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06:12Mais leur relation était fraude avec des problèmes presque dès le début,
06:17principalement de la nature publique de Marilyn's career.
06:21Imaggio était un homme gentil qui s'assure la publicité et la presse,
06:25en tant que Marilyn's career thrived sur elle.
06:29Marilyn's career allait de force à force,
06:32grâce au succès du succès de «Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ».
06:38Marilyn and Jane Russell were asked to place their prints and signatures
06:43in the cement of the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
06:49She was now clearly a movie star.
06:55But Marilyn could not believe it.
06:58There was my name up in lights.
07:00I said, God, somebody's made a mistake.
07:03But there it was, in lights.
07:06And I sat there and said,
07:09Remember, you're not a star.
07:11Yet there it was, up in lights.
07:16Despite her beautiful and relaxed public persona,
07:19Marilyn suffered from great insecurities about her acting abilities.
07:25She often needed to bolster her confidence before appearing on set,
07:30which led to keeping her co-stars waiting for several hours,
07:34and many considered her unprofessional.
07:37I am invariably late for appointments.
07:41Sometimes as much as two hours.
07:44I've tried to change my ways,
07:46but the things that make me late are too strong and too pleasing.
07:53Although her tardiness only worsened,
07:56Marilyn featured in three consecutive box office hits in 1953.
08:00A streak of good fortune that made her the most popular movie star the following year.
08:06The glamorous bombshell of the currently showing Cinemascope production,
08:09How to Marry a Millionaire,
08:11and who soon will be seen in River of No Return,
08:14Another Cinemascope Triumph,
08:16is overwhelmed by her designation.
08:18Marilyn Monroe, it gives me the greatest pleasure
08:21to present the famous Photoplague magazine gold medal award
08:25as the selection of all of the movie goers of America
08:29who have voted you the most popular actress of the year.
08:32My congratulations.
08:35Thank you, Mr. Samus.
08:37I want to thank the editors of Photoplague magazine
08:40and all of the public.
08:43I thank you very much.
08:46Armed with unprecedented popularity,
08:49Marilyn demanded more control over her future roles,
08:53as well as a better salary from 20th Century Fox.
08:56The studio threatened to dismiss her.
09:01Apparently unfazed by the studio threats,
09:04Marilyn responded by marrying Joe DiMaggio.
09:08If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
09:12A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
09:19Marilyn gained a lot of public and media support as a result of her marriage to the American Idol.
09:25A few days after the wedding, Fox relented and told Marilyn all would be forgiven if she came back to
09:32work.
09:34A truce was finally worked out in which Marilyn's salary was improved.
09:39After a few days in Palm Springs, the couple went to Japan on their honeymoon.
09:47At Tokyo's International Airport, the masses of fans, photographers and reporters were so manic in their enthusiasm for Marilyn and
09:55Joe,
09:55that the couple had to scramble back to their airplane.
10:01The honeymooners managed to escape a short time later through a baggage hatch.
10:06Over to Tokyo, where the land of the rising sun bows to a twinkling star.
10:10It's Marilyn Monroe and her husband, Joe DiMaggio, on their honeymoon.
10:14And if we figure this goodwill correctly, we'd better send Miss Great Britain to Berlin.
10:18During this time, the Korean War was raging only miles away from Japan.
10:24Frontline report. From somewhere in South Korea and these Defense Department films,
10:29U.S. infantrymen fighting a rearguard action battle snipers in a burning town.
10:35At a cocktail party in Tokyo, a high-ranking American Army officer asked Marilyn if she would consider entertaining the
10:43troops stationed in Korea.
10:45Marilyn was thrilled at the request, though Joe was concerned about the potential danger involved.
10:51It's believed that Marilyn left for Korea over DiMaggio's serious objections.
10:58Marilyn's side trip to the war field became a serious point of contention between the newlyweds.
11:04Marilyn Monroe invades frozen Korea and the G.I.'s come a runnin', bowing unconditional surrender.
11:12The screen star has come for a four-day, ten-show tour of the front.
11:16Marilyn proves that there's nothing drab about G.I.'s slacks and shirt, depending on how you look at it,
11:21as she heads for her first performance.
11:25Thirteen thousand Marines whoop it up as a now glamorous Marilyn steps front and center, while MPs have their hands
11:32full.
11:33Having the time of her life, Marilyn wriggles her way into the hearts of the leathernecks.
11:40Coyly, she admits, I've never seen so many men in all my life.
11:45Marilyn would say more than once in her life that the adulation she felt in Korea from the servicemen
11:50had helped overcome a fear of performing in front of large crowds.
11:56It was the high point of her career.
12:03The trip was the best thing that ever happened to me.
12:06I never felt like a star before in my heart.
12:09It was so wonderful to look down and see a fellow smiling at me.
12:17She performed for the American Marines in bitter cold temperatures,
12:21wearing only a scanty plum-colored dress.
12:25Marilyn sang Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Bye Bye Baby, and Do It Again.
12:31She interrupted her performances to use her fine comic wit
12:35and crack jokes with the soldiers about their fondness for sweater girls.
12:40Marilyn must come and go, and Korea for the G.I.'s can never be the same.
12:45Marilyn returned to Japan from her exhausting trip with a 104 degree temperature and a slight case of pneumonia.
13:02Full of confidence, Marilyn successfully negotiated her way into the lead role in the seven-year itch.
13:09This demonstrated the power she now had over the studio executives.
13:14But personally, Joe and Marilyn were experiencing problems and spent a great deal of time apart.
13:20During the filming of the famous skirt-blowing scene in the seven-year itch,
13:25DiMaggio walked onto the set dismayed at the sight of his wife and called out,
13:30What the hell's going on here?
13:33Joe had great disdain for not only the public display of Marilyn's physical charms,
13:39but also for her profession which required it.
13:44Shortly after this highly publicized event, Marilyn and Joe filed for divorce.
13:55Later, Marilyn reflected,
13:58I guess I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone's wife.
14:03Since I know from life one cannot love another, ever really.
14:11The seven-year itch was a box office hit,
14:14and Marilyn became embroiled in another dispute with Fox.
14:18She decided to leave Hollywood for New York to study acting.
14:23She formed her own production company to secure better roles.
14:28Marilyn was determined to become a serious dramatic actress with or without the studio.
14:35She befriended intellectuals and started seeing American playwright Arthur Miller.
14:41Finally, Fox Studios met Marilyn's unprecedented demands, which included story and director approval.
14:49Her salary was boosted to $100,000 US dollars per film,
14:54and she was allowed to make films with independent producers and other studios.
15:01Marilyn's victory not only became a landmark case, but again it proved that Marilyn Monroe was a force to be
15:10reckoned with.
15:12I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.
15:17My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.
15:20I seem to have a whole super structure with no foundation.
15:25But I'm working on the foundation.
15:31In high spirit she returned to Hollywood to star in the film, Bus Stop.
15:37Her performance in the film is considered the finest of her career.
15:42After the completion of Bus Stop, Marilyn returned to New York and married Arthur Miller in a small civil ceremony.
15:49She not only adored her new husband, but she admired him for his talent and accomplishments.
16:00Marilyn then flew to London to begin work on her next film, The Prince and the Showgirl.
16:07Miller accompanied her despite having been called to testify before the House on American Activities Committee
16:13to explain his supposed communist affiliations.
16:16A honeymoon couple arrive at London Airport, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller.
16:21Mrs. Miller's better known as Marilyn Monroe.
16:23Arthur is one of America's most brilliant playwrights.
16:26He wrote Death of a Salesman.
16:28Marilyn's come to England to film The Sleeping Prince with Sir Laurence Olivier,
16:32who's here with his wife to meet them.
16:34A marriage of brains and beauty.
16:36But don't let anyone tell you Arthur's got all the brains.
16:41Mr. Miller, what is the next stage in your trouble with the United States Congress?
16:45Well, the next stage is that the Congress itself vote one way or another on the consent citation voted by
16:56one of its committees.
16:57Yes.
16:57And if it does so vote, then the next stage after that is that this is sent to the Attorney
17:04General of the United States, who then takes the matter to a federal court.
17:10And there is a trial as to whether I was in fact in contempt, which I don't believe.
17:20And might you be liable to a term of imprisonment?
17:23Well, it's very rarely, if ever, meet it out.
17:26Are you going to stick to your guns on this?
17:27Oh, definitely.
17:28Yes.
17:28Could you remind our viewers just exactly what your stand is?
17:31You are saying you are refusing to reveal the names of certain people, is that correct?
17:35Certain writers I knew ten years ago.
17:38Were you actually a member of the Communist Party yourself at one time?
17:41No.
17:41I attended several meetings that were meetings of Communist writers.
17:46Have you been to England before?
17:47I was here in 1949 when Death of a Salesman was produced.
17:51A little quieter for you at that time?
17:53Yeah.
17:54Well, I was in the theater most of the time.
17:56Good.
17:56Are you enjoying your honeymoon?
17:57Very much, yes.
17:58Good.
17:58Thank you very much, sir.
17:59Thank you.
18:00During the proceedings, Marilyn supported Miller both privately and publicly, telling newsreel reporters that she believed her husband would win
18:09his case.
18:12Later, begrudgingly, Miller paid a fine of 500 US dollars to have the matter settled.
18:18Here she is at the Savoy Hotel, stepping into a blaze of light at her press reception.
18:24Escorted by publicist Robert Stanage and with Sir Lawrence Olivia, she took her seat in the center of it all.
18:33Soon they were joined by her husband, Arthur Miller, looking, I thought, surprisingly calm and unruffled.
18:39We were delighted by the quickness of her mind and her intelligence.
18:43Talking with her about her new British film, The Sleeping Prince, I was immediately struck by her obvious enthusiasm for
18:48this new venture.
18:50The film's name was changed to The Prince and The Showgirl, and was the first independent project undertaken by Marilyn
18:58Monroe Productions.
19:00Monroe co-starred with Lawrence Olivier, who also directed the film.
19:05He became frustrated with Marilyn, often raising his voice in anger and occasionally insulting her.
19:12Marilyn responded by arriving on the set hours late, sometimes failing to show up at all.
19:21Miller assumed the duties of caretaker and manager for his unstable wife, and was often placed in the awkward position
19:28of having to explain or defend Marilyn's behavior.
19:34Marilyn fell into a pattern of chronic insomnia, often becoming hysterical as the long nights wore on.
19:42Nightly vigils by her side became a common experience for Miller.
19:48A clearly disturbed Marilyn once said,
19:51First I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person.
19:55Then maybe, I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
20:02During the production of The Prince and The Showgirl, Marilyn was invited to attend a Royal Command film performance before
20:10Queen Elizabeth.
20:13This was the scene in London's Leicester Square on the evening chosen for the greatest event in the cinema year.
20:18The film selected for the Royal performance was the Battle of the River Plate.
20:21One of the earliest arrivals was Marilyn Monroe and her husband, Arthur Miller.
20:25Next, the crowd gave a warm welcome to the British stars.
20:28John Gregson plays the part of Captain Bell in this picture of naval battle.
20:36Marilyn was presented to Queen Elizabeth, who complimented her on her curtsy.
20:43After the filming of The Prince and The Showgirl, Marilyn suffered her first miscarriage.
20:51Her unpleasant behavior and her increasing dependency on her husband strained their marriage considerably.
20:59She later said,
21:01The thing I want more than anything else, I want to have children.
21:05I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.
21:10Almost two years later, she returned to the set for the production of Some Like It Hot.
21:18Marilyn's drug use and increasing dependence on alcohol held up production and pushed the film over budget.
21:24Yet financially, the film was hugely successful and one of Marilyn's most popular films.
21:34Sadly, after production was completed, Marilyn suffered another miscarriage.
21:42Meanwhile, Miller had completed the script and assembled the cast for their eagerly anticipated production of the film, The Misfits.
21:50His dramatic and thoughtful script promised to showcase Marilyn's acting talents to their fullest extent.
21:59But 20th Century Fox quickly burst everybody's bubble with the news that Marilyn needed to fulfill her contractual obligations to
22:08the studio.
22:09She finally agreed to star in the musical comedy entitled, Let's Make Love.
22:15The disappointment of her miscarries led her to become vindictive and unfaithful to her husband.
22:22Let's Make Love was not the box office hit that Fox executives were counting on.
22:30Finally, Marilyn could embark on the production of The Misfits, that also starred her idol, Clark Gable.
22:38From the outset, the movie seemed doomed as Marilyn's personal problems became even greater.
22:43She grew increasingly bitter towards Miller, directing all of her hostility and frustrations at him.
22:53Marilyn then suffered a breakdown and spent 10 days in hospital, and the production was temporarily shut down.
23:04Clark Gable's participation in The Misfits must have seemed to Marilyn like a gift from the gods.
23:11Her adulation of Gable went all the way back to her childhood, when she had fantasized that the handsome actor
23:17was her father.
23:19The grueling location shoot of The Misfits was made more unbearable by the long waits for Marilyn.
23:28Publicly, Gable showed no anger or hostility towards the obviously ill actress.
23:35On set, Marilyn stated,
23:38The place was full of so-called men, but Clark was the one who brought a chair for me between
23:44the takes.
23:48Yet privately, Gable admitted his frustrations with Marilyn's behavior and hinted at his growing fatigue from participating in the film.
23:58The Misfits opened to mixed reviews and had poorer box office results.
24:03After filming concluded, Marilyn and Miller finally separated.
24:10Marilyn attempted to go into seclusion, but her efforts were thwarted by the announcement of Clark Gable's death.
24:17Gable had had a massive heart attack the day after the Misfits had wrapped.
24:23Rumors began to fly that Kay Gable, Clark's young widow, blamed Marilyn for her husband's death.
24:31It's said that Kay claimed that the stress Gable had had to endure during the filming of Misfits, including the
24:38daily delays and excessive heat, had led to his heart attack.
24:45Upon hearing this, Marilyn fell into a dark depression of the thought that she had caused the death of the
24:52man she considered to be the father figure of her life.
24:57In her darkest hour, Joe DiMaggio reentered her life and looked after her as much as she would allow until
25:06her death.
25:08Under the advice of her psychiatrist, she was admitted to the Payne Whitney Clinic in New York and felt dreadfully
25:14uncomfortable.
25:17DiMaggio arranged Marilyn's discharge and placed her in the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
25:24Upon her release three weeks later, reporters and photographers bombarded Marilyn outside the hospital's doors.
25:32They surrounded her, screaming tasteless questions and blocking her exit to a waiting limousine.
25:40Sixteen police officers and hospital security men were needed to escort her to safety.
25:46In addition to her precarious emotional and mental health, Marilyn experienced a variety of physical disorders as well.
25:57She endured a gallbladder operation and suffered from an ulcerated colon and abnormal bleeding from the uterus.
26:07Because of her delicate mental and physical conditions, Marilyn did not work as an actress at all in 1961.
26:16She later admitted,
26:18Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
26:28Eventually, she returned to 20th Century Fox to begin work on the production, ironically named, Something's Got to Give.
26:37She had contracted a virus which left her fatigued and weakened.
26:42Realizing that Marilyn was ill, the studio executives and co-star Dean Martin agreed to arrange the shooting schedule around
26:50her.
26:57Several photographers had been invited to shoot publicity stills of a swimming pool scene in which Marilyn was supposed to
27:03wear a flesh-colored bathing suit to suggest that she was swimming nude.
27:09The photographers were surprised to find Marilyn paddling in the pool au naturel.
27:16It was Marilyn came out of her dressing room in this wonderful blue bathrobe, terry cloth, you know, one you'd
27:23have lying around your own house.
27:25Jumped in the swimming pool, dog paddled around, and then came up to the edge of the pool and didn't
27:31have a bra on.
27:32Well, immediately, myself and everybody on the set knew this was the first time in like 10 or 12 years
27:39that Marilyn might be photographed nude.
27:42Marilyn was very, very fussy on who photographed her. She, in fact, had approval of every one of the pictures.
27:48She would sit there with a grease pencil and cross them out or pinking shears and cut them.
27:55She knew who she wanted to photograph her and when she wanted to be photographed.
28:00Fortunately, I was one of the last to ever photograph her.
28:04Out of 33 shooting days, Marilyn had showed up on the set only 12 times.
28:12Often hours late, and when she did appear, she seldom got through more than one page of script per day.
28:20She infuriated studio executives when she took off to fly to New York to sing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy.
28:28It was also rumored that she had had an affair with the President and his younger brother, Robert.
28:36Finally, production chief Peter Lethavs fired Marilyn from Something's Gotta Give.
28:43Marilyn was devastated by her dismissal.
28:47It's believed that in her despair she made repeated phone calls to the Justice Department where Robert Kennedy worked, shortly
28:54after she was fired.
28:57But it is also alleged that at this time, Robert, and or his advisors, concluded that his involvement with Marilyn
29:04was too politically dangerous to continue.
29:07Determine what it is exactly that you want to accomplish.
29:12On August 4th, 1962, Marilyn spent the day and evening making endless phone calls to her friends.
29:20And as the night grew later, her speech became more and more slurred.
29:25Then, sometime during the night, she died alone.
29:29Her phone was still clutched in her hand.
29:35Sadly, Marilyn Monroe was just 36 years of age when she passed away.
29:44Just as the press had hounded Marilyn in life, they descended upon her in death, photographing her blanketed body as
29:52it was moved out of the house and into the ambulance which would take it to the morgue.
30:01Director John Huston paid tribute to the actress that he knew better than most.
30:06Director John Huston directed Marilyn in her first role of any consequence, the Asphalt Jungle, and in her last picture,
30:17the Misfits.
30:19A number of those who were close to her during the making of the Misfits thought it would be only
30:23a few short years before she died or went into an institution.
30:28Her great enemy was sleeplessness.
30:32Only God knows why she feared it so much.
30:35Perhaps it was simply that not to sleep meant losing her beauty, but I'm inclined to think that there was
30:41more to it than that.
30:44In any case, she fought her enemy, consciousness, with sedatives, until she'd achieve not only sleeplessness, asleep, but insensibility.
30:56Then stimulants would be employed to awaken her.
31:00This vicious circle played such havoc with her body that she had to be hospitalized for ten days in the
31:06middle of the picture.
31:08An overdose of sleeping tablets has become synonymous with suicide.
31:13It was the end of a career which, for all the fame she acquired, apparently spun itself out.
31:19The story of girlhood, insecurity, a troubled life, something perhaps encouraged, not healed, by the fame that came to her
31:25as a symbol of physical charm.
31:27Early this morning, it was revealed that she will be buried by arrangement alongside her grandmother, Emma Atchison, and her
31:33guardian, Grace Godward.
31:37It was ruled that Marilyn's death was a probable suicide. Her funeral took place at the Westwood Memorial Park Chapel
31:45in California.
31:49Joe DiMaggio made the arrangements for the funeral with help from Marilyn's half-sister, Bernice Miracle.
31:59Once more, a large contingent of press watched on as the mourners arrived.
32:08DiMaggio allowed only a few people to attend the service.
32:12Marilyn's most recent Hollywood acquaintances were noticeably absent.
32:23Perhaps in trying to come to grips with the tragic struggles of Marilyn's life, we have become obsessed with explaining
32:29her death.
32:31Since her passing, there has been endless speculation as to the cause of her death.
32:37Theories range from members of organized crime killing Marilyn to frame the Kennedys,
32:43two that the Kennedys themselves killed her to avoid a public scandal.
32:49Some also doubt that there was even a suicide, speculating that on the last night of her life,
32:55Marilyn had wanted merely to sleep through her despair, as she had done so many times before.
33:04Possibly, under the heavy influence of drugs, she simply lost track of the number of sleeping pills she had swallowed.
33:11The world's endless fascination with Marilyn Monroe has led to numerous books being written about her life and controversial death.
33:23Anthony Summers, a British journalist, penned his account back in 1985 in a book called
33:28The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe.
33:36Tony Summers, it's easy, isn't it, after 23 years when people are not around to answer back, to slur their
33:41names by innuendo?
33:43I haven't slurred anybody's name by innuendo.
33:45I set out to do a biography of Marilyn Monroe's life, and had I not looked into the alleged Kennedy
33:51connection,
33:52you'd have been asking me, why not?
33:54It was, in a sense, perhaps the best example to date of the power of rumour in our time.
34:00There was never, until now, evidence that she had actually had affairs with either John Kennedy or Robert Kennedy.
34:06Now there are, there are major pieces of evidence from witnesses, first-hand witnesses,
34:12Kennedy loyalists then and now, in some cases, who would not be expected to smear the Kennedy name.
34:18Now, this whole case is being reopened in Los Angeles, isn't it?
34:23Yes, as a result of the book, two things have happened.
34:25The Chief of Police has been forced to release the partial remnants of the police files from 1962,
34:33covering the investigation of Monroe's death, which I published in clear in the book, in particular her telephone records.
34:41In a rather mad example of bureaucracy gone mad, the police chief has now released them with the numbers censored
34:47out,
34:47showing Marilyn's calls to Kennedy's Justice Department.
34:50But most recently, and probably most importantly, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has convened a grand jury
34:58to look into key points raised by the book, in particular, what happened on the night she died.
35:03It suggests, the evidence now suggests, that far from being found at three or four o'clock in the morning
35:09by her psychiatrist,
35:12that she was in fact either dead or dying four or five hours earlier,
35:16and was removed initially, alive but in a coma, by ambulance.
35:21Why would that take place? Why should anyone want to do that?
35:24What would the four or five hours be used for?
35:26Well, it seems, and this is speculation, informed speculation on the basis of the evidence,
35:31that the time was used to clear up evidence of Marilyn's Kennedy connection at her home,
35:37and indeed for Robert Kennedy, who had seen her earlier that day, to be got out of town by helicopter.
35:44The big question that's being asked about Marilyn's death is, was she murdered?
35:48I have not said that she was murdered. The evidence, however, isn't clear.
35:52Vital forensic materials were thrown away prematurely.
35:56I tend to think that this is an example of what I call the screw-up theory of history,
36:02rather than the conspiracy theory of history, pure inefficiency.
36:05However, the story within the story, the most important thing, I think, for the reporter,
36:11is that organised crime, and particularly Jimmy Hoffer, the Teamsters Union leader,
36:18was at that moment under massive Kennedy prosecution,
36:22and he had commissioned wiretaps of Marilyn and the Kennedys,
36:26both in Marilyn's homes on the east and west coast,
36:28and in the home of the President's brother-in-law, Peter Lawford.
36:32We've got the man who was commissioned to do the bugging, the wiretapping,
36:37we've got the man who installed the bugs, and we've got the man who actually monitored the bugs.
36:41That happened. It was clearly an effort to get smear information on the Kennedys
36:46to bring pressure on the presidency.
36:48That's the most troubling reporter's story that comes out of the end of Marilyn's life.
36:53But who would have an interest in seeing this unhappy woman dead?
36:59If there was foul play, and I haven't said there was,
37:02I think that we must look to the people who were fully paid-up members of the murdering community anyway,
37:07the organised criminals who were involved in trying to compromise the Attorney General.
37:12Could I just ask you this, then?
37:14Why, 23 years after the event, have some witnesses been prepared to change their stories?
37:19I did 600 interviews. That's a lot of slow, hard work.
37:24I think that some have talked because 26 years have passed.
37:27Peter Lawford, the President's brother-in-law, died last year.
37:30That made it easier for some to talk.
37:33And others have talked because they see others talking.
37:37It's a continuing rollercoaster now.
37:39And I think, perhaps, since nobody, incredibly, has ever been put on the stand,
37:45nobody's ever been put on oath, there was never an inquest,
37:48that perhaps now there is a useful purpose to be served by getting those who survive,
37:53who were involved in Marilyn's last hours, to talk on the record, formally on oath.
38:01For all of the hints of mystery surrounding Marilyn's death,
38:05the official investigators didn't feel the need to pursue the case beyond a superficial level.
38:12More than likely there was no crime.
38:15And if there was a cover-up, it was merely to hide unwise relationships,
38:21and not to tarnish our memory of her.
38:24The reality is that any attempt to unmask the truth about her last hours remains futile.
38:31We must simply accept that Marilyn Monroe took her secrets with her.
38:40Sadly, Marilyn's last will and testament revealed she had few friends and even less family.
38:48She made her half-sister, whom she had only met a few times, the major beneficiary,
38:53and also made provisions for the care of her mother.
38:59She gave Lee Strasberg, her psychiatrist, all of her personal effects and clothing,
39:05and stated,
39:07Distribute the effects among my friends, colleagues, and those to whom I am devoted.
39:17Instead, Strasberg stored them in a warehouse and willed them to his widow, Anna,
39:23who in 1999, had Christie's Auction House sell the bulk of Monroe's effects.
39:30Some fans were horrified at the thought that her most intimate possessions were being sold for profit
39:36by a woman who had never even met Marilyn.
39:39But other fans were thrilled at the prospect of owning something that had actually belonged to Marilyn Monroe.
39:46The auction earned over $13 million for Anna Strasberg.
39:53The diary shows a different facet to her life.
39:55It's her address book that she had, and I think, judging by the names in it,
40:01it's probably dating from 60 to 61, that kind of era, just shortly before her death.
40:06So it has a lot of industry contacts in there,
40:09a lot of her very close and personal friends that she hung out with a lot at that time,
40:14and a lot of the doctors that she was seeing as well, shortly before her death,
40:18which is the subject of much speculation.
40:22There's so many great pieces in the sale.
40:24The things that pop out in my mind are the inter-office memo at the 20th Century Fox legal department
40:30saying that Norma Jean Dowerty had just changed her name, had just legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
40:36I mean, this is actually the birth announcement of an icon, and that's a fantastic, fantastic item.
40:42Release form for the famous nude photographs she did, that were reproduced on calendars,
40:47and she signed that one, Norma Monroe, which I have never seen, that's never come up at auction, anything signed
40:54Norma Monroe at all, so that's really rare.
40:58Classic photographs of Marilyn Monroe are also popular all around the world.
41:10An exhibition of some of the rarest photographs of Marilyn Monroe went on display at the Smithfield Gallery in London.
41:18It featured Burt Stern's last sitting series that was taken shortly before her death.
41:24Burt Stern had a retrospective exhibition in Japan, 1995, and because it was so important for his career as a
41:36portrait photographer,
41:37he included many, well not many, but a selection of completely untouched black and white photographs.
41:46No additions, absolutely unique, they came as he took them, so all the hairs on her face and so on
41:54and so forth are still there.
42:06A unique collection of photographs called Timeless Beauty also went on display in London at the Andrew Weiss Gallery.
42:14This exhibition documented her life from being a very young Norma Jean Baker through to her relationship with Joe DiMaggio,
42:21and featured the famous Santa Monica Beach photos that were taken by George Barris.
42:29Marilyn epitomized beauty, and she had an appeal not only for men, which of course that's, you would say would
42:36be quite obvious,
42:37but she also appealed to women as well. And she had a way about it that people wanted to just
42:43help her.
42:44And women again found her attractive, not in a sexual way, but in a way of caring.
42:50And it made it a universal appeal that holds up to this day.
42:56The amount of money fans are willing to pay for images of Marilyn is staggering.
43:01When Andy Warhol's orange Marilyn portrait came up for auction, it eclipsed all expectations.
43:09The Warhol orange Marilyn showing on the turntable on my right at $14,500,000.
43:16Plus, you'll bid her at $14,500,000.
43:18While people clamor for images of Marilyn, others emulate her.
43:25But Donna has been a fan of Monroe since she was a child, and has repeatedly styled herself in her
43:31image.
43:36Gwen Stefani also keeps the Monroe look alive.
43:41Along with fashion designers all around the world, including American designer Yana Kaye.
43:47The theme is definitely Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe.
43:53That's the icons of the 50s and the 60s, so these girls are amazing, and that's what I'm doing this
43:59season.
44:00Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad and Italian designers Dolce & Gabbana have kept the Monroe image and style alive on the
44:08catwalks of Europe.
44:16But no one has gone to the lengths of recreating the Monroe image more than the late Anna Nicole Smith,
44:22whose fame also derived from being a Playboy model.
44:26She was one of those who loved being in front of the camera and came alive in front of the
44:31camera.
44:31And there was very clearly a Marilyn Monroe quality about her, and that aspiration was very clear from the very
44:41beginning.
44:41She talked about Marilyn Monroe all the time, and when she became Playmate of the Year at that press party,
44:48she was doing a lot of Marilyn Monroe poses.
44:52Anna's deeply held affection for Monroe led to her requesting to be buried next to her idol after her death.
44:59And yes, she did mention that once, that she would like to be buried by Marilyn Monroe.
45:06She didn't quite have the charm and the universal appeal of Marilyn Monroe, but you cannot deny the parallels in
45:15the two of them.
45:17From their fake names, to their fake blonde hair, to their nudity in Playboy magazine, to their untimely deaths in
45:24their 30s.
45:25And we have yet to see at this time what caused Anna Nicole's death, but we can't forget that Marilyn
45:32Monroe's death was brought on by an overdose of pills.
45:37Marilyn was immortalized when the U.S. Postage Service issued a stamp in her honor.
45:43She was chosen to be the first icon of a series of stamps known as the Legends of Hollywood.
45:50Being the most famous face in the world would be plenty for a lot of us. The camera loved her,
45:56and so did we.
45:57But she fought to master her craft and earn the respect of the critics in the same way that she
46:04won the hearts of millions of fans.
46:07Today, more than 30 years after her death, her comedic style still makes us laugh.
46:14Her big girl looks and little girl voice still make us smile.
46:19And her incredible beauty still stirs our hearts.
46:23There is only one Marilyn.
46:31Marilyn Monroe was the quintessential Hollywood superstar.
46:38She was a beautiful and intelligent woman.
46:42A sex goddess who yearned to be more.
46:48It's sad that she couldn't find the heart to love herself in the process.
46:55She is a woman who has transcended the ages.
46:59Perhaps she simply arrived in this world before her time.
47:07It's nice, people knowing who you are and all of that, and feeling that you've meant something to them.
47:15The world's fascination with Marilyn Monroe lives on to this day.
47:22I thank you very much.
47:35And I, as you're speaking for both of you.
48:04I thank you for being with Mỹ due to the two girls of Giangsalis,
48:04Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
48:36...the continued fascination with Marilyn derives in part from the untimeliness of her death.
48:43Her great enemy was sleeplessness. Only God knows why she feared it so much.
48:49Her stardom has only escalated since her departure.
48:53And her incredible beauty still stirs our hearts. There is only one Marilyn.
49:02I thank you very much.
49:07It's been said that Monroe played the best game with the worst hand.
49:14She was born as an illegitimate child and named Norma Jean Baker.
49:23Norma Jean endured a childhood of poverty, misery and abuse.
49:30She spent years in foster homes and orphanages, and her mother was institutionalized after suffering and nervous breakdown.
49:40She escaped from this horrific life at the age of 16 with an arranged marriage.
49:47Her husband disapproved of her newly found modeling career, and the marriage broke down.
49:55Marilyn later reflected,
49:57No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl.
50:02All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.
50:08She headed to Hollywood with a dream.
50:11It was the golden age of Hollywood when the film industry was extremely affluent and powerful.
50:21Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and MGM were the most successful studios of the era.
50:27And were producing a huge volume of movies that gave birth to dozens of stars.
50:36Gala Industry Luncheon, Y. Frank Freeman, board chairman of the Motion Picture Producers Association, presents the stars.
50:41Here, Rhonda Fleming, also on the receiving line with their Majesties, is California's Governor Goodwin J. Knight.
50:49A gracious greeting from producer-director Cecil B. DeMille.
50:54Mary Pickford.
50:56Followed by her husband, Buddy Rogers.
51:02June Allison.
51:04And her husband, Dick Powell.
51:06That's Cary Grant, next in line after Powell.
51:10Norma Jean dreamed of joining her idols, and becoming a star.
51:16She would later say,
51:18Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one.
51:25Norma Jean won a one-year contract at 20th Century Fox, and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.
51:34In the years that followed, she was cast in a number of small roles, and was given a seven-year
51:40deal with Fox Studios.
51:42But Marilyn was broke.
51:43There were no movie offers on the horizon, and very few modeling jobs coming her way.
51:49Marilyn recalled later,
52:09She was asked to pose nude for a calendar.
52:11Due to her financial trouble, she agreed, and was paid a measly 50 U.S. dollars for the shoot.
52:19Sales of the calendar reached 8 million copies.
52:23And Playboy magazine used the pictures in its first issue.
52:27These photographs catapulted Marilyn Monroe to super stardom.
52:32She was later quoted as saying,
52:35Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you $1,000 for a kiss, and 50 cents for your soul.
52:43Her first serious acting role came the following year,
52:47when she had a small but crucial role in the asphalt jungle, and received favorable reviews.
52:55In addition to her newly found acting career in films such as All About Eve and Ladies of the Chorus,
53:01Marilyn was required to pose for publicity photos.
53:05These photos attracted the attention of servicemen, film fans, and newspaper editors from all around the world.
53:15They also caught the eye of legendary baseball player Joe DiMaggio.
53:20He promptly made contact and asked Marilyn out on a date.
53:26DiMaggio, up for the Yanks in the fateful fifth, gets a single off Brooklyn's Ralph Branca.
53:31It's New York's first hit of the day.
53:33Marilyn was reluctant to meet DiMaggio, for she didn't follow baseball and was not attracted to sports figures.
53:39Joe DiMaggio thrills Japanese baseball fans in Tokyo.
53:44Despite their differences, the unlikely couple began dating, as DiMaggio...
53:49...and appointments, sometimes as much as two hours.
53:53I tried to change my ways, but the things that make me late are too strong and too pleasing.
54:02Although her tardiness only worsened, Marilyn featured in three consecutive box office hits in 1953.
54:10A streak of good fortune that made her the most popular movie star the following year.
54:15The glamorous bombshell of the currently showing Cinemascope production, How to Marry a Millionaire,
54:20and who soon will be seen in River of No Return, another Cinemascope Triumph, is overwhelmed by her designation.
54:28Marilyn Monroe, it gives me the greatest pleasure to present the famous PhotoPlay Magazine Gold Medal Award
54:34as the selection of all of the moviegoers of America who have voted you the most popular actress of the
54:41year.
54:41My congratulations.
54:44Thank you, Mr. Samuels.
54:47I want to thank the editors of PhotoPlay Magazine and all of the public.
54:52I thank you very much.
54:55Armed with unprecedented popularity, Marilyn demanded more control over her future roles,
55:02as well as a better salary from 20th Century Fox.
55:06The studio threatened to dismiss her.
55:10Apparently unfazed by the studio threats, Marilyn responded by marrying Joe DiMaggio.
55:16If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
55:21A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.
55:28Marilyn gained a lot of public and media support as a result of her marriage to the American Idol.
55:34A few days after the wedding, Fox relented and told Marilyn all would be forgiven if she came back to
55:42work.
55:43A truth made a good first impression.
55:47I had a thought.
55:49I was going to meet a loud, sporty fellow.
55:53Instead, I found myself smiling at a reserved gentleman.
55:57If I hadn't been told he was some sort of ball player,
56:00I would have guessed he was either a steel magnate or a congressman.
56:06Joe's courtship of Marilyn fascinated the world.
56:12But their relationship was fraught with problems almost from the beginning.
56:16Mostly stemming from the public nature of Marilyn's career.
56:21DiMaggio was a shy man who shunned publicity and the press, whilst Marilyn's career thrived on it.
56:28Marilyn's career was going from strength to strength, thanks to the box office success of gentlemen prefer blondes.
56:37Marilyn and Jane Russell were asked to place their prints and signatures in the cement of the forecourt of Grauman's
56:44Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
56:49She was now clearly a movie star.
56:54But Marilyn could not believe it.
56:57There was my name up in lights.
56:59J'ai dit, « Dieu, quelqu'un a fait une erreur. Mais là-bas, il y a l'air, en
57:05lights. Et j'ai l'air et j'ai dit, « Tu n'est pas une star. Mais là-bas,
57:12il y a l'air, en lights. »
57:18Marilyn souffred from great insecurities about her acting abilities.
57:25She often needed to bolster her confidence before appearing on set, which led to keeping her co-stars waiting for
57:32several hours, and many considered her unprofessional.
57:37I am invariably late for a...
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