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. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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...
For ages I tried to look sophisticated. And nothing worked because I just didn’t feel sophisticated. Then Mama said, “Change your hair!”—and overnight everything changed!...
The most important things Marilyn’s got, it took a brain to get. And from now on, she’s not letting anyone forget It....
Once there was a girl who liked to spend a quiet evening at home with a good book. That was the old Annie Baxter, who doesn’t live here any more....
Ten years ago he caddied for Crosby, Gable and Astaire . . . and they laughed when he said he’d grow up to be in pictures. But they remember Bob Wagner now....
New men are running Marilyn’s new life . . . Who are they? What are they doing to her?...
The wise money didn’t back the Grable-James marriage. So what made it go for ten years? Betty offers a horsey reason....
Jayne Mansfield talks dumb, Shrewdly heads for the top...