Marilyn Monroe photographed by J.R Eyerman at Paradise Cove near Malibu, California, 1950.

“If you are miserable enough, unhappy enough, you do something about it. That’s the way it’s been with me.” — Marilyn to Ben Maddox, December 1950.

Marilyn Monroe as the guest of honor at Ray Anthony’s party at his home in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley of California, August 3rd, 1952. Anthony believed it to have helped advance her career. However, already by this time, she was the biggest rising star of the time.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Carlyle Blackwell, 1952.

Here’s an interesting excerpt from the Oakland Tribune, written by Wood Soanes on April 27th, 1952 —

“I’d like to go on the stage. I think that I’d learn more about acting there than I can in the studio; and if I am going on in this business I have to learn how to act,” she told him.

At the end of the article, Soanes wrote:

It was her work in “Asphalt Jungle” under the direction of John Houston, that turned the trick. A good role in “All About Eve” followed, and then came 1951 with four pictures in succession, “As Young as You Feel,” “Let’s Make it Legal,” “Love Nest,” and “Clash by Night.” So far in 1952 she has a backlog of “We’re Not Married,” “The Full House,” “Don’t Bother to Knock,” and “Monkey Business” with “Niagara” and “The Greeks Had a Word for It,” to follow.

There doesn’t seem to be much time for any stage work this semester, but if Miss Monroe can get the studio’s permission – she’s under contract to 20th-Fox again – and can find a summer stock job, she’s available. Meantime, marriage is not in the offing no matter what the gossip columnists say about Charlie Chaplin Jr. and Joe DiMaggio Miss Monroe is too busy carving a career to let a little matter like romance come between her and her goal.

After all, she has been plugging along for quite a while now and, with success in her grasp, it would be foolish to get sidetracked.

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(The Greeks Had a Word for It was the original title for How to Marry a Millionaire!)

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Some Like It Hot (1959) dir. Billy Wilder

Marilyn Monroe featured in Photoplay Magazine, August, 1950.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern for Vogue Magazine at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, California, June, 1962.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bob Landry, 1952. The dress she’s photographed in was one of her favorites, but not among the gossip columnists who called her “cheap” and “vulgar.”

Marilyn Monroe being tended to on the set of Some Like It Hot in 1958. With her is acting coach, Paula Strasberg, who often accompanied her during film production. In order to protect like design and lining of the dress, many times crew members would bring out a “standing chair.”

Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on their way to Terrance Rattigan’s party in London, England, July, 1956.

Hi there ! If you mean the premiere for the film, she planned to attend (bought a dress and all) but decided against going.

thank you soooo much! <3 <3

Through the window! Lol. The crew struggled to help her through 😂