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How Hugh Hefner Got Lucky with Marilyn Monroe

May 22, 2015
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TFW Marilyn Monroe’s personal cowgirl boots from TFW Marilyn Monroe’s personal cowgirl boots from The Misfits are just settin’ on your shelf. 😱 

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The juxtaposition of Marilyn Monroe, by Richard Av The juxtaposition of Marilyn Monroe, by Richard Avedon, 1958. 

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Have you seen these super rare photos of Marilyn M Have you seen these super rare photos of Marilyn Monroe?

A friend of mine tagged me recently in a post on IG with some super rare photos of Marilyn that I don’t think I’d ever seen. It’s truly uncommon for me to come across unseen images. I discovered her over 40 years ago and have studied her life regularly since then. I’m sure there are many unseen photos of her still out there. However, in this case, Marilyn is pictured inside Milton Greene’s studio with people known to be close to her, including Milton herself.

Of course, I was curious about the photos, which led me to send a text to Joshua Greene, Milton’s son. Joshua shared the following details with me:

🎂 The event was Milton Green’s birthday party on or around March 14, 1955. Having been born in 1922, this was his 33rd birthday. Marilyn was 28 years old.

📸 The first and second photos are of Marilyn with a man in a military uniform. He is Alan Bomser, and Joshua said he was his uncle.

📸 Photo 3 depicts Marilyn with fashion designer and friend George Nardiello and his wife Marisa. In this photo, Marilyn wears her full black wool suit with mink collar, which was created for her by Nardiello. He’s credited as creating “the new Marilyn” after she moved to New York in late 1954. He designed a new personal wardrobe for her. That same suit is now part of my Marilyn Monroe collection. About Marilyn, George is quoted as having said, “Marilyn wanted everything to be skintight.”

📸 The fourth photo shows Marilyn with Joe Carr, Milton Greene’s accountant.

📸 The fifth photo shows Marilyn with business partner, photographer, collaborator and friend, Milton Greene at the party.

Now you know! Don’t we just love finding new photos of Marilyn? 💕

Fun Fact: Did you know Marilyn babysat young Joshua Greene?

Photo credit and copyright Milton H. Greene Archives. @archiveimages 

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Sing the next verse out loud in your best Marilyn Sing the next verse out loud in your best Marilyn voice and see the reaction you get. Come on, you know you know the lyrics!

Happy Monday! 

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In Vivid Color: Marilyn Monroe Exits Polyclinic Ho In Vivid Color: Marilyn Monroe Exits Polyclinic Hospital after Gallbladder Surgery

According to newspaper reports, around 500 people gathered outside the hospital to see Marilyn exit Polyclinic Hospital after emergency gallbladder surgery. The date was July 11, 1961. 

Many members of the press were there that day, and the event was extensively photographed, but nearly all published photos are in black and white. Monroe Six member Frieda Hull was also present and may have taken the only color images of her that day.

Shown here in this Reel is a scan of an original Ektachrome color slide from Hull’s archives, which today is part of the Marilyn Monroe Collection. The scan shows Marilyn, captured in time, escorted by two security guards as she walks toward a waiting car. 

Marilyn wears a green Pucci dress with an ivory-colored overcoat thrown over her shoulders. Her Pucci looks orange to some, but news reports from the day verify it’s green. Today, that same coat is a premiere artifact in the Marilyn Monroe Collection. It was originally sold at the 1999 Christie’s auction, The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe. 

Frieda Hull was a devoted fan of Marilyn Monroe who photographed her extensively. The “Monroe Six” fan group captured candid moments of Monroe wherever she went. Marilyn knew each of them by name and considered them more than just fans. 

Photos and slides from Monroe Six members have been auctioned over the years. My collection today includes dozens of original polaroids and slides taken by Hull and Jimmy Collins, both of whom were members of the group.

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The Marilyn Monroe Collection will be on exhibit a The Marilyn Monroe Collection will be on exhibit at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles! 

Premiere artifacts from the collection, including Marilyn’s personal cowgirl boots worn in The Misfits, will be exhibited at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures as part of “Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon.” 

Planned for May 31, 2026 – February 28, 2027, the exhibition will celebrate Marilyn Monroe—born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926—as a visionary actor and image-maker, examining the many facets of how she created and shaped her public image in the context of the classical Hollywood studio system.

Several other items from the collection will also be displayed. 
More details to come! 

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The Canvas… 🎨 The Masterpiece!💄 #marilyn The Canvas… 🎨 
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Did Marilyn Monroe Really Have a $1 Million Contra Did Marilyn Monroe Really Have a $1 Million Contract?

It’s widely reported that Marilyn signed a $1 million deal with 20th Century-Fox days before she died in August, 1962 after she’d been fired in June. 

An early mention of a new contract was in “Marilyn: The Last Take,” published in 1992. The book delves into alleged discussions about reviving Something’s Got to Give and then filming What a Way to Go!, with a combined fee of $1 million for both projects. Countless other books and online sources quote the same information. 

While the studio was interested in bringing her back, the truth is Marilyn died before any deal was finalized, as published in news reports immediately following her death. 
On 8/6/62, the Daily Post quoted Marilyn’s attorney Milton Rudin, “She seemed in good spirits…naturally, she felt very bad that she was not able to finish the movie. We were still negotiating to resume the picture, and she was happy about that possibility.”

On 8/7/62, the Oakland Tribune said, “Hollywood speculated her dismissal, and the shelving of the picture might have stunned Marilyn into depression, but 20th Century-Fox said yesterday it had been negotiating to resume the film.”  

Where did the $1M figure originate? On 7/25/62 Variety stated United Artists offered Fox $1M for the film to have Filmways produce it. That deal collapsed. 

Not only did she not sign a new contract, but Fox had also intended to strip Marilyn of her star power. Documents in Fox Studio’s archives verify that the new contract proposed would remove her rights as to director, costars, extras, stand-in, and script approval. She’d have lost approval or consultation as to cameramen, makeup artists, wardrobe staff, and hairstylists. She’d have had no rights as to retakes or any other edits prior to final cuts. None of her employees would be allowed onset without studio approval. She’d lose all rights to approve portraits and still photos. And, she was to have been paid $100,000.00 with no additional compensation beyond the 14 weeks planned to complete the film. 
The truth is there was no new contract. 

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Ultimate glam! 💄 Marilyn Monroe at the premie Ultimate glam! 💄 

Marilyn Monroe at the premiere of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, March, 1955.

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