Marilyn Monroe

by Michelle Morgan

  Chapter 13:

  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.

  Chapter 14:

  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.

  Chapter 17:

  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.

  Chapter 18:

  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.

  Chapter 19:

  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.

  Chapter 20:

  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.

  Archives/Websites

  Ancestry.com

  Anna Freud Archive – Library of Congress

  Arthur P. Jacobs Agency Archive – Charles Von der Abe Library, Loyola Marymount University

  BBC Written Archives Centre

  Ben Hecht Archives – Newberry Library, Chicago

  David Marshall Archive

  DD Group Archive

  Eric Woodard Archive

  FamilySearch.org

  FBI Freedom of Information section

  Foursquare Church Heritage and Archives Department

  Frank Taylor Archive – Lilly Library, Indiana University

  Hollywood Bowl Museum

  Internet Movie Database (imdb.com)

  Joe Rauh Archive – Library of Congress

  Kent State University Special Collections and Archives

  Kermit Bloomgarden Archive – Wisconsin Historical Society

  Kris Peterson – San Juan County Historical Society Archives

  Laurence Olivier Archives – British Library

  Los Angeles Times Archives

  Maurice Zolotow Archives – Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

  Merja Pohjola Archive

  Michael Chekhov Studio, London

  MPTV image vault

  Natasha Lytess Archives – Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

  Nevada State Library and Archives

  NewspaperArchive.com

  New York Times Archive

  Roy Turner Archives

  Savoy Hotel Archive

  Spyros Skouras Archives – Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries

  Strickertfamily.com

  Terence Rattigan Archives – British Library

  Twentieth Century Fox Archive – UCLA

  UCLA – Student records section

  University of Delaware Library

  Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

  www.marilynmonroe.ca

  www.marilynmonroecollection.com

  Documentaries/Television/Radio

  Interview with Marilyn Monroe, c.1960

  The Legend of Marilyn Monroe, 1966

  Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend, 1987

  Marilyn Monroe Talks to Dave Garroway, 1955

  Marilyn Monroe Talks to Sidney Skolsky, c.1954

  Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days, 2001

  Marilyn on Marilyn, 2001

  The Martin and Lewis Show, 1953

  Remembering Marilyn, 1987

  Books

  Allen, Maury, Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio (Dutton, 1975).

  Arnold, Eve, Marilyn Monroe: An Appreciation (Hamish Hamilton, 1987).

  Badman, Keith, The Final Years of Marilyn Monroe: The Shocking True Story (JR Books, 2010).

  Bailey, George, Marilyn Monroe and the Making of Niagara (George Bailey and Company, 1998).

  Banner, Lois and Anderson, Mark, MM Personal: From the Private Archive of Marilyn Monroe (Abrams, 2011).

  Barris, George and Steinem, Gloria, Marilyn: Norma Jeane (Victor Gollancz, 1987).

  Barris, George, Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words (Headline, 1995).

  Beauchamp, Anthony, Focus on Fame (Odhams Press, 1958).

  Belmont, Georges, Marilyn Monroe and the Camera (Bloomsbury, 1989).

  Black, Lendley, Michael Chekhov as Actor, Director and Teacher (Umi Research, 1987).

  Buchthal, Stanley and Comment, Bernard, Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe (HarperCollins, 2010).

  Buskin, Richard, Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career
of Marilyn Monroe (Billboard, 2001).

  Cardiff, Jack, Magic Hour (Faber and Faber, 1996).

  Carpozi Jr, George, Marilyn Monroe: Her Own Story (Belmont, 1961).

  Carroll, Jock, Falling for Marilyn: The Lost Niagara Collection (Virgin, 1996).

  Carroll, William, Marilyn Monroe 1945: Norma Jeane Dougherty (Coda, 2004).

  Christie’s, The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe (Christies, 1999).

  Clark, Colin, The Prince, the Showgirl and Me (HarperCollins, 1995).

  Conover, David, Finding Marilyn: A Romance (Grosset and Dunlap, 1981).

  Cunningham, Ernest, Marilyn People (Ernest Cunningham, 2003).

  de Dienes, Andre, Marilyn Mon Amour (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1986).

  Dougherty, James, The Secret Happiness of Marilyn Monroe (Playboy, 1976).

  Dougherty, James, To Norma Jeane with Love Jimmie (Beach House, 2001).

  Feingersh, Ed and LaBrasca, Bob, Marilyn: Fifty-Five (Bloomsbury, 1990).

  Ferber, Edna and Kaufman, George S, Stage Door (Dramatists Play Service, n.d.).

  Finn, Michelle, Marilyn’s Addresses: A Fan’s Guide to the Places She Knew (Smith Gryphon, 1995).

  Freeman, Lucy, Why Norma Jeane Killed Marilyn Monroe (Global Rights, 1992).

  Goode, James, The Making of The Misfits (Limelight, 1986).

  Gottfried, Martin, Arthur Miller: A Life (Faber and Faber, 2003).

  Greene, Joshua, Milton’s Marilyn (Schirmer/Mosel, 1998).

  Guiles, Fred Lawrence, Legend: The Life and Death of Marilyn (Scarborough House, 1992).

  Haspiel, James, Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend (Smith Gryphon, 1991).

  Haspiel, James, The Unpublished Marilyn (Mainstream Publishing, 2000).

  Haspiel, James, Young Marilyn (Smith Gryphon, 1994).

  Hayes, Steve, Googies – Coffeeshop to the Stars, 2 vols (Bear Manor Media, 2008).

  Hutchinson, Tom, Marilyn Monroe (Galley Press, 1982).

  Jasgur, Joseph and Sakol, Jeannie, The Birth of Marilyn (Sidgwick and Jackson, 1991).

  Kazan, Elia, Elia Kazan:A Life (Knopf, 1988).

  Leaming, Barbara, Marilyn Monroe (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998).

  Marilyn Monroe: The Life, The Myth (Rizzoli, 1996).

  Marshall, David, The DD Group: An Online Investigation into the Death of Marilyn Monroe (IUniverse, 2005).

  Miller, Arthur and Toubiana, Serge, The Misfits (Phaidon, 2000).

  Miller, Arthur, Time Bends: A Life (Minerva, 1990).

  Miracle, Berniece Baker and Miracle, Mona Rae, My Sister Marilyn: A Memoir of Marilyn Monroe (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1994).