Taken by Earl Leaf
Johnny Hyde’s house, 1950
Taken by Earl Leaf
Johnny Hyde’s house, 1950
September 9,1956 A sense of humor is a wonderful help as far as I’m concerned in seizing up a man’s personality.
By Marilyn Monroe
1952
You know, more than anything else I’d like a place where I could set a nice table with candles and with my own guy. I want to be Mrs. Average but people don’t believe me.
By MARILYN MONROE
Feel what I feel within myself - that is trying to Become aware of it Also what I feel in others Not being ashamed of my Feeling, thoughts - or ideas Realize the thing that They are.
By MARILYN MONROE (1959)
Taken by Milton Greene. 1954
Taken by Earl Leaf. 1950
“The studio people want me to do “Good-bye Charlie” for the movies, but I’m not going to do it. I don’t like the idea of playing a man in a woman’s body you know? It just doesn’t seem feminine.” ( By MARILYN MONROE, on turning down a role )1952
Marilyn was not a dumb blond. She was thoughtful and determined and a workaholic. She insisted on perfection from herself in her scenes. On the set, Marilyn was her own slave driver. Off the set, over her lifetime, she allowed herself very few vacations. She appeared where she had to appear at the request of the studio, but she was not a social butterfly and stayed too busy to do much dating. Although she left high school after the eleventh grade, and although there were gaps in her general knowledge, she had a good academic record and throughout her life was a voracious reader. Marilyn’s constant reading only seemed to earn her criticism and ridicule. The real Marilyn thought to be the phony one. »
{ By BERNIECE BAKER MIRACLE }
Marilyn photographed by Eve Arnold in 1960
Marilyn and Wally Cox leaving the set of Something’s Got To Give 1962
Nice Kitty
Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio