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Les critiques sur "Ladies of the Chorus"
Les reines du Music-Hall
Les critiques
The reviews
The Fresno Bee, The Republican - March, 12, 1948
(USA)
Marilyn Monroe, formerly with Twentieth Century-Fox, was sweet enough to tell me I am responsible for the best break she has had - the lead in Ladies of the Chorus at Columbia. Well, I have news for her. I'm sure it was her blond beauty and talent that turned the trick and not the few plugs I've given her in the column. She is such a pretty girl. The background is the burlesque stage around the turn of the century and I hear the costumes are an eyefull.
Marilyn Monroe, auparavant à la Twentieth Century-Fox, a eu la gentillesse de me dire que je suis responsable de la meilleure pause qu'elle ait eue - le rôle principal de Ladies of the Chorus à la Columbia. Eh bien, j'ai du nouveau pour elle. Je suis sûr que c'est sa beauté blonde et son talent qui ont fait tourner la tête et non les quelques lignes que je lui ai offertes dans la chronique. C'est une si jolie fille. L'arrière-plan est la scène burlesque au tournant du siècle et j'ai entendu que les costumes sont époustouflants.
Motion Picture Herald - October, 23, 1948
(USA) par Tibor Krekes - consultation des archives sur Internet Archive
Burlesque Queen In Love
"Ladies of the Chorus" follows the well-known story line of the show girl who falls in love with a member of a wealthy society family. The girl, played by Marilyn Monroe, is in the same burlesque chorus as her mother, Adele Jergens, who was once the toast of the burlesque route, but now spends most of her time keeping the wolves away from her daughter.
When the star of the quits, Marilyn gets her chance. She takes over the star's spot and soon because queen of burlesque herself. Rand Brooks plays the young man who falls in love with her and asks her to marry him. But Miss Jergens is skeptical because she too married a rich man and their marriage failed when his family and friends refused to accept her.
Things happen just as mother feared, byt everything works out when the boy's mother pretends to have been a lady of the chorus herself, just to show everyone that a girl can make her living in burlesque and still be acceptable. One of the bright spots is Miss Monroe's singing. She is pretty, and with her pleasing voice and style, she shows promise.
The musical numbers are on an insignig=ficant scale, and in those which are supposed to be burlesque, occasionally lacking in taste. Unrelieved by any appreciable amount of humor, the plot is unbelievable, particularly the idea of so oversolicitous a mother dancing in a chorus with her daughter.
Reviewed at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre, where the audience was apathetic. Reviewer's Rating: Fair. - TIBOR KEREKES.
Reine du burlesque amoureuse
"Ladies of the Chorus" suit l'histoire bien connue d'une danseuse de revue qui tombe amoureuse d'un membre d'une famille de la haute société. La fille, jouée par Marilyn Monroe, est dans la même troupe burlesque que sa mère, Adele Jergens, qui était autrefois une figure du burlesque, mais qui passe désormais le plus clair de son temps à éloigner les loups de sa fille.
Lorsque la star est virée, Marilyn obtient sa chance. Elle prend la place de la star et bientôt de reine du burlesque elle-même. Rand Brooks joue le jeune homme qui tombe amoureux d'elle et lui demande de l'épouser. Mais Miss Jergens est sceptique car elle aussi a épousé un homme riche et leur mariage a échoué lorsque sa famille et ses amis ont refusé de l'accepter.
Les choses se passent comme la mère le craignait, mais tout s'arrange quand la mère du garçon se fait passer pour une meneuse de revue elle-même, histoire de montrer à tout le monde qu'une fille peut gagner sa vie dans le burlesque tout en restant acceptable. L'un des moments le plus brillant est celui où Miss Monroe chante. Elle est jolie, et sa voix et son style agréables constituent pour elle de belles promesses d'avenir.
Les numéros musicaux sont d'une ampleur insignifiante, et dans ceux qui se veulent burlesques, ils manquent parfois de goût. Non soulagée par une quantité appréciable d'humour, l'intrigue n'est pas crédible, en particulier l'idée d'une mère si trop sollicitée qui danse dans la même revue que sa fille.
Critique réalisée au Brooklyn Fox Theatre, où le public était apathique. Note de l'examinateur: Passable. - TIBOR KEREKES.
The Exhibitor - November, 10, 1948
(USA, Hollywood) - consultation des archives sur Lantern
Ladies of the Chorus
Romantic Musical - 61 min
ESTIMATE: Entertaining dualler.
CAST: Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Randy Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr, Steven Geray, Bill Edwards, Marjorie Hoshelle, Dave Barry, Allen Barry, The Bobby True Trio.
Produced by Harry A. Romm; directed by Phil Karlson.
STORY: Burlesque chorus girl Marilyn Monroe becomes a star when Marjorie Hoshelle, featured dancer, walks out after a fight with Monroe's mother, Adele Jergens, also in the chorus. Jergens fights the wolves off Monroe's trail, but the latter falls in love with Randy Brooks. Jergens recalls her own marriage failure with a man of society, and fears that Brooks' mother and friends won't accept a burlesque queen. Brooks promises to inform his mother of Monroe's job, and invites them to stay at his mother's house. Brooks doesn't keep his promise, but his mother, Nana Bryant, accepts Monroe and Jergens, and arranges an engagement party. The orchestra leader recognizes Monroe, and reveals her burlesque fame, shocking the society guests. Monroe and Jergens retire to their room, but are persuaded to return by Bryant and Brooks. Bryant then sings a song she is reminded of by Eddie Garr, an old burlesque partner of Jergens and an "uncle" who accompanies her. She informs the audience she, too, was a professional performer, which is a lie, but thos present then accept Monroe. Bryant then suggests a double wedding, and Jergens and Garr agree.
X-RAY: A liberal sprinkling of songs, some comedy, and pretty girls make this entertaining for the lower half despite the thin story line. The screen play is by Harry Sauber and Joseph Carole, and the songs include "Ladies of the Chorus," "Crazy For You," "Every Baby Needs A Da-Da-Daddy," "Anyone Can See," "You're Never Too Old," and "Ubangi Love Song."
TIP ON BIDDING: Lowest bracket.
AD LINES: "They Were 'Ladies of the Chorus' - How Society Went For Them"; "For Pretty Girls, Bouncy Tunes, And Lots of Laughs, Make Sure You're Down Front For 'Ladies Of The Chorus'"; "Oh, She Was Only A 'Lady Of The Chorus' But, Despite His Blue Blood, He Loved Her."
Les Reines du Music-Hall
Comédie Musicale Romantique - 61 min
ESTIMATION : Duo divertissant.
ACTEURS : Adele Jergens, Marilyn Monroe, Randy Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr, Steven Geray, Bill Edwards, Marjorie Hoshelle, Dave Barry, Allen Barry, The Bobby True Trio.
Produit par Harry A. Romm ; réalisé par Phil Karlson.
HISTOIRE : La choriste du burlesque Marilyn Monroe devient une star lorsque Marjorie Hoshelle, danseuse vedette, part après une bagarre avec la mère de Monroe, Adele Jergens, également choriste. Jergens combat les loups sur la piste de Monroe, mais cette dernière tombe amoureuse de Randy Brooks. Jergens se souvient de son propre échec de mariage avec un homme de la société et craint que la mère et les amis de Brooks n'acceptent pas une reine du burlesque. Brooks promet d'informer sa mère du travail de Monroe et les invite chez sa mère. Brooks ne tient pas sa promesse, mais sa mère, Nana Bryant, accepte Monroe et Jergens et organise une fête de fiançailles. Le chef d'orchestre reconnaît Monroe et révèle sa renommée du burlesque, choquant les invités de la société. Monroe et Jergens se retirent dans leur chambre, mais sont convaincus de revenir par Bryant et Brooks. Bryant chante alors une chanson qui lui est rappelée par Eddie Garr, un ancien partenaire du burlesque de Jergens et un "oncle" qui l'accompagne. Elle informe le public qu'elle aussi était une chanteuse professionnelle, ce qui est un mensonge, mais les personnes présentes acceptent alors Monroe. Bryant suggère alors un double mariage, et Jergens et Garr sont d'accord.
RAYON-X: Un saupoudrage libéral de chansons, de la comédie et de jolies filles rendent cela divertissant pour la moitié inférieure malgré la mince histoire. Le scénario est de Harry Sauber et Joseph Carole, et les chansons incluent "Ladies of the Chorus", "Crazy For You", "Every Baby Needs A Da-Da-Daddy", "Anyone Can See", "You're Never Too Old" et "Ubangi Love Song".
ASTUCE SUR LES ENCHERES : la tranche de prix la plus basse.
LIGNES D'ANNONCE : "Elles étaient des 'reines du music-hall' - Comment la société s'est déroulée pour elles" ; "Pour les jolies filles, les sonorités pleines d'entrain et beaucoup de rires, assurez-vous d'être à l'avant-plan pour 'Ladies Of The Chorus'" ; "Oh, elle n'était qu'une "reine du music-hall" mais, malgré son sang bleu, il l'aimait."
The Hollywood Reporter - 1948
(USA)
[The movie] tends to prove that the queens of the music hall make excellent wives for the sons of good families, and it achieves its goal by making the audience unanimous.
[Le film] tend à prouver que les reines du music-hall font d'excellentes épouses pour les fils de bonne famille, et il atteint son but en faisant l'unanimité du public.
Variety - 1948
(USA)
The movie is full of musical pieces with the formidable vocalizations of Marilyn Monroe (...) Miss Monroe gives us a beautiful interpretation of queen of the music hall.
Le film est plein de pièces musicales avec les formidables vocalises de Marilyn Monroe (...) Miss Monroe nous donne une belle interprétation de reine du music-hall.
Recorder - March, 25, 1949
(Australia) - consultation des archives sur Trove
PROGRAMMES AT PIRIE THEATRE
A sparkling backstage story of the burlesque world, "Ladies of the Chorus," the supporting film, brings to the screen further evidence of the, meaningful phrase "there's no business like show business." Theme is a burliesque "queen's" romance with a "blueblood." Lovely Adele Jergens is featured, and talented blonde new comer, Marilyn Monroe, is introduced.
Une pétillante histoire des coulisses du monde du burlesque, "Ladies of the Chorus", le film dont il est question, apporte à l'écran une preuve supplémentaire de la phrase significative "il n'y a pas de business comme le show business". Le thème est une romance burliesque de "reine" avec un "sang bleu". Avec la belle Adele Jergens et une nouvelle venue, la talentueuse blonde Marilyn Monroe, y est présente.
Pittsworth Sentinel - June, 17, 1949
(Australia) - consultation des archives sur Trove
"Ladies of the Chorus,” a sparkling backstage story of the burlesque world, will be one of the principal attractions for local audiences at the Star Pictures on Tuesday night. Featuring Adele Jergens and introducing a newcomer, Marilyn Monroe, the story is a revealing, entertaining account of the manner in which persons in show business react to the rest of society—especially when that particular word is spelled with a capital "S”.
"Ladies of the Chorus", une histoire pétillante dans les coulisses du monde du burlesque, sera l'une des principales attractions pour le public local au Star Pictures mardi soir. Mettant en vedette Adele Jergens et présentant une nouvelle venue, Marilyn Monroe, l'histoire est révélatrice, récit divertissant de la manière dont les personnes du show business réagissent face au reste de la société, en particulier lorsque ce mot particulier est orthographié avec un "S" majuscule.
Frankston Standard - September, 08, 1949
(Australia) - consultation des archives sur Trove
PLAZA PICTURES
COMING "HITS"
Five grand new songs were especially written for "Ladies of the Chorus"(...) The songs are by Hollywood's top-flight song smiths, Allen Roberts and Leste Lee. The numbers are: "Crazy for You,"' which is sung by Miss Jergens and Marilyn Monroe, and "You're Never Too Old" which is sung by Nana Bryant. In addition, there is the title tune.
Cinq grandes nouvelles chansons ont été spécialement écrites pour "Ladies of the Chorus" (...). Les chansons sont signées par les meilleurs forgerons d'Hollywood, Allen Roberts et Leste Lee. Les titres sont: "Crazy for You", qui est chanté par Miss Jergens et Marilyn Monroe, et "You're Never Too Old" qui est chanté par Nana Bryant. En plus, il y a aussi la chanson du titre du film.
The Nepean Times - January, 19, 1950
(Australie)
One of Hollywood's more popular themes and one favored by film fans everywhere, is that of the talented youngest who steps out of the chorus line into stardom. That's the story of "Ladies Of The Chorus", and it's also the story of talented, blonde and beautiful Marilyn Monroe who plays the "Cinderella" role of showgirls in the film. Others in the cast are Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Steven Geray and Eddie Garr.
L'un des thèmes les plus populaires d'Hollywood et l'un des préférés des cinéphiles du monde entier est celui du plus jeune talent qui sort de la ligne de choristes pour devenir une célébrité. C'est l'histoire de "Ladies Of The Chorus", et c'est aussi l'histoire de la talentueuse, blonde et belle Marilyn Monroe qui joue le rôle de la "Cendrillon" des filles de revues dans le film. Les autres acteurs sont Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Steven Geray et Eddie Garr.
Geraldton Guardian - May, 11, 1950
(Australia) - consultation des archives sur Trove
Radio Theatre Talkies
'Ladies of the Chorus'
Pretty Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe) steps out of the chorus to become a star in burlesque. Although her mother, May (Adele Jergens) a former burlesque star herself and now a lady of the chorus, watches Peggy rather closely, the girl meets and falls in love
with a socialite named Randy Carroll (Rand Brooks), who wishes to marry her. May herself had had a tough time when she married a socialite years before and she tries to prevent the marriage. Mrs. Carroll, unaware of the chorus background of both May and
Peggy, is attracted to the girl and arranges an engagement party. Peggy is recognised by the orchestra leader and some of the guests are shocked. But Mrs. Carroll, after doing a song routine herself, tells her guests she herself had been on the stage prior to her marriage,
Only 'Uncle Billy' Mack (Eddie Garr), a former burlesque comic in love with May for a long time, knows Mrs. Carroll is not telling the truth. A double wedding is soon on the offing — Peggy and Randy, May and 'Uncle Billy.' The film ('Ladies of the Chorus') will be shown to-morrow and Saturday nights.
"Ladies of the Chorus"
La jolie Peggy Martin (Marilyn Monroe) sort du lot parmi les meneuses de revue pour devenir une star du burlesque. Bien que sa mère, May (Adele Jergens), ancienne star du burlesque elle-même et maintenant danseuse dans la troupe, regarde Peggy d'assez près, la jeune fille rencontre et tombe amoureuse avec un mondain nommé Randy Carroll (Rand Brooks) qui souhaite l'épouser. May elle-même avait eu des moments difficiles lorsqu'elle avait épousé un mondain des années auparavant et elle essaie d'empêcher le mariage. Mme Carroll, ignorant l'activité de danseuses et chanteuses de May et Peggy, aime beaucoup la jeune fille et organise une fête de fiançailles. Peggy y est reconnue par le chef d'orchestre et certains des invités sont choqués. Mais Mme Carroll, après avoir chanté devant les invités, leur annonce qu'elle était elle-même sur scène avant son mariage.
Seul "Oncle Billy" Mack (Eddie Garr), un ancien comique burlesque amoureux de May depuis longtemps, sait que Mme Carroll ne dit pas la vérité. Un double mariage est bientôt en vue - Peggy et Randy, May et "Oncle Billy". Le film ("Ladies of the Chorus") sera projeté demain et samedi soir.
The Exhibitor - November, 22, 1952
(USA, Hollywood) - consultation des archives sur Lantern
Ladies of the Chorus
Romantic Musical - 61 min
Reissue
ESTIMATE: Monroe name should help reissue.
CAST: Marilyn Monroe, Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr, Steven Geray, Bill Edwards, Marjorie Hoshelle, Frank Scannell, Dave Barry, Alan Barry, Myron Healey, Robert Clarke, Gladys Blake, Emmett Vogan, The Bobby True Trio.
Produced by Harry A. Romm; directed by Phil Karlson.
STORY: Chorus girl Marilyn Monroe becomes a new burlesque star when featured dancer Marjorie Hoshelle walks out after a fight with Monroe's mother, Adele Jergens, once a burlesque queen herself but now also in the chorus. Jergens watches the development of Monroe's attachment to socialite Rand Brooks. His mother, Nana Bryant, unaware of Monroe's burlesque background, finds herself attracted to her, and arranges an engagement party. Although the guests are shocked when Monroe is identified as a burlesque entertainer, Bryant accepts her. A double wedding is in the offing, Monroe to Brooks and Jergens to former burlesque comic Eddie Garr.
X-RAY: When first reviewed in THE SERVISECTION of November 1948, it was said of this reissue: "A libral sprinkling of songs, some comedy, and pretty girls make this entertaining for the lower half despite the thin story line." The screen play is by Harry Sauber and Joseph Carole, from a story by Sauber. Songs include "Ladies of the Chorus," "Crazy For You," "Every Baby Needs A Da-Da-Daddy," "Anyone Can See," "You're Never Too Old," and "Ubangi Love Song." This is obviously re-released to cash in on the current popularity of Monroe.
TIP ON BIDDING: Usual reissue price.
AD LINES: "The Year's Sizzling Sensation, Marilyn Monroe, As A Burlesque Queen"; "That Hot Hollywood Sensation In A Musical With A Burlesque Background;" "Marilyn Monroe Bares Love Secrets Of Burlesque's 'Ladies Of The Chorus'".
Les Reines du Music-Hall
Comédie Musicale Romantique - 61 min
Re-Sortie en salles
ESTIMATION : Le nom de Monroe devrait aider à la re-sortie en salles.
ACTEURS : Marilyn Monroe, Adele Jergens, Rand Brooks, Nana Bryant, Eddie Garr, Steven Geray, Bill Edwards, Marjorie Hoshelle, Frank Scannell, Dave Barry, Alan Barry, Myron Healey, Robert Clarke, Gladys Blake, Emmett Vogan, The Bobby True Trio.
Produit par Harry A. Romm ; réalisé par Phil Karlson.
HISTOIRE : La choriste Marilyn Monroe devient une nouvelle star du burlesque lorsque la danseuse vedette Marjorie Hoshelle part après une bagarre avec la mère de Monroe, Adele Jergens, elle-même autrefois reine du burlesque, mais maintenant également dans choriste. Jergens observe le développement de l'attachement de Monroe au mondain Rand Brooks. Sa mère, Nana Bryant, ignorant les antécédents burlesques de Monroe, se trouve attirée par elle et organise une fête de fiançailles. Bien que les invités soient choqués lorsque Monroe est identifiée comme une artiste du burlesque, Bryant l'accepte. Un double mariage est en vue, Monroe à Brooks et Jergens à l'ancien comique burlesque Eddie Garr.
RAYON-X : Lors de la première critique dans THE SERVISECTION de novembre 1948, il a été dit de cette re-sortie en salle: "Une pincée libérale de chansons, de la comédie et de jolies filles rendent cela divertissant pour la moitié inférieure malgré la mince histoire." Le scénario est de Harry Sauber et Joseph Carole, d'après une histoire de Sauber. Les chansons incluent "Ladies of the Chorus", "Crazy For You", "Every Baby Needs A Da-Da-Daddy", "Anyone Can See", "You're Never Too Old" et "Ubangi Love Song". Ceci est évidemment réédité pour profiter de la popularité actuelle de Monroe.
ASTUCE SUR LES ENCHÈRES : Prix de réédition habituel.
LIGNES PUBLICITAIRES : "La sensation de grésillement de l'année, Marilyn Monroe, en tant que reine du burlesque" ; "Cette sensation hollywoodienne chaude dans une comédie musicale avec un fond burlesque ;" "Marilyn Monroe dévoile les secrets d'amour des 'Reines du Music-Hall' du Burlesque" .
TV Guide
(USA) - en ligne sur TV Guide
This chorus-girl musical is worth watching for one reason only; in her second film appearance Monroe (in a sizable part) is cast as a leggy burlesque showgirl who shares the stage with her mom (Jergens) and another half dozen or so beauties. Monroe falls in love with wealthy socialite Brooks, a romance met with disapproval by Jergens. It turns out that mother got herself into the same situation years before and is just watching out for little Marilyn. The picture ends with a double wedding--Monroe to Brooks and Jergens to longtime love Carr. Monroe delivered a pair of tunes, "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy" and "Anyone Can Tell I Love You" (Allan Roberts, Lester Lee). Roberts and Lee also contributed "Crazy for You," "You're Never Too Old," and the title tune. This picture still wasn't enough to convince the studio executives that Marilyn was hot property. She was dropped by Columbia after this role and it was still a few years before she became a living legend.
Cette comédie musicale de danseuses de revue vaut la peine d'être regardée pour une seule raison; dans sa deuxième apparition au cinéma, Monroe (dans un rôle important) interpréte une showgirl burlesque aux longues jambes qui partage la scène avec sa mère (Jergens) et une autre demi-douzaine de beautés. Monroe tombe amoureuse du riche mondain Brooks, une romance désapprouvée par Jergens. Il s'avère que la mère s'est retrouvée dans la même situation des années auparavant et qu'elle veille juste sur la petite Marilyn. Le film se termine par un double mariage - Monroe avec Brooks et Jergens avec son amour de longue date Carr. Monroe délivre ici plusieurs titres, "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy" et "Anyone Can Tell I Love You" ( Allan Roberts , Lester Lee ). Roberts et Lee ont également contribué à "Crazy for You", "You're Never Too Old" et à la chanson titre. Ce film n'était toujours pas suffisant pour convaincre les dirigeants du studio que Marilyn était un bien en vogue. Elle a été abandonnée par la Columbia après ce rôle et il lui a fallu encore quelques années avant qu'elle ne devienne une légende vivante.
Rotten Tomatoes
(International) - en ligne sur Rotten Tomatoes
average rating 3.3 out of 5
note moyenne 3,3 sur 5
Liste critiques et articles parus dans la presse d'époque
List of reviews and articles published in the era press
source liste sur AFI Catalog
Motion Picture Herald - 23 October 1948 (p. 4358)
Hollywood Reporter - dates:
23 April 1948 (p. 18)
7 May 1948 (p. 12)
3 December 1948 (p.3)
Daily Variety - 3 December 1948 (p.3)
Box Office - 22 January 1949
- Dans la presse -
Ciné Revue, 30/07/1948 - FRANCE 
Le Grandi Firme, 09/1955 - ITALIE
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1950s, Beverly Hills - Chez Wil Wright
Marilyn Monroe déguste un cornet de glace de chez Wil Wright de Beverly Hills - vers 1950
Marilyn Monroe enjoys an ice cream cone from Wil Wright's in Beverly Hills - circa 1950
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Dressing - Bikini jaune à lacets
Bikini Jaune à Lacets
Yellow Lace up Bikini
Maillot de bain deux pièces de couleur jaune, que Marilyn Monroe a porté à de nombreuses reprises lors de séances photos quand elle était une jeune modèle.
C'est un bikini à lacets: le soutien gorge de forme triangle se ferme par un cordon blanc devant ou derrière le corps, et la culotte comporte des lacets blancs qui se nouent de chaque côté. Elle devait beaucoup aimer ce maillot qu'elle a porté pendant au moins sept ans (de 1946 à 1952).
Two-piece yellow swimsuit, that Marilyn Monroe wore many times during photoshoots when she was a young model.
It's a lace-up bikini: the triangle-shaped bra closes with a white lace in front or back of the body, and the panties have white laces that tie on each side. She must have love this swimsuit that she wore during at least seven years (from 1946 to 1952).
Le maillot de bain est en réalité fait de trois pièces: en plus du soutien gorge et de la culotte, il comporte une petite jupe ouverte sur le côté dont le lacet se noue par croisement. Ce type de maillot de bain trois pièces était très en vogue au début des années 1950s aux Etats-Unis.
The swimsuit is actually made of three pieces: in addition to the bra and the panties, it includes a small skirt open on the side whose lace is tied by crossing. This type of three-piece swimsuit was very popular in the early 1950s in the United States.
Les séances photos
The Photoshoots
C'est encore sous le nom de Norma Jeane Dougherty que la future Marilyn Monroe signe un contrat avec le photographe Richard C Miller qui photographie la jeune modèle pour des clichés publicitaires le 26 mars 1946 sur la plage de Santa Monica. Norma Jeane est photographiée dans différentes tenues et maillots de bain. Ce sont les premières photographies la montrant porter ce maillot de bain deux pièces jaune.
It's again under the name of Norma Jeane Dougherty that the future Marilyn Monroe signs a contract with the photographer Richard C Miller who photographs the young model for advertising shots in March 26, 1946 on the beach in Santa Monica. Norma Jeane is pictured in a variety of outfits and swimsuits. These are the first photographs showing her wearing this two-piece yellow swimsuit.
Toujours en 1946, pour des portraits aux allures de pin-up pris dans le studio du photographe Bruno Bernard, Norma Jeane accessoirise le bikini en le portant avec la petite jupe jaune.
Also in 1946, for pin-up-like portraits taken in the studio of photographer Bruno Bernard, Norma Jeane accessorizes the bikini by wearing it with the little yellow skirt.
Cette même année 1946, autres poses de style pin-up pour le photographe et illustrateur Earl Moran.
That same year 1946, other pin-up style poses for photographer and illustrator Earl Moran.
Encore en 1946, et toujours pour des portraits pris en studio mais sous l'objectif du photographe Laszlo Willinger.
Again in 1946, and still for portraits taken in a studio, but under the lens of photographer Laszlo Willinger.
Cette même année 1946, on devine par le haut du maillot qu'elle le porte encore pour des portraits noir et blanc pris par Edwin Steinmeyer (dit 'Steinie') destinés à l'agence de mannequin Blue Book où elle y est inscrite; la séance a lieu dans l'Ambassador Hotel où l'agence est située.
That same year 1946, we can see from the top of the swimsuit that she was still wearing it for black and white portraits taken by Erwin Steinmeyer (known as 'Steinie') for the Blue Book model agency where she was registered as a model; the session takes place in the Ambassador Hotel where the agency is located.
Au début de 1947, elle porte le maillot avec la jupe pour des portraits dans un studio au décor de nuages dans les studios de la Fox qui distribuera les photos dans la presse pour promouvoir leur nouvelle starlette.
At the beginning of 1947, she wore the bathsuit with the skirt for portraits in a studio with a decor of clouds in the Fox studios which would distribute the photos in the press to promote their new starlet.
C'est en 1948 qu'elle réapparaît avec le maillot: elle porte le soutien gorge et la petite jupe pour des portraits en studio pris par le photographe Laszlo Willinger. En 1950, l'une des photographies servira de support publicitaire pour le maquillage Westmore.
It was in 1948 that she reappeared with the swimsuit: she wears the bra and the little skirt for studio portraits taken by the photographer Laszlo Willinger. In 1950, one of the photographs served as an advertising medium for Westmore makeup.
Puis c'est le 26 mai 1950 que Marilyn porte à nouveau le maillot lors d'une séance photos de Bob Beerman qui prend place dans une villa privée de Westwood village.
Then on May 26, 1950, Marilyn wears the swimsuit again during a Bob Beerman photoshoot which takes place in a private villa in Westwood village.
Cependant, elle a cette fois-ci noué le cordon du soutien gorge non plus devant, mais dans le dos.
However, this time she tied the bra cord no longer in front, but in the back.
On la redécouvre encore vêtue du maillot dans une autre séance photos couleur non datée (en 1950 ou 1951) où elle pose à la plage sur le sable au bord de l'eau.
We rediscover her still wearing the swimsuit in another undated color photoshoot (in 1950 or 1951) where she poses at the beach, in the sand by the water.
Durant l'année 1951, elle fait plusieurs séances avec le photographe Anthony Beauchamp: elle apparaît vêtue du maillot de bain deux pièces dans deux d'entre elles.
During the year 1951, she made several sessions with the photographer Anthony Beauchamp: she appeared dressed in the two-piece swimsuit in three of them.
- En pin-up telle une Vénus allongée sur une serviette éponge dans un tranzat.
In pin-up like a Venus lying on a terry towel in a tranzat.
- A la plage pour des photographies plus spontanées.
At the beach for photographs with more spontaneous poses.
Toujours en 1951, elle est aussi photographiée par Earl Theisen mais aux studios de la Fox , en mode pin-up glamour.
Always in 1951, she is photographed by Earl Theisen, at the Fox studios , in glamorous pin-up mode.
Enfin, elle porte pour une dernière fois le bikini jaune en 1952, dans une séance photos en studio de David Preston où elle reprend des poses de pin-up.
Finally, she wears the yellow bikini for the last time in 1952, in a David Preston studio photoshoot where she resumes pin-up poses.
D'autres Bikinis à Lacet de Marilyn
Other Lace-up Bikinis of Marilyn
La jeune modèle Marilyn a porté d'autres maillots de bain deux pièces du même style qui se nouent par un petit lacet.
Young model Marilyn wore other two-piece swimsuits of the same style which are tied with a small lace.
En 1946, en prenant la pose pin-up pour le photographe et illustrateur Earl Moran: le soutien gorge est de forme plus ronde en se nouant sur le devant, et la culotte se noue en lacet de croisement; le lacet est plus foncé. L'artiste la représentera avec ce maillot de couleur jaune.
In 1946, taking the pin-up pose for the photographer and illustrator Earl Moran: the bra is rounder in shape by being tied at the front, and the panties are tied in a crossed lace; the lace is darker. The artist will represent her with this yellow color.
Le même maillot, encore sous l'égide d'Earl Moran l'année suivante -en 1947- des poses pin-up dans un fauteuil.
The same swimsuit, still under the aegis of Earl Moran the following year -in 1947- pin-up poses in a sofa.
En 1948, encore sous l'oeil d'Earl Moran, elle pose allongée en pin-up sur un matelas. Elle ne porte que la culotte, et il semble qu'il s'agisse d'un autre modèle, plus moulant avec un lacet noir noué en croisement. On devine le haut du maillot (le soutien gorge) posé à côté d'elle avec un lacet noir.
In 1948, still under Earl Moran's eye, she poses as a pin-up lying on a mattress. She only wears the panties, and it looks like another type, more tight-fitting with a black lace tied in the crossover. We can guess the top of the swimsuit (the bra) posed next to her with a black lace.
Encore en 1948, dans un studio photo, sous l'objectif de Laszlo Willinger, elle porte un bikini à rayures vertes : le soutien gorge sans bretelles se noue par un lacet blanc sur le devant, et la culotte à volant en dentelles a aussi un lacage croisé sur le côté.
Again in 1948, in a photo studio, under the camera lens of Laszlo Willinger, she wears a green striped bikini: the strapless bra is tied with a white lace on the front, and the ruffled lace panties also have a crossed lacing on the side.
Les Bikinis à Lacets
Lace-up Bikinis
Ava Gardner, fin des années 1940s
Les actrices Jane Rusell, 1942
Dale Evans, 1945
Carole Landis, années 1940s
Yvonne de Carlo, 1950s
Des mannequins des années 1950s/1960s
Model girls from the 1950s/1960s
Elizabeth Taylor, dans les années 1950s
Défilé Chanel, juin 1994: Claudia Schiffer et Naomi Campbell
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14/12/1950, Tests Costumes pour As Young As You Feel
Le 14 décembre 1950, Marilyn Monroe pose pour des 'tests' costumes pour le film As Young As You Feel. Le costumier est Renié.
On January, 14, 1950, Marilyn Monroe poses for costumes 'tests' for the movie As Young As You Feel. The designer is Renié.
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04/04/1950, Tests Costumes pour All ABout Eve
Le 4 avril 1950, Marilyn Monroe pose pour les 'tests' costumes pour le film Eve. Le costumier est Charles Le Maire.
On April, 4, 1950, Marilyn Monroe poses for the costumes 'tests' for the movie All About Eve. The designer is Charles Le Maire.
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21/04/1950, Tests Costumes pour All ABout Eve
Le 21 avril 1950, Marilyn Monroe pose pour les 'tests' costumes pour le film Eve. Le costumier est Charles Le Maire.
On April, 21, 1950, Marilyn Monroe poses for the costumes 'tests' for the movie All About Eve. The designer is Charles Le Maire.
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Robe bicolore en laine
The Two-Tone Wool Dress
La robe bicolore en laine
C'est une robe pull en laine bicolore (beige au buste, noir pour les manches et la jupe), moulant au buste et aux manches plus larges, à la jupe fluide comportant une large ceinture, avec un col roulé que Marilyn porte enroulé, retenu par une épingle à bijou. C'est une robe de la garde robe personnelle de Marilyn Monroe.
Elle porte la robe le 4 avril 1950, pour les tests costumes de All About Eve (Eve) avec des bracelets au poignée et une étole en fourrure de renard, telle qu'elle apparaît dans une des scènes du film; sur le panneau indicatif pour les essayages, est indiqué que le couturier est Charles Le Maire:
Le 10 décembre 1950, c'est vêtue de la robe que Marilyn passe des essais pour un projet de film intitulé Cold Shoulder , qui ne sera finalement jamais tourné:
Toujours en 1950, elle joue dans une petite production The Fireball, avec Mickey Rooney, et apparaît avec la robe -et des gants noirs- dans l'une des scènes:
Enfin, en 1951, elle joue une secrétaire dans Hometown Story et porte encore la robe dans l'une des scènes:
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Marilyn Monroe Auction - 11/2016 - docs papiers 2
Documents papiers - MM Prod.
Papers documents - MM Prod.
Lot 312: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED CHECK TO THE IRS
A check signed by Monroe in blue ink, with bank stamp dated November 16, 1959, paid to the "District Director of Internal Revenue" in the amount of $10,947.60. The check is drawn on her Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. account with Colonial Trust Company. Calculating for inflation, this amount would be in excess of $90,000 in 2016.
3 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 416: MARILYN MONROE 1958 SIGNED CHECK WITH CORRESPONDING INVOICES
A Marilyn Monroe Productions canceled bank check dated August 22, 1958, in the amount of $42.88, written to Dave Bernstein, signed by Monroe, together with a statement from Dave Bernstein Catering and 10 receipts for food Monroe ordered ranging in date from August 19 through September 4, 1958. Monroe started filming Some Like It Hot on August 4, 1958. This lot is significant in that Monroe and then husband Arthur Miller discovered she was pregnant in October. These receipts possibly detail Monroe’s diet at the onset of what would be her final pregnancy. Sadly, she miscarried on December 16.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 474: MARILYN MONROE 1960 SIGNED CHECK WITH CORRESPONDING INVOICES
A Marilyn Monroe Productions canceled bank check dated May 14, 1960, in the amount of $6.20, written to Century Messenger Service, signed by Monroe, together with two carbon copy invoices and an original month-end statement from Century Messenger Service. Both invoices are addressed to Marilyn Monroe Productions, 444 E. 57th Street, #13E, one of which is signed by May Reis, Monroe’s secretary.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 537: MARILYN MONROE FAN MAIL EXPENSES
An expense report for Marilyn Monroe Productions prepared by Hedda Rosten, with itemized listing of fan mail expenses for June 1962 totaling $66.46. The expenses show that they were reimbursed July 26, 1962.
9 by 6 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 897: MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS CHECKS AND RECEIPTS
Two checks from Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. to A.J. Bauer & Co Apothecaries for $8.15 and $17.25, both signed by Milton Greene and dated June 22, 1955, and June 20, 1955; and two related receipts from A.J. Bauer & Co Apothecaries showing the breakdown and balance due.
Checks, 3 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 898: MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS BANK STATEMENT
A Colonial Trust Company bank statement for Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. for January 1957, showing a series of withdrawals throughout the month with a balance of $47,768.62 on January 1 and $27,671.40 on January 31. There are handwritten calculations are in pencil on verso in an unknown hand. Together with a credit receipt from the same bank dated February 1, 1957, that states that $54.64 was credited back to the account.
10 by 7 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 899: MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS INVOICE
An invoice from Luria's Wine & Spirits in New York City billed to Marilyn Monroe Productions and sent to "Mr and Mrs Paula Lee Strasberg [sic]." The invoice is for 12 bottles of Piper-Heidsieck champagnes totaling $73.08. Together with a statement from Luria's showing $3.55 credit for Marilyn Monroe Productions. Dates unknown.
Larger, 9 by 5 3/4 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 974: MARILYN MONROE BANK STATEMENT, MARCH 1961
A Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. bank statement from Bankers Trust Company of New York showing credits and debits for the month of March 1961.
11 by 9 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 975: ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO MARILYN MONROE
An envelope addressed to Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. The envelope is postmarked January 5, 1961, and is from Magnum Photos Inc. Two “Fragile Handle with Care” stickers are affixed to the envelope. Many of Monroe’s most famous photographs were taken by Magnum photographers, including Eve Arnold, Philippe Halsman, and Inge Morath. This item came from the estate of May Reis, Monroe’s assistant and private secretary from 1958 to 1961.
12 by 15 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Partial Lot 120, "Julien's Autumn Sale," Julien's, Las Vegas, October 29, 2005
Estimate: $50 - $100 
Documents papiers - Carrière
Papers documents - Career
Lot 70: MARILYN MONROE PROGRAM FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S 1962 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
A program from the fundraising gala titled "Happy Birthday Mr. President" that took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 19, 1962. The event featured Marilyn Monroe's now legendary performance of the song "Happy Birthday" to the president in her form-fitting Jean Louis gown. The program lists the other performers that night and is being sold together with Frieda Hull's ticket from the performance. The ticket cost $10, is numbered 827, and is listed as General Admission and additionally stamped "Standing Room" with right side of ticket torn off.
Program, 10 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Frieda Hull
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 74: MARILYN MONROE CORRESPONDENCE WITH LESTER MARKEL
A series of letters including five unsigned file copies of Marilyn Monroe's letters to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lester Markel of the New York Times together with five typed, signed letters from Markel on New York Times letterhead. The two had a friendship and an interesting series of communications dated between August 6, 1959, and June 30, 1960, including the now famous letter in which Monroe demonstrates her humor and comprehensive understanding of the politics of their time. On the subject of Fidel Castro, Monroe writes, "Now, Lester, on Castro. You see, Lester, I was brought up to believe in democracy, and when the Cubans finally threw out Battista [sic] with so much bloodshed, the United States doesn't stand behind them and give them help or support even to develop democracy." She also discusses possible presidential candidates and offers slogans for their campaigns in the post script: "Nix on Nixon" and "Back to Boston by Xmas - Kennedy." Two of the five pages of Monroe's file copies contain three drafts of the same letter that is left unfinished.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Lee Strasberg
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 75: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED TILE FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S 1962 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
A pair of celebrity signed ceramic tile displays with inscriptions to event producer Clive David. Each framed display consists of 16 tiles. The top six decorative tiles of each frame combine to read “1962.” The remaining 10 tiles of each display are covered with signatures and inscriptions to David, including an inscription from Marilyn Monroe. Monroe’s inscription reads “To Clive Love & Kisses Marilyn Monroe” and was obtained by David at the Madison Square Garden birthday celebration of John F. Kennedy held on May 19, 1962. Other performers who signed the tiles at this event include Maria Callas, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante, Henry Fonda, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Ann Howes and Dick Adler. Other celebrity signatures include Gloria Swanson; Paulette Goddard; Ray Bolger; Tab Hunter; Hedda Hopper; Una Merkel; Audrey Meadows; Earl Wilson; Ginger Rogers; Olivia de Havilland; Anita Loos; Lucille Ball; Carol Bruce; and Tallulah Bankhead; among others.
Each, 39 by 14 1/2 inches, framed
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000 
Lot 83: MARILYN MONROE JOHN F. KENNEDY 1962 BIRTHDAY GALA TICKET
A ticket to the May 19, 1962 Birthday Party Gala held for President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. The ticket is marked for section 112, with a suggested contribution of $25.
3 3/4 by 8 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 96: MARILYN MONROE DOUBLE SIGNED 1947 DOCUMENT
A single-page mimeographed letter dated June 11, 1947. The letter was drafted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation for Monroe to sign and reads in part, "Whereas, I did heretofore enter into a personal services contract with you, dated August 24, 1946, and, whereas at that time I was a minor, and whereas I did, on June 1, 1947, become twenty-one (21) years of age, please be advised that I do hereby ratify and confirm all of the terms." The letter is then signed by Monroe in blue ink, both "Marilyn Monroe" and "Norma Jeane Dougherty." Together with a plain associated envelope.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 
Lot 132: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED 1949 CONTRACT
A standard contract dated March 2, 1949, with the William Morris Agency Inc. for a period of six years with 10% terms. The contract is signed on verso in green ink "Marilyn Monroe." Accompanied by original letter from the agency that accompanied the contract dated March 10, 1949, addressed to Monroe at 1215 Lodi Place in Hollywood, California, reading "Dear Marilyn:/ Enclosed please find executed copies of your authorization with our office. Best regards" and signed Norman Brokaw.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 156: MARILYN MONROE NOTES WRITTEN ON BACK OF 1952 MENUS
Two menus dated March 26, 1952, featuring notes on verso in blue ink in Monroe's hand that appear to have been taken during a meeting with someone advising her about her career. The menus are dated just 10 days after Monroe's nude modeling shots were made public by the media. Monroe had recently appeared in a number of films in small parts and had received positive mentions from critics. Monroe had just started dating Joe DiMaggio, and she was to appear on the cover of LIFE magazine the following month. This was clearly an important and pivotal period in her career, and it appears as though she was meeting with someone in the industry who gave her counsel. One of the warnings appears to come from Johnny Arnez; Monroe put's his warning in quotations: "you'll have to protect yourself or your throat will be cut/ watch out for Jerry Webb." It continues, "you'll prepare the test & Webb shoots it and if something is wrong it will [be] your fault." A great deal of the notes reference Webb and things he has said behind her back. Berniece Miracle mentions seeing Webb, the test director, in the Fox commissary in the late 1940s when she snuck onto the lot with Monroe to spend the day with her half-sister. The notes also contain thoughts from Monroe reading in part, "I need a great deal of work - and will always/ its the right kind of work/ -the more I will be able to stand on my feet." and "think with your body/ let go physically to ick up emotionally" and "you want me to be a star/ and I can be one of your greatest stars/ when I'm doing the right/ work and know I'm doing." Just over two months after these notes were written, Monroe learned that she had gotten the part of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
10 1/2 by 5 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 173: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN ACTORS STUDIO CLASS NOTES
A single sheet of hotel stationery from the Waldorf Astoria, New York, where Monroe stayed between April and September 1955, with the opening salutation and start of a letter "Dear Art" that has been scratched out. The page is covered on recto and verso with notes, recounting the goings-on in one of Monroe's acting classes with Lee Strasberg. The notes begin with Monroe quoting something said by Strasberg: "I want you all to know that this exercise went on for/ 1/2 hour and her concentration did not/ give way or slip once-and Marilyn there/ will be very few times ever on the/ stage where it will be/ necessary to keep/ such a concentration/ for one half hour/ straight." Monroe then asks herself, "Why did it/ mean so much to me." On the back she continues to ruminate about class, writing, "Strasberg/ it makes me (him he said) feel badly (and sadly) for you that you do/ things out of fear/ You must start to do things out of strength-/ (my question: where do I get the strength)-he said-by not looking for strength/ but only looking & seeking tecnical [sic] ways and means." This presents a fascinating demonstration of how seriously Monroe took her formal acting training in New York.
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 78-81. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 
Lot 174: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN SONG LIST
A single sheet of hotel stationery from the Waldorf Astoria, New York, where Monroe stayed between April and September 1955. The verso of page contains a long list of song titles in pencil with some numeric references to a song standard book. It is presumed these were possibly songs that Monroe wanted to perform.
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 82-83. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 192: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE
A single sheet of unlined paper with serrated left edge and faint coffee mug stain. The page contains pencil notations, including the numbers "262" and "263," which are believed to be references to a collection of song standards, [see Lot 256] and would correspond to "While We're Young" and "Wonderful Guy." The body of the text reads "Dec 11/ See in older journal-/ always admired men who had many women./ It must be that to a child of a dissatisfied woman/ the idea of monogamy is hollow."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 164-165. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 by 4 7/8 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 193: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE
A single page torn from a lined spiral-bound notebook, stained in red ink. Presumably torn from the same notebook as the similarly stained pages also included in this sale that also date to 1956. The page contains dialogue from Monroe's film, Bus Stop as she portrays Cherie, who asks Elma for help: "Pardon me I'm sorry to wake you/ But I wonder if you could help/ me/ I'm being abducted/ you know-kidnapped-by-him/ I thought maybe as soon as/ we got some place I'd ask the/ driver to stop and let me off/ But we been driving for hours/ and we still don't seem to be/ nowhere at all-not only that/ but I'm freezing to death-I/ ain't got much on under/ my coat."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 166-167. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 
Lot 194: MARILYN MONROE NOTEBOOK PAGES
Two pages torn from a lined spiral-bound notebook, both stained in red ink. The first page was published in the book Fragments and contains references to "The Sleeping Prince," an early production title for Monroe's film The Prince and the Showgirl, dating these writings to 1956. The notes show Monroe becoming her own task master, reminding herself "don’t stop myself," "learn - lines logically," "I can't do more than/ one thing at a time/ make map tonight," and "take my time to think." She instructs herself to make a list of tasks and work on exercises, which perhaps explains the cryptic writings on the second page that did not appear in Fragments, reading in full, "From Ridding partly/ T Nautiousness [sic]/ Place/ personalization (A)/ weariness/ (J)/ (Ar).""
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 168-169. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 195: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE
A single lined page torn from a Steno notebook with ragged spiral tab top edge. The note in pencil appears to be Monroe jotting down notes regarding the reasons Elia Kazan did not want to cast her In the title role of his 1956 film Baby Doll, written by Tennessee Williams. One of the notes reads "He said that I've become so deified as a sex symbol that public never except [sic] me as a virgin and as a nineteen/twenty year old."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 170-171. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 3/4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 196: MARILYN MONROE 1960 NOTE FROM THE SET OF THE MISFITS
A single-page letter written in pencil outlining Monroe's thoughts regarding how the film should be shot to convey the presence of Clark Gable's character in the film The Misfits Gay Langland. The note reads in part, "I feel the camera has got/ to look through Gay's/ eyes whenever he is in a/ scene and even when he is/ not there still has to be a sense of/ him/ He is the center and the/ rest move around him."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 172-173. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 by 5 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 200: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO LEE STRASBERG
A single page of lined paper from a Steno notebook with doodles of faces in pencil below a quick note about punctuality references Monroe's role as the routinely tardy Miss Lois Laurel in her 1952 film Monkey Business. Below this note is a note in Lee Strasberg's hand reading "Don't be nervous Marilyn/ you are doing swell &/ you look wonderful."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 186-187. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
8 3/4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 201: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO LEE STRASBERG
An undated handwritten note by Monroe to mentor Lee Strasberg, on a single sheet of lined notebook paper torn from a spiral-bound Steno book, reading “Dear Lee/ One of the most personally helpful things I’ve heard so far in my life was what you said in class Friday afternoon – it was helpful in that I feel as though I’m a little bit freer – also more – I can’t think of any I mean by that more relaxed 2 and 2 don’t necessarily make 4.”
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 188-189. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
9 by 6 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 203: MARILYN MONROE LETTER TO LEE STRASBERG
A two-page typed letter, signed, to mentor Lee Strasberg, dated December 19, 1961, with original transmittal envelope addressed to Strasberg's Central Park West address, postmarked Beverly Hills Calif. December 21, 1961. The letter, addressed "Dear Lee," asks Strasberg’s wife Paula and children Susan and Johnny to consider relocating to California to be part of a new production company Monroe was developing in partnership with fellow Actors Studio alumnus Marlon Brando. The letter is signed in blue ink in Monroe's hand simply "Marilyn."
LITERATURE Monroe, Marilyn, and Bernard Comment. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. Pages 196-197. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 1-237. Print.
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 
Lot 211: MARILYN MONROE NOTE FROM ROBERT MITCHUM
A typed, signed letter from Darryl F. Zanuck dated December 10, 1953, addressed "Dear Bob:" for Robert Mitchum. The letter thanks Mitchum for his cooperation in connection with shooting retakes for the film River of No Return and in turn apologizes: "I am also very sorry about the delay with Marilyn. We could not possibly anticipate such action." Mitchum has written in quite large letters in blue ink "Dig!!!" above the note, and on verso he has written "Marilyn/ Your girl is my/ girl and my girl is/ you - Ever Bob." The note documents Mitchum's loyalty to Monroe, having first met her when she was married to Jim Dougherty, revealing Zanuck's speaking ill of her.
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 249: MARILYN MONROE PHOTOGRAPHS AND LETTER FROM REPORTER
A typed letter signed by St . Petersburg Times photographer George Sweers dated March 23, 1961. The letter thanks Monroe for allowing him to ask a few questions and take a few pictures the previous day and goes on to reminisce about spending time with her when she entertained the troops in Korea. He writes, "This, as you probably remember, was the shot we had made on the Eastern Front after the last show." He included two copies of the photograph, requesting that Monroe sign one and send it back to him. Together with both copies of the photos that accompanied the letter.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 250: MARILYN MONROE CARD FROM ELLA FITZGERALD
A vintage Hallmark Christmas card, undated, wishing a "Merry Christmas To Someone Nice," signed in blue ink "Ella Fitzgerald." While it is often reported that Monroe helped to get Fitzgerald a booking at the Mocambo club in Hollywood, due in large part to Fitzgerald's own recollections, documentary evidence supports the fact that Monroe actually attended Fitzgerald's performances at The Tiffany Club in 1954.
7 by 6 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 251: MARILYN MONROE SECRETARIAL MEMO REGARDING ELLA FITZGERALD
A typed memo dated February 15, 1955, on the letterhead of business manager Inez Melson, titled "Memo of conversation with Jo Brooks." Brooks was the husband of Julies Fox, who handled publicity for Ella Fitzgerald, and the memo says that, "A few months back, Miss Monroe visited the Tiffany Club on West 8th Street where Ella Fitzgerald was playing. Miss Fitzgerald talked of a possible future date at the Mocambo and Miss Monroe said when this happened, she would like to give a party for Miss Fitzgerald./ Miss Fitzgerald will open at the Mocambo on March 15 and Miss Brooks wanted to know if Miss Monroe was serious about giving a party." This memo further explains the sequence of events and the fact that Monroe did not in fact play a part in getting Fitzgerald booked at the Mocambo as she stated to the press at one time.
6 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $100 - $150 
Lot 252: MARILYN MONROE NOTE TO LEE STRASBERG
A small note in pencil in Monroe's hand on the back of a piece of paper taken from a visitor's log. The note appears to be a draft written to accompany a book Monroe was giving to Lee Strasberg as a gift, reading in part, "For Lee/ I wanted to give you something for your library - you are giving me a way in which to work and the hope to be human -/ Love Marilyn." Multiple additions and strikethroughs with changing of wording.
6 by 3 1/4 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 
Lot 253: MARILYN MONROE GIFT NOTE TO PAULA STRASBERG
A small piece of plain white paper folded into a card reading "Dear Paula,/ I'm glad you were born because you are needed./ Your warmth is both astonishing and welcomed./ Love & Happy Birthday/ Marilyn."
6 by 4 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 
Lot 254: MARILYN MONROE ACTORS STUDIO NOTES
Two sheets of paper from a small spiral-bound planner dated April 3 and 4 as well as a sheet dated April 7 and 8. The pages contain notes in pencil in Monroe's hand reading, for April 3, "Remember - the actors concentration is the only thing between him and suiside [sic]/ try not to come to the scene too late - (exploration - sensory process Home work - after on stage - carry it on (on stage)"; April 4, "Everybody want to be happy (to be good actors) to make money (in my case) and look how miserable we make one another"; April 7, "Nothing can get through tension - what ever you might want to do/ the effort is the only thing the human being (the actor) has between himself and God knows what!"; and April 8, "Just do tecnical [sic] exercises as fully as I can."
3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 255: MARILYN MONROE NOTEBOOK WITH NOTES FROM ACTING CLASS
A black board notebook with red spine containing lined notebook paper with notes in Monroe's hand. A very large letter "M" is drawn inside the front and back covers. There are multiple notes written in another hand on the first page of the book, but the next page contains notes in Monroe's hand in pencil with ideas for a "Street Car Scene" reading in part, "begin with ? (1st grade happening Mexican boy accuses me of hurting him - having to stay after school it was nite [sic] outside - have place - concern because of Stan K. accusations plus - getting dress for Mitch trying to look nice especially since what Stan K. has said." The note also suggests she hum "Whispering while you hover near me," which is a song standard found in her notebook of standards in the following lot, only the lyric is "Whispering while you cuddle near me." The front and back of the last page of the book contain notes from acting class, including "during exercise - lee said let the body hang"; "2 exercises at one time/ cold & Touch/ one might not be enough for what's needed"; and "sense of oneself/ first thing a child (human being) is aware of (making a circle) touching ones foot knowing himself is separate from the rest of the world," among others.
8 by 6 1/4 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 256: MARILYN MONROE SONGBOOK
A three-ring binder, in black laminated board, both front and back covers detached but present. The binder contains more than 369 indexed pages of song standards with front table of contents page dividing them into broad categories: "Standard Foxtrots and Show Tunes," "Latin American Tunes" and "Foreign Songs." One page has a pencil notation beneath the song "You Do Something To Me" by Cole Porter; the writing is quite small and difficult to identify the hand. It is from this book that certain three-digit numbers mentioned in some of Monroe's notebooks were thought to have originated, like the numbers 262 and 263 in Lot 192.
11 1/4 by 10 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 258: MARILYN MONROE LETTER FROM EDWARD R. MURROW
A single-page typed, signed letter dated November 7, 1955, on Edward R. Murrow's personal stationery addressed to Marilyn Monroe in care of Mr. Green in Weston, Connecticut. The letter was sent in advance of Monroe receiving a complimentary copy of Columbia Records album compilation excerpts from some of Sir Winston Churchill's speeches. The letter is signed "As ever yours, Ed/ Hope you like it!" Together with original transmittal envelope with CBS Radio stamp, postmarked November 7, 1955.
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 260: MARILYN MONROE HANDWRITTEN LINES FROM A SCENE
Two lined notebook pages with block letter “MMM” printed to left margin. The pages contain most of the dialogue from Act I, Scene 4, delivered by the character Lorna in Clifford Odets’ 1937 play Golden Boy. The second page contains the same lines written out twice and traced over multiple times, likely part of Monroe’s process of trying to memorize the lines for a scene performed in one of her Actors Studio classes.
12 3/8 by 8 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 263: MARILYN MONROE BUS STOP SIDES AND NOTES
A group of 16 pages containing some of Monroe's lines from the film Bus Stop. Five of these pages have the lead in to Monroe's lines added in red ink in another hand, likely Paula Strasberg. Together with a single half page entirely filled with notes in Monroe's hand in pencil and red ink. The notes read in part, "Waking up - scene/ Headache/ tiredness - headache / go to sleep/ I don't want to be here" and "first scene with Vera/ I tell it as a/ told as a fairy tale/ Once upon a time."
5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 264: MARILYN MONROE ANNOTATED BUS STOP SCRIPT SIDES
A small bound group of 31 mimeographed half pages containing Monroe's dialogue for the film Bus Stop. Ten of the pages contain notes in Monroe's hand in pencil. Additional notes in the hand of Paula Strasberg and an administrative hand. A note in Monroe's hand on the first page next to lines about her character Cherie wanting to be respected and tired of being "pawed at and pinched at" reads "Fight with manager/ A.M. H. Cohn middle of dinner party" clearly references incidents Monroe wished to draw upon from her life in the scene. Another note in Monroe's hand written beneath the line "Oh - it's you!" reads "(Good God it's you)."
5 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 265: MARILYN MONROE ANNOTATED BUS STOP SCRIPT SIDES
A group of seven half sheets of paper, held together with a straight pin, containing some of Monroe's lines from the film Bus Stop. Six of the seven pages contain notes in Monroe's hand. This is the first film Monroe made after beginning to study at the Actors Studio in New York City with Lee Strasberg, and the notations in these script sides demonstrate her method. Some of the notes are sense memories, like the following notation written after the line "I can't look": "Effective memory (use Lester - hurt on lawn)," most likely referencing Monroe's childhood playmate Lester Bolender, who was in the same foster home with Monroe. Another note adds "(almost to myself)" before a line to inform her delivery or "Scarfe [sic] around my arms) Embarrassed."
5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000 
Lot 300: MARILYN MONROE LIST OF APPROVED DIRECTORS
A single piece of hotel stationery paper from The Towers of the Waldorf Astoria in New York City containing a list of directors' names titled "OK List" in another hand with pencil notations in Monroe's hand throughout. Monroe's comments are simple, in some cases listing other works by the director, like "(Bus Stop)" next to Josh Logan's name and "(Musical)" next to "Vincent Minnelli." Jean Renoir is crossed out with a bubble reading "subject to material." A note at the bottom of the page reads "submit other names/ open for suggestions other than these."
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 301: MARILYN MONROE SAG CARD AND RECEIPT
A Screen Actors Guild membership card for the period beginning May 1, 1959, and ending November 1, 1959. "Marilyn Monroe" is typed onto front of card as well as her membership number. Together with Monroe's carbon copy receipt for payment of $80 on May 11, 1959, listing her home address as 444 East 57th Street, New York City.
Card, 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 302: MARILYN MONROE AFTRA CARD AND RECEIPT
An American Federation of Television and Radio Artists membership card for the period ending November 1, 1958, with typed "Marilyn Monroe" on front, unsigned on back. Together with the receipt dated May 23, 1958, for payment of the dues for period ending November 1, 1958, in the amount of $38, which included overdue payment and penalty. Monroe's address is listed as 444 East 57th St. New York on the receipt for payment.
Card, 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 
Lot 308: MARILYN MONROE NOTES ON ACTING
A single sheet of lined yellow paper with notes in blue ink, in Monroe's hand, reading in part, "keeping all of the changes of pantomime & grimaces etc inside, then it forces the eyes - it all comes through the eyes" and "Constantly practicing that letting go/ in which you don't do in life which isn't necessary or something/ feeling how it feels and practicing that/ your spirit speaks."
12 1/2 by 8 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 313: MARILYN MONROE MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY CARD AND CORRESPONDENCE
A series of letters, the first on Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) letterhead signed by then president George Stevens, dated October 28, 1958, inviting Monroe to become a member of the Academy. The second letter is an unsigned file copy of Monroe's response dated January 12, 1959, reading in part, "I have been indisposed and away and did not see your letter until now." She asks for further details regarding the by-laws. The next letter on AMPAS letterhead is signed by then executive director Margaret Herrick, dated January 19, 1959, accompanied a copy of the Academy by-laws. The last letter, on AMPAS letterhead, signed by Stevens, dated March 5, 1959, welcomes Monroe to the Academy and is accompanied by Monroe's Academy membership card for the year 1959 on the original card, still in the holder in which it was sent.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 
Lot 368: LAURENCE OLIVIER LETTER TO MARILYN MONROE
A seven-page autograph letter on four leaves of paper in the hand of Sir Laurence Olivier on blue stationery with Olivier's Lowndes Cottage address and original envelope addressed "For Miss Marilyn Monroe from L.O." in Olivier's hand. There are numbered notations throughout the letter in red wax pencil, underlining words that were difficult to make out. The letter is together with a three-page typed transcription of the letter with corresponding numbered blanks for each of the difficult words, which have been filled in by hand. The letter is dated simply June 9, and it accompanied the latest version of the script for The Prince and the Showgirl. Olivier discusses Monroe's dialogue and that he has "written some extra dialogue and a direction or two." He reports on where they are in the script writing process and that they have cut the script down from "well over 3 hours" to 2 1/2, to 2 hours 10 minutes. He continues about the scenes that were and were not cut, including "The Duke of Strelitz is, I think essential, as otherwise they will be saying 'what's the matter with them - why the heck can't they get married' particularly in view of Grace Kelly and all that, and our only answer to that question must be 'Yes but Look at the poor Windsors' do you see?"
On an amusing note, Olivier mentions, "By the way Lady Maidenhead has degenerated to Lady Swingdale because I am assured the Hayes Office will not believe there is also a place in England of that name." He closes "I just called up Vivien at the theatre ... and she said to be sure to give you her love. So here it is and mine too. Longing to welcome you here. Ever, Larry."
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,200 
Lot 369: ARTHUR MILLER LETTER TO MARILYN MONROE
A single piece of lined yellow paper, torn in half, with an autograph letter in Miller's hand addressed "Dear Poke." The letter outlines Miller's thoughts about the script for The Prince and the Showgirl as well as his feelings about Monroe taking on the project, reading in part, "Some of your dialogue is stiff. Also some expressions are too British. If you want me to, I can go through the script and make the changes - - in New York./ I think the part - on one reading, is really the Best one ... especially with you playing it. You are the one who makes everything change, you are the driving force ... The basic problem is to define for yourself the degree of the girl's naivete. (It could become too cute, or simply too designing.) It seems to me, at least, that they have not balanced things in Olivier's favor. ... It ought to be fun to do after Bus Stop. From your - (and my) - viewpoint, it will help in a small but important way to establish your ability to play characters of intelligence and cultivation. ... Your loving Papa - (who has to rush now to make the plane - see you soon! - free!) - Art." The back of the page has the name Sydney Guilaroff, famed MGM hairdresser, and his phone number written large in red wax pencil.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 370: LAURENCE OLIVIER LETTER TO MARILYN MONROE
A single-page autograph letter on personal stationery, undated, from Laurence Olivier to Monroe reading in part, "Dear Marilyn/ It was so sweet of you to send the enchanting wires. … I am extremely excited at our prospects - You were so angelic in New York. Thank you for all your sweetness/ I think with great joy of our future meeting./ Ever, Larry."
6 7/8 by 5 1/8 inches
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 371: LAURENCE OLIVIER FLORAL ARRANGEMENT CARD TO MARILYN MONROE
A simple plain white card with autograph message to Monroe in the hand of Sir Laurence Olivier reading "Marilyn, It has been so lovely meeting you, knowing you and now knowing that such exciting things and such fun are ahead. Love and Thank You, Larry."
2 1/4 by 3 1/4 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 378: MARILYN MONROE ROYAL FILM PERFORMANCE LETTERS
A group of documents regarding Monroe's attendance to the Royal Film Performance at the Empire Theatre held October 29, 1956. This is where Monroe was formally presented to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The first document, two pages, is dated October 2, 1956, and contains general information about the proceedings and rehearsals for the evening with time schedules. The second document is addressed to Monroe at Parkside House in Surrey, England, and advises Monroe that she is to be included in the presentation to Her Majesty, The Queen. This single-page letter has a small slip of paper stapled to the upper left reading "Dress/ Full Evening Dress/ No decorations/ No gloves for Gentlemen/ White gloves for Ladies." Together with Monroe's presentation card.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600
Lot 381: MINUTES FROM A MEETING WITH MARILYN MONROE
Two small unlined pages from a six-ring binder, with typed notes from a meeting held April 3, 1958, at 2:30 pm at Monroe's 444 East 57th Street apartment. The notes list attendees as Lew Wasserman, Mort Viner, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller. Among the topics discussed were how to handle Monroe's stalling of Billy Wilder regarding accepting the assignment for Some Like It Hot, one note reading "MCA on the Coast has told Wilder that there are 'legal technicalities holding up her decision' so as not to offend Wilder. Actually, she is waiting for Sinatra to enter the picture. She still doesn't like Curtis but Wasserman doesn't know anybody else."
6 by 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 412: MARILYN MONROE ANNOTATED SOME LIKE IT HOT SCRIPT SIDES
Two half sheets of paper with green and black typed text containing some of Monroe's lines from the film with notations in Monroe's hand. One notation above the line mentioning the most wonderful dream reads "100 Cary Grants." Above the line of dialogue reading "He was the first nice guy I ever met in my life and the only one who ever gave me anything," Monroe has written simply "Jake."
5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500 
Lot 413: MARILYN MONROE SOME LIKE IT HOT SCRIPT PAGES
A red paperbound folio containing seven typed pages for Monroe's scene with Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot on the yacht. The pages are clean with the exception of two pencil lines drawn next to two of Monroe's lines.
9 by 11 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 414: MARILYN MONROE SOME LIKE IT HOT PRODUCTION PAPERS
A group of production documents including a call sheet for the film Some like It Hot dated November 7, 1958, with additional "Last Day" written in red pencil indicating that it was the last day of shooting. Together with a two-page yellow staff sheet for the film and a three-page cast sheet listing contact information for the entire cast, including Marilyn Monroe's secretary May Reis.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 415: MARILYN MONROE SOME LIKE IT HOT MEAL RECEIPTS
A large group of 32 meal receipts from the MGM Studios cafe dated between September 5 November 10, 1958, with itemized listings of the food and beverages Monroe ordered while filming Some Like It Hot at the studio. Some receipts have delivery notations "to Stage 3" and "to dressing room." On one receipt dated September 25, 1958, the order includes two hamburger steaks, "1 well done/ 1 rare/ 2 cottage and fruit salads/ 1 ice coffee/ 1 milk/ well done lunch send on stage 3/ rare lunch send to dressing room." Some of the receipts indicate that meals were for others, including "Lunch for Miss Reis - Lunch for Maid." All but one receipt is dated, and frequently ordered items include ice cream, double sirloin, ham and cheese, pot of coffee, lox and cream cheese, donuts, pie a la mode, meatloaf, pastrami, Danish, and many other items.
Largest, 7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 417: MARILYN MONROE SOME LIKE IT HOT PRESS RELEASES
A group of three press releases, five pages total, from United Artists Corp. dated March 24, April 6, and June 16, 1959, announcing record box office numbers as well as an extended run in theaters. Together with a five-page cast list and synopsis with cover page sent out for press purposes.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 418: MARILYN MONROE RESPONSE TO TONY CURTIS QUOTATION
A small piece of paper with note in pencil in Monroe's hand reading "There is only one way he could comment on my sexuality, and I'm afraid he has never had the opportunity!" This comment has been reported to be in response to the now famous glib remark made by Tony Curtis in a screening room during production of Some Like It Hot , where he famously said that kissing Monroe was "like kissing Hitler." Curtis said this in a private setting to crew and other people present during production, including Paula Strasberg. Despite the fact that he denied the comment when it got back to Monroe, later in his life he did reportedly admit to saying it.
5 by 8 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 426: MARILYN MONROE TRADE ADS
Two pages torn from the March 9, 1960, issues of The Hollywood Reporter and Variety featuring an appreciative "Love and Kisses/ Marilyn Monroe" message from Monroe in appreciation of winning the Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Golden Globe award.
12 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 432: MARILYN MONROE AFTRA CARD AND RECEIPTS
An American Federation of Television and Radio Artists membership card for the period ending November 1, 1959, still attached to the larger receipt for payment card. The card is unsigned, and Monroe's address is listed as 444 East 57th St. New York. The receipt portion of the card is for a payment in the amount of $23 dated June 15, 1959. Together with a receipt dated December 1, 1958, for payment of dues in the amount of $16.
Largest, 4 by 9 inches
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 
Lot 435: MARILYN MONROE RECEIPT FOR CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPH
A shop receipt from Peter A. July & Son photographers of fine arts in New York City in the amount of $165.44. The receipt is dated January 19, 1960, and is written in the name of Mrs. Marilyn Monroe of The Beverly Hills Hotel for 24 matte copies of "Beaton Photos" plus United Parcel Air Service delivery. It has been widely reported that Cecil Beaton's portrait of Monroe was her favorite portrait of herself and that she kept copies on hand to sign for people.
8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 436: MARILYN MONROE INVOICE FROM CECIL BEATON
A "Copy Invoice" in the amount of 37.16 British pounds dated August 2, 1957, on a single sheet of Cecil Beaton's stationery. The receipt is written in the name of Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc. and is billing work that occurred in November 1956 listed as, "Photographs supplied for Miss Marilyn Monroe:- 12 prints No. 109 8" X 10" mounted." It has been widely reported that Beaton's portrait of Monroe was her favorite portrait of herself and that she kept copies on hand to give to people.
8 by 6 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 437: MARILYN MONROE LETTERS FROM FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
Two letters and two telegrams from photographers with whom Monroe had famous collaborations: a single-page autograph letter on personalized stationery dated October 28, 1959, from Philippe Halsman commenting on the famous LIFE magazine cover, saying "It could have been printed better, you could have been better centered - but nevertheless it is the most charming and unusual cover LIFE has had in years. Everybody loves it."; a two-page typed, signed letter from Cecil Beaton dated May 9, 1956 regarding a shoot and other catching up; a telegram from Richard Avedon dated July 9, 1958, regarding the photos from one of their recent shoots needing to be re-shot; and a telegram from Avedon dated simply July 10 regarding working on a television show.
Largest, 10 by 8 inches
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 439: MARILYN MONROE CORRESPONDENCE WITH PORTRAIT ARTIST
Two typed and signed letters from artist Jon Whitcomb to Monroe regarding his original painting of Monroe used for the March of 1959, cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, the first dated June 22, 1959, reading in part, " Cosmopolitan has returned the painting of your cover which was on the March issue. I haven't forgotten that I promised it to you; so if you still want it, how do I make delivery?" The second dated October 6, 1959, proposes a plan to drop off the painting at Monroe's building. Together with a typed, unsigned file copy of a response from Monroe dated September 24, 1959, reading in part, "Please forgive the long delay in answering, but I have been up to my derriere in preparations for two movies for the near future; public-relations, home-relations -- please understand./ I would love to have the picture from you and I repeat 'at last to be a Whitcomb girl!"
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 440: MARILYN MONROE ACTING EXERCISE AND NOTES
A single sheet of lined yellow paper with dialogue written out in pencil in Monroe's hand: "Where did he go? He told you I know he did/ If you'd only have given me a little longer - He was in love with me - we'd have been married you didn't want me to have him from the beginning/ you wouldn't let me wear those pretty things/ Even when I told you about the doll - you/ sent those people around/ He died! But he said/ he came back - Tell/ Me - tell me -." The front and back of the page is then covered with small performance notes, including "The thought focus on partner not on word then let go of word"; "don't do with words & voice"; "Let go everything elastic keep the pick up lay on the horse"; and "to be as relaxed let go of mouth speech thought," among many others.
12 1/2 by 8 inches
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 
Lot 441: MARILYN MONROE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S SCRIPT AND REPORT
A clean copy of the screenplay for Breakfast at Tiffany's written by George Axelrod and dated July 9, 1959. Monroe was considering the part, and she sought the opinions of her professional team including the Strasbergs, her husband, and management team. The script is accompanied by a single-page, typed "report" dated September 23, 1959, which also has the name "Parone" typed to the left of the date. Literary luminary Edward Parone was at the time running Monroe's production company and most likely is the one who wrote this single-page, scathing review of the script, leading with the simple sentence, "I think not." It goes on to criticize the screenplay, determining, "I can see Marilyn playing a part like Holly and even giving this present one all the elan it badly needs, but I don't feel she should play it: it lacks insight and warmth and reality and importance." It has been long reported that Monroe declined the part upon the advice of Lee Strasberg, but this document provides further evidence that other people in her inner circle advised her not to take the role. Together with a four-page shooting schedule for November 4, 1960, for the film.
Largest, 14 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 442: MARILYN MONROE ACTORS STUDIO NOTEBOOK
A small six-ring binder containing lined notebook pages in a black and red vinyl case by National. The small notebook contains 10 pages of notes in Monroe's hand, in pencil, on eight leaves of paper. The notes were taken during a class with Lee Strasberg and record bits and pieces of things that "Lee said," as is repeated on many pages, which include "For yourself not for us - or one doesn't use own sensitivity/ girl crying continuously Lee said - There should be a certain pleasure in This, in acting - we don't stop these things - she stoped [sic] crying only at those times"; "problems-all the more to be solved got to keep swimming/ criticism can be taken - to incite the will not self criticism"; "the actor has to do what the character has to do - let the author worry about his words"; "Life of - reality of champagne (you don't open every bottle the same) actor in scene took for granted (girl is going to be good (New). Boy - said lines no effort - like crossing street - Lee said he wants - Behavior - When someone is trying to make someone (love etc.) how does one go about it/ Lee said - girl simplicity good honesty, to begin (New) with - but..." The last notes are taken on two sides of one leaf of paper and read "My heart Belongs To Daddy Number/ Remember always left -" and "While tearing off/ caddy-move head a little/ Daddy R. shoulder up/ call dog in closer"; clearly, these notes are for Monroe's musical number in Let's Make Love (20th Century Fox, 1960). The notes correlate with the lyrics of the song, and indeed Monroe does move her head a little during the first verse that mentions the caddy, and she does raise her right shoulder up the first time she says "Daddy" in the chorus.
5 1/4 by 4 inches
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
Lot 445: MARILYN MONROE RECEIPTS FOR 34TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
A receipt from Gill’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, dated June 1, 1960, for 100 ice cream treats, together with a receipt from Paper Unlimited, Inc. for forks, spoons, napkins, plates and a tablecloth, dated May 24, 1960. Both receipts are addressed to Hazel Washington, Monroe’s studio maid at Twentieth Century Fox. Monroe celebrated her 34th birthday on the set during filming of Let’s Make Love .
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 446: MARILYN MONROE TAXI RECEIPT
A receipt from the Yellow Cab Company dated February 4, 1960, in the amount of $1.50. The cab lists a trip from simply “904” to “20th Century,” presumably 20th Century Fox, where Monroe had already begun filming the 1960 release Let’s Make Love .
Estimate: $150 - $250 
Lot 447: MARILYN MONROE PAYMENT MEMOS
A group of five pages of documents concerning the deduction of money from one of Monroe's payments from Fox Studios for her work on Let's Make Love . The first letter, dated February 16, 1960, from Mort Viner at MCA is addressed to Monroe's secretary, May Reis, explaining that Sydney Guilaroff wanted more money than Fox was willing to pay him for his services in styling Monroe's hair in Let's Make Love and that "Marilyn had asked me to have Fox pay it by deducting it from her checks as she didn't want Sidney [sic] to know. " Accompanied by a two-page letter from Monroe's law firm concerning the deduction, a check stub, and an invoice explaining the payment and deductions.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 451: MARILYN MONROE ACTING NOTES ON ENVELOPE
An unpostmarked envelope addressed to Monroe at 2 Sutton Place South in New York City from the Radio and Television Executives Society Inc. The back of the envelope has a linear thought written in Monroe's hand in pencil reading "I somehow am seeing with my body also and when I am truly listening/ What is the matter with my voice - Maybe just let the voice come out of my body however it does under certain circumstances." The thought continues on the front of the envelope "… and in - what ever the given situation." The remainder of the notes are more frenetic, reading in part, "Strassberg [sic] says we remember with our senses - Not brain or mind (remember with Body" and "Tell Hohenberg about the period during when I stopped secreatly [sic] play acting so fully/ it was the time I got my first job acting at 20." The notes covering the envelope, overlapping and intertwining, were likely taken during an acting class and demonstrate the unbridled energy Monroe felt toward her study of acting.
4 by 9 1/2 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 483: MARILYN MONROE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM DESIGNERS
Two unsolicited letters from designers who wished to work with Monroe. The first, dated February 26, 1958, from Tony Savini, gives his background and qualifications and explains that he has completed a number of original gowns and dresses expressly for Monroe and would like to offer them to her free of charge. The letter is accompanied by an original watercolor and ink on paper design sketch. Together with a letter dated February 4, 1962, from Paul Zastupnevich, a designer who had credits to his name with Fox Studios. He expresses his interest in designing for Monroe and includes a clipping of Rhonda Fleming wearing one of his gowns.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $100 - $150 
Lot 508: MARILYN MONROE ANNOTATED THE MISFITS SCRIPT SIDES
Two half sheets of paper containing some of Monroe's lines from the film The Misfits with notations in pencil, in Monroe's hand. One of the half pages is dated October 6, 1960, and it has lines from the climax of the film when Rosalyn, played by Monroe, pleads with Gay, played by Clark Gable, not to kill the horses. The notes include "almost in wonder to myself/ you liar all of you liars/ to perce/ Christ/ whisper" in reference to parts of her line reading "You're only living when you can watch something die Kill everything that's all you want why don't you just kill yourselves and be happy (to Gay) you with your God's country freedom." Another notation has the word "shiver" inserted before the line "I pity you all." Another emotional line written in the script as "How much do you want for them I'll pay you I'll give you two hundred dollars Is that enough" has a number of alternatives written in Monroe's hand, including "I'll give you money" or I'll give "you anything anything" or "you want my blood I don't need it anymore take my blood." The pages are accompanied by eight additional full script pages featuring the dialogue that leads up to Rosalyn's pleading with Gay not to kill the horses, beginning with the close shot of the mare stepping into the noose with her forefeet. These notes are a window into Monroe's process in creating one of the most emotionally painful and poignant scenes of her career.
Half sheets, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 
Lot 511: MARILYN MONROE NOTES ON HER MISFITS CHARACTER
A piece of plain paper with holes punched along left edge with notes in red ink in Paula Strasberg's hand reading "searching and yearning/ standing alone/ mood - I'm free - but freedom leaves emptiness./ Rosylin [sic] - flower opens bees buzz around/ R is quiet - the others buzz around." This provides an insightful look at how Strasberg helped Monroe to build her character in The Misfits.
9 1/2 by 6 inches
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 512: MARILYN MONROE RECEIVED LETTER FROM DOROTHY JEAKINS
A typed letter signed by costume designer Dorothy Jeakins dated May 3, 1960, and addressed, "Dear Marilyn," and reading in part, "Although I really feel I should be replaced--I will continue with your clothes for "The Misfits" because they are under way and nearly ready to fit./ If you like them, I will see them through to completion. If you are disappointed, someone else can then take over./ I am sorry I have displeased you. I feel quite defeated--like a misfit, in fact. But I must, above everything, continue to work (and live) in terms of my own honesty, pride and good taste." The letter is accompanied by an unsigned file copy of a letter from Jeakins to Mr. C.O. Erickson stating, " ... [C]ircumstances make it clear to me that I am unsuitable for this assignment and perhaps should be replaced. ... [U]nder these circumstances, I intend to accept no remuneration for my work and prefer to be omitted from the credits also. ... "
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $500 - $700 
Lot 517: MARILYN MONROE FAMOUS ARTISTS SCHOOL CORRESPONDENCE
A group of documents regarding Monroe's enrollment in the Famous Artists School of Westport, Connecticut, a distance learning program designed to further students’ fine art skills. The first letter, dated October 24, 1958, from the school's director, acknowledges Monroe's communication with "Jon Whitcomb who tells me you are quite interested in painting. He also tells me that you would like too [sic] take the Famous Artists Painting Course. At Jon's request we are making you a scholarship student but I am at a loss as to where to forward the textbooks since, as I understand it, you will be in Hollywood for sometime before returning to New York City." The next letter is an unsigned file copy of Monroe's response requesting the books be sent to 444 East 57th Street. Also included are a series of follow-up letters, six pages total, welcoming Monroe to the program, explaining the logistics of how the program works with critiques conducted via mail, and a full list of instructors. Also included are a blank Student Information Record and "Rate Yourself Progress Chart" forms with accompanying letters and a postage-paid envelope. The documents clearly demonstrate Monroe's interest in painting and the fact that she sought formal instruction.
Largest, 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 575: MARILYN MONROE AFTRA CARD
An American Federation of Television and Radio Artists membership card for the period ending November 1, 1962, with handwritten "Marilyn Monroe" on front, unsigned on back. Because the membership to AFTRA was renewed bi-annually this is Monroe's last membership card for the organization.
2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 576: MARILYN MONROE'S LAST SAG CARD AND RECEIPT
A Screen Actors Guild membership card for the period beginning May 1, 1962, and ending November 1, 1962. “Marilyn Monroe” is typed onto front of card as well as her membership number. Together with Monroe’s carbon copy receipt for payment of $125 on May 22, 1962, listing her address as "P.O. Box 64721, Los Angeles 64, Calif."
Card, 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 577: MARILYN MONROE NOTATIONS ON TELEGRAM
A Western Union telegram from Nunnally Johnson dated April 16, 1962, a week before production was to begin on Something’s Got To Give. Johnson was one of the screenwriters on that film and sent the telegram care of producer Henry Weinstein, misspelled "Wernstein." The telegram from Johnson reads "In Revised script you are child of nature so you can misbehave as much as you please love - Nunnally." Monroe has quickly written a note in pencil for reply reading "Where is that script - is the child of nature due on the set - Hurry Love & Kisses M.M." "Love and Kisses" is repeated, and additional illegible notations have been crossed out. The lighthearted response foreshadowed what was to come with Monroe frequently not reporting to the set as she was scheduled to appear, leading Fox Studios to fire her from the production.
5 1/2 by 8 inches
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 
Lot 578: MARILYN MONROE SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE SCRIPT AND PAGES USED ON SET
20th Century Fox, 1962, mimeographed screenplay by Nunnally Johnson, 149 pages, blue cover dated March 29, 1962 reading "Final Confidential For Planning Purposes Only." The script contains two paper-clipped inserts, memos from the production addressed "To All Secretaries," the first dated April 23 and the second dated April 27, 1962, each accompanying blue revised pages 91 and 92 for the script. The script, marked final, also dated March 29, 1962, contains notations in Monroe's hand throughout in pencil and green ink on 18 pages. Some of the notations are from Monroe's work with a Swedish dialect coach.
In addition to these notations, two typed pages of Monroe's dialogue are bound between pages 107 and 108 of the mimeographed script. These two pages contain Monroe's dialogue from one of the few scenes captured on film, with her extensive pencil notations. Raw footage of Monroe performing with Tippy the cocker spaniel and the children in this scene exists, and Monroe's notations are evident in the footage. The top of the page reads "Real Thought/ Mental Relaxation/ substitute children - B & J if necessary/ feeling - place the pain where it is not in the brow." B & J likely refers to Arthur Miller's children Bobby and Jane. Another notation next to one of Monroe's lines of dialogue reads simply "Mona Lisa," which does in fact mirror the expression she uses when delivering this line. Even the exaggerated "Ahhhhh---" that Monroe does at the beginning of each take in the raw footage is written on the page in her hand, reading in full, "Ahhh--Look for the light.”
The notations throughout the script also include notes in an unidentified hand criticizing certain points of the story, including "Too Harsh," "Naggy," "Dull" and many other comments. Overall, the notations in both the script and on the dialogue pages used by Monroe to film the scene with the children and Tippy the dog tell the story of a tedious script writing and editing process. Her dialogue notations are a revealing window into her process in performing some of the last scenes she ever recorded on film.
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 
Lot 580: MARILYN MONROE NOTES ON SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE SCRIPT
A Millers Falls EZERASE pad of typewriter paper with prepunched three-ring binder holes. The cover is detached but present, and the pad contains four pages of notes, two now detached, in Monroe's hand in pencil outlining her issues with the script for the film. The notes and criticisms include "logical drama but doesn't move on the screen/ leads him on than [sic] said not until"; "instead using the talents/ he's stuck/ imagine being married to MM and she comes back and he is stuck/ he'd dying to go Bed with her but can't because"; "more entertaining/ keep it on an edge/ if it isn't that kind of picture it won't go -/ only if script is acceptable." Then come Monroe's suggestions for a scene with check marks next to the ideas: "When Dean first see's Ellen -me- in nurses uniform - (as nurse) he could say - upon arrival - slouching ‘I don't feel so good nurse (weakening in the knees how could she do this to me/ I am telling her/ Beanka kind of stiffening up to hold him & the situation (the nite [sic] before) together he then pulls up but Dean will do this superbly/ He sings little song when drunk & frustrated." She also lists specific passages: "Page 73 (yes? - No? you understand Dean!)/ Page 76 children scene (in comparison to rewrite)." A small note on the last page of notes reads "Funny line writers Herb Gardner / Mel Brook [sic]."
These notes present a very astute Monroe who clearly had serious concerns with the quality of the script, demonstrating that her refusal to appear on set was grounded in these concerns and not simply the actions of a petulant star.
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 
Lot 581: MARILYN MONROE WORKING SCRIPT FOR SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE
A 149-page screenplay for Something's Got To Give by Nunnally Johnson dated March 29, 1962, in blue paper wrappers, marked final. There are notations in Monroe's hand in pencil on approximately 42 pages in the script, some simple dialogue corrections and other more in-depth sense memory notes for her to remember when doing the scene to evoke the right emotional frame of mind. A simple note on the back of the last page of the script reads "Joke writers/ Mel Brooks/ Herb Gardner/ Need spice/ raisins/ Need some funny lines." In a notation next to the stage direction for her character's anticipation and excitement about calling home after she has been rescued, she writes of Arthur Miller's children, "Bobby M./ and early Janie/ except their [sic] mine." In the scene where she is kissing her husband again and excuses herself to "get fixed up a little," she writes, "[L]et me get into something more comfortable/ leading him on -" and "[I]n other room throwing out piece of clothing" and below she writes "[L]ike F.S. when ingaged [sic]." Over an entire passage of dialogue she makes a stage direction note to herself that reads "Ellen looking speculative champain [sic] glass/ finger going around rim." In another scene she writes, "Have the Mask - face relaxed" and "shaking head when he leaves room sly smile/ fat on the fire/ he's on the grittle [sic]." She continues with the fat sizzling on the griddle metaphor, later writing next to a line that jabs at Nick, "Nicely/ He frys on grittle [sic]/ butter melting/ then it sputter/ him."
Notes on the last page of the screenplay read "Act only in beginning/ Then tempting him/ then act when nurse/ on balcony at hotel/ speculative looks/ always tempting him/ always saying yes/ but N/ I've only been away 5 min./ her point of view." Together with a small card with call times and scenes to be shot and a small scrap of paper with quickly written note in Monroe's hand wondering why they are jumping to shoot indoors when they could shoot in sequence as well as notes about using Miss vs. Mrs.
11 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 
Lot 820: MARILYN MONROE TWENTIETH CENTURY EMPLOYEE STARTING CARD
A Marilyn Monroe Twentieth Century Fox Employee starting card dated May 11, 1950. The card rate line lists Monroe's weekly salary as $500 a week but notes that she was laid off after working 40 out of 52 weeks. This marked the end of Monroe's work on the film All About Eve (20th Century, 1950) and her return to stock pool for the studio.
4 by 6 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Lot 823: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED ADVERTISING RELEASE
A Marilyn Monroe signed advertising release with Twentieth Century Fox and The House of Westmore for cosmetic advertising. The contract is dated July 3, 1952. Monroe was featured in a number of Westmore ads in the mid-1950s that also advertised her Twentieth Century Fox films.
13 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Lot 875: MARILYN MONROE MISCELLANEOUS PAPER ARCHIVE ITEMS
A collection of Marilyn Monroe envelopes, messages and notes, including a florist's enclosure card with envelope addressed to Monroe and a message that reads "To make up for the ones you didn't recall receiving at the hospital. Please stay well so we won't go through this again" and signed by Arthur O'Connell - Virgil Blessing." Virgil Blessing is the name of O'Connell's character in the film Bus Stop (20th Century, 1956). Also included are five handwritten notes in an unknown hand that reference Clifton Webb, Lew Wasserman and "Paula"; two hotel phone messages for "Monroe"; four envelopes, two addressed to Monroe; and one blank Colonial Trust Company check.
Sizes vary
PROVENANCE Partial Lots 748, 794 and 968, "Icons & Idols: Hollywood," Julien's, Beverly Hills, December 6, 2014
From the lost archive of Marilyn Monroe
Estimate: $400 - $600 
Lot 836: MARILYN MONROE ANNOTATED GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES SCRIPT
A script for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20th Century, 1953) used and annotated by Marilyn Monroe. The incomplete script totals 68 pages and has notations from Monroe on approximately 22 pages. The first page, dated November 26, 1952, reads “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”/ (Revised Final Script……13 Nov. 1952)/ To all Secretaries:/ Please place these/ Additional Pages at the back of your script of the above date./ This Is Important!” Film production began on November 17, 1952. Monroe’s notations include revisions to the text, in pencil, "Oh he wasn't barking that was Swahili," and direction, in blue ink, "sense the feeling with the body." The name of Monroe's character, Lorelei, has been circled in pencil on a number of the pages. The script is contained in a black plastic folder.
9 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE Lot 160, "Film and Entertainment," Christie's New York, Sale number 1681, June 22, 2006
Estimate: $50,000 - $60,000 
Lot 915: MARILYN MONROE LETTER FROM PERSON TO PERSON
A typed, signed letter written to Marilyn Monroe by Jesse Zousmer of the television program Person to Person (CBS, 1953-1961). The letter, dated June 25, 1959, is written on Person to Person stationery. In the letter, Zousmer thanks Monroe for her appearance on the television program and announces his departure from the show. A check mark has been written across the letter in an unknown hand. The letter is accompanied by a page from Variety. The headline of the page reads “Thank You from ‘Person to Person’ ” with a list of the program’s guests from 1953 to 1959.
10 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 918: MARILYN MONROE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
A 32-page transcript of an interview with Marilyn Monroe by Georges Belmont. Accompanied by nine pages of thoughts about Marilyn Monroe written by Arthur Miller. The information was sent to Jack Hamilton at LOOK magazine by Lois Weber, with cover letter from Weber and an undated memo response from Hamilton returning the information to Weber. Accompanied by two newspaper clippings, one from 1956 and one from after Monroe's death in 1962.
11 by 8 1/2 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Lois Weber
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 
Lot 858: MARILYN MONROE THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS PROP PROGRAM
A prop program from There’s No Business Like Show Business (20th Century, 1954). The front of the blue, white and red program reads “Actors Benefit Fund/ Greatest Stars of Stage & Screen/ Hippodrome/ Sixth Avenue 43rd – 44th” in gold metallic ink. An extra holds the program in a scene backstage just before Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe have a heart to heart in their dressing room. The program contains repeating nonsense ads in black and white.
11 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 970: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED GIFT TO WILFRID HYDE-WHITE
An original artwork given to Wilfrid Hyde-White on the set of Let's Make Love (20th Century, 1960) and signed by the film’s cast and crew including Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Arthur Miller, George Cukor, Tony Randall, Allan “Whitey” Snyder, Marjorie Plecher, Paula Strasberg, David Bretherton, David Burns, and Ray Foster, among many others. The ink on paper artwork was created by the art department for the film and given to Hyde-White as a going-away present. The image shows Hyde-White waiting at a cab stand. A billboard in the background reads “Let’s Make Love/ Cukor Co.” and titled at the top “Happy Show/ From the Kids.” Housed in a frame; not examined outside of frame.
15 by 15 inches, framed
PROVENANCE From the Collection of Alex Hyde-White
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 
Lot 979: MARILYN MONROE LETTER FROM HENRY WEINSTEIN
A typed, signed letter from producer Henry Weinstein on Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation letterhead, addressed to Marilyn Monroe and dated February 5, 1962. The letter discusses preparations before the shooting of Something's Gotta Give, a film that was never finished due to Monroe's illnesses and untimely death.
10 1/2 by 7 1/4 inches
Estimate: $600 - $800 
Documents papiers - Autographes / Fans
Papers documents - Autographs / Fans
Lot 212: MARILYN MONROE JACK DEMPSEY LETTER REQUESTING MARILYN MONROE'S AUTOGRAPH
A single-page autograph letter on recto and verso dated October 14, 1954, addressed "Dear Jerry," possibly Joe DiMaggio's Yankee teammate Jerry Coleman. The letter reads in part, "Have been reading a lot about Marilyn, Joe and yourself, here in the east. Best of luck to you and your family, and send Marilyn's autograph along." Signed "Sincerely Jack Dempsey."
8 by 6 inches
Estimate: $150 - $200 
Lot 259: MARILYN MONROE LETTER FROM JOHN STEINBECK
A secretarial typed and signed letter dated April 28, 1955, addressed to Monroe at the Waldorf Towers in New York. The letter is a charming and bashful request for an autograph, reading in part, "In my whole experience I have never known anyone to ask for an autograph for himself. It is always for a child or an ancient aunt, which gets very tiresome as you know better than I. It is therefore, with a certain nausea that I tell you that I have a nephew-in-law ... he has a foot in the door of puberty, but that is only one of his problems. You are the other. ... I know that you are not made of ether, but he doesn't. ... Would you send him, in my care, a picture of yourself, perhaps in pensive, girlish mood, inscribed to him by name and indicating that you are aware of his existence. He is already your slave. This would make him mine. If you will do this, I will send you a guest key to the ladies' entrance of Fort Knox."
8 1/2 by 11 inches
Estimate: $300 - $500 
Lot 708: MARILYN MONROE AND ARTHUR MILLER SIGNED MENU
A menu from the Gladstone Hotel where Marilyn Monroe lived briefly during the 1950s. The menu is signed on the cover in pencil "Marilyn Monroe" and "Arthur Miller." The inside back cover of the menu also contains a fashion design sketch of a woman in a form-fitting gown with vermicelli beading, in pencil in an unknown hand.
13 by 10 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Frieda Hull
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 775: SECRETARIAL LETTER ON MARILYN MONROE STATIONERY
A typed letter signed by one of Marilyn Monroe's secretaries dated July 1, 1959, with original transmittal envelope. Both letter and envelope are Monroe's custom stationery. Transmittal envelope is addressed to Miss Edith Pitts of Richmond Hill, New York, and is postmarked July 2, 1959. The letter thanks Pitts and Frieda Hull for their card and good wishes during Monroe's illness.
Letter, 9 by 6 inches
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Frieda Hull
Estimate: $200 - $300 
Lot 816: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED INDEX CARD
A Marilyn Monroe signed and inscribed index card that reads “To Emily/ Best Wishes/ Marilyn Monroe.” The message was written in green ballpoint ink, and a small magazine image of Monroe has been affixed to the index card. Housed in a frame with a black and white image of Monroe.
19 1/2 by 13 inches, framed
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 829: MARILYN MONROE AND OTHERS FAN MAIL ENVELOPES
A group of five envelopes, addressed to Marilyn Monroe, Jane Simmons, Cornel Wilde, Edmond O’Brien, and Jeffrey Hunter. Mailed to each actor, at their respective studio by fans in Africa, Argentina and the Philippines. The legible postmarks date from 1954.
Largest, 5 by 6 inches
Estimate: $200 - $400 
Lot 830: MARILYN MONROE AND OTHERS FAN MAIL ENVELOPES
A group of four envelopes, addressed to Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Donna Reed, and Pat Crowley. Mailed to each actress at her respective studio by fans in Argentina and the Philippines. The legible postmarks date from 1954.
Largest, 3 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches
Estimate: $200 - $400 
Lot 854: MARILYN MONROE, FRANK SINATRA AND OTHERS SIGNED ALBUM
An autograph album signed by Marilyn Monroe; Frank Sinatra; Bing Crosby; Ray Bolger; Maurice Chevalier; Hedda Hopper; Louella Parsons Herbert Hoover; Harry Truman; and Edward, Duke of Windsor, among others. The bound brown leather album belonged to Henry Tekkel, a maître d’ at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Monroe, who lived at the hotel in the mid-1950s, has inscribed the book “Warmest Regards, Marilyn Monroe.”
5 by 6 1/2 inches
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 
Lot 864: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED BOOK
A copy of the Bement Centennial souvenir book titled "The Bement Story" and signed on the cover by Marilyn Monroe. Monroe visited Bement, Illinois, in August 1955 to celebrate the city's centennial.
11 by 8 1/2 inches
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 
Lot 906: MARILYN MONROE SIGNED METROPOLITAN OPERA PLAYBILL
A Marilyn Monroe signed Metropolitan Opera playbill from the 1958-1959 season. The 44-page playbill is signed on the cover in blue ink and is accompanied by a black and white image of Monroe signing a playbill. This is believed to have been signed on February 10, 1959, when Monroe and her husband Arthur Miller attended a performance of Macbeth.
6 1/2 by 9 inches
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 
Dressing - Robe de cocktail en satin noir de Renié
Robe de cocktail en satin noir
Black Satin Cocktail Dress
Cette robe a été conçue par la créatrice américaine Renie Conley, dîtes Renié, qui créa de nombreuses tenues pour le cinéma -pour près de 188 films- de 1937 à 1981, dont des tenues pour Elizabeth Taylor dans Cléôpatre en 1964, qui lui a valu l'Oscar de la meilleure création de costumes.
This dress was designed by the American designer Renie Conley, known as Renié, who created numerous outfits for the cinema - for nearly 188 films - from 1937 to 1981, including outfits for Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra in 1964, which earned her the Oscar for best costume design.
Marilyn et la robe
Marilyn and the dress
Marilyn Monroe porte cette longue robe noire satinée aux manches courtes, au décolleté transparent et à la forme de bustier fermé par une cocarde, pour le film As young as you feel (Rendez-moi ma femme) en 1951. Elle en fit les essais costumes le 14 décembre 1950 (voir photo ci-contre). C'est une robe de coupe droite simple et glamour, qui dessine les courbes du corps sans être moulante, ressérée à la taille par une fine ceinture noire, chic et classique, aux aspects intemporels qui reste encore aujourd'hui moderne. Marilyn la porte avec des sandales ouvertes noires. Dans le film, elle accessoirise la robe d'un foulard de mousseline de soie transparent et pailleté, d'un collier noir ras de cou, de deux fins bracelets au poignet droit et d'une paire de gants blancs.
Marilyn Monroe wears this long satin black dress with short sleeves, a transparent neckline and the shape of a bustier closed with a cockade, for the film As young as you feel in 1951. She did the costume tests in December 14, 1950 (see photo opposite). It is a simple and glamorous straight cut dress, which draws the curves of the body without being tight, tightened at the waist by a thin black belt, chic and classic, with timeless aspects that remains modern today. Marilyn wears it with black open sandals. In the film, she accessorizes the dress with a sheer, sequined chiffon scarf, a black choker necklace, two thin bracelets on the right wrist and a pair of white gloves.
Marilyn emprunte la robe pour la porter à diverses sorties pendant l'année 1951;
elle porte toujours les mêmes boucles d'oreilles pendantes et le collier noir ras de cou:
Marilyn borrows the dress to wear it to various outings during 1951;
she always wears the same dangling earrings and the black choker necklace:
Le 21 février 1951 à la fête des LOOK awards au Beverly Hills Hotel
Marilyn porte de longs gants noirs en velours;
February 21, 1951 at the LOOK awards party at the Beverly Hills Hotel
Marilyn wears long black velvet gloves;
Le 28 février 1951 à la soirée et cérémonie du "Hollywood Foreign Press"
Marilyn porte ses petits gants noirs en satin et une étole en fourrure;
February, 28, 1951 at the Hollywood Foreign Press party and ceremony
Marilyn wears little black satin gloves and a fur stole;
Le 7 juin 1951 au club Cocoanut Grove, à la fête d'anniversaire de Lester Crown;
June 7, 1951 at the Cocoanut Grove club, at Lester Crown's birthday party;
Le 12 juin 1951 en soirée au Ciro's où elle danse avec l'acteur Craig Hill
Marilyn porte de petits gants noirs en satin;
June 12, 1951 in the evening at Ciro's where she dances with actor Craig Hill
Marilyn wears little black satin gloves;
Le 19 juin 1951 pour la visite du navire USS Benham à Long Beach
Marilyn porte encore les petits gants noirs en satin;
June 19, 1951 for the visit of the ship USS Benham to Long Beach
Marilyn wears again the little black satin gloves;
En 1951 à une soirée au Club Mocambo
1951 at a party in Mocambo club
La Robe portée par d'autres
The Dress worn by others
On retrouve la robe portée par une autre grande actrice des années 1950s: la brune Ava Gardner, qui porte elle aussi un collier ras de cou mais serti de diamants, et trois bracelets au poignet gauche:
We find the dress worn by another great actress of the 1950s: the brunette Ava Gardner, who also wears a choker necklace but set with diamonds, and three bracelets on the left wrist:
Inspirations
- Joan Bennett - 1930s -
- Susan Hayward - 1940s -
robe aux manches longues portée avec un collier ras de cou
dress with long sleeves worn with a chocker necklace
- Jean Peters - 1953 - film Blueprint for murder
robe aux manches longues portée avec un collier de perles
dress with long sleeves worn with a pearl necklace
Styliste: Charles Le Maire
- Jayne Mansfield - 1957 -
robe aux manches longues portée avec un collier de perles ras de cou
dress with long sleeves worn with a chocker pearl necklace
- 10/01/1957: Chrysler's Show of Stars, Jayne & Jack Benny -
- 13/04/1957: Fête avec acteurs français à Los Angeles -
- 1957: Portraits en studio -
- Romy Schneider - 1970s -
Dans les années 1970s, les longueurs se raccourcissent:
Romy dans sa robe noire d'Yves Saint Laurent dont la longueur atteint les genoux
et le décolleté prononcé, très profond
In the 1970s, the lengths got shorter:
Romy in her black Yves Saint Laurent dress whose length reaches the knees
and the pronounced neckline, very deep
- 1970: première "Choses de la vie" / 1971 portrait d'Eva Sereny
- 1969 / 1970: publicité pour "Lux" / 1972: film "César et Rosalie" 
- Catherine Laborde - 2015 -
même notre présentatrice météo nationale (de TF1) arbore régulièrement
sa petite robe noire au décolleté transparent:
even our national weather presenter (from TF1) Catherine Laborde regularly wears
her little black dress with a transparent neckline:
Même style
Same style
Robe noire au décolleté transparent en dentelle noire
Robe de Ceil Chapman que Marilyn porte en 1958
Black dress with transparent neckline in black lace
Ceil Chapman'a dress that Marilyn wears in 1958
- Robe de cocktail en soie noire de Ceil Chapman -
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