My journey ends here...
1951
JANUARY
In January Marilyn went back to live at the Beverly Carlton Hotel (
).Monday, January 22, costume tests for "As Young As You Feel" (
,
,
).Beginning of the production of "As Young As You Feel" directed by Harmon Jones for the Fox
(
,
,
).She had an affair with Elia Kazan (
), she had met him in 1950 and was first friend with him.During a party where they were invited at Kazan's agent Charles Feldman's (
), she met the authorArthur Miller (
). He was friend with Kazan, had just finished to write "The Hook", Kazan hoped to direct.FEBRUARY
February, picture session at the Fox for Valentine's Day (
).Wednesday, February 21, she attended the annual party of the Hollywood Foreign Correspondents at Ciro's
(
,
).Friday, February 23, Kazan went back to New York.
MARCH
Saturday, March 10 she posed with White Sox Chicago's players, at their training camp in
Pasadena, California. With the players Gus Zernial, Joe Dobson and Hank Majeski (
,
,
).The next day, Sunday, March 11, she was the mascot of the Kiwanis base-ball game at the Gilmore Field.
Thursday, March 29, she appeared at the Academy Awards Ceremony; she gave Thomas Moulton the Oscar
for the Best Sound Recording for his performance in "All About Eve" (
;
,
).The Fox offered her the contract she covetted.
Johnny Hyde's associates at the William Morris Agency negociated the contract.
The Fox assured her a $500 wage a week, whether she played or not. The studio reserved the right to renew the contract the following year. Her salary would be $750 the second year, $1250 the 3rd year, $1500 the 4th year, $2000 the 5th year and $2500 the 6th year.
A clause linked her to the studio for 7 years. She could be dismissed without any explanation and the studio had the authority to impose a role. She could also be "loaned" to another studio, by only giving her the weekly wage.
Her contract started on May 11 and she obtained the appointment of her drama teacher, Natasha Lytess.
Pictures at Fox with other actors
,
,
.APRIL
Thursday, April 5, costume tests for her next movie "Love Nest" (
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
).Thursday, April 12, other costume tests for "Love Nest" (
,
).Wednesday, April 18, beginning of the production of "Love Nest" (
,
,
,
,
).Tuesday, April 24, opening of the 20th Century Fox' annual tournament at the Cheviot Hills Ballpark
(
).Party at the Cafe de Paris, at the Fox studio, with the heads and the press (
,
,
).Picture session with the photographer Gene Kornman (
,
).MAY
In May, release of "Hometown Story" (
,
,
,
).JUNE
Tuesday, June 12 photo session with the actors Nick Savano, Craig Hill and Mala Powers for Modern Screen
magazine dated September 1951. The session took place at Herman Hover's, owner of the Ciro's (
,
,
,
) then at Ciro's (
,
,
).Friday, June 15 Marilyn was chosen by the 31st Polar Bear Regiment as "The Girl we should most like
to get a bear hig from" (
).The same day, release of "As Young As You Feel" (
). Saturday, June 16 a group of actors and actresses welcomed the ship USS Manchester coming back home
from Korea (
,
).Tuesday, June 19, visit of the ship USS Benham for a special screening of "The Frogmen" that Fox
produced about the Marine's elite unit (
,
,
).AUGUST
Saturday, August 4, Marilyn was elected "Miss Cheesecake 1952" by the army magazine Stars and Stripes; she took part to a party given at the Farmer's
Market, in the honor of Michael Gaszynski, a Polish diplomat who was celebrating his American citizenship (
,
,
,
,
).Wednesday, August 8, costume tests for "Let's Make It Legal" (
,
).In August, beginning of the production of "Let's Make It Legal" (
;
,
,
).She went to New York City and attended the play "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" with Carol Channing. She lived at
the Sherry Netherland Hotel (
).Sunday, August 25, party at El Morocco in New York City (
,
,
).SEPTEMBER
In September, publication of Collier's magazine (
).Marilyn took drama lessons with Michael Tchekhov (
), nephew of the playwright Anton Tchekhov. End of September, publication of Modern Screen magazine (
,
,
,
).She was loaned to the RKO for the production of "Clash by Night" for 10 weeks and a $1000 bonus a week.
The shooting started on Monday, September 24.
With the producer Jerry Wald (
,
,
,
).The movie took place among fishermen and canneries in Monterrey, California (
,
). Marilyn played Peggy, a girl who worked in a cannery and was engaged with theheroine's brother (
,
).Publicity session for the RKO (
,
,
,
).OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 23, publication of Look magazine with a long article written by Rupert Allan (
),the magazine's publication director, and pictures taken by Earl Theisen (
,
).Monday, October 8, she was sacred "Miss Medical Center Aides" by the le City of Hope Auxiliary (
).Wednesday, October 10, release of "Love Nest" (
,
,
).She posed for a serie of publicity pictures for the clothes store Sak's (
,
,
,
,
,
,
).Wednesday, October 31, release of "Let's Make It Legal" (
,
,
,
).She lived several months at the Beverly Carlton Hotel (
,
,
,
).Picture sessions at the Beverly Carlton Hotel with John Florea (
,
,
), Phil Burchman (
,
,
,
) and Franck Worth
,
,
).She later shared an apartment located 8573 Holloway Drive, Hollywood (
,
) with the actress Shelley Winters (
).After the production of "Clash by Night", Marilyn returned to the Fox studio.
DECEMBER
Beginning of December, picture session with Earl Theisen (
,
).Monday, December 3, costume tests for her next movie "Don't Bother to Knock" (
,
,
).Thursday, December 6, another costume test for "Don't Bother to Knock" (
,
,
).Sunday, December 23, party for the release of the movie "The African Queen" at Romanoff's restaurant
(
,
,
).She went back to live with Natasha Lytess in her new house located 611 North Crescent Drive, West Hollywood
(
,
,
).The production of "Don't Bother to Knock" lasted only 28 days (
,
,
,
,
).During this year 1951, she received several awards :
* "The Christmas gift every GI would find in their chimney" (
,
)* "The girl the most able to defrost Alaska" by the GI based in the Aleutian Islands (
,
)* "The girl they'd like to inspect" by the 7th Division of the Medical Corp.
* "The gile they'd like to arrest" by the All Weather Figures Squadron 3 based in San Diego.
She posed for the photographer Larry Barbier Jr (
,
,
,
).
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