Dear Susan,
Like the rest of the world, it was news to us—your marriage to Floyd Chalkley. And for once, we didn’t mind not knowing the inside dope on a Hollywood romance. I’ll tell you why a little later on.
We admit it . . . the...
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...
This trip to Europe was the first step for a father whose biggest purpose in life is his devotion to four sons . . . Lindsay, the youngest, needed him most. . . ....
He is bored by horse-racing, overly fond of oysters and clams and nurtures an elaborate hatred for so-called Cafe Society.
He owns more than 2,000 pairs of socks knitted for him by young fans.
He cannot remember a time when he didn’t want to act: “At seven...