, September 3, 1960.
“No one ever knows how.” Erskine Johnson, “Hollywood Today,” Uniontown (PA) Evening Standard, September 2, 1960.
“You know what I think about Marilyn?” Erskine Johnson, “Marilyn Monroe Views Clift in a Unique Light,” Reno Evening Gazette, September 3, 1960.
Henry Hathaway on seeing Marilyn on the set of The Misfits. Kobal, People Will Talk.
“Arthur taught me a lot.” David Lewin, “The Girl Who Took On Too Much,” possibly Daily Express, August 1962.
Miller’s letter of resignation is dated November 23, 1960.
“She was absolutely wonderful.” Lionetti interview, March 29, 2017.
Anna Sten on Marilyn. Kobal, People Will Talk.
Notes from Golden Boy. Lot 260, Marilyn Monroe handwritten lines from a scene, property from the Estate of Lee Strasberg, sold at Julien’s in November 2016.
Notes from Streetcar. Lot 255, Marilyn Monroe notebook with notes from acting class, property from the Estate of Lee Strasberg, sold at Julien’s in November 2016. The scene is mentioned in Strasberg’s Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends.
“At the Actors Studio.” Lewin, “Marilyn Monroe Talks as She Seldom Has.”
“I’ve still a lot to learn.” Gourlay, “Marilyn Monroe on Middle Age.”
“I want to lead a drive to do something.” Louella Parsons, “Louella Parson’s Good News,” Modern Screen, October 1952.
Marilyn’s support for the Fox coffee vendor. Gary Vitacco-Robles, Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe: Volume 2, 1956 to 1962 and Beyond.
Isidore Miller’s comments about Marilyn’s charity come from “Remembrance of Marilyn” by Flora Rheta Schreiber. Published in Wagenknecht’s Marilyn Monroe: A Composite View. Note: the article was originally published in Good Housekeeping, January 1963.
“She was shy.” Lionetti interview, March 29, 2017.
“All I know is that I’ll be back in New York soon.” Jonah Ruddy, “Now That I Am 35,” Daily Mail, June 5, 1961.
Marilyn’s statement and telegrams on the firing from Something’s Got to Give. Arthur P. Jacobs Collection, June 1962, Charles Von der Abe Library, Loyola Marymount University.
“Maybe she was tough,” “I was deeply, deeply fond,” and “She was difficult to work with.” The Progress, August 6, 1962.
“It was a tremendous shock to me.” Arthur Miller to Robin Stafford, “Why I Say Marilyn Did Not Kill Herself,” Daily Express, August 7, 1962.
Miller’s thoughts on Marilyn’s death were also mentioned in a letter from Miller to Joshua Logan, August 14, 1962, Logan Box 29, Folder 17, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
“If she was simple.” John Gold, “Luck… That Is What Marilyn Needed,” Aberdeen Evening News, August 7, 1962.
“The spirit of Marilyn/Norma Jeane.” E-mail from Kathleen Felesina, director of fund development, Uplift Family Services, April 11, 2017. For more information, please visit: http://upliftfs.org/about/hollygrove.
“The Anna Freud National Centre.” Quote from Professor Peter Fonagy, chief executive of the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, provided by Tim Linehan, head of communications, on March 2, 2017. For more information, please visit: http://www.annafreud.org.
Marilyn helping young people deal with their problems. Description of the Marilyn Monroe Memorial Fund, circa March 1963, Logan Box 35, Folder 15, Joshua Logan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Nicole Kidman on female directors. “Risk Taker: Nicole Kidman,” YouTube video, 22:43, posted by Women in the World, October 10, 2015, https://youtu.be/jO-soyHpgW0.
All quotes were taken from interviews by the author, except the following:
“I think [Marilyn] was just trying.” “Emma Watson: My Life Is Like Marilyn Monroe’s,” Daily Mirror, November 20, 2011.
“I have always been drawn to Marilyn.” Will Lawrence, “Michelle Williams: I Was Born to Play Marilyn,” Telegraph, November 10, 2011.
“What makes her so riveting.” “Gloria Steinem on Marilyn Monroe | American Masters: In Their Own Words,” YouTube video, 2:39, posted by American Masters PBS, June 23, 2016, https://youtu.be/fvDz-WCUv20.