My journey ends here...
1956
JANUARY
* return to Los Angeles for the filming of "Bus Stop" for the Fox
* filming in London of the play "The Sleeping Prince"'s film version, written by Terence Rattigan
with the English actor Laurence Olivier (
), produced by the Marilyn Monroe Productions.Thursday, January 26, she received the prize from the "Women's Division of the Federation of Jewish
Philantropists" (
,
,
). The prize-giving took place at the Sheraton Astor Hotel, New York City.
FEBRUARY
Sunday, February 5, Laurence Olivier, his agent Cecil Tennant and Terence Rattigan arrived in New York to discuss the terms of the project.
Monday, February 6, Laurence Olivier and Marilyn attended the representation of "The Diary of Anne Frank"
with Susan Strasberg, at the Cort Theater (
,
).
Tuesday, February 7, the agreement for the production of "The Sleeping Prince" was accepted : Laurence Olivier would have the male leading role and would direct the movie. Along with the Marilyn Monroe Productions, he would also be the co-producer.
Wednesday, February 8, picture session with Milton Greene (
,
,
,
,
).In the evening, she attended the premiere of "Middle of the Night" (
,
,
).Thursday, February 9, press conference at the Terrace Room of the Plaza Hotel for the announcement of the jointed production between Marilyn and Laurence Olivier for " The Sleeping Prince" which would become "The
Prince and the Showgirl" (
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,
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).She unintentionnaly stole the limelight from Laurence Olivier when her dress' strap, designed by John Moore
broke right off (
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). The photographer Eve Arnold took her in picture (
,
).Her public relations agents, Arthur Jacobs and Lois Weber also accompanied her
(
,
).Saturday, February 18, she signed her first will written by her lawyer Irving Stein
(
,
).Wednesday, February 22, she went to the Ambassador Hotel with her press agent Lois Weber, for a working
day (
). At the Ambassador Hotel, she met the journalist Elsa Maxwell(
,
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,
). The pictures were taken by the photographer Jacques Lowe.
Then she posed for a session with the English photographer Cecil Beaton (
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,
,
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,
,
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).Saturday, February 25, she left New York City with Milton Greene to Hollywood, for the beginning of the filming of "Bus Stop"
(
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,
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).Amy Greene and their son Joshua (
;
) along with her lawyer Irving Stein also accompanied them.Press conference at the Los Angeles airport (
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).She lived in a 9 rooms house at 595 North Beverly Glen Boulevard (
,
;
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).Tuesday, February 28, accompanied with her lawyer Irving Stein, she appeared before the Beverly Hills City
Hall for having driven with her driving license, 2 years before, in November 1954 (
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).
MARCH
Thursday, March 1, announcement of a distribution agreement between the Warner Bros and the Marilyn
Monroe Productions for the production of "The Prince and the Showgirl" (
,
,
).The director Billy Wilder, who wasn't the director of the movie, was present this day (
,
); she was accompanied with her press agent from the Arthur Jacobs agency, PatriciaNewcomb (
,
).Saturday, March 3, "press party" for the launch of the production of "Bus Stop", in the house of North
Beverly Glen (
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,
,
,
).The director Joshua Logan belonged to the list Marilyn had submitted to the Fox. She imposed Paula
Strasberg as her personal coach, with a salary of $1 500 a week (
,
).Paula stayed at the Château Marmont Hotel (
,
).Party given by Look magazine (
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).Picture sessions in the North Beverly Glen house with Gene Lester (
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) and Gordon Parks (
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).Rehearsals of the dance number "Old Black Magic" for the movie with Gwen Vernon, assistant of the
choregrapher Jack Cole (
,
,
,).Monday, March 12, Norma Jeane Mortenson officially became Marilyn Monroe.
This day was also the launch of the production of "Bus Stop" at the Fox studio (
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Thursday, March 15, it was Marilyn's turn to leave Los Angeles and arrived in Phoenix (
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).
She stayed at the Sahara Motor Hotel (
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).
She get well along with Joshua Logan (
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).
Her press agent from the Arthur Jacobs agency, Patricia Newcomb was there (
) but they clashed together and Patricia went back to Los Angeles.
Whitey Snyder (
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) took care of her make-up on the set and Gladys Rasmussen
made her hairstyle (
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).
Monday, March 26, the crew flew to Sun Valley, Idaho for the filming of the outdoor scenes
(
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Thursday, March 29, party for the birthday of the actor Arthur O'Connell at "The Ram" restaurant in Sun Valley
(
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,).
Friday, March 30, stopover in Boise, Idaho, on her way back to Los Angeles (
).
APRIL
From April, Thursday 5 to Monday 9, she was hospitalized for an acute bronchitis at the Los Angeles St
Vincent Hospital (
). Other actors were also ill and the filming was postponed to Tuesday, April 24. She was treated by Dr Nathan Headley. Sunday, April 15, picture sessions with Milton Greene in the Fox lot :
* Grey fur (
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)* Gypsy (
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)* Hooker (
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)* White fur (
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MAY
Saturday, May 5, interview with Pete Martin from the Saturday Evening Post (
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) at the Actors Studio.Tuesday, May 22, Susan Strasberg's birthday (
,
).JUNE
Friday, June 1st, Indonesian President Soekarno was in Los Angeles to speak to the Association Motion Picture Producers.
Joshua Logan's half-brother, Marshall Noble, organized a party at the Beverly Hills Hotel to which Marilyn
attended (
,
,
).Then she went to the airport where the journalists surprized her for her birthday (
,
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).Saturday, June 2 she landed in New York City (
,
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).Monday, June 11, the divorce between Arthur Miller and his wife Mary Slattery was given in Nevada.
Miller left to New York to join Marilyn (
,
).They had met several times at the beginning of 1955 through their mutual friend Norman Rosten, but they had started their relationship at the end of Spring 1955.
Tuesday, June 19 juin she contacted her lawyer Irving Stein because she wanted to change her will and leave Arthur Miller her possessions. She also asked Stein to study the possibility that the Marilyn Monroe Productions would purchase Miller's work film rights.
Thursday, June 21, along with his lawyer Joseph Rauh, Miller appeared in court, in front of the HUAC (House
Un-American Activities Committee) in Washington DC (
). Marilyn remained in New York City. In March 1956 Miller had applied for a passport because he intended to travel to London for the premiere of his play "A View From the Bridge" and to accompany Marilyn who was supposed to film "The Prince and the Showgirl".
A representative of the Passport Division who worked for the Commission, asked him the reasons of his passport's application: he answered that he planned to travel to England to accompany the woman who would then be his wife.
Shortly after this announcement, the press settled in front of Marilyn's building (
,
) and she had to get a press conference organized in the lobby (
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).Friday, June 22, Miller was back in New York City.
Marilyn had an appointment with Dr Hohenberg (
).A press conference was organized in front of the Sutton Place building at 4.30 PM. She appeared hand in hand
with Arthur (
,
,
,
).Visiting Miller's parents (
,
).Sunday, June 24, they left New York City (
) and went to Miller's house in Roxbury,Connecticut (
,
).Arthur's parents, Isadore and Augusta (
) joined them, such as his childrenJane (
) and Robert (
).Monday, June 25, Arthur and Marilyn were about to have dinner at Arthur's cousin, Morton Miller
(
), who also lived in Roxbury (
,
,
).
JULY
The wedding was scheduled on Sunday, July 1st at Kay Brown's, Miller's literary agent (
), in South Salem, State of New York.Marilyn had wanted to convert to Judaism and the Millers had contacted Rabbi Robert Goldberg, from the Reform Branch of Judaism, who gave Marilyn a succinct religious education, and who would celebrate the religious wedding.
Friday, June 29 Morton Miller picked them up and drove them to his home. The reporters quickly chased them;
one of the following car lost control and had a terrible accident (
,
). The reporter, head of Paris-Match magazine office in New York City, Mara Scherbatoff (
) was seriously injured and died shortly after at the New Milford Hospital. A press conference organised by Milton Greene (
,
)
took place at 4.00 PM, in front of Arthur's home : they announced their civil marriage for the same evening(
,
,
,
).The civil ceremony took place at the Westchester County Court House in White Plains, at 7.30 PM, celebrated
by Judge Seymour Rabinowitz (
,
). Morton Miller and his wife Florence were the witnesses (
).Sunday, July 1, Marilyn received her Judaism Certificate of Conversion (
).Rabbi Robert Goldberg celebrated the religious wedding (
) at Kay Brown's, in South Salem (
,
).Marilyn wore a beige muslin dress designed by Norman Norell (
,
). Her matrons of honor were Amy Greene and Hedda Rosten.Lee Strasberg led her under the wedding canopy, as tradition dictates. The newlyweds drank wine, exchanged
the wedding rings and broke their glasses (
,
,
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,
;
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).Among the attendees were Arthur's parents, his brother Kermit with his wife Frances and their son Ross
(
,
), his sister Joan (his wife Florence, Milton (
) and Amy Greene, Milton's mother Cecilia Greene (
), Hedda and Norman Rosten (
), Lee and Paula Strasberg (
,
).The week of July 2, Hedda Rosten joined the Marilyn Monroe Productions as Marilyn's private secretary.
Arthur Miller learned he would have a passport issued for 6 months (usually 2 years)
He would be able to accompany Marilyn in England.
Hairstyle and costumes tests for "The Prince and the Showgirl" at hairstylist Sydney
Guilaroff's (
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).July, Friday 13, the Millers left to London (
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).Saturday, July 14, arriving in London (
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). They were welcomedby Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh (
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),and many reporters (
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).A short press conference was held (
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).Then they were driven to their place of residence in Surrey (
,
).An hour from London, the Parkside House was located in Englefield Green, Egham.
It was a 18th Century manor (
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), belonging to Lord Moore, head of theFinancial Times, surrounded with a 5 acres park and a rose garden (
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).
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The Greenes settled at Tibbs Farm (
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).Sunday, July 15, picture session at Parkside House before leaving to London (
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).Press conference at the Lancaster hall, at the London's Savoy Hotel (
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).Monday, July 16, another press conference (
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) then lunch at the Claridge Hotel (
).During the filming, Marilyn met Jack Cardiff (
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) who took pictures of her(
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).Rest at Parkside House (
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).Wednesday, July 18, performance of "South Sea Bubble" at the Lyric Theater, London, where Vivien Leigh
played in (
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).Tuesday, July 24, Terence Rattigan, author of "The Sleeping Prince" which turned into "The Prince and the Showgirl" as a movie, organized a party given in Marilyn's honor, in his Little Court's house
(
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).Monday, July 30, beginning of the rehearsals of "The Prince and the Showgirl" (
).
AUGUST
Tuesday, August 7, beginning of the filming at the Pinewood Studios (
,
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).The movie had a difficult start. Laurence Olivier's work methods, as a classic actor and Lee Strasberg's Method, were completey opposite. Paula Strasberg's permanent presence on the set irritated Laurence Olivier, who also directed the movie. Olivier had a condescending behavior toward his partner he considered as a pure Hollywood product, from which he would demand the greatest docility. From Olivier, Marilyn received the directive to "be sexy". This incident concluded the end of normal work relations between Olivier and Marilyn.
She stopped believing in this part from which she had thought it could have changed her image.
The week of August 13, the filming took place a little better than the previous week (
,
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).Inadvertently she found out an opened notebook on which Arthur wrote. She was dismayed to read that he already felt doubts about their wedding and was afraid that Marilyn would compromise his own creativity.
She was deeply hurt.
Saturday, August 18, another party at Terence Rattigan's. Laurence Olivier wasn't there because he was at his wife's bedside, just having a miscarriage.
Friday, August 24, Arthur Miller announced his leaving to the USA on Sunday, August 26.
Finally he left on Monday, August 27 and first stopped in Paris where he met Yves Montand and his wife Simone Signoret, who were filming an adaptation of his book "The Crucible".
Monday, August 27, Marilyn accompanied him to the airport (
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).Arriving in New York City (
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).Shopping in London (
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).Friday, August 31, release of "Bus Stop" (
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). Marilyn couldn't attend the premiere.
SEPTEMBER
Wednesday, September 5, Miller was back in England (one week in advance)
Friday, September 7, performance of the Bertold Brecht's play "Caucasian Chalk Circus", at the Palace
Theater (
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).Sunday, September 9, they attended a Watergate Theater Club meeting, an association who protested
against any kind of interference in Arts (
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).OCTOBER
Marilyn met the poet Dame Edith Sitwell, at the Sesame
Club; they already met in January 1953 in Los Angeles.On the advice of her psychoanalyst in New York, Dr Margaret Hoheneberg, in London she met Anna
Freud , the daughter of the famous psychoanalyst, who worked herself as an analyst (
).Friday, October 12, premiere of Miller's play "A View From The Bridge", at the Comedy Theater
(
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).Monday, October 29, Marilyn was introduced to the Queen of England, Elizabeth II (
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) before the screening of the movie "The Battle of the River Plate" (
).
NOVEMBER
Monday, November 19, discussion about the English theater at the Royal Court Theater (
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).Saturday, November 17, end of the production of "The Prince and the Showgirl".
Tuesday, November 20, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh accompanied the Millers at the airport
(
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).Stop over in Shannon, Ireland (
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).Arriving in New York City (
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.DECEMBER
Tuesday, December 4, promotion for the premiere of the play "Baby Doll" for the benefit of the Actors Studio
(
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).Tuesday, December 18, premiere of "Baby Doll" at the Victoria Theater in Broadway (
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,).Then supper at the Waldorf-Astoria (
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). She gave an interview on the radio with Jinx Falkenburg (
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).Session for publicity pictures with Laurence Olivier, at Milton Greene's studio (
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