There are some people I’ve never forgiven, and others who’ve become my good friends after our battles royal. Now I want to set the long record straight....
Something new has been added to the Hollywood scene. It’s a saucer-eyed bundle from Britain, one look at whom caused a dazzled producer to remark, “At last—the Marshall Plan pays off!” Just in case you haven’t heard of Collins yet, here’s the rundown on her....
It’s rare that one man knows as much about another as Henry King knows about Tyrone Powers: Mr. King directed Ty’s first starring picture back in 1936. The magnificent Captain from Castile brings his total of Power pictures to seven. In seeking a byline suited...
PART III
The bride was on time. On January 14, 1954, at one o’clock, Marilyn Monroe, twenty-seven years old, married Joe DiMaggio, thirty-nine, in the San Francisco City Hall. The ceremony, which lasted all of three minutes, was performed by Municipal Court Judge Charles Peery. The Los...
PART II
January 5, 1950 Shooting of The Fireball, in which she plays Polly, a roller-skating groupie, begins.
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Publicity still for The Asphalt Jungle, 1950, probably photographed by Frank Powolny. The Asphalt Jungle, directed by John Huston, piqued the curiosity of...
PART I
Marilyn Monroe at Malibu Beach photographed by Andre de Dienes, 1945.
June 1, 1926 Marilyn Monroe is born in Los Angeles General Hospital, the third child of Gladys Pearl Baker, née Monroe (May 25, 1900-March 11, 1984). She is named “Norma Jeane” (later Marilyn often left...