"It is because of all the people in the world that I would of liked to see her stay with was Joe. Joe was a wonderful man and she loved him and he loved her."
They may of tried but they didn’t succeed and yes I do think it is disrespectful but I don’t believe their intentions where meant offensively on most occasions. At the end of the day I would hope that all they wanted was to love and protect Marilyn. Arthur I’m not always so sure but after their marriage Joe most definitely.
Anonymous wrote: “Joe actually physically abused her after the scene where her dress comes up in the Seven Year Itch.”
Yes that is likely, but as you were not there you can’t know for sure. I got this message last week after I complimented Joe, so I will copy and paste what I said last time as you all seem to forget what a great person he was. Joe deserves respect for his devotion to Marilyn.
It is quite possible that Joe lashed out on Marilyn a couple of times as he was a very jealous man whilst in their marriage. However, as no one was there but the couple themselves we will never know for sure. It does frustrate me that whenever I compliment Joe people straight away use that against him. I’m not saying Joe was perfect but the most important thing is he learned from his mistakes. After their divorce he was a loyal friend to Marilyn and forever loved her until his death. He never remarried again and after her funeral (which he sorted out and identified the body) he made a contract for twenty years with the Parisian florist to deliver a dozen red roses two (or three - sources change) times a week for twenty years. This is because he fulfilled a promise he had made to Marilyn on their wedding day, when he pledged he would be as loyal to her as William Powell had been to Jean Harlow. After the contract ended he made a donation to a children’s charity as he thought that Marilyn would be happier knowing her remembered her this way. He is also one of a handful of people to have maintained a dignified silence and never spoken publicly about Marilyn. Lastly, he is also the one who rescued her from Payne Whitney Hospital and stayed by her bed side for five days after she had an operation for her chronic endometriosis after they had divorced.
Marilyn photographed in 1954.
Marilyn Monroe in a television commercial for Royal Triton Oil - Union Oil Company, 1950 (X)
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Day 11 Favourite Director Marilyn worked with: Billy Wilder; The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959)
My other choice was going to be John Houston. I chose Billy because, although Marilyn and Billy had a few problems during the end of Some Like It Hot (1959) I feel that he respected Marilyn’s work and talent for the majority of the time and Marilyn also respected him too, having him out of only a few on her choice of Directors she would work with. I also think the two films they made together are arguably the best films she made and I think she shines throughout both of them. I love the recurring themes in Billy and Marilyn’s work especially the comedy and even though many people who have watched these films only once would probably assume they were the same roles Marilyn played, if you analyse both pieces Marilyn as The Girl and Marilyn as Sugar are very different. Apart from working with Marilyn billy also wrote the screenplays and often produced his work so he was very talented indeed. I also think that with Marilyn getting the role as The Girl she achieved even more success and the reviews where very positive, this enabled her to acclaim the recognition she deserved as an actress and thus set up her own production company and achieve even more success. There is a wonderful story that happened during the production of The Seven Year Itch (1955), Billy and the cast and crew were anxious for the monologue Marilyn has to speak as The Girl near the end of the film, due to Marilyn’s asking for retakes etc. However, when the scene was done Marilyn completed the whole monologue in one scene; ”Is that so?…How do you know what a pretty girl wants?…You and your imagination. You think every girl’s a dope. You think a girl goes to a party, and there’s some guy - a great big lunk in a fancy striped vest, strutting around like a tiger, giving you that ‘I’m so handsome, you can’t resist me’ look, and from this, she’s supposed to fall flat on her face. Well, she doesn’t fall on her face. But there’s another guy in the room, way over in the corner. Maybe he’s kind of nervous and shy, perspiring a little. First, you look past him, but then you sort of sense, he’s gentle and kind and worried, and he’ll be tender with you, nice and sweet. That’s what’s really exciting! If I were your wife, I’d be very jealous of you. I’d be very very jealous. (she kissed him) I think you’re just elegant.” Marilyn had done it letter perfect and with an emotional impact that caused the entire soundstage to burst into applause at the end. Marilyn later said she was able to do the scene because she believed every word of what she was saying and because it seemed to her like the story of her own life.
Marilyn photographed by André de Dienes in 1945.
Marilyn photographed in Japan at a press conference on her honeymoon to Joe Dimaggio, February 1954.
Marilyn photographed behind the scenes of The Misfits photographed in 1960.
Marilyn Monroe as Angela Phinlay in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
