My journey ends here...
1962
JANUARY
(
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), in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.Marilyn visited the house along with Joe Di Maggio on Thursday, January 11.
Nestled in a cul de sac, behind a white wall, out of sight (
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), the 700m² property included a 213m² single-storey house, a garage and a small detached house (
).It needed some renovations but was still very charming. There was also a garden full of trees and plants
(
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) and a pool (
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).On the paving stone before the front door of the house was the inscription Cursum Perficio ("My journey ended
here")(
,
).Friday, January 12, Milton Rudin, Marilyn's lawyer, made an offer to the owners Mr and Mrs Pagen. They accepted it.
The sale was finalized on Thursday, February 8. Marilyn obtained the keys and the property deed in March.
Marilyn considered that her New York apartment would remain her main residence, and that her house would serve as a pied-à-terre when she would be in Los Angeles.
Tuesday, January 16, the Fox announced the adjournment of the filming of "Something's Got to Give" to Thursday, March 15.
Publication of Look magazine (
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).Saturday, January 20, meeting the poet Carl Sandburg, at Henry Weinstein and his wife Irena's home, in
Beverly Hills. The photographer Arnold Newman immortalized the moment (
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).During the month, picture session with the photographer Willy Rizzo (
)(
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). Correspondent for Paris-Match magazine, he knew Patricia Newcomb and
for this session, rented a luxurious house which belonged to one his
friends. The pictures would be published in the magazine on June 13, 1962.FEBRUARY
Rudy Kautzky, picked her up at Doheny Drive and drove her back in the evening (
).BAck to New York, she reunited with the Strasberg (
) and attended with them, the performance of the play "Macbeth" at the Old Vic Theater (
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).Monday, February 12, Eunice Murray, her housekeeper, went to Mexico City, to visit her brother-in-law, Churchill Murray (brother of her ex-husband and producer of English programs). Marilyn would join her for a leisure trip during which she planned to purchase some furniture for her Brentwood's house.
Marilyn received a new version of the screenplay of "Something's Got to Give" (
) and talked about it with Paula Strasberg. Wednesday, February 14, she attended the performance of the play "Brecht on Brecht" at the Theatre de Lys
(
).She left New York on Saturday, February 17 and took of to Miami. She stayed at the Fontainebleau Hotel, a suite at the 17th floor. She registrated under the name Gloria Lovell, who was Frank Sinatra's secretary.
She was accompanied with Patricia Newcomb her press agent, and with her hairstylist George Masters.
She visited Isadore Miller, Arthur Miller's father who stayed in Miami at that time. They had dinner at the Club
Gigi in the Fontainebleau Hotel (
).Monday, February 19, she went to Fort Lauderdale to visit Joe DiMaggio, who managed the training of the
New York Yankees. She stayed at the Yankee Clipper Hotel (
).Tuesday, February 20, Joe accompanied her to the Miami International Airport where she took off to Mexico
(
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). She stayed at the Continental Hilton Hotel in Mexico City, suite 1110.
Thursday, February 22, press conference at the Grand Ball Room of the Continental Hilton Hotel (
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). She wore a green dress designed by Pucci with a green muslin stole (
,
). A cocktail party followed the press conference (
,
).She met Frederic Vanderbilt Field (
)
and his wife Nieves; American communist, he had ran away from the USA to live peacefully in Mexico. He drove Marilyn and Eunice
Murray to the Toluca marker where she purchased potteries (
,
). She ordered some furniture for her house in Brentwood(
), and ceramic tiles for her kitchen and bathrooms (
).She also visited the actress Merle Oberon in Cuernacava, and purchased some paintings at the Byrna Art Gallery
(
). She also bought some dishes (
), and copper candlesticks from the famous goldsmith William Spratling in Taxco (
,
).Party at actor and director Emilio Fernandez Romo's (
,
).Marilyn met the Mexican screewriter Jose Bolaños (
). He would accompany her to parties(
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).Tuesday, February 27, party at the night-club in Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City with José Bolaños
(
).MARCH
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then along with Eva Samano, the Mexican President's wife, visit of the
Catholic National Institute for the Protection of Children)(
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) to whIch she offered $100 000 (
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).She went on th set of the filming of "El Angel Exterminador" of Luis Buñuel (
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).Saturday, March 3, back to Los Angeles with Patricia Newcomb, Eunice Murray and Jose Bolaños
(
). Mrs Murray had packed Marilyn's whole stuff and she had to travel wearing slippers (
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).Monday, March 5, 19th Ceremony of the Golden Globes Awards, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards were given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Marilyn received the award for the "World Film Favorite in 1961" (
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).She was accompanied with Patricia Newcomb and Jose Bolaños (
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,
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).Rock Hudson gave her the prize and she was congratulated by Charlton Heston (
) and Judy Garland (
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).
Thursday, March 8 and Friday 9, she moved in her new house, even if the renovations weren't over.
She had her habits at the Brentwood Mart and the San Vicente Pharmacy.
For her house, Marilyn hired the gardener Sam Tateishi (
). She had her house under the surveillance
of the Bel Air Patrol Company (
) and the Landon Pool Services maintained her pool(
).
She also had the locks changed by the A-1 Lock & Safe Company (
).
Since January she had a new secretary, Cherie Redmond (
). She had be the former secretary of Milton Rudin. She was very scrupulous but didn't get along very much with Marilyn.
Saturday, March 24, Peter Lawford picked her up and took her to Palm Springs, a renowned resort in the desert, the favourite place for the rich inhabitants of Los Angeles. She stayed at the actor Bing Crosby's home
(
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The changes of the screeplay of "Something's Got to Give" didn't improve and the filming was postponed to
Monday, April 25 (
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).
APRIL
,
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).Wednesday, April 11, she received a letter from the White House (
) thanking her for her future participation to John Kennedy's birthday party scheduled on May 19, 1962, in New York City (
).Purchase of a Hotpoint fridge for $624, for her house (
,
).Friday, April 13, arriving at the Idlewild Airport, New York (
).She met Lee Strasberg and showed him the screeplay of "Something's Got to Give" written by Nunnally Johnson. Strasberg approved it.
Sunday, April 15, she was back to Los Angeles. She went back with the Strasbergs because Paula would be
her repeater during the filming (
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,
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).Saturday, April 21, Marilyn was ill; the studio's physician, Dr Lee Siegel (
) diagnosed a laryngitis.Monday, April 23, beginning of the filming of "Something's Got ot Give". Marilyn was still ill and didn't show for the whole week.
She missed the visit at the Fox of the Shah of Iran and his wife Farah (
).Monday, April 30, against Dr Siegel's view and also his internist's, Dr Hyman Engelberg
(
), she went to the studio for a new costume test (
) and filmed until 4.00 PM(
,
).MAY
) and she was taken back home. She was diagnosed with an infectious sinusitis by Dr Engelberg, confirned by Dr Siegel. He gave his report to the Fox "She has a fever of 38°5 C, she has a much congested breathing and a severe secondary focus of infection in her throat".
Elle styed in bed for an extra week but she kept on working at home with Paula Strasberg.
Monday, May 7, Marilyn was back on the set, but her condition was still not compatible with the filming.
George Cukor filmed every scenes where Marilyn didn't appear.
Thursday, May 10 the movie ended its 14th day of filming, with only one with Marilyn.
Friday, May 11, the head of production, Peter Levathes, called Marilyn's lawyer Milton Rudin. He had heard about Marilyn's future participation to the gala which would take place on Friday, May 19 in New York, for President Kennedy's birthday. For Levathes, it was out of the question for her to go, given the number of herabsences during the filming (
,
,
).Week-end May 12 and 13, Paula Strasberg spent time at Marilyn's, with her sister Bea Glass.
Joe DiMaggio also came. She ordered some Dom Perignon bottles (
).Monday, May 14, Marilyn was back on the set (
,
).She kept her good mood during the 50 takes with the cocker Tippy (
,
).During this filming, her loyal entourage took care of her : Allan Snyder for the make-up
(
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) and Agnes Flanaganfor her hairstyle (
,
,
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). Tuesday May 15 and Wednesday 16, the filming continued (
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).Thursday, May 17, she left Los Angeles with Patricia Newcomb to New York ans settled in her apartment 444
East 57th Street (
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,
).The Fox's lawyers sent a notice of breach of her contract to Milton Rudin, accusing Marilyn of absenteeism.
Her New York press agent, John Springer, accompanied her to the Savoy-Plaza Hotel for a professional appointment with Richard Meryman, a Life magazine's journalist. A detailed article would be published and the interview would take place at her home in Brentwood.
She had dinner at home with Patricia Newcomb and the Strasbergs; she had ordered dinner at Beekman Market and A.Fitz and Sons Meat Market. She had beverages from Levia's Wine and Spirits Store delivered.
Friday, May 18, rehearsals of the evening planned at the Madison Square Garden (
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) then back home (
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).She also passed by the make-up woman Marie Irvine (
) who prepared her for the gala, but also thehairsytlist Kenneth who took care of her hair on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 (
).Saturday, May 19, party at the Madison Square Garden. The place was crowded with 15 000 people
(
;
).Marilyn arrived, accompanied with Patricia Newcomb (
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).President Kennedy was alone, his wife attended a horse race in Leesburg, Virginia (
). Robert and Ethel Kennedy were present (
).The program was rich with many personalities on stage (
,
).Jack Benny presented the evening (
) and announced Ella Fitzgerald (
),the Jerome Robbins ballet (
), Harry Belafonte (
) who replaced Danny Kaye,initially expected. Then Henry Fonda continued the evening entertainment (
) and introduced Maria Callas (
), the actor Elliott Reid (
), Peggy Lee (
), Shirley MacLaine (
), Jimmy Durante (
), then Bobby Darin, Elaine May and Mike Nichols, Diahann Carroll.It was Peter Lawford's turn to announce Marilyn's arrival (
) teasing her with her eternal delays, "The Late Marilyn Monroe".Radiating in a shimmering dress designed for her by Jean-Louis (
,
), she languidly sang "HappyBrithday Mr President" (
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,
,
).She ended her performance with few lyrics sang to the tune of "Thanks for the Memories".
John Kennedy got on the stage to give a speech which closed the evening (
).A following party was given by Arthur and Mathilde Krim, the United Artists President, in their apartment located 33 East 69th Street. Marilyn, accompanied with her ex father-in-law, Isadore Miller, attended this party
(
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).Sunday, May 20, back to Los Angeles.
Monday, May 21, Marilyn was back to the studio (
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).Tuesday, May 22, she filmed the scenes with the children (
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).Wednesday, May 23, Marilyn had accepted that the photographer Lawrence Schiller, appointed by Patricia Newcomb, took the pictures of that day, filmed in the swimming-pool. Her only requirement was that she gave her agreement for the publication of th e pictures.
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.Thursday, May 24, Dean Martin was ill and George Cukor filmed the other scenes with Cyd Charissse
(
).Friday, May 25, Marilyn worked, despite a light fever and a painful ear.
Saturday, May 26 and Sunday 27, the filming went on to catch the 9 days late up. But Marilyn didnt' show up, such as on Monday, May 28. Her filming day in the swimming-pool had led to an otitis.
Tuesday, May 29, Marilyn appeared and worked all day long.
Thursday, May 31, first day of filming with Wally Cox (
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). The filming took place in the studio n° 8 which was smaller.
JUNE
This day she was with Wally Cox and Dean Martin (
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).A little party was given on the set (
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). Harry Weinstein and Eunice Murray attended (
), such as her friend the photographer George Barris (
).
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George Cukor offered her 2 Mexican styled figurines, a swan and a bull (
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).She left the Fox with Wally Cox (
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,
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).She attended a base-ball game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels at the Chavez Ravin
Dodger Stadium, given to the benefit of muscular dystrophy (
,
,
,
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). She caught a cold and once again, Dr Milton Wexler (
) visited her at home on Saturday, June 2.Sunday, June 3, Eunice Murray called Henry Weinstein, the producer of "Something's Got to Give" and informed him that Marilyn suffered from a sinusitis and wouldn't be able to work the next day.
Monday, June 4, the Fox's physician, Dr Lee Siegel visited her and recommended her to stay home. It was the last day of filming, even if it officially ended a week later.
Tuesday, June 5, the Fox informed Milton Rudin that the studio was ready to sue Marilyn for a breach of contract.
Wednesday, June 6, the studio announced that the production was stopped, for lack of scenes to film without the leading actress. Patricia Newcomb answered that the problem was that the screeplay wasn't finished.
Back from Switzerland where he had gone to visit his family, Dr Greenson visited her at home.
Thursday, June 7, he came back and took her to Dr Michael Gurdin, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills : Marilyn had fallen in her shower, probably because she had been under sedatives, and had hurt herself. The skull x-ray
didn't show any fracture (
,
).The studio had filed a legal motion, complaining to Marilyn $500 000 damages, claiming that according to the terms of the contract signed on December 31, 1955, thses ones hadn't been fullfilled.
So the studio estimated the harm caused up to $500 000. Finally the Fox had chosen Lee Remick to replace her
(
).But one clause in Dean Martin's contract stipulated that he could choose his partner : so he refused to work
with another actress but Marilyn (
).Marilyn sought help to avoid her dismissal : she called Spyros Skouras, hospitalized in New York. He was ill and was about to resign and couldn't do anything for her.
One of the new leaders at Fox was Samuel Rosenman, friend of the Kennedys. So Marilyn contacted Robert Kennedy to get some help, in vain.
Purchase at the San Vicente Pharmacy (
).Friday, June 8, last chance meeting at the Fox to negociate Marilyn's return, where attended Dr Greenson, Milton Rudin, Phil Feldman (head at Fox) and Frank Ferguson (lawyer at Fox). But Marilyn's dismissal had alread y been acted on Tuesday, June .
The information was published in reporter Sheilah Graham's column on Saturday, June 9.
The studio exoressed through a press release, written by Peter Levathes: "Marilyn Monroe doesn't belong any more to the movie "Something's Got to Give". This decision was made necessary by her deliberate breaches of contract. At many times, she didn't show up on the set and had no justification for her absences, which cost a lot to the studio. Consequently the Twentieth-Century-Fox will take the matter to court". Ultimately, the Fox claimed for $750 000.
Mnday, June 11, Marilyn called Darryl Zanuck, the forner head of the production at the Fox. Himself didn't appreciate the new heads of the studio because they planned to sold off his movie "The Longest Day", which had needed 2 years of work. In effect he signed a secret pact with Spyros Skouras to overthrow the Fox's direction.
The Fox who had invested $2 000 000 in the production of "Something's Got to Give"', officially suspende dthe filming.
Wednesday, June 13, Marilym wrote a telegram to Robert and Ethel Kennedy, who had invited her to the reception they gave at their home in Virginia, in the honor of Pat and Peter Lawford, and was scheduled on
Sunday, June 17 (
).Tuesday, June 19, the Fox sued Dean Martin.
But the negociations resumed for the production to start again with a complete revision of the screenplay. The goal was to gather Marilyn and Dean Martin for a resumption of filming in October.
If Marilyn wanted to deny the studio's allegations, she had to show a new image to the public.
Friday, June 22, the first burst was the cover of Life magazine with pictures of the swimming-pool scenes
(
).Saturday, June 23, appointment with the photographer Bert Stern, in the suite 261 at the Bel Air Hotel.
The pictures would be published in Vogue magazine. Thje hairstylist George Masters took care of her hair and Allan Snyder who took care of her make-up for this session.
The session lasted until the next morning and Marilyn posed with scarves and accessories (
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).Alexandre Lieberman, artistic director for Vogue magazine, wanted more pictures in black and white; Marilyn agreed for nother session, schedulded from July 10 to 12.
She sent the pictures she didn't want to be published to Stern (
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).Monday, June 25, mail from Milton Rudin who warned her about her important expenses. Cherie Redmond her secretary, scrupulously watched the expenses : between January 1 and June 11, 1962, Marilyn had spent $6401.71 for clothes, $6741.03 for hairstyling, make-up and beauty products, $10 131.23 for drugs and medical care and $15 411.18 for services rendered by Paula Strasberg.
Tuesday, June 26, she was prepared by Agnes Flanagan (
) and Allan Snyder (
) for a party at the Lawfords. Wednesday, June 27, at the Fox New York headquarters, Spyros Skouras (
)
was facing the 11 members of the bard of directors. He had to justify
the financial crisis the studio went through : the operating losses
approached $35 millions during the last 2 years, especially with
the production of "Cleopatra" and the cost of $2 millions for the
cancellation of "Something's Got to Give". He announced that his resignation would take effect from Seoptember 30, 1962.Thursday, June 28, Darryl Zanuck, from Paris where he ended the filming of "The Longest Day", announced : "The board of directors is essentially composed with high-level industrialists, perfectly competent in their field, but unfortunately, completely lacking, for the majority, of practical experience in cinematography industry. They only have a negligible number of shares. On the other hand, I alone own more shares than all of these members. It's been too long since I've made my voice heard. Today as majority private shareholder, I intend to express myself on all important subjectes".
Friday, June 29 and Saturday 30, picture session with George Barris for Cosmopolitan magazine.
The session took place in a house belonging to the real estate tycoon Walter "Tim" Leimert (
),located 1506 Blue Jay Way, within the Birds Streets area, North Hollywood Hills (
).The house which was just finished, was not yet inhabited.
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Her hairsytlist Agnes Flanagan (
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), her make-up man Allan Snyder (
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) and her press agentPatricia Newcomb (
,) were there for this session.JULY
Lawfords (
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).Wednesday, Juyl 4, interview with the reporter Richard Meryman, for Life magazine, which took place at her home in Brentwood. The picture session took place on Friday, July 6 by the photographer Allan Grant
(
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).
Grant caught Marilyn's expressions to the questions Meryman had asked her, read out loud by Patricia
Newcomb.The faithful Agnes Flanagan and Allan Snyder, had made her look beautiful.
Sunday, July 8, she went cycling with Joe DiMaggio (
).Monday, July 9, Richard Meryman brought her the interview retranscription. It was a carefully prepared denial , facing those who described her career as on the decline.
Tuesday, Juy 10, another picture session with Bert Stern for Vogue magazine.
This time he rented the bungalow n° 96 at the Bel Air Hotel.
The hairstylist Kenneth Battelle came from New York to prepare her for this session (
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Wednesday, July 11, tired, Marilyn didn't appear for the last session.
Thursday, July 12, very last session with Bert Stern (
,
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).A selection of these pictures would be published in the Vogue issue dated September 15, 1962 (
,
).Friday, July 13, Marilyn called Elizabeth Courtney (
), the assistant of designer Jean-Louis,
who had to come by for the last fitting of the dress he had designed
for a party planned in Washington DC, where she was invited on Tuesday, September 25. Then she went to Dr Greenson's house, for a therapy session.Between July 1st and August 4, 1962, she saw Dr Greenson 27 times and Dr Engelberg 13 times
(
).Saturday, July 14, she received a copy of the Richard Meryman's article. She agreed for the publication.
It was published in Life magazine dated August 3, 1962 (
).Friday, July 20, she had another surgery performed by Dr Leon Krohn (
) at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, to relieve the pain caused by the endometriosis.Saturday, July 21, Joe DiMaggio drove her back home.
Wednesday, July 25, Darryl Zanuck emerged victorious from the meeting with the direction of the Fox : he became President of the Twentieth-Century-Fox.
Peter Levathes personally visited Marilyn at her home to announce her the resumption of the "Something's got to Give" production.
The studio agreed to dismiss the charges against her, to renegociate her contract, and offered her "What a Way to Go" a musical produced by Arthur Jacobs. The Fox agreed to resume the screenplay Nunnally Johnson had written for "Something's got to Give" and to replace George Cukor with Jean Negulesco who had directed
her in "How to Marry A Millionaire?" in 1953 (
).On Saturday, July 28 and Sunday 29, invited by Peter Lawford, she spent the week-end at the Cal-Neva
Lodge (
), on the edge of the Tahoe Lake, which belonged to Frank Sinatra (
,
,
,
,
,
,
). Dean Martin performed at the hotel Celebrity Room (
.Tuesday, July 31, Marilyn called her New York friend Henry Rosenfeld (
) to discuss about the 3 days trip she planned to have in the beginning of September. She invited Allan Snyder and her partner Marjorie Plecher (
) to celebrate the resume of "Something's got to Give", planned in October.AUGUST
Thursday, August 2, new session at Dr Greenson's.
Along with Eunice Murray, she bought a tapestry representing Adam and Eve (
)
and a small table in the designer William Alexander
Levy's shop, "The Mart" on Santa Monica Boulevard. The delivery was planned on Saturday, August 4. Then at Pilgrim's Furniture she bought a Roman-styled white chest of drawers, also delivered on August 4.Then she went to "Franks Nurseries & Flowers" (12 424 Wilshire Boulevard
,
). She ordered some lemon trees and several items for her garden (begonias, petunias, tomato plans, feeder and seeds for hummingbirds, terracotta pots
).Her bank acount at the City National Bank in Beverly Hills displayed an overdraft of $4 208.34 (
).Friday, August 3, she woke up early and relaxed. She spent an hour and a half at Dr Greenson's.
Back home, Dr Engelberg gave her a vitamins injection and a prescription for 25 tablets of Nembutal (
ui fit une injection de vitamines et une ordonnance pour 25 comprimés de Nembutal (dosed at 97.5mg), 32 "pink" pills (the bottle would be found without any label, maybe barbiturates) and 25 pills of Phenergan. She had some chloral hydrate pills in reserve, prescribed by Dr Greenson, for a barbiturate withdrawal.
Marilyn also had 2 prescriptions of Nembutal, with an unknown amount, written by the Fox doctor, Dr Siegel, dated July 25 and August 3.
Eunice grabbed the drugs prescribed by Dr Engelberg at the San Vicente Pharmacy
(
).Marilyn called the Rosten and invited them to the party on Tuesday, September 25 where she had to attend
the premiere of the musical "Mr President" directed by Joshua Logan (
)
at the National Theater in Washington, D.C. She called Elizabeth
Courtney, the assistant of the designer Jean-Louis who had designed y
dress for the occasion, for a fitting at ther home. The appointment was
planned on Monday, August 6.Arthur Jacobs called her for an appointment on Monday, August 6 at 5.00 PM, with the director J.Lee Thompson for the future project of the movie "What a Way to Go".
The composer Jule Styne also called her. He had to compose her some songs for this next movie. An appointment was planned in New York on Thursday, August 9.
For this next stay in New York, Marilyn had planned to give an interview to the magazine Esquire, and several parties, including one with the Strasbergs.
Delivery of the lemon trees and her order from Frank Nurseries (
).Marilyn called Patricia Newcomb to have donner at a restaurant, but she suffered form a bronchitis; Marilyn
invited her to come to her home amd ordered the meal at Briggs (
).Eunice Murray went back to her home. Marilyn and Patricia Newcomb went to bed early.
Saturday, August 4
* Eunice Murray arrived around 8.00 AM.
* Marilyn apeared around 9.00 AM. she only drank a glass of grapefruit juice.
* Isadore Miller, Arthur Miller's father called her, but she was dressing up, Eunice told him that Marilyn would call him back, which she didn't.
* Between 9.30 and 10.00 AM, the photographer Lawrence Schiller went to discuss about the pictures taken next to the pool, taken on May 28, on the set of "Something's Got to Give" which would be published in Playboy magazine. She took the pictures and they agreed to see each other on the next monday.
* Ralph Roberts called her to plan a BBQ party for the following evening, on Sunday, August 5.
* Eunice Murray took care of the pant son the garden; her son-in-law Norman Jefferies took care of small works in the property.
* Patricia Newcomb woke up before noon. She ate an omelet and joined Eunice and Marilyn, in the garden.
* Delivery of the nightstand, ordered at "The Mart".
* Rest at the edge of the pool with Patricia.
* Around 02.00 PM, Eunice took the collect call of Joe DiMaggio Jr (
).
He served in Marines, in the nearby Orange County.
Eunice couldn't pass Marilyn, and asked him to call back, which he did around 4.30 PM, but once again he couldn't speak to Marilyn.* 5.15 PM, visit from Dr Greenson.
* Between 5.45 and 6.00 PM, Ralph Roberts called again for the Sunday meal. Dr Greenson picked up and told him that Marilyn wasn't there.
* Around 6.30 PM, Patricia Newcomb left the house.
* Around 7.00 PM, Dr Greenson left but asked Eunice to stay for the night, exceptionally.
Marilyn didn't want to have dinner, but wanted only to rest. She asked Eunice to bring her dog Maf
(
) inside the guest house for the night.* Between 7.00 and 7.15 PM, Peter Lawford invited her at his home where he was given a party. His guests
were his impresario George Durgom (
), his best friend Joseph Naar (
), TV producer and his wife Dolorès (
).* Around 7.15 PM, new call from Joe DiMaggio Jr. This time he was able to speak with Marilyn and talked with
her for about 10 minutes. He announced her he had broken off his engagement with Pamela Ries (
).* Around 7.30 PM, she called Dr Greenson who was about to spend the party at his friends, Mr and Mrs Arnold Albert. She told him what the young Di Maggio had announced her. She also confied to Eunice Murray how happy she was with this news (she didn't appreciate the young fiancee).
She brought the phone back to the guest bedroom.
* She went to bed around 8.00 PM.
* Between 8.00 and 8.15 PM, Peter Lawford called her back on her personal line. She had this telephone in her bedroom. He found her with a furry voice, less and less audible. Hearing nothing else, just as if she had put the handset or let it fallenm and called back. But the line rang as occupied. He questionned the operator who told
him that the telephone was unhooked. Worried, he called his lawyer Milton Ebbins (
) around 8.15 PM, who contacted himself Marilyn's own lawyer, Milton Rudin. He got on his messaging service, because he attended a party at Mildred Allenberg, widow of Bert
Allenberg, Frank Sinatra's agent. * Around 8.30 PM, a female voice called Ralph Roberts' messaginng service. It was probably Marilyn, trying to reach him.
Milton Rudin called and Eunice Murray picked th etelephone up, in the guest bedroom. He asked her to check if Marilyn was OK. She told him that everything was right.
* Between 8.45 and 9.00 PM, Milton Rudin called Milton Ebbins, who himself called Lawford and reassured him about Marilyn's condition.
* Officially Eunice Murray declared she went to Marilyn's bedroom at about midnight, then moved her story 3 hours later. Marilyn's death happened at 10.00 PM at the later, she must have checked Marilyn's condition after Milton Rudin's call.
She must have reached Marilyn's bedroom door, and asked if everything was right; having no answer and seeing
the telephone wire under the door (
),
she entered the bedroom: there, she discovered Marilyn unconscious or
dead, on her belly on her bed, holding the phone receiver in her left
hand.Paniked she called Dr Greenson and left a message on his messaging service, and called Dr Engelberg, who arrived quickly.
He must have put her on her back, but it was too late.
Marilyn probably died between 9.00 and 9.30 PM on this Saturday, August 4, 1962.
* By common agreement between the doctors and Milton Rudin, they had to contact Arthur Jacobs. He attended a Henry Mancini's concert at the Hollywood Bowl, along with his fiancee Natalie Trundy, and the producer Mervyn LeRoy and his wife. Jacobs received a call between 10 and 10.30 PM to inform him about Marilyn's death.
He reached Marilyn's home.
* Peter Lawford must have been informed about Marilyn's death around 10.30 PM.
* No link had to be established with the Fox : a suicide because of her problems with the studio wasn't possible.
All these things took time, that's why Marilyn was officially declared dead at 3.35 AM by Dr Engelberg.
* Dr Greenson called the West Los Angeles police station at 4.15 AM; Sergeant Jack Clemmons answered.
He arrived at 4.25 AM (
).* Sergeant Clemmons found the two doctors and Eunice Murray, visibly shocked, doing the laundry in the laundry room. Clemmons called for reinforcement : officer Don Marshall arrived, searched the house, questionned the neighbours, Mr Abe Landau and his wifem but they hadn't heared anything.
* Detective Robert Byron also arrived and took the statements of the doctors and Mrs Murray
(
). 
The official version said that Mrs Murray, seeing some light under the door with the phone wire, tried to open Marilyn's bedroom door, but t was locked. She went to the garden and discovered Marilyn lying on her belly, in an unusual position, on her bed, through the closed window.
She went back to the house and called Dr Greenson. He broke the window with a poker, trying to enter the bedroom. That's where he discovered Marilyn, the phone handset in her left hand. He picked it up and replaced it on the receiver.
The policeman found on the nightstand 15 bottles of drugs, including an empty one containing 25 pills of Nembutal, prescribed by Dr Engelberg, dated August 3. There was also a bottle with 10 tablets left of Chloral
Hydrate, prescrobed by Dr Greenson on July 25 and updated on July 31 (
,
).Sunday, August 5, Patricia Newcomb arrived between 5 and 5.30 AM.
Norman Jefferies also arrived to fix the window Dr Greenson had broken (
,
,
).Shortly after 5.30 AM, Marilyn's body left the house (
,
) and wasdriven to the Westwood Village (
,
,
).Once the police had finished its investigation, the house's front door was sealed
(
,
).The journalists and reporters were already there (
,
).Patricia Newcomb (
,
,
), left Helena Drive in Eunice Murray's car (
,
,
,
,
).Marilyn's body was driven from the Westwood Village (
,
,
) to the Los Angeles County morgue (
) for an autopsy.Her body was placed in the compartment n° 33 (
,
,
,
).At 10.30 AM, Dr Thomas Noguchi (
) performed the autopsy. A first report was made(
), then the death certificate was released (
). The final report was released on August 18 (
,
,
).2 toxicology reports were released on August 6 (
) and August 13 (
). The official conclusion was "acute barbiturate poisoning-ingestion of overdose").
The body was brought back to the Westwood Village (
,
,
,
,
) and at the family's disposal.Berniece Miracle, Marilyn's half-sister, who lived in Florida, authorized Joe DiMaggio to take care of the formalities. With the help of Inez Melson, Marilyn's financial advisor, they were in charge of the funeral scheduled on Wednesday, August 8, at 01.00 PM.
Monday, August 6, the police made further investigation with another hearing of Drs Engelberg and Greenson
(
). Berniece arrived in Los Angeles and Inez Melson picked her up at the airport (
,
). They went to the Westwood Village to take care of the funeral formalities(
,
).Tuesday, August 7, Eunice Murray joined Inez Melson and Berniece Miracle at the Fifth Helena Drive's house :
they had to choose the outfit Marilyn's would wear in her casket (
,
,
,
,
,
).They chose the Pucci's pale green dress Marilyn had wore for the press conference in Mexico on February
1962 (
,-
).The seals were placed for the second time (
,
).Wednesday, August 8, Marilyn's funeral.
Marilyn was prepared by Allan Snyder, who had promised her that, several years ago. Her hair was so damaged that Agnes Flanagan had to put a wig on her.
The ceremony began at 1.00 PM, at the Westwood Village Mortuary Chapel (
), located at the Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.Only few close friends were allowed to attend the funeral.
The only allowed reporter was Walter Wintchell, as being DiMaggio's friend (
,
).The police enlisted more than 50 policemen (
) to control the crowd and make the traffic (
,
,
,
,
).The religious service was celebrated by reverend A. J. Soldan (
), a Lutheran pastor from the Westwood Village church.The ceremony started with Tchaïkovski's Sixth Symphony, and Mrs Hockett, from the Westwood Mortuary, played "Over the Rainbow".
The poet Carl Sandburg had declined Joe Dimaggio's invitation because of health issues, so Lee Strasberg was the one who delivered the eulogy :
"Marilyn Monroe was a legend.
In her own life time she created a myth of what a poor girl from a deprived background could attain. For the entire world, she became the symbol of the eternal feminine.
But I have no words to describe the myth and the legend. I did not know this Marilyn Monroe.
We, gathered here today, knew only Marilyn - a warm human being, impulsive and shy, sensitive and in fear of rejection, yet ever avid for life and reaching out for fulfillment. I will not insult the privacy of your memory of her - a privacy she sought and treasured - by trying to describe her whom you knew to you who knew her. In our memories of her, she remains alive, not only a shadow on the screen or a glamorous personality.
For us Marilyn was a devoted and loyal friend, a colleague constantly reaching for perfection. We shared her pain and difficulties and some of her joys. She was a member of our family. It is difficult to accept the fact that her zest for life has been ended by this dreadful accident.
Despite the heights and brillance she attained on the screen, she was planning for the fututre; she was looking forward to participating in the many exciting things which she planned. In her eyes and in mine, her career was just beginning. The dream of her talent, which she had nurtured as a child, was not a mirage. When she first came to me I was amazed at the startling sensitivity which she possessed and which had remained fresh and undimmed, struggling to express itself despite the life to which she had been subjected. Others were as physically beautiful as she was, but there was obviously something more in her, something that people saw and recognized in her performances and with which they identified. She had a luminous quality - a combination of wistfulness, radiance, yearning - to set her apart and yet make everyone wish to be part of it, to share in the childish naivete which was so shy and yet so vibrant.
This quality was even more evident when she was in the stage. I am truly sorry that the public who loved her did not have the opportunity to see her as we did, in many of the roles that foreshadowed what she would have become. Without a doubt, she would have been one of the really great actresses of the stage.
Now it is at an end. I hope her death will stir sympathy and understanding for a sensitive artist and a woman who brought joy and pleasure to the world. I cannot say goodbye. Marilyn never liked goodbys, but in the peculiar way she had of turning things around so that they faced reality - I will say au revoir. For the country to which she has gone, we must all someday visit".
Once the ceremony was over, the casket was driven to the crypt, in a hearse.
Allan Snyder, Sydney Guilaroff and the staff of the Abbott & Hast funeral home, Allan Abbott, Ronald Hast,
Leonard Krisminsky and Clarence Pierce bore the casket (
,
,
,
,
).The attendees followed the hearse (
,
,
).The casket was placed near the vault (
,
).There was a short ceremony (
,
,
,
), before the vaukt was closed (
,
,
,
,
).The attendees were her friend, the photographer George Barris (
,
), Joe and his son Joe DiMaggio Jr, her hairstylist Agnes Flanagan (
,
), her lawyer Aaron Frosch (
), her singing and mime teacher in the 1950s Lotte Goslar (
,), her psychiatrist Dr Ralph Greenson and his family (his wifeHildi and their chidren Daniel and Joan)(
,
), the hairstylist Sydney Guilaroff, Anne and Mary Karger (
), her driver during her last years in Los Angeles Rudy Kautzky (
,), Grace Goddard's sister, Enid and Sam Knebelcamp (
,
), Inez and Pat Melson (
), BernieceMiracle her half-sister, Eunice Murray (
,
), PatriciaNewcomb (
,), the hairstylist colorist Pearl Porterfield (
,), her secretary May Reis (
,
),her masseur Ralph Roberts (
,), press agent from the Arthur Jacobs agency, Michael Selsman (
), her first agent Emmeline Snively (
,
),Allan Snyder with his wife Beverly (they weren't divorced yet) and their daughter Sherry (
),Joe's friend, George Solotaire (
), Lee and Paula Strasberg (,
), and one of her employees, Florence Thomas (,).The flower shop Parisian Florists took care of her vault and delivered flowers, on DiMaggio's request, for 20
years (
).Dr Theodore Curphey, the Los Angeles coroner had worked along with the Suicide Prevention Center, to investigate about Marilyn's death.
The Center was an an independant organization based at UCLA; it included Drs Robert Litman (psychiatrist
and professor at UCLA), Norman Farberow (
) and Norman Tabaschnik.On Monday, August 27, Dr Curphey, accompanied with Drs Litman and Farberow (
,
,
),
announced that the conclusion of their investigation was that Marilyn's
death was due to an "acute barbiturate poisoning by overdose", based on
the toxicological reports."Marilyn
Monroe est morte dans la nuit du 4 août, ou au petit matin du 5
août 1962. Les examens effectués par le laboratoire de
toxicologie indiquent que la mort est dûe à une overdose
auto administrée de sédatifs. On nous a demandé,
en tant que consultants, d'examiner la vie de la
décédée et de donner une opinion concernant
l'état de Miss Monroe quand elle a ingéré les
sédatifs qui ont causé sa mort.
Avec les données obtenues, les points suivants sont les plus importants et les plus pertinents.
Miss Monroe a souffert de troubles psychiatriques depuis longtemps.
Elle a connu de graves peurs et de fréquentes
dépressions. Ses changements d'humeur étaient
brusques et imprévisibles. Parmi les symptômes de
désorganisation, les troubles du sommeil étaient les plus
importants, pour lesquels elle prenait des sédatifs depuis de
nombreuses années.
Elle était ainsi habituée et expérimentée
dans l'utilisation de ces médicaments et consciente de leurs
dangers.
Récemment, un des principaux objectifs de son traitement
psychiatrique avait été la réduction de sa
consommation de médicaments. Cela avait partiellement
réussi pendant les deux derniers mois. On sait qu'elle suivait
les directives de ses médecins dans son usage de
médicaments; et la quantité de médicaments
trouvés à son domicile lors de sa mort n'était pas
inhabituelle.
Dans notre enquête, nous avons appris que Miss Monroe avait
souvent exprimé le souhait d'abandonner son travail, de se
retirer, et même de mourir. A plus d'une occasion dans le
passé, quand elle avait été déçue et
déprimée, elle avait tenté de se suicider en
utilisant des sédatifs. A ces occasions, elle avait
appelé à l'aide et avait été secourue.
A partir des informations collectées au sujet des
évenements du 4 août, notre opinion est que le
même comportement s'est répété,
excepté pour le sauvetage.
Cela a été notre exercice avec des informations
collectées sur d'autres cas dans le passé, de recommander
une certification pour ces décès de suicide
probable.
Les indices additionnés en faveur du suicide, fournis par des
preuves physiques, sont : (1) le taux élevé de
barbituriques et d'hydrate de chloral dans le sang, qui, avec les
autres preuves de l'autopsie, indiquent la probable ingestion d'une
large quantité de médicaments durant un laps de temps
très court; (2) le flacon vide de Nembutal, la prescription pour
laquelle il a été rempli la veille de l'ingestion des
médicaments , et (3) la porte fermée, ce qui était
inhabituel.
Sur la base de toutes ces informations obtenues, notre opinion est que dans ce cas-là, c'est un suicide probable".
NB : about Marilyn's death, there's only one reference to read, David Marshall's book, "The DD Group - An online investigation into the Death of Marilyn Monroe".
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