Marilyn Monroe Day by Day Quotes

“June 5: Eunice Murray calls the studio to report Marilyn is ill, and Dr. Lee Siegel is dispatched to her home. He discovers that she is suffering from sinusitis and has a temperature of 102 degrees. Marilyn’s lawyer, Mickey Rudin, receives a letter stating Fox’s intention to sue for breach of contract. June”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 4: Norma Jeane sends Berniece a note saying that she is staying with Ana Lower. She hopes her mother can be released from the hospital soon, and that Berniece will join them in California. Norma Jeane writes to Grace McKee Goddard, explaining she has not worked at Radioplane since January: “The first I know [the photographers] had me out there, taking pictures of me. . . . They all asked where in the H---l I had been hiding.” Conover told her that the pictures “came out perfect.” Conover mentions his contacts in modeling, and Norma Jeane reports, “I told him I would rather not work when Jimmie was here, so he said he would wait, so I’m expecting to hear from him most any time again. He is awfully nice and is married and is strictly business, which is the way I like it. Jimmie seems to like the idea of me modeling, so I’m glad about that.” June”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“May 27: Marilyn poses nude for Tom Kelley’s calendar photographs while listening to Artie Shaw. She is given a fifty-dollar flat fee for signing a contract, using the name Mona Monroe. Altogether Kelley takes shots of twenty-four poses, although only two are published, titled “A New Wrinkle” and “Golden Dreams.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“May 22: Grace pays twenty-five dollars to Nellie Atkinson for Norma Jeane’s care.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“April 24: Marilyn again reports in sick, refusing to come in to meet the Shah of Iran, since she does not know his position on Israel.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“April 13: Marilyn consults with Walter Bernstein, Cukor, and her producers about the script. She insists she needs to see Strasberg to “oil the machinery.” Physician Lee Siegel arrives to give her a vitamin injection. It is decided that shooting will not begin until April 23. Broadway composer Richard Adler calls to say he has written special lyrics for Marilyn’s rendition of “Happy Birthday.” She tells him that she will be wearing a “historical gown” for her appearance. Marilyn flies to New York.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“April 12: Venus at Large, a comedy by Henry Denker featuring characters based on Marilyn and Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway and receives negative reviews. Marilyn announces her intention to consult with Lee Strasberg before Something’s Got to Give starts shooting.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“April 3: Marilyn and Miller meet with Lew Wasserman of MCA and his assistant, Mort Viner, to discuss how to handle Twentieth Century Fox, since United Artists would be distributing Some Like It Hot. The group is also waiting to hear if Frank Sinatra will join the production (he was suggested for the part Tony Curtis would play). A memo states, “She [Marilyn] still doesn’t like Curtis but Wasserman doesn’t know anybody else.” British journalist Donald Zec sends a telegram to Marilyn saying he is on his way to New York and would like to call “FOR THAT CUPPA TEA.” Marilyn writes on the telegram, “By all means I am a woman of her word” and gives him her telephone number.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“March 29: Marilyn writes to Lester Markel at the New York Times. She likes the Sunday piece on playwright Sean O’Casey. She provides her assessment of various contenders for the presidency, including Rockefeller, Humphrey, Nixon, Stevenson, William O. Douglas, and Kennedy. She considers Rockefeller “more liberal than many of the Democrats,” and declares that Stevenson “might have made it if he had been able to talk to people instead of professors.” Nixon has no soul. Douglas is ideal, but his divorce is an impediment. She is disappointed with the Times’s coverage of Castro and feels the United States should support and develop democracy. She includes some political slogans: “Nix on Nixon,” “Over the hump with Humphrey (?),” “Stymied with Symington,” “Back to Boston by Xmas—Kennedy.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“March 9: With Schenck’s help, Marilyn obtains a contract with Columbia Pictures for $125 a week. The studio puts her up at the Hotel Bel-Air. Ed Cronenwerth shoots her in various exercise positions, toning and stretching her body. She is also shown seated on steps, her right elbow on her raised right thigh and her right hand on her chin next to the sign “Los Angeles City Limits.” He also photographs makeup sessions. Marilyn applies lipstick, looking into a hand-held mirror, and is shot sitting while Helen Hunt styles her hair.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“February 11: Andre de Dienes sends Marilyn a telegram calling her “Turkey Foot,” his nickname for her: “STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF. GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. LET’S GO DRIVING AND HIKING THROUGH THE REDWOODS, INCOGNITO, AND TAKE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES LIKE NOBODY COULD EVER TAKE. IT WILL CURE YOU OF ALL YOUR ILLS. CALL ME UP. LOVE.” Nan Taylor, the wife of Frank Taylor, producer of The Misfits, writes to Marilyn: “It seems to me again, as it did last summer, very sad that we who have been given so much by you cannot give you even what little we might in return. You have my admiration for your courage, my gratitude for the many delights of charm and beauty and humor your presence has meant, and my deep sorrow for your troubles. I believe in your strength, Marilyn, as I believe in the sun. If at any time I can help in any way, please let me, Love, Nan.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“February 1: Photographer Sam Shaw escorts Marilyn to a party at the home of Paul Bigelow, an assistant to Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford, an original member of the Group Theatre, where Kazan, Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, and other important theater professionals made their mark in the 1930s. Crawford invites Marilyn to accompany her to the Actors Studio, formed some years after the dissolution of the Group Theatre.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“January 23: Niagara is released, making Marilyn a star. She plays Rose Loomis, a femme fatale. The picture features her 116-foot walk to the falls.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“January 14: Marilyn draws up a new will, removing Arthur Miller as her beneficiary and substituting Lee Strasberg, with bequests to Marianne Kris, a small trust for her mother, and gifts to Michael Chekhov’s widow and Patricia Rosten.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 28: Marilyn, in pain, is hospitalized for gallbladder surgery.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 27: Sidney Fields is the first columnist to write about Marilyn, commenting in the New York Mirror: “Marilyn is a very lovely and relatively unknown movie actress. But give her time; you will hear from her.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 26: David Conover photographs Norma Jeane for Yank magazine.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 25: Mickey Rudin warns Marilyn about expenditures for wardrobe, hairdressing, makeup, drugs, and the coaching services of Paula Strasberg—all of which threaten to exhaust the $13,000 remaining in her bank accounts. Marilyn calls the Justice Department.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 24: Marilyn appears at the studio to watch her scenes with Montand. John Huston leaves New York to look at locations in Nevada for The Misfits.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 23: Reporters stake out Marilyn’s apartment, responding to rumors that she and Miller will marry that night.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 22: Life publishes “They Fired Marilyn: Her Dip Lives On,” photographs of her nude swimming scene for Something’s Got to Give.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 21: Marilyn consults with her attorney, Aaron Frosch, and Lee Strasberg about Rain.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 20: Spyros Skouras, Fox’s president, meets with Marilyn and Miller to advise the playwright to cooperate with HUAC. Miller refuses, and Marilyn admires his integrity and courage.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 19: Sunday at 2:30 p.m., Reverend Benjamin Lingenfelder of the Christian Science church marries Norma Jeane and twenty-one-year-old James Dougherty at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Howell. Chester is an attorney and friend of Grace, who chooses the Howell home at 432 South Bentley Avenue in West Los Angeles because it has a spiral staircase that Norma Jeane uses to make a dramatic entrance. Ana Lower makes Norma Jeane’s wedding gown and accompanies her to the altar. Norma Jeane has one bridesmaid, Lorraine Allen, a friend from University High School. No member of Norma Jeane’s family is present, but the Bolenders make an appearance. It is the last time they will see her. After a modest reception at the Florentine Gardens in Hollywood, Norma Jeane and Jim go to their home in Sherman Oaks. Jim Dougherty later recalled that his wife held on to him the entire afternoon. The young couple does not honeymoon but goes for a fishing weekend on Sherwood Lake. On Sundays they attend the Sherman Oaks Christian Science church.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 18: A rejuvenated Marilyn resumes plans for designing and decorating her Mexican-style home, accepting the first shipment of furniture from Mexico. June 18–19: Realizing its mistake in firing Marilyn, the studio begins to work on a way to reinstate her. Joe DiMaggio returns from London and offers to help Marilyn sort out her troubles with Fox.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 17: A letter from Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison (probably written by John F. Wharton) suggests that an article in Motion Picture by Hedda Hopper is libelous, according to Sam Silverman, a libel expert in Wharton’s firm. “I shall only say that bringing a libel suit might result in giving Miss Hopper a greater opportunity to display her venom. That doesn’t mean that we wouldn’t bring the suit if you wish us to.” Marilyn did not wish to.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 15: Norma Jeane writes to Grace McKee Goddard, “Of course I know that if it hadn’t been for you we might not have never been married and I know I owe you a lot for that fact alone, besides countless others. . . . I love Jimmie in a different way I suppose than anyone, and I know I shall never be happy with anyone else as long as I live, and I know he feels the same toward me. So you see we are really very happy together, that is of course, when we can be together. We both miss each other terribly.” Marilyn later suggested she was trying to please Grace.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 14: Marilyn does a sound test with Robert Wagner, who stars with her in Let’s Make It Legal.”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 8: The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) serves Miller with a subpoena to testify on June 14 in Washington, D.C. The committee agrees to delay the hearing until June 21, so that Miller can complete his Reno residency. June”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

“June 7: Norma Jeane leaves the Los Angeles Orphans Home to live with Grace and her husband, Doc Goddard, at 6707 Odessa Avenue in Van Nuys. Norma Jeane hears on the radio that Jean Harlow has died. A drunken Doc Goddard evidently tries to fondle Norma Jeane, who complains to Grace about the abuse. September”
― Carl Rollyson, Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events