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MILLER Arthur

 

Arthur Asher Miller.

Asher is the Hebrew name of one of the twelve Israel tribes.
 

Date of birth : October 17, 1915, New York City.

Date of death : February 10, 2005, Roxbury, Connecticut.

 

Portrait 

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Addresses

* 1920 : 231 West 110th Street, New York City ()

* 1930 : 1277 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn (,,)

* 1940 : 1350 East Third Street, Brooklyn ()

            102 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn

* 411 North State Street, Ann Arbor

* 122 North Thayer Street, Ann Arbor

* 34 East 74th Street, Manhattan

* 18, Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn

* 62 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, with his wife and 2 children

* 1947 : 153 Tophet Road, Roxbury

* 1950-1953 : 155 Willow Street, Brooklyn Heights, with his wife and 2 children ;-

. Tel MA5-2829

* Studio at the Chelsea Hotel, 222 West 23rd Street, New York City

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* 1956 Roxbury (Connecticut) 

* 1957 Amagansett 

          232 Tophet Road, Roxbury, Tel WBURY 263 3500.

 

Story

His parents were Isadore and Augusta Miller. His father, clothes manufacturer, was ruined by the Crisis of October 24, 1929.

 
He started by writing a play while he was a student at the Michigan University; he would obtained a prize in

drama composition  


On August 5, 1940, he married a student Mary Grace Slattery, met at the Michigan University 

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Registration card October 16, 1940

They had 2 children, Jane and Robert ,,;,,

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Mary would later work as sub-editor at Harper's, a publishing company in New York City.

He asserted himself as one of the best drama writers of his era, writing realistic plays ("The Man Who Had All The Luck", "Focus" a play about anti-Semitism) and became famous with "All My Sons" (1947), crowned best play of the year by the New York Drama Critic's Circle, then with "Death Of a Salesman" (1948) which obtained the Pulitzer prize in 1949.

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With Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill, he was considered as one of the most talented American playright.

Although committed in the defense of some social thesis, he practised sports, liked to live outdoors, did some gardening and work on wood, instead of spending hours to talk artistic theory. 

He was discharged at the moment of the Second World War, because of an injury.

In 1947, the FBI, watching Miller since 1944, found eminently suspect his involvement in a weekly seminar organized by the venerable Simon Shuster publishing company, where the writers got together to try to counter attack the die-hard propaganda spread by the media. Actually, Miller attended only 2 or 3 Communist authors meetings.

As for his theatrical work, it was no more made to reassure the FBI. His first Broadway success, "All My Sons" 
(1947) described the story of an engine manufacturer who deliberately sold defective bits to the Us Air Force, a play denounced as enrolled in the Party propaganda line by the FBI.

In 1948, a satirical tract entitled "Counter-attack", described Miller as Communist and simultaneously, the FBI condemned his support to the new state of Israel.

The main probable evidence of Miller's membership at the Communist Party, was the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, which he attended on March 25, 1949, New York City at the Waldorf Astoria

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Among the patrons, Albert Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt. Among the participants, there were scientists, teachers, composers and writers.

In 1949, he wrote another play,"The Hook", which first proof was completed in May 1949.

Elia Kazan's participation to a play guaranteed its production; Kazan had a non-exclusive contract of 6 movies with the studios of Twentieth Century Fox : so, he could direct the play or the movie he wanted. The Tennessee Williams's play "The Rose Tattoo" had been proposed to him but he had prefered "The Hook" and decided to direct it with a big studio.

Miller and Elia Kazan arrived in Los Angeles in January 1951, and on January 16, 1951, they had a meeting with  Charles Feldman, who produced Kazan's last movie, "A Streetcar Named Desire".

There are several version sof Arthur's meeting with Marilyn. But the only witness of their meeting was Elia Kazan.

Abe Lastfogel from the William Morris Agency and Kazan's agent, accompanied Kazan and Miller to a meeting with Darryl Zanuck, the head of the studios. This one had already read "The Hook" and had refused it. Then Lastfogel tried his luck with the Warner, the studio which distributed "A Streetcar Named Desire".

As long as they were at the Fox, Kazan took the opportunity to see Harmon Jones, the director of his previous movie, who directed then "As Young As You Feel" (1951).

It was on this occasion that they met Marilyn who had a small part in the movie.

Charles Feldman decided to organize a party in Arthur's honor, on January 26, 1951.

Marilyn was invited to this party as Kazan's girlfriend. 

At that time, Arthur had just started a psychoanalysis with Rudolf Loewenstein (cf. Marianne Kris).

The next day, Miller, Kazan and Marilyn met Harry Cohn, head of the Columbia, to propose him a play written by Miller and that Kazan wanted to direct under the title "A Man Has to Die". The screenplay told the story of the Brooklyn's dockers fighting against a crook gang who exploit them; this screenplay was given up after the protests expressed by the trade unions, accusing the plot to develop anti American feelings.

During their first meeting, she was a starlet whose career hadn't yet started; he was aged 35 and was 10 years older than her.
They were separated during 5 years before they meet together again. 

 
Miller went back to New York; Marilyn made his picture framed in her apartment. She wrote to him, mentionning the absence in her life of a man to admire, as a father figure. Miller advised her to admire Abraham Lincoln for example, and to buy his biography written by Carl Sandburg. She bought the book right away, and also a framed portrait of Lincoln she would always keep carefully.

In 1952, Miller went to Salem, Massachusetts, to make some researches about the hysteria against the Communists. He studied "The Devil in Massachusetts" of Marion Starkey and saw a parallel between the Salem witches trial in 1692 and the Communists hunting as it took place in the USA.

Miller prepared his new play,"The Crucible", in Broadway. It was his first original play since "Death Of a

Salesman". Miller had replaced Elia Kazan with Jed Harris, who directed the play . 

Condemnation of the House Un-American Activities Commitee  and Senator McCarthy, "The Crucible" was a play courageous and topical on the political point of view. But in Broadway, the play was a flop, critical as long as commercial.

Marilyn went to live in New York City in 1955 but only few things are known about their relationship between 1951 and 1955.

In 1954, Miller suspected for the first time what he would face several years later : his passport request for going to Belgium was refused; he wanted to attend there the premiere of "The Crucible".

 

Beginning of 1955, after Marilyn's arrival in New York, they met again. 

Biographers disagree about the names of the go-betweens, sometimes, mutual friends as Norman and Hedda Rosten, are named; sometimes, it's Paula Strasberg.

Arthur and Norman Rosten had studied together at the Michigan University, and their respective wives, Hedda and Mary, had shared a room there.

At the time when he met Marilyn again, he was writing "A View From The Bridge".

In August 1955, the rehearsals of this play began in New York.

At the end of August, he was on roadshow with "A View From The Bridge", and the other one-act play which accompanied it, "A Memory of Two Mondays".

On August 22, the first performance took place at the Summer Theater of Falmouth, Massachusetts.

On September 29, 1955, Marilyn attended the premiere of the play , "A View From The Bridge", at the Coronet Theater, New York City. It was this evening that she met Arthur's parents for the first time 

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The biographers are unanimous about the existence of difficulties in the couple Mary Grace-Arthur, when he fell in love with Marilyn. Mary found out her husband's affair with Marilyn. She expelled him from their home, shortly after October 17, 1955 (the day of Arthur's 40th birthday). He temporary settled at the Chelsea Hotel (23rd West Street). Although his love affair with Marilyn was officially secret, Marilyn and Arthur showed themselves more and more with friends, mostly with the Rosten. 


In January 1956, he announced his divorce with Mary Grace Slattery.

Arthur and Marilyn spent the 2 first months of this year in New York, strolling in the streets of Brooklyn Heights; their friend, the photographer Sam Shaw took them in picture.

Miller made her visiting the places attended by the artists and the famous writers, telling her some anecdotes about his childhood.

Miller entered in a hard time of his drama author career, while Marilyn was about to make a stunning comeback on the screen. A difficult situation which had common points with what she had lived with Joe DiMaggio. 
Furthermore, on some reporters's instigation and with the government's blessing, some die-hard lobbies were about to deal Miller a severe blow, who had several enemies among the right-wing writers.

 

When Marilyn came back to the West Coast at the beginning of 1956 for the shooting of "Bus Stop", Miller called her every day. 

When she talked about him, she said "Mr A."; during their affair, she called him "Daddy", "Papa" or "Pa", or "Art", "Poppy" and "Arturo"; Miller called her "Penny Dreadful", "Sugar Finney" and "Gramercy 5".

In April 1956, Miller went to Reno, Nevada to live there during the 2 legal months, in order to obtain the divorce with Mary Grace Slattery.

He then lived at the Guest Ranch, in Pyramid Lake (,;,

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Marilyn entered the St Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles, for a viral illness, contracted during the shooting of "Bus Stop".

Despite its house arrest, Miller took a chance on going regularly to Los Angeles to see her. They called each other all the time.

 

On May 25, 1956, he wrote a letter to Marilyn .
 

He had to appear on June 2, 1956 at the House Un-American Activities Commitee.

 
On June 11, 1956, the day following his divorce, Arthur was back in New York City 

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Leaving to Connecticut ,, (more pics here).

 

The first announcement of the wedding was made by Miller at the House of Un-American Activities Commitee, on June 21, 1956, when he was asked why he had requested a passport, he answered that he planned to accompany, in England, the woman who would then be his wife. 

Many commentators have maintained that Marilyn's support towards Miller saved him from more detailed investigations from the Commitee, in his political activities, including reality of his membership to the Communist Party. He was under surveillance since when he was a student, the FBI having gathered an important file about him and followed all his activities.

Because of her affair with Miller, whose work had been condemned by the FBI for "denigration fo the American way of life", Marilyn had also a file.

During the trial, she flew to Washington DC, in order to keep company to Miller; they lived at the Rauh's house,

Miller's lawyer ,,;.

 

Marilyn publicly claimed her love for him and her faith in his innocence, despite the coming of Spyros Skouras in New York, one of the heads of the Fox, who tried to put pressure on her, to persuade Miller to give the names of the suspects to the Commitee.

On June 22, 1956, they officially announce their wedding to the press ,;

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Visit to Miller's parents ,,,

 

On June 24, 1956, leaving to Roxbury -,-

 

On June 25, 1956, with the press (), before the dinner at Arthur's cousin's home, Morton

Miller ,,,;,,,

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On June 29, 1956, there was a press conference when they announced their imminent wedding 

, (more pics here).

 

The civil ceremony took discreetly place at the White Plains Courthouse (Westchester County, State of New

York ) 

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The ceremony was celebrated by Judge Seymour Rabinowitz; it began at 7.20 Pm and lasted 4 minutes.

The guests who attended were Milton Greene, Lee and Paula Strasberg, John Moore, and on Arthur Miller's side, his cousin Morton Miller with his wife Florence 

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Marilyn was deeply affected by the death of the reporter Mara Scherbatoff in a car accident, while she was following Arthur and Marilyn on the country roads, driving towards their house in Connecticut. Marilyn considered this event as a ill omen.

On Sunday, July 1, Marilyn converted to Judaism (22nd Tamouz 5716 of the Jewish calendar).

Her conversion certificate was signed by Milton Greene, Arthur Miller and rabbi Goldberg .

The Ketubah (Jewish prenuptial agreement) .

Then the religious ceremony was celebrated by rabbi Goldberg in Miller's agent house, Kay Brown, near Katonah

(State of New York) ,,,

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Amy Greene helped Marilyn to dress and to make up; her beige muslin dress was designed by John Moore and Norman Norell.

Lee Strasberg led Marilyn to the nuptial dais.

Her bridesmaid were Amy Greene, Hedda Rosten and Judy Kantor.

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In July, Arthur Miller obtained a passport to go with Marilyn in England, where she had to shot her next movie "The Prince and The Showgirl".

 

July 13, 1956, leaving New York

downstairs of their apartment ,-,,

       

at Idlewild Airport

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boarding ,,--,,,

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July 14, 1956, arriving in London

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Press conference at the airport   (more pics here).

Miller had to attend the premiere of his play "A View From The Bridge", and Marilyn had to begin the shooting of "The Prince and The Showgirl" with Laurence Olivier. They settled in the property of Englefield Green, in Egham, not far from London.
 

Englefield Green

The day of their arrival

with Laurence Olivier 

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alone 

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On July 15, 1956 

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Press conference on July 15, 1956, at the London Savoy Hotel 

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On July 16, 1956, luncheon at the Claridge's Hotel -

 

Englefield Green

Cycling -,,-

Other -,,,

 

London, others

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On July 18, 1956, they attended the premiere of "South Sea Bubble", a play performed by Vivien Leigh at the

Lyric Theater of London ,,-,;.

On July 24, 1956, the writer Terence Rattigan gave a party for the launch of "The Prince and The Showgirl", which Marilyn and Arthur Miller attended in Edwardian clothes 

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The first difficulties appeared in the couple when Marilyn found out Miller's diary. Thus she learned that Miller had doubts about their marriage that he felt as a load and from which he feared that he would damage his own creativity. 

In England, he was taken in Marilyn's circle; her problems (nasty relationships with Laurence Olivier of who she thought that he despised her as a person as long as an actress, then her difficulties with her partner Milton Greene) prevented him from devoting to his work.

Pictures during the shooting 

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On August 27, 1956, Arthur left to the USA, to visit his children; Marilyn went with him at the airport 

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Arriving in New York ,

 

Letter Arthur sent to Marilyn during the production in London

September 6, 1956, he was back in London 

On September 7, 1956, they also attended the performance of "Caucasian Chalk Circle"of Bertold Brecht, performed by The BErliner Ensemble at the London Palace Theatre 

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On September 9, 1956, whatever were Marilyn's doubts about her wedding, she publicly defended Arthur when Lord Chamberlain wanted to ban "A View From The Bridge", for its allusion to homosexuality. Scandalized by the censorship, Marilyn was one of the first people to join the New Watergate Theater Club, an association which protested against any form of interference in arts 

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September 29, 1956, rehearsals of "A View From the Bridge" 

 
On October 12, 1956, at he premiere of "A View From The Bridge" at the Comedy Theatre, Marilyn stole the

show to the writers and the actors ,, (more pics here).




On October 29, 1956, they attended "The Battle of The River Plate" at the Empire Theater, on the occasion of

the London Royal Film Performance ;

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Then, with other personalities, she was introduced to Queen Elizabeth

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November 19, 1956, Arthur and Marilyn attended a discussion about the English Theater at the Royal Court

Theater  

November 20, 1956, leaving London

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stop-over in Shannon, Ireland -,

                   
arriving in New York
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On December 18, 1956, they attended the premiere of "Baby Doll" at the Broadway Victoria Theater 

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From January 3 to 17, 1957 they went in honeymoon in Jamaica. They lived in a villa owned by Lady Pamela Bird, in Moon Point. They were along with Arthur's cousin, Morton Miller and his wife Florence.

Leaving New York -,-

Arriving in Jamaica -,,-

Dinner at the Jamaica Inn ,

At the Half Moon Hotel, in Montego Bay -

At the Montego Bay airport ,,

Arriving in New York, January 17, 1957

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When they were back, they moved in an apartment located 444 East 57th Street, not far from Marilyn's address before her leaving to London.

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They spent the next 3 years between their New York apartment and their house of Roxbury, in Connecticut.

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During the renovation work done in Roxbury, they moved in a house rented in Amagansett, Long Island 

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Hampton Beach (Long Island) 

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Amagansett  ,,, (more pics here).  

Letter from Arthur to Marilyn, undated .

April 11, 1957, party given for the 200th Lafayette birthday at the Waldorf-Astoria ,

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At the El Morocco  ,

                

 

Spring 1957, preview of "The Prince and The Showgirl" ,,

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On May 13, 1957, leaving to Washington DC where Miller was summoned at the House of Un-American Activities Committee 

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May 13, 1957 ,

Departure at the Washington DC station

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June 12, 1957, stroll in Manhattan ,, (more pics here).


On June 13, 1957, premiere of "The Prince and The Showgirl" at the Radio City Music Hall, New York City 

, (more pics here).

Letter from Inez Melson dated June 24, 1957 .

During Summer 1957, in Amagansett, Marilyn had an ectopic pregnancy and was transfered to the New York Doctors Hospital.

Arriving at the hospital, August 1st, 1957 -


Marilyn was in a room at the 9th floor, Arthur was lodged at the 3rd floor 

August 2, 1957 ,


Leaving the hospital, August 10, 1957 

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In the ambulance 

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On November 18, 1957, they attended the premiere of "Conversation Piece", a play performed by Joan Copeland,

Arthur's sister -,,, and the following 

party at the Barbizon Plaza Hotel  ,

 
In 1958, the problems of the couple became obvious for everyone : sometimes Marilyn had terrible angers in public, which caused Miller's escape. Norman Rosten told that Miller, in a pitiful condition, took refuge in his office. Lena Pepitone claimed that they practically lived separated from each other; they met the less they could, and Miller spent most of his time working. She took some courses with Lee Strasberg and daily met her psychoanalyst. 

Letter to Billy Wilder, March 13, 1958 ,,,,,

April 29, 1958, in their New York apartment, with producer Kermit Bloomgarden 

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On May 21, 1958, Arthur Miller received the gold medal from the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters during the annual ceremony, at the Academy Auditorium

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Arthur went with her at the airport on July 7, 1958; she left alone to Los Angeles, for the shooting of "Some

Like it Hot" ,;,,;,,,

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He joined her on the set of "Some Like it Hot" (1958) 

Production ,,, (more pics here).

Showing ,,,

 

During the shooting, Marilyn was pregnant, once again, but had a miscarriage after 3 months. She was deeply affected.

During Spring 1958, Marilyn made a picture session with Richard Avedon for Life magazine issue from December

 
22, 1958; Arthur wrote an article to go with the pictures ;,,

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November 23, 1958, back to New York ,

 

Picture New York, 1958

On February 5, 1959, they had lunch whith Karen Blixen at the writer Carson McCullers's home 

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then, they attended the New York preview of "Some Like it Hot" 

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On February 10, 1959, performance at the New York Metropolitan Opera  ,

(more pics here).



On February 26, 1959, in Consul of France where Marilyn received the Crystal Star 

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On May 13, 1959, he went with Marilyn at the Italian Cultural Institute, New York City (686 Park Avenue) where she received the David di Donatello Award (Italy) for "The Best Foreign Actress in 1958" in "The Prince and The Showgirl"; it was given to her buy Filippo Donini, the director of the Institute.

Arrival 

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Ceremony

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Departure

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On March 29, 1959, they attended the premiere of "Some Like it Hot", at the Lowe’s Capitol Theater of New

York City ,, (more pics here).

On May 20, 1959, they attended the annual exhibition organised by the "American Academy of Arts and

Letters" at the gallery of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ,;-

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From June 22 to 26, 1959, Marilyn was hospitalized at the Lenox Hill Hospital, for an endometrium surgery.

Leaving 

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For his part, Arthur had creativity problems and after 10 years of success, went through a hard time. He worked on the script of "The Misfits", a movie suggested to him by photographer Sam Shaw and written for Marilyn. 
It took him 2 years to finish the screenplay.

 

July 1959, leaving the Actors Studio

On August 15, 1959 the Millers attended a performance of "Macbeth" at the Boston Arts Center Theater,

Boston, Massachussetts -,-,

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In September 1959, he accompanied Marilyn at the New York airport: she flew to Los Angeles to attend the dinner in

Khrouchtchev's honor at Fox studio ,-,,-

On September 27, 1959, they attended the AFHU ceremony (American Friends of the Hebrew University) at the

Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia ,,,,

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On November 2, 1959, the Millers arrived in Los Angeles where Marilyn had to shot "Let's Make 

Love".

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On January 16, 1960, press conference for the start of the shooting of "Let's Make Love"   ,

, (more pics here).


Marilyn started the shooting with Yves Montand. Miller often left the USA to join John Huston, future director of 

"The Misfits", in Irleland .

In March 1960 he was called back in Los Angeles to get involved in the screenplay of "Let's Make Love"

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Production  ,,, (more pics here). 

At the same time, the writers union began a strike.

In his book Donald Spoto placed the moment when she became aware of her wedding failure, during the shooting of this movie.

Miller gave another interpretation. In his autobiography, he claimed that, in fact, he had gave up his own work to prove her that they were able to live together, that he was there to help her and that his presence on the set was exclusively dedicated to her.

She was upset because Miller having given up his political ideals, he disappointed her. For his part, he had many topics of dissatisfactions, which included the affair between Marilyn and Montand. The tension which reigned on

the set was a test to both of them --

 

The shooting of "The Misfits" signed the death of the couple.  They took separate rooms. He had considerably suffered and began to doubt about his writer talents. Every nights, he wrote the dialogues for the following day. He couldn't made up his mind neither about the end of the movie, nor on the choice of the cow-boy who had to win Marilyn's love.

Arriving in Reno, on July 20, 1960 

at the airport ,,,,,,

                                                         
in the car
 

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Production ,,,,,,

(more pics here). 

On August 13, 1960, premiere of Frank Sinatra's show at the Cal Neva Lodge 

On September 5, 1960, Marilyn was back in Reno after her hospitalization

Leaving Angeles -,

Arriving in San Francisco 

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At the end of the shooting, they left the studios in separate cars.

At the end of October 1960 she announced she had asked Miller to leave their bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

On November 11, 1960, the divorce announcement was made public. She lived in the apartment, 444 East 57th Street, he lived at the Chelsea Hotel.

After the divorce, he would keep the house in Roxbury .

 

On January 20, 1961, in Juarez, Mexico, she obtained the divorce due to irreconcilable differences, from Judge Miguel Gomez Guerra.

She had chosen this day, because it was the day of President Kennedy's investiture and it occupied the whole press. 

Miller was affected by Marilyn's nervous breakdown after their separation. He would have thought about visiting her at the hospital, but some friends would have dissuade him, claiming that he couldn't do anything more for her.

After Marilyn's death, he felt guilty to have hastened her suicide by leaving her. To calm his anxiety, he wrote
"After The Fall" (1964), a play whose main character, Maggie, was inspired by Marilyn.

Despite the lack of enthusiasm the work aroused when it was published and the ethical problem it posed (publicly unveil his ex-wife personality), the play showed Miller's perspicacity concerning Marilyn.

Many commentaires have noticed that "The Misfits" and "After The Fall" perfectly describe 2 facets of Marilyn : her bright and full of life side, and her dark and desperate one. 

She had stayed with him more longer than with anyone else; he was often criticized for having let her within her anxieties and drug addiction. But his devotion during the hard years can't be called into question.

In 1960, on 5th Avenue, New York City, Miller met Inge Morath, the photographer he had met on the set of "The Misfits", while she belonged to the Magnum agency crew, which covered the shooting.

Arthur didn't recognize her but he called the Taylors to ask who she was, saying that he rememered her face but not her name.

 

In April 1960, Miller dealt with the movie production of his play  "A View From The Bridge", for which Norman Rosten worked on the screenplay.

 
On February 17, 1962 he married Inge Morath. The ceremony took place in New Milford, Connecticut. 

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Then, they left again to Europe (,,) and came back to the USA on April 10, 1962.

 
On September 15, 1962, birth of their daughter, Rebecca (;;

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In November 1966, birth of their son Daniel, who suffered from the Down Syndrom.

They lived together until Inge's death.

He kept writing plays and screenplays (,;).

With his sister Joan, in 1962 ,,.

With his lawyer Joseph Rauh, Washington, 1962 .

With Inge Morath 

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With Elia Kazan ,,


With Pablo Neruda 

 
In Fall 1963, Inge gave birth to Daniel, a boy affected by the Down Syndrome. Daniel would spend the rest of his life in an institution for mental retardation children. Inge would visit him almost every week, while Arthur would not much came; he wouldn't recognize and even mention his son publicly. Moreover, none of his official or professional biographies would mention Daniel's birth.

In 1965, with Luchino Visconti  who produced Miller's play, "After The Fall" in Paris 

 

In 1966 Miller joined the Committee of Conscience against Apartheid action by removing his bank accounts from the Chase Manhattan and the First National City Bank, in protest to the banks support to the South Africa economy.

He also accepted the presidency of PEN International, a writers association which had 8 000 members through the world, even if none of them came from countries limiting the artistic freedom, like the Soviet bloc, the Latin

America's dictators and the apartheid in Africa ,

 

The problem of self-expression became the main cause to defend for Miller's administration, from 1965 to 1969, and he helped to guarantee the release of Arrabal, the Franco-Spanish writer, from Franco's prisons.

With Inge, they started travelling in the East, from Hong-Kong to Japan, Siam, Cambodia, and Soviet Union

. After their journey, they collaborated on a photographs and essay book entitled "In Russia".

 

In April 1967, he signed and contributed to the funding of a full-page advert which had to be published in London Times, to protest against the American position in Vietnam. His signature completed those of Mike

Nichols, Marlon Brando, Joseph Heller, Allen Ginsburg, William L.Shirer and Benjamin Spock 


 

In August 1968 Miller got the election sewed up in Roxbury as delegate of the Democratic Party Convention

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In 1972, with the German writer Heinrich Böll in Cologne 

November 20, 1980, opening night of "The American CLock" at the Biltmore Theatre

1990, celebrating his 75th birthday with his wife and his daughters .

 

On October 30, 1995 the PEN American Center paid tribute to him at the Town Hall, New York City. 
The occasion was his 80th birthday, 2 weeks earlier. A selection of his plays was performed. Followed by a dinner at Sardi's, the New York theater mark.

A televised version of "The Crucible" was managed by director Nicholas Hytner in 1995. Robert Miller, his son, co produced the movie. Robert had been producer assistant on "Midnight Cowboy" and "The Producers".
From then on, he has directed adverts for the television.

When the studio agreed that Arthur wrote the screenplay, the project became a family matter. Rebecca Miller became the photographer of the shooting (she had also played small parts in "Regarding Henry" and "Mrs Parker and the Vicious CIrcle"). During the shooting in Essex, Massachusetts, Rebecca met her future husband, the actor Daniel Day Lewis, who played the leading role besides Winona Ryder.

This movie was as a kind of a family therapy. Arthur and Robert hadn't had any contact for many years. Arthur hadn't really had the experience of his son as an adult. They both needed something that could link them and the movie was the event which brought them together.  

The crfitics of the movie were good and it was nominated to the Academy Awards for the Best Screenplay. 


Inge died on January 30, 2002.

With Agnes Barley, his last companion ,

He died on February 10, 2005 at Roxbury, from a congestive heart failure.

Other pictures (thanks to give me any informations you may have about these pics):


Bibliography

"After the Fall". New York : Viking, 1964.

"Everybody Wins", New York, Grove.1990.

"My Wife Marilyn", by Arthur Miller, published in Life magazine, December 22th 1958.

"The Misfits", Arthur Miller, Le Livre de poche Edition, 1972.

"Au fil du temps" Arthur Miller, Paris, Grasset, 1988; LGF, collection livres de poche, 1989.

"Timebends". New York : Grove. 1987.

"Théâtre", Arthur Miller, Paris, Laffont, 1995.

" Arthur Miller : His Life and Work ". Martin Gottfried. Editions Da Capo. 2003.


Website

The Arthur Miller Society


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