Authors: Michelle Morgan
Marilyn Monroe (50 page)
Natasha Lytess manuscript, ‘My Years with Marilyn’, as told to Jane Wilkie;
Interviews/Memories: Charles H. Page, Dale Robertson, Forrest Olmstead, John Gilmore, Richard Baer, Nanciele Finnegan, Annabelle Stanford.
Chapters 10
and
11
:
Documents related to the Red Rock Dairy and Gifford family;
Letter from Mr F. L. Metzler to Mr A. W. Deweese, 26 May 1952;
Transcript of letter from Marilyn Monroe to Dr Rabwin;
Letter from Tom Pryor to Mr A. W. Deweese, 11 June 1952;
Letter from Twentieth Century Fox giving Marilyn Monroe permission to appear on the
Edgar Bergen
radio programme, 13 October 1952;
Natasha Lytess manuscript, ‘My Years with Marilyn’, as told to Jane Wilkie;
Interviews/Memories: Bill Pursel, Bob Cornthwaite, Darrell Von Driska, Gus Zernial, Jim Henaghan Jr, Lisa Truax, Joseph L. Jacob, Pat Brennan, Timothy Henderson, Friends of Dorothy Arnold, Mayor Johnny Grant, Forrest Olmstead.
Death certificate for Grace Goddard;
Documents related to John Eley;
Letter from Will Sykes to Marilyn Monroe, October 1954;
Letter from Twentieth Century Fox to Marilyn Monroe, 8 April 1953;
Marilyn Monroe, pages of script from
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes;
Marilyn Monroe, pages of script from
How to Marry a Millionaire;
Natasha Lytess manuscript, ‘My Years with Marilyn’, as told to Jane Wilkie;
Notes made by Grace Goddard on the behaviour of Gladys Baker Eley;
Transcript of
The Jack Benny Program;
Interviews/Memories: Forrest Olmstead, George Chakiris, Hal Schaefer, Jim Gough, Jim Henaghan Jr, John Gilmore, Pat Traviss courtesy of Lois Banner, Nancy Thome, Stanley Rubin, Win Rosette, Elliott Reid.
Baggage declaration and entry form for Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio;
Bill from the Beverly Hills Hotel, 13–15 March 1954;
Letter from Ben Hecht to Ben Orlin, 5 June 1954;
Letter from Ben Hecht to Loyd Wright, 19 May 1954;
Letter from Berniece Baker Miracle to Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio;
Letter from Gregson Bautzer to Ben Hecht, 11 August 1954;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio, 28 February 1954;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio, 1954;
Letter from Mrs Ben Hecht to Greg Bautzer, 23 September 1962;
Letter from Mrs Ben Hecht to Ken McCormick and Doubleday, 7 June 1954;
Letter from Mrs Ben Hecht to Loyd Wright, 2 June 1954;
Letter from Twentieth Century Fox to Marilyn Monroe, 20 January 1954;
Marriage certificate for Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio;
Natasha Lytess manuscript, ‘My Years with Marilyn’, as told to Jane Wilkie;
Twentieth Century Fox biography of Marilyn Monroe, 1954;
Notes made by Marilyn Monroe in connection with the Twentieth Century Fox Dispute, 1954;
Passport of Norma Jeane DiMaggio/Marilyn Monroe;
Surveillance report from City Detectives and Guard Service, employed by Joe DiMaggio, 20 October–5 November 1954;
Vaccination records for Marilyn Monroe;
Interviews/Memories: Allison Ittel, Bob Vannucci, Don Loraine, Don Obermeyer, Hal Schaefer, Joe Franklin, Kenny Kingston, Steve Hayes, Joe Coudert, Friends of Dorothy Arnold, George Chakiris.
Certificate of conversion to Judaism for Marilyn Monroe, 1 July 1956;
Joe DiMaggio notes related to his friendship with Marilyn Monroe, 1955;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Marilyn Monroe, 25 May 1956;
Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck to Spyros Skouras, 29 January 1955;
Person to Person
transcript, 1955;
Telegram from Spyros Skouras to Darryl F. Zanuck, 17 March 1955;
Interviews/Memories: Albert Winer, Earle Hyman, Edith Shaw Marcus, George Chakiris, James Haspiel, John Thorndike, Karla Jones, Mark Weston, Patricia Rosten, Peer J. Oppenheimer, Stefan Gierasch, Steve Hayes.
Chapters 15
and
16
:
Desk diary entry of Harry W. Briden, manager of the Palace Theatre, 1956;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Kermit Bloomgarden, 20 September 1956;
Letter from Gordon Mosley to Marilyn Monroe, 22 October 1956;
Letter from Gordon Mosley to Marilyn Monroe, 29 October 1956;
Letter from John Morris to Marilyn Monroe, 7 August 1956;
Letter from John Morris to Marilyn Monroe, 15 August 1956;
Letter from Kermit Bloomgarden to Arthur Miller, 11 September 1956;
Letter from Kermit Bloomgarden to Arthur Miller, 1 October 1956;
Letter from Louis Untermeyer to John and Harriett Weaver, 11 July 1956;
Letter from Michael Gill to Marilyn Monroe, 27 August 1956;
Letter from Stephen W. Bonarjee to Marilyn Monroe, 19 October 1956;
Letters and documents related to the Terence Rattigan party, 1956;
Production records and letters related to
The Prince and the Showgirl
from the Laurence Olivier Archive;
Programme from
A View from the Bridge,
October 1956;
Questions and answers between Maurice Zolotow and Milton Greene, 1956;
Telegram from Arthur Miller to Maurice Zolotow, 24 October 1956;
Telegram from Maurice Zolotow to Arthur Miller, 23 October 1956;
Interviews/Memories: Alan A., Allan R. Pemberton, Annabel Whitehead on behalf of Princess Margaret, Beryl Belmont, Dolly Stiles, Brenda Porter, Bryan Godfree, Colin Clark, Colin Wilson, Daphne Anderson, Donald W. J. Foot, Frank Williams, Gerald Searle, Horace Ward, Jack Cardiff, Jean Kent, John Casson, Joyce Jackson, Margaret Gibbon, Michael Thornton, Mr G. Pearson, Norman Wisdom, P. C. Packham, Peggy Heriot, Samantha Corner, Sir John Gielgud, Susan Elliott, Tony Hand, Vera Day, Wolf Mankowitz.
Agreement between Marilyn Monroe and Milton H. Greene, 26 February 1958;
Insurance document for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, c.1958;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Joe Rauh, 9 August 1958;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Marilyn Monroe,
c
.1958;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Mr and Mrs Louis Untermeyer, 9 August 1957;
Letter from Inez Melson to Marilyn Monroe, 5 December 1957;
Letter from Joe Rauh to Arthur Miller, 20 November 1957;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to well-wishers after miscarriage, c.1957–8;
Letter from Robert Miller to Arthur Miller, 24 July 1959;
Letters from the Miller children to Marilyn and Arthur Miller, c.1958–9;
Memo to stockholders of Marilyn Monroe Productions, 2 April 1957;
Transcript of Marilyn Monroe’s arrival at the premiere of
Some Like It Hot,
1959;
Interviews/Memories: Carl Schlesinger, James Glaeg, Jo Olmstead, John Damiecki, Kae Turner, Peer J. Oppenheimer, Maureen McArdle, Peggy McGuiggan, Vanessa Steinberg, Stephanie Baloghy, Tom Tierney.
Telegram from Frank Taylor to John Huston, 9 October 1959;
Initial notes on Marilyn Monroe from Rupert Allen, 11 March 1960;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Joe Rauh, 5 August 1960;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Marilyn Monroe Productions, 23 November 1960;
Letter from Buddy (unknown surname) to Spyros Skouras, 6 April 1960;
Letter from Dorothy Jeakins to Marilyn Monroe, 3 May 1960;
Letter from Dorothy Jeakins to C. O. Erickson, 3 May 1960;
Letter from Dorothy Jeakins to Frank Taylor, 12 April 1960;
Letter from Dorothy Jeakins to Frank Taylor, 4 May 1960;
Letter from Dorothy Jeakins to Frank Taylor, undated;
Letter from Frank Taylor to his mother, 13 October 1959;
Letter from Frank Taylor to his mother, 10 November 1959;
Letter from Frank Taylor to John Huston, 3 February 1960;
Letter from Frank Taylor to John Huston, 25 March 1960;
Letter from Frank Taylor to Leslie A. Fiedler, 12 April 1960;
Letter from John Springer to Marilyn Monroe, 19 December 1960;
Letter from Pat Newcomb to Marilyn Monroe, postmarked 31 December 1960;
Letter from Twentieth Century Fox to Marilyn Monroe, 2 June 1960;
Memo from Arthur Jacobs to Rupert Allen, 16 June 1960;
Memo from Buddy (unknown surname) to Spyros Skouras, 27 April 1960;
Memo from Buddy (unknown surname) to Spyros Skouras, undated;
Memo from Frank Taylor to Eliot Ryman and John Huston, 29 September 1959;
Memo from Glenn Norris to Spyros Skouras, 19 August 1960;
Memo from John Springer to Arthur P. Jacobs staff, 8 December 1960;
Memo from Marilyn Monroe to Marilyn Monroe Productions board of directors, undated;
Memo from Rupert Allen to Arthur P. Jacobs, 17 May 1960;
Memo from Rupert Allen to Arthur P. Jacobs, 8 August 1960;
Recorded interview with Thelma Ritter on the set of
The Misfits,
1960, provided by Lou Cella;
Telegram from Dorothy Jeakins to Frank Taylor, 8 October 1959;
Telegram from Karl Kunst to Spyros Skouras, 20 April 1960;
Telegram from Spyros Skouras to Buddy (unknown surname), 28 April 1960;
Telegram from Spyros Skouras to Karl Kunst, 21 April 1960;
Interviews/Memories: Angela Allen, Bob Banas, Curtice Taylor, Howard Sheehan Jr, Peer J. Oppenheimer.
Documents, telegrams, memos related to the
Rain
project from the Eric Woodard Archive;
FBI documents related to Marilyn Monroe’s trip to Mexico;
Letter from Dr Greenson to Anna Freud, 4 December 1961;
Letter from Isidore Miller to Marilyn Monroe, 8 February 1962;
Letter from Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe,
c
.1961;
Letter from John Springer to Aaron Frosch, 17 March 1961;
Letter from Kay Gable to Marilyn Monroe, 11 April 1961;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Dr Greenson, 2 March 1961;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Joseph Papp, 17 February 1962;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Lee and Paula Strasberg, 1961;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Lee Strasberg, 19 December 1961;
Letter from Paula Strasberg to Marilyn Monroe, 16 January 1962;
Letter from W. Somerset Maugham to Marilyn Monroe, 31 January 1961;
Memo from Aaron Frosch to Marilyn Monroe, 14 April 1961;
Receipt for after-hours treatment at Elizabeth Arden, Beverly Hills, 27 April 1961;
Telegram from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio, 22 September 1961;
Telegram from Marlon Brando to Marilyn Monroe, 27 February 1961;
Transcript of interview between Marilyn Monroe and
Look
magazine, 1961;
Interviews/Memories: Douglas Kirkland, Eric Skipskey, Jim Gough, Lynn Pupello, Mary Sims, Michael Selsman, Peter Evans, Annabelle Stanford.
Autopsy report for Marilyn Monroe;
Death certificate for Marilyn Monroe;
Eunice Murray transcript from
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe;
FBI records;
Letter from Dr Greenson to Anna Freud, 13 January 1963;
Letter from Dr Greenson to Anna Freud, 22 June 1962;
Letter from Dr Greenson to Anna Freud, 20 August 1962;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Twentieth Century Fox, 29 March 1962;
Letter from Twentieth Century Fox to Marilyn Monroe Productions, 15 June 1961;
Letter from Twentieth Century Fox to Marilyn Monroe, 15 June 1962;
Letters to and from the Hollywood Museum Associates, 1962;
Memos and letters related to
Something’s Got to Give
from Spyros Skouras, 1962;
Police reports into Marilyn Monroe’s death;
Receipt from Saks Fifth Avenue, 20 March 1962;
Pages of Marilyn Monroe’s script from
Something’s Got to Give;
Twentieth Century Fox legal records relating to
Something’s Got to Give,
1962;
Interviews/Memories: Michael Selsman, Michael Finn, Vanessa Steinberg, Tony D’Antonio, Bill Pursel.
Chapter 21
, Postscript and Remembrance: Lamenting Marilyn Monroe:
Autopsy report for Marilyn Monroe;
FBI records;
Last Will and Testament of Marilyn Monroe;
Lee Strasberg transcript from
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe;
Letter from Arthur Miller to Joe Rauh, 13 August 1962;
Police reports into Marilyn Monroe’s death;
Probate records;
Interviews/Memories: A. C. Lyles, Alice Wexler, Alan Young, Allan Abbott, Bill Pursel, Bob Cornthwaite, Elliott Reid, George Chakiris, Ron Hast, James Glaeg, Forrest Olmstead, Jeanne Chretien, Jim Gough, Joe Coudert, Michael Selsman, Paul ‘Wes’ Kanteman, Peer J. Oppenheimer, Elliott Reid.
Miscellaneous Documents:
Excerpt from a draft copy of ‘Memories of a Famous Composer, Nobody Ever Heard Of’ (the autobiography of Earle Hagen);
Legal documents related to Inez Melson;
Letter from L. A. C. Wooster to Marilyn Monroe, undated;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Marlon Brando, undated;
Letter from Marilyn Monroe to Sidney Skolsky, undated;
Letter from Milton Spitz to Marilyn Monroe, undated;
Maurice Zolotow notes on Marilyn Monroe, Inez Melson, Marilyn’s fan mail and Marilyn Monroe Productions;
Memos and letters between employees of the Arthur P. Jacobs Agency, various dates;
Press releases from the Arthur P. Jacobs Agency, undated;
Telephone messages from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio, various dates;
Notes by Joe DiMaggio concerning Marilyn Monroe’s disagreement with Twentieth Century Fox, undated.
NOTE: Some of the above items, along with various other documents, are available in Banner, Lois and Anderson, Mark,
MM Personal: From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe
(Abrams, 2011). Other letters and documents were found in catalogues from the following auction houses: Bonhams, Butterfields, Christie’s, Hunt Auctions, Julien’s Auctions, Sotheby’s, Swann Galleries.
