Posted on 09/25/2010 2:24:02 PM PDT by Niuhuru
A collection of more than 100 previously unpublished photos of Marilyn Monroe can be seen for the first time in a new book. 'Marilyn: August 1953', published this week by Calla Editions, features digitally restored black and white images taken during the summer of 1953 of a then 27-year-old Monroe.
The photos were shot by John Vachon, on assignment for LOOK magazine in Alberta, Canada, where Monroe was filming 'River of No Return' with Robert Mitchum.
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He was the only decent man she married. He continued to love her and look out for her. He never did a tell all book either. He was a true gentleman.
There will never be another Marilyn Monroe.
Joltin’ Joe was a lucky, lucky man.
It is my understanding also that he was the one that had flowers placed where she was cremated or buried - I forget which until he passed away. Correct me if I am wrong on that.
or Joe DiMaggio.
I wonder why we are still fascinated with her after so many years?
what happened between them
Well, one reason is because we can’t figure out whether she was a profound intelligent woman who acted the bimbo for money, or a bimbo who could act intelligent for money. Or whether the people who thought she was intelligent were bimbos, or if the people who thought she was a bimbo were bimbos.
In private, DiMaggio said, "They killed her".
There are pics of the funeral procession inside the small cemetery in west LA, and thousands were trying to look over the wall only to see a few people walking behind the vehicle carrying her casket, after the services, and few knew who these people actually were.
Your story is correct. Joe always made sure there was fresh flowers placed on her grave.
I used to work with a woman who was a nursing student where Marilyn was hospitalized for her miscarriage and she told me that Marilyn was gorgeous without any makeup and was very nice and kind to all the nurses and students. I think it was Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC.
It's a crypt, not a grave.
Most accounts of her life reveal that the marital discord resulted from Marilyn's career. DiMaggio became increasingly annoyed with the phoniness and artificiality of the movie industry and was further angered by the studio's repeated efforts to imprison Marilyn in blonde bombshell roles.
Despite the fact that The Seven Year Itch was based on a successful play by renowned playwright George Axelrod, DiMaggio saw Marilyn's part only as another in a series of sexy, dumb blonde roles.
DiMaggio eventually joined his wife in New York, but their relationship moved from disharmony to disaster after the shooting of one of Marilyn's most legendary scenes, the moment in which she stands above a subway grate to feel the rush of air that passes whenever a train rushes beneath her.
The shot of Marilyn's white dress billowing up to reveal her shapely legs is so identified with her image that it has become a virtual icon, at once celebrating her sexuality and encapsulating her legend.
The scene was shot at 52nd Street and Lexington in New York City in the middle of the night. Despite the late hour, thousands of fans showed up to catch a glimpse of Marilyn Monroe.
So many flashbulbs went off each time director Billy Wilder tried to shoot a take that he made a deal with the amateur photographers and the press: If they would allow him to shoot the scene, he would ask Marilyn to pose for them.
During the proceedings, DiMaggio walked onto the set, dismayed at the sight of his wife on exhibit for more than 2,000 strangers. His oft-quoted remark, “What the hell's going on here?” reflects his disdain not only for the public display of Marilyn's physical charms but also for her profession, which required it. Shortly after this highly publicized event, Marilyn and Joe filed for divorce.
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On October 6, Marilyn was scheduled to hold a news conference but was too upset to say very much. As she and famed Hollywood lawyer Jerry Giesler walked out of the front door, reporters and photographers lunged forward, hurling embarrassing questions at her.
Joe Hyams, then a correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, was still appalled by the memory of the spectacle years later.
He said he could still see “as clearly as I had seen it then, her tear-stained face as she came out of the front door, the half-a-hundred newsmen crowded in on her like animals at the kill. Only little Sidney Skolsky tried to protect her. Something about the scene and my profession of journalism sickened me.”
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http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/marilyn-monroe-later-career4.htm
Here's an old video showing how emotionally pained she was about the divorce and how ravenous the press still is:
No. There will never be another.
Many have tried- and failed.
During her very private memorial service, people from all over the world flew into LAX, (Los Angeles) hoping to attend the funeral service....DiMaggio was outraged with those that contributed to her death, and said to hell with that, and would not allow any of the high rollers and super rich Hollywood types attend...
In private, DiMaggio said, “They killed her”.
There are pics of the funeral procession inside the small cemetery in west LA, and thousands were trying to look over the wall only to see a few people walking behind the vehicle carrying her casket after the services, and few knew who these people actually were.
In addition, LAPD investigators were in the back ground at the private memorial service as part of their investigation into her death. There were more than few insiders, some still alive today, that believe without doubt, Monroe was murdered.
Many still believe she was murdered. I really wonder that myself.
in that case, I say Joe was an ass
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