Marilyn Monroe: The Biography (107 page)

265

She gave us: Ted Cieszynski to DS, Feb. 10, 1992.

266

This is my first: Jennings,
art. cit
., p. 60.

266

When I went to Korea: Skolsky, p. 212.

267

It was so wonderful: Cited frequently—e.g., Talese, p. 43; Kahn, p. 256.

267

Joe hates: Sidney Skolsky’s column,
Hollywood Citizen-News
, March 10, 1954.

268

For the dialogue between MM and Skolsky, see Skolsky, p. 213.

268

Marilyn wept: Ben Hecht to Jacques Chambrun, April 14, 1954. Ben Hecht Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

270

Sit down and: Quoted by MM to Arthur Miller,
Timebends
(New York: Grove Press, 1987), p. 370.

270

But you’re married: Quoted by Lucille Ryman Carroll to DS, Feb. 20, 1992.

273

At night: JWP/NL II, p. 22.

273

called me at two or three: JWP/NL I, p. 7.

273

tired of having: Jack Gordean and Hugh French, memo to Charles K. Feldman reporting a meeting with Marilyn on or about June 26, 1954.

274

It’s ridiculous: Hal Schaefer, quoted in
Los Angeles Examiner
, Oct. 6, 1954, and in
Confidential
, vol. 3, no. 4 (September 1955): 56. The latter magazine, thought at the time to be a mere gossip tabloid, was in fact an impeccably researched and carefully written monthly, however sensational were the aspects of celebrities’ lives it chose to present.
Confidential
was, for example, the first magazine to challenge the Hollywood hypocrisy that there were no homosexuals in the film industry. Employing investigative reporters, attorneys, fact-checkers and established journalists,
Confidential
also delivered some of the most revealing stories of its time on executive mismanagement and studio fraud.

275

It’s okay, baby:
Confidential
, p. 58. This event was confirmed to DS by producer Milton Ebbins, in an interview on Sept. 22, 1992.

275

very unhappy when: Louella O. Parsons, “Joe Jealousy [
sic
] of Marilyn Told in Rift: Cites Visits to Voice Coach in Hospital,”
Los Angeles Examiner
, Oct. 6, 1954, p. 1.

276

She had very little: Hal Schaefer to DS, April 24, 1992.

276

stupid part: MG IV, 3, p. 25.

276

Breathe from your stomach: Quoted in Robert Cahn, “Marilyn Monroe Hits a New High,”
Collier’s
, Sept. 9, 1954, pp. 99–101.

277

Miss Monroe’s wriggling: Bosley Crowther, in the
New York Times
, Dec. 16, 1954.

277

For Irving Berlin’s comment, see Manvell, p. 117.

277

I had a code: JWP/NL I, p. 6.

277

If Marilyn wasn’t: Rita Moreno, on
The Class of The 20th Century
, Merrill W. Mazuer, prod. for CEL Communications, Inc./The A & E Network (US cable television), 1991.

278

I’ve heard: Susan Strasberg,
Bittersweet
(New York: Putnam’s, 1980), pp. 55–56.

279

I kept: MM, quoted on MG dictabelt #4, dated April 11, 1957.

279

What the hell: Quoted in Graham McCann,
Marilyn Monroe
(New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1988), p. 46.

280

He has the grace: MM, quoted in
Pageant
, vol. 9, no. 10 (April 1954): 55.

280

He wouldn’t speak: Quoted in Maurice Zolotow, “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe,”
American Weekly
, Oct. 23, 1955, p. 30.

280

When I married: Norman Rosten,
Marilyn: An Untold Story
(New York: Signet/NAL, 1973), p. 104.

280

I have too many: Quoted in Gloria Steinem, “Growing Up with Marilyn,”
Ms
., vol. 1, no. 2 (August 1972): 38.

283

But although she was: George Axelrod to DS, Nov. 6, 1991.

283

the shot seen: Cited often—e.g., by photographer Sam Shaw, in “Runnin’ Wild,” no. 9 (Jan. 1993).

283

She was shaking: Tom Ewell, quoted in the
Los Angeles Daily News
, Oct. 5, 1954, p. 51.

283

The location work: Sam Shaw to DS, March 7, 1992.

283
–
284

Wilder and Wurtzel confirmed the production schedule to DS in interviews on (respectively) Nov. 19, 1991 and Feb. 19, 1992.

284

It would make: The entire dialogue was published by Winchell in his syndicated column just days after MM died: see, e.g., the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, Aug. 8, 1962.

284

look of death: Billy Wilder to DS, Nov. 19, 1991.

284
–
285

The violence between Marilyn and Joe was widely reported by witnesses: see McCann, p. 46.

Chapter Fourteen:
October 1954–January 1955

286

On MM’s illness, see the
Hollywood Reporter
, Sept. 30, 1954.

286

I hope you: Quoted in the
Los Angeles Daily News
, Oct. 5, 1954, p. 51.

286

I knew she: Tom Ewell, quoted in
Hollywood Studio Magazine
, vol. 20, no. 8 (Aug. 1987): 33.

287

Others could give: Darryl F. Zanuck to Billy Wilder, letter dated Sept. 20, 1954, preserved in the Charles K. Feldman Papers at the American Film Institute, Los Angeles.

287

I have to sleep: Sam Shaw to DS, March 7, 1992; see also Shaw and Rosten,
Marilyn among friends
, p. 16.

287

When you got her: Billy Wilder to DS, Nov. 19, 1991.

288

I wanted so much: MG V, 3.

288

letter perfect: George Axelrod to DS, April 22, 1992.

289

For the neighbors’ recollections of Marilyn’s nighttime walks, see the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, Oct. 6, 1954.

290

because of incompatibility: For the news release and subsequent statements to the press, see, e.g.,
Los Angeles Times
, Oct. 6, 1954;
Time
vol. 75, no. 16 (Oct. 18, 1954): 47; and newswire services from October 4 through 7, 1954.

290

grievous mental suffering:
Los Angeles Times
, Oct. 6, 1954.

290
n
1

common as political:
Ibid
.

291

It is my home:
Los Angeles Mirror
, Oct. 6, 1954; see also
Beverly Hills Newslife
, Oct. 7, 1954.

291

Miss Monroe will: Quoted in
Beverly Hills Newslife
, Oct. 7, p. 1; also on newsfilm worldwide, and on both the United Press International and Associated Press newswire services.

291

The marriage was: Ray Parker and Roby Heard, “What Made Marilyn and Joe Bust Up?”
Los Angeles Mirror
, Oct. 5, 1954, p. 4.

291

Now at last:
Ibid
., Oct. 7, 1954, part 1, p. 6.

292

Joe is a sweet guy: Quoted by Aline Mosby in “Marilyn, Joe Rift Widens,”
Hollywood Citizen-News
, Oct. 7.

292

Bored: Susan Strasberg to DS, June 2, 1992.

292
n
2

Joe DiMaggio bored: Skolsky, p. 225.

292

He didn’t like: MG III, 4, unpaginated.

292

I feel alive: Quoted in the
Los Angeles Times
, Oct. 8, 1954.

292

I can’t understand: Quoted in the
Newark Evening News
, Oct. 18, 1954.

293

But Marilyn’s determination: Skolsky, p. 224–225.

294

Mr. DiMaggio: Quoted in the
Newark Evening News, art. cit
.

296

She has been: Charles K. Feldman to Darryl F. Zanuck, letter dated October 21, 1954, preserved in the Feldman Collection at the American Film Institute, Los Angeles.

296

I feel like: “Life Goes to A Select Supper for Marilyn,”
Life
, vol. 37, no. 22 (Nov. 22, 1954): 162; this was picked up from Skolsky’s column of Nov. 9.

296

that the so-called elite of: Sidney Skolsky’s column, “Hollywood Is My Beat,”
Hollywood Citizen-News
, Nov. 9, 1954.

296

I have come: Quoted in Shaw and Rosten, p. 78.

296

I’ve always admired: MM told the exchange to Skolsky, who included it in his column dated Nov. 9.

297

It’s because of:
Ibid
.

297

for correction of:
Hollywood Citizen-News
, Nov. 8, 1954;
Los Angeles Daily News
, Nov. 9, 1954.

297

There’s no chance: MM to Aline Mosby, quoted in the
Hollywood Citizen-News
, Nov. 8, 1954.

298

Regarding the end of the Schaefer affair and the dialogue at the Villa Capri between MM and Joe, see Louella Parsons in the
Los Angeles Examiner
, Nov. 9 and 16, 1954.