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Marilyn Monroe

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by Michelle Morgan


  ‘Traffic judge fines Marilyn Monroe $56’, Sherboygan Press (1 March 1956).

  ‘Tragedy of a sex goddess’, San Francisco Chronicle (6 August 1962).

  ‘Twenty little working girls fete tomorrow’, Los Angeles Times (5 Jul 1936).

  ‘University appeals to Marilyn Monroe for book generosity’, Pottstown Mercury (6 December 1952).

  ‘Unmistakable aura of a star’, Oakland Tribune (8 August 1962).

  ‘Unseen Marilyn Monroe footage unearthed after 50 years in loft’, BBC Press Office (n.d.).

  Vale, Richard, ‘What they don’t tell you about Marilyn Monroe’, Inside Story (May 1959).

  ‘Valentine shower to honor Miss Atkinson’, Los Angeles Times (14 February 1938).

  ‘Vegas Rebekahs honor assembly president’, Nevada State Journal (1 November 1936).

  ‘Victim of crash-in aimed at Marilyn Monroe tells story’, Bennington Evening Banner (20 March 1957).

  Wandworth, James, ‘One man woman’, Motion Picture and Television Magazine (September 1953).

  Walker, Derek, ‘It’s your fault Olivier’, Picturegoer (13 October 1956).

  ‘Warmth, real beauty are noted in the new, different Marilyn’, Appeal Democrat (24 October 1958).

  ‘Wayback Machine. Starlet wowed Salinas residents by Jim Albanese’, www.thecalifornian.com (15 March 2010)

  ‘We knew Marilyn extremely well’, Leader-Courier (n.d.).

  ‘Wedding announcement between Norma Jeane Baker and James Dougherty’, unknown newspaper, (n.d.).

  Weller, Helen Hover, ‘Why Marilyn and Joe couldn’t wait’, Movie Stars Parade (May 1954).

  Wells, Bob, column, Long Beach Independent (12 April 1957).

  ‘What’s wrong with American men?’, Look (30 November 1951).

  ‘When childish laughter rang in a garden’, Los Angeles Times (5 November 1935).

  Whitcomb, Jon, ‘The new Monroe’, Cosmopolitan (March 1959).

  ‘Whitey Snyder interview’, All About Marilyn Magazine (January 1994).

  ‘Who’d marry me? By Marilyn Monroe’, Modern Screen (September 1951)

  ‘Wife he admits slaying found alive at home’, Los Angeles Times (8 February 1927).

  ‘Wife of boxer kills self after quarrel’, Independent (3 Jul 1928).

  ‘Will new love give her a baby?’, Untold Secrets (October 1961).

  Willet, Bob, ‘The two faces of Marilyn Monroe by Yves Montand as told to Bob Willet’, Liberty (October 1960).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Daily Intelligencer (25 January 1972).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (27 December 1953).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (4 July 1954).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (19 February 1956).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (24 June 1956).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Reno Evening Gazette (24 June 1961).

  Wilson, Earl, column, Times Recorder (16 September 1954).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘In defense of Marilyn Monroe’, Modern Screen (June 1955).

  Wilson, Eric, ‘Julius Caruso obituary’, New York Times (14 August 2005).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘Marilyn Monroe takes Whiteway by storm’, Lima News (15 March 1955).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘Memories of Marilyn, Times Recorder (15 April 1973).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘M-m-my M-m-m-m-marilyn’, Silver Screen (April 1952).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘On again off again’, Motion Picture (January 1955).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘Summit at Las Vegas’, Times Recorder (14 June 1961).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘The things she said to me’, Photoplay (May 1956).

  Wilson, Earl, ‘Yves Montand’s one-man show’, Lima News (23 September 1959).

  Wilson, Liza, ‘The truth about me by Marilyn Monroe, as told to Liza Wilson, part 1’, American Weekly (16 November 1952).

  Wilson, Liza, ‘The truth about me by Marilyn Monroe, as told to Liza Wilson, part 2’, American Weekly (23 November 1952).

  ‘Witnesses say Monroe visited the Tri-State’, Herald-Dispatch (n.d.).

  ‘Wolves howl for “niece” just like Marilyn Monroe’, Los Angeles Times (27 August 1950).

  ‘Woman escapes guard’, Los Angeles Times (21 January 1937).

  ‘Woman killed self is jurors’ verdict’, Reno Evening Gazette (3 July 1928).

  ‘Woman suicides’, Woodland Daily Democrat (3 July 1928).

  Woodard, Eric, ‘History of the SGTG scripts’ (n.d.).

  ‘“Woo Marilyn Monroe”, for book collection’, Indiana Evening Gazette (13 December 1952).

  Wrightson, Del, ‘I don’t owe Hollywood a thing’, Movie Secrets (August 1956).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Inez Melson interview’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (IV)’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (V)’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (VI)’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The men in Marilyn Monroe’s life’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The riddle of Marilyn Monroe (I)’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The riddle of Marilyn Monroe (II)’, notes (n.d.).

  Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The riddle of Marilyn Monroe (III)’, notes (n.d.).

  In addition to the above, information was also gained from the following:

  Prince and the Showgirl news items from the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Sketch, Sunday Dispatch, Evening News, News Chronicle, Daily Record, Sunday Mail, Evening Standard (all 1956);

  Ticket to Tomahawk news items from the Silverton Standard & Miner (1949);

  Untitled articles from: Altoona Mirror (31 December 1959), Greeley Daily Tribune (25 November 1958), Huntingdon Daily News (20 August 1935), Lima News (15 June 1957), Los Angeles Mirror (27 June 1952), Monessen Daily Independent (7 June 1952), Movie Spotlight (August 1955), Nevada State Journal (6 September 1960), News (12 Apr 1956), Oakland Tribune (6 December 1953), Picture Week (2 April 1955), Portsmouth Herald (24 June 1959), Reno Evening Gazette (5 September 1960), San Mateo Times (1 June 1953), San Rafael Daily Independent Journal (20 May 1950), Time (18 October 1954 and16 January 1956), Traverse City Record Eagle (27 February 1956);

  Several other articles on the subject of Stanley Gifford’s life in Hemet were given to me with no dates or titles. These items were useful in my research, though I am unfortunately unable to source them due to lack of information.

  Index

  Abbott, Allan 341–2

  Actors Lab 92–3, 96

  Actors Studio 205–6, 210, 214–15, 296, 297, 302, 313

  Afton Place 15–16, 25

  Ainsworth, Helen 77

  Alan (pianist) 226–7, 230, 240, 245–7, 248–9, 253–4, 256, 259

  All About Eve (film) 121

  Allan, Rupert 302

  Allen, Angela 288, 289

  Allen, Gene 320

  Allen, Lorraine 51

  Alton, Robert 191

  Amagansett 264–6, 267, 268, 269

  American Airlines 71

  Anderson, Daphne 241

  Anthony, Ray 157

  Antinora, Bart 190

  Arbol Drive 16–17, 18, 19–21, 22

  Archer, Frank Klein 159

  Archwood Street 45, 57

  Arden, Elizabeth 256

  Arlen, Harold 211

  Arliss, George 15, 21

  Arnold, Dorothy 146, 159, 185

  Arnold, Eve 211

  Arnow, Max 102–3

  Arthur P. Jacobs agency 314, 315, 324, 328, 334, 340, 343

  As Young As You Feel (film) 128, 131

  The Asphalt Jungle (film) 120–1

  Atchinson, Allis 60

  Atchinson, Bryan and Lottie 37

  Atkinson, George and Maude 15–16, 18, 19, 21–2, 26

  Atkinson, Nellie 15, 21, 22, 26, 56

  Avedon, Richard 277

  Avon Street 98

  Bacall, Lauren 172

  Bacon, James 287

  Baer, R
ichard 135–6

  Baker, Ardry 2

  Baker, Berniece (sister) see Miracle, Berniece Baker

  Baker, Gladys (mother) 1–4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13–14, 15, 16, 17–19, 21, 23, 24, 33, 39, 40, 57, 74, 83–4, 85–6, 89, 91, 149, 168–71, 203, 270, 295

  birth of MM 6

  Christian Science beliefs 17, 38, 84

  marries Jasper Baker 2

  marries John Eley 168–9

  marries Martin Mortensen 4

  mental illness 18, 23, 33, 169–71

  MM lives with 14, 15–18, 85–6

  MM pays treatment bills 170, 270

  refuses to consent to adoption of MM 8, 23

  tells MM who her father is 57

  Baker, Jasper Newton 2–4

  Baker, Robert (brother) 2, 17, 39

  Baker, Roy Ward 140

  Baloghy, Stephanie 264–5

  Banas, Bob 283

  Banner, Lois 170

  Bara, Theda 277

  Barbara Court 32, 33

  Bardot, Brigitte 258

  Barris, George 329, 330, 334

  Barsocchini, Reno 180, 197

  Baxter, Anne 118, 121

  Beardsley, Mrs Gavin 71

  Beaton, Cecil 215

  Beauchamp, Anthony 122

  Belmont, Beryl 253

  Benny, Jack 176

  Benson, Charles 152

  Bernstein, Walter 321

  Bessemer Street 58

  Beverly Carlton Hotel 113

  Blue Book Agency 70, 73

  Bolaños, José 318, 319, 320, 322, 330, 344

  Bolender, Ida and Wayne 6–7, 8, 9, 10–11, 12, 13–14, 24, 26, 42, 51, 169–70

  Bolender, Lester 8, 11, 12–13

  Bolender, Nancy 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24

  Bond, Gordon 256–7, 258

  Bow, Clara 277

  Boyd, Steve 282

  Boyle, Hal 264

  Brand, Harry 198

  Brand, Phoebe 92

  Brando, Marlon 211, 280, 313

  Brandon, Harry 290

  Brennan, Pat 154

  Briden, Harry W. 249–50

  Brooks, Rand 104

  The Brothers Karamazov (film) 112, 204, 254, 263

  Brown, David 321

  Brown, Kay 220

  Buchwald, Art 232

  Buka, Donald 117

  Burton, Richard 306

  Bus Stop (film) 215, 216–17, 218

  Bush, Lee 68

  Butch (parakeet) 273

  Cahn, Dan 110

  Cal-Neva Lodge & Casino 333–4

  Calhern, Louis 120

  Cardiff, Jack 233

  Carey, Macdonald 135

  Carnovsky, Morris 92

  Carr, Joe 204

  Carroll, John 95, 99, 101

  Carroll, William 68–70

  Carter, Glenn Thomas 318, 319, 330

  Caruso, Julius 212

  Casey, Kathleen 322

  Cassini, Oleg 138

  Castillian Drive 159

  Catalina Island 17, 58–9

  Cedars of Lebanon Hospital 144, 148, 276, 331, 332

  Chakiris, George 163–4, 165–7, 191, 192, 349

  Chambrun, Jacques 190

  Chaplin, Charlie 133

  Chaplin, Charlie, Jr 91

  Chaplin, Sydney 91, 133

  Charisse, Cyd 323

  Charlie McCarthy radio show 159

  Chekhov, Michael 139–40

  Chicago White Sox 144–5

  Chretien, Jeanne 80–1, 87, 94–5, 348

  Christian Science 17, 37, 38, 57, 84, 90

  Clark, Colin 243, 246

  Clash by Night (film) 135–7

  Clements, Colin 100

  Clemmons, Sergeant Jack 339, 340

  Clift, Montgomery 288

  Cochran, Jack 285

  Cohen, Harry and Lena 3

  Cohen, Nelson 64

  Cohn, Harry 102, 131–2

  Colbert, Claudette 135

  Cole, Jack 163–4, 165–6, 191

  Collier, Constance 205

  Columbia Pictures 32–3, 102–3, 104, 109

  Conover, David 65, 66, 68, 70

  Consolidated Film Industries 4

  conspiracy theories 345

  Conte, Richard 122

  Cook, Gene 114

  Cooper, Gary 142

  copycat suicides 340

  Corday, Dr Elliot 178

  Cornthwaite, Bob 142–4, 147, 348

  Cornwall, C. Norman 90

  Cotton, Joseph 153

  Coudert, Joe 196, 350

  Cowan, Lester 116

  Cowen, Charles 287

  Crawford, Cheryl 205

  Crawford, Joan 167, 168

  Crosby, Bing 325

  Cukor, George 308, 321

  Curtis, Mark 291

  Curtis, Tony 271, 272

  Dailey, Dan 118, 119

  Damiecki, Edward 267

  Damiecki, John 268

  Dangerous Years (film) 92, 289

  D’Antonio, Henry 336–7

  Davis, Bette 20, 121

  Davis, Sammy, Jr 305

  Day, Vera 221, 241, 250, 251

  De Cicco, Pat 101, 130–1

  de Dienes, Andre 73, 74, 117

  DeFore, Don 117

  Delaney, Frank 204

  Delongpre Avenue 198

  DePree Miller, Diane 64

  Dewey, Sula 26–7, 30–1

  ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ 163, 187

  Dietrich, Marlene 271, 277

  DiMaggio, Joe 144, 145, 146–7, 151–2, 157, 159, 162, 174, 176, 179–80, 187, 188, 190, 192–3, 195, 201, 288, 295, 296–7, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 313, 320, 332, 333, 334–5

  coaching trip to Japan 185–6

  dislike of the film business 155, 178, 192

  divorced from MM 199–200

  feud with Natasha Lytess 159, 180, 182

  first date with MM 145

  marriage breakdown 195, 197–9

  marries MM 182–4

  and MM’s death 340–1, 342

  reconciliation hopes 210–11, 304, 335

  supposed abuse of MM 185, 192, 197, 198

  ‘Wrong Door Raid’ 200–1

  DiMaggio, Joe, Jr 146–7, 337

  DiMaggio, Marie 179, 180

  DiMaggio, Tom 179

  Don’t Bother to Knock (formerly, Night Without Sleep) (film) 137, 140–1

  Dors, Diana 232, 252

  Dougherty, Ethel 45, 46, 48, 61, 63, 66

  Dougherty, Jim 45, 46–7, 48–9, 51, 52, 53, 54–6, 57, 58–9, 60–1, 65–6, 67–8, 73–4, 76, 77–8, 81–2, 86, 90–1, 110–11, 125

  divorced from MM 90–1

  first date with MM 46–7

  in the merchant marines 58, 60–1, 66

  marriage breaks down 77–8, 81–2

  marries MM 51–2

  and MM’s death 340

  plans to start a family 59, 60–1, 66, 68

  Dougherty, Marion 51, 52, 53, 56

  Dougherty, Tom 53, 56, 57

  Douglas, Paul 135

  Drennen, Doris 45, 46, 52, 54, 55

  Dubrow, Hilliard 267

  Duggen, Betty 43, 44

  East 57th Street 261, 269, 281, 294

  East Palmer Avenue 37

  Ebbins, Milton 338

  Eldredge, Florence 304

  Eley, Colonel John Stewart 168–9

  Elizabeth II, Queen 257

  Emerson Junior High 42–3

  Engelberg, Dr Hyman 291, 323, 330, 334, 335, 337, 339, 340

  England, trip to 221–60

  Erickson, C. O. 285

  Evans, Clarice 105

  Evans, Peter 301–2

  Evanson, Edith 321–2

  Ewell, Tom 195–6

  Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr 236

  Family Circle 78

  Family Weekly 207, 293

  Famous Artists Agency 173, 189

  fans and fan mail 137–8, 185, 196, 206, 212, 217

  Farr, Bob 71

  FBI 317–18

  Feldman, Charles
130, 131, 189, 203–4

  Ferber, Edna 105

  Field, Frederick Vanderbilt 317, 318

  Fields, Gracie 253–4

  Fields, Leila 32

  Fifth Helena Drive 315–16, 320, 323, 332, 335–40

  Finnegan, Nanciele 136–7, 141

  The Fireball (film) 121

  Fitzgerald, Ella 164–5, 292

  Flanagan, Agnes 292

  Fonteyn, Dame Margot 236, 256

  Formby, George 254

  Franklin, Joe 181

  Fredenhall, Bill 28–9, 30, 31

  French, Hugh 189

  Freud, Anna 248, 262, 310

  Frosch, Aaron 300, 302, 306

  Gable, Clark 10, 97, 201, 203, 288, 290, 292, 293, 294, 298, 304

  Gable, Kay 292, 294, 298, 302, 306

  Gabor, Zsa Zsa 121–2

  Garrison Malloy, Rita 177

  Garroway, Dave 207

  Gawthrop, Evelyn 13

  Gaynor, Mitzi 192

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film) 122, 153, 159, 161, 162–7, 189

  Gettliner, Franz 222, 225, 244

  Gibbon, Margaret 252–3

  Gielgud, John 236, 238

  Gierasch, Stefan 205, 208, 214

  Giesler, Jerry 197, 198

  Giffen, Elsie and Harvey 22–3, 26

  Gifford, Charles Stanley (father) 4–5, 6, 9, 10, 57–8, 133, 151, 152, 304–5

  Gifford, Charles Stanley, Jr 6, 305

  Gifford, Lillian 4, 6

  Gifford, Mary 151

  Gilmore, John 130–1, 172

  The Girl in Pink Tights (film) 178, 180, 184, 189

  Glaeg, James 60, 99, 102, 275, 341

  Glamour Preferred (play) 99–100

  Goddard, Eleanor ‘Bebe’ 33, 34, 37, 42, 43, 46, 64, 173, 176, 177

  Goddard, Ervin 24, 34, 42, 45–6, 47

  Goddard, Grace (née McKee) 4, 7, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24–5, 26, 32–3, 34, 37, 39–40, 42, 43, 44, 45–6, 47, 48, 49, 57, 60, 63–4, 126, 138, 169, 170, 173–4, 176–7

  Goit, Charlie 209

  Goodman, Ezra 102

  Gosman, Dicky 264

  Gough, Jim 173, 316, 349

  Grable, Betty 123, 163, 168, 172–3

  Graham, Dora 84

  Graham, Sheila 122, 123, 147

  Grainger, Charles 1, 6

  Grant, Cary 142, 143, 144

  Grant, Johnny 97, 112–13, 148

  Grasko, Natalie 115

  Grauman’s Chinese Theatre 16, 97, 120, 174

  Graves, Lyle Arthur 1

  Greco, Buddy 333

  Greene, Amy 197, 203, 207, 222, 243

  Greene, Milton 176, 197, 201, 203, 204, 207, 209, 218, 222, 245, 249, 256, 262, 263, 322

  Greenson, Daniel 310, 325

  Greenson, Dr Ralph 285, 299, 300, 303, 309–10, 311, 312, 321, 323, 327–8, 334, 337, 339–40, 343

  Griffin, Judge Charles J. 215–16

  Gris, Henry 311

  Guilaroff, Sydney 273

  Guinness, Alec 236

 

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