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06 avril 2019

Sur le tournage de Let's Make Love 4

Le Milliardaire
Sur le tournage

Pendant la scène
During the shooting scene

- Frankie Vaughan, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Cole -

- Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe, George Cukor -

Sur le plateau
On the set

- Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe -

- Frankie Vaughan, Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe -

- Sidney Skolsky, Marilyn Monroe -

- Marilyn Monroe, Jack Cardiff, Paula Strasberg -

> 08/03/1960 - sur le tournage Jack Cole, Marilyn Monroe & Agnes Flanagan
1960, Mach, 08 - On the set Jack Cole, Marilyn & Agnes Flanagan

- photographies: Larry Barbier Jr -

Posté par ginieland à 17:49 - film 1960 - Let's make love - Commentaires [0] - Permalien [#]
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23 décembre 2018

Sur le tournage de Let's Make Love 8

Le Milliardaire
Sur le tournage

Pendant la scène
During the shooting scene

Marilyn Monroe & Jack Cole

Sur le plateau
On the set

Marilyn Monroe et l'acteur Dick Dale
qui interprète Elvis Presley
Marilyn Monroe and the actor Dick Dale
who plays Elvis Presley

> 01/06/1960 - fête d'anniversaire pour les 34 ans de Marilyn Monroe
1960, June, 01 - Birthday party for the 34 years of Marilyn Monroe

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01 décembre 2018

01/06/1960, Sur le plateau de "Let's Make Love" - Anniversaire de Marilyn

Le 1er juin 1960, une fête d'anniversaire est organisée pour les 34 ans de Marilyn Monroe. George Cukor découpe les parts du gâteau apporté et sur lequel est disposé deux figurines représentant Yves Montand et Marilyn Monroe. La petite réception est décoré à l'image du film: plusieurs petites figurines sont disposées sur la table, représentant un pianiste jouant au piano, une chanteuse, une danseuse et Elvis Presley.
On June, 1st, 1960, a birthday's party is held to celebrate the 34 years of Marilyn Monroe. George Cukor cuts out the cake on which there are two figurines representing Yves Montand and Marilyn Monroe. on the honor of the 57 years of the actor Wilfrid Hyde-White on the set of "Let's Make Love". The small reception is decorated in the image of the film: several small figures are placed on the table, representing a pianist playing piano, a singer, a dancer and Elvis Presley.

Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe, Frankie Vaughan, George Cukor

Un collier de perles de rocaille est offert à Marilyn
de la part de toute l'équipe du film
A seed-pearl necklace is offered to Marilyn
from all the cast and crew of the film

Marilyn Monroe et Gil, l'homme à tout faire de l'équipe
Marilyn and Gil, the handyman of the crew

Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Skolsky

- Des petites figurines à l'effigie de Marilyn sont distribuées
Small figurines representing are offered

- carte d'anniversaire signée par toute l'équipe
- Birthday card signed by the crew

- de la collection de James Haspiel et Frieda Hull, des fans
-from the personal collection of James Haspiel and Frieda Hull, fans

Posté par ginieland à 22:59 - année 1960 - Commentaires [2] - Permalien [#]
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05 septembre 2015

Hollywood Auction 74 - 09-10/2015 - Photos

Photographies de Joe Jasgur

(Day 2) Lots 1104, 1105, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110. Marilyn Monroe early color photographs by Joseph Jasgur. (1946)
Young Norma Jeane Dougherty a few years before her metamorphosis into Marilyn Monroe.
Estimate: $200 - $600

Lot 1104:

Lot 1105:

Lot 1106:

Lot 1107:

Lot 1108:

Lot 1109:

Lot 1110:

Photographies de Marilyn en Corée

(Day 2) Lot 1162. Marilyn Monroe Korean tour (7) vintage original candid photographs. (1954) Vintage gelatin silver glossy 5 x 8 in. prints (7) of Marilyn Monroe posing and performing on her 1954 Korean War tour for the American troops. Fine to very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1163. Marilyn Monroe Korean tour (5) vintage original candid photographs. (1954) Vintage gelatin silver double-weight matte 5 x 7 in. prints (5) of Marilyn Monroe posing, dining, and performing on her 1954 Korean War tour for the American troops. Fine to very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1164. Marilyn Monroe Korean tour (7) vintage original candid photographs. (1954) Vintage gelatin silver glossy approx. 5 x 7 in. prints (6) of Marilyn Monroe posing and performing, and (1) of Joe DiMaggio in audience (trying to avoid camera) on her 1954 Korean War tour for the American troops. (1) includes military-press text and photographer’s credit on verso. Occasional creasing and minor handling; very good to fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1165. Marilyn Monroe mixed lot of (14) vintage original photographs from Korean tour. (1954) Vintage gelatin silver glossy (3), semi-gloss (10) and double-weight matte (1) prints, ranging from 5 x 7 to 5 x 8 in., of Marilyn Monroe posing and performing (6), soldiers reactions (7), and travel partner Jean O’Doul (1) on Marilyn’s 1954 Korean War tour for the American troops. (1) includes “Pan Asia News” credit on verso. Occasional creasing and minor handling; very good to fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

Photographies de "There's no business..."

(Day 2) Lot 1166. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs with Donald O’Connor for There’s No Business Like Show Business. (TCF, 1954) Vintage (4) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe with Donald O’Connor. Each is from a special portrait series highlighting these two in their most glamorous costumes from this film. (3) bear keybook punch-holes and are in vintage fine condition, and the 4th bears studio text and publication stamps on verso, with marginal wear, therefore good only.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1167. Marilyn Monroe vintage original photograph with hair stylist for There’s No Business Like Show Business. (TCF, 1954) Vintage gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. double-weight matte photograph of Marilyn Monroe. Behind the scenes candid of Marilyn in her most glamorous costume from this film having her hair perfected before filming. With “Photofest” agency sticker on verso. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

Photographies de "The Seven Year Itch"

(Day 2) Lot 1169. Marilyn Monroe vintage original oversize photograph from The Seven Year Itch. (TCF, 1954)
Vintage gelatin silver oversize double-weight glossy 11 x 14 in. production photographic portrait of Marilyn Monroe posed seductively on a staircase on the set. Clean pinhole in the upper blank boarder and minor corner bumping. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1171. Marilyn Monroe (3) vintage original photographs from The Seven Year Itch. (TCF, 1955)
Vintage (3) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe alone and with Tom Ewell. Includes an exceptional rarely-seen portrait of Marilyn in bathrobe waving out her apartment window. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500

(Day 2) Lot 1172. Marilyn Monroe (6) vintage original keybook glamour photographs for fantasy number in The Seven Year Itch. (TCF, 1955)
Vintage (6) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe in a special fantasy-number glamour series. We have never before encountered these exceptionally sexy photos of her from this special “D” and “E” coded series. All have keybook punch-holes in margin, and some have minor toning and handling; in vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

(Day 2) Lot 1173. Marilyn Monroe (13) vintage original candid photographs for The Seven Year Itch. (TCF, 1955/circa 1972)
Vintage (13) gelatin silver 8 x 8 in. glossy photographs (shot 1955, printed circa 1972) of Marilyn Monroe behind the scenes with director Billy Wilder, producer Charles K. Feldman and co-stars Tom Ewell and Robert Strauss. We are not aware of any of these remarkable candid shots surfacing before in the marketplace, and each bears the credit stamp of [Helene] Roger-Viollet in Paris. Overall in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1174. Marilyn Monroe (10) vintage original photographs for The Seven Year Itch including original news photo of the subway scene. (TCF, 1955) Vintage (10) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe alone and with Tom Ewell. Includes a rarely-seen news photo of the movie camera filming Marilyn in bathrobe waving out her apartment window, a lovely publicity portrait in nightgown with toothbrush (to spend the night) and a rare news photo with snipe and stamps of the legendary subway scene. Subway photo is creased, handled, and dampstained at corner; remainder are in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

Photographies de "The Misfits"

(Day 2) Lot 1195. Henri Cartier-Bresson vintage original print of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller for The Misfits. (UA, 1961)
Vintage gelatin silver 6.3 x 9.4 in. double-weight semi-gloss photograph of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller on location. With Cartier-Bresson’s “Magnum” agency credit-stamps (which also forbids trimming for publication). Just a trace of marginal handling, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

(Day 2) Lot 1196. Henri Cartier-Bresson vintage original print of Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits. (UA, 1961)Vintage gelatin silver 6.2 x 9.25 in. double-weight semi-gloss photograph of Marilyn Monroe on location set. With Cartier-Bresson’s “Magnum” agency credit-stamps (which also forbids trimming for publication). Just a trace of marginal handling, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

(Day 2) Lot 1197. Henri Cartier-Bresson vintage original print of Marilyn Monroe and Kevin McCarthy in The Misfits. (UA, 1961)
Vintage gelatin silver 6.25 x 9.3 in. double-weight semi-gloss photograph of Marilyn Monroe and Kevin McCarthy. With Cartier-Bresson’s “Magnum” agency credit-stamps (which also forbids trimming for publication). In vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

(Day 2) Lot 1198. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original photographs with Clark Gable at Kay Spreckels’ birthday party. (UA, 1961)
Vintage gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. double-weight glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable attending Kay Spreckels’ (Gable’s wife) birthday party. One also includes director John Huston seated aside Marilyn. Her look toward Gable in both photos is one of a young woman totally enamored with this rugged handsome older man. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500

Photographies Diverses

(Day 1) Lot 248. Female bombshells of the 1950s (250+) vintage photographs including Marilyn Monroe and others. (ca. 1950s) Large collection of (250+) gelatin silver single-weight and double-weight glossy and matte approx. 8 x 10 in. portrait and production photographs of female bombshells including Raquel Welch, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Natalie Wood, Ann-Margret, and others. Includes a number of Marilyn Monroe images. In generally good to fine condition. Interested bidders are encouraged to view this lot in person by appointment at our offices.
Estimate: $300 - $500

(Day 1) Lot 334. Studio (17) vintage negatives of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Carroll Baker and Janet Leigh. (ca. 1950s) Collection of (17) vintage original approx. 8 x 10 in. camera negatives including glamour portraits and production images of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Carroll Baker, and Janet Leigh. With some exhibiting photographer retouching including handwritten India ink captions and codes. All with minor handling. Generally in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1111. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs including an early Joseph Jasgur swimsuit pose. (1946-1955; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (7) plus color (1) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Image of Monroe on beach in striped bikini, though not stamped, is by Joseph Jasgur and is one of the earliest images created for teenage Norma Jeane. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1113. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs, including (1) with Cecil Beaton and (1) with Bob Beerman credits. (1948-1956; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (6) plus color (2) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe, at home on Doheny Drive, 1953 is stamped on verso with Bob Beerman credit, and melancholy portrait against wallpaper is later-sniped with Cecil Beaton credit and Camera Press Ltd. Stamp. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1114. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs including uncommon early cheesecake images. (1946-1957; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (6) plus color (2) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. (3) images are later prints of remarkable and uncommon early cheesecake poses. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1116. Marilyn Monroe extraordinary early signed and inscribed oversized photograph, also signed by Laszlo Willinger. (ca, 1949) Vintage gelatin silver 9.4 x 13.8 in. double-weight photograph of Marilyn Monroe in white one-piece swimsuit and heels posed perfectly against black background, shot by Laszlo Willinger. Neatly and floridly inscribed by Marilyn to her agent in white ink against the black background, “To Ferdinand, Many thanks for your encouragement and friendship. Sincerely, Marilyn Monroe”. Also signed by Willinger in black ink in lower right margin. Accompanied by 1974 sales receipt from Hollywood Book Service on Hollywood Blvd. Easily the most spectacular signed Marilyn Monroe photograph we have ever encountered. Very minor creasing and handling at corners and occasionally through background, in vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000

(Day 2) Lot 1117. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white photographs including (1) with Eve Arnold/ Magnum Photos credit. (1948-1960; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (8) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Image of Monroe topless from back for The Misfits bears Eve Arnold/ Magnum Photos credit. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1118. Marilyn Monroe (7) vintage original photographs by Bruno Bernard. (circa 1949) Vintage (7) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Bruno Bernard, each with either his credit stamp, studio sticker, or both. A nice mix of early swimsuit and sweater-girl poses, plus a charming shot of young Marilyn towering over pint-sized powerhouse agent Johnny Hyde dancing at a party. Most, if not all, are likely printed later by Bernard in the 1960s from his own negatives. Only occasional signs of handling or loss, overall in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1119. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs including (1) with Cecil Beaton and (1) with Charles Varon credits. (1949-1961; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (6) plus color (2) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Image of Monroe at microphone with Arthur Miller is crayon marked with Charles Varon credit, and girlish portrait with bird is later-sniped with Cecil Beaton credit and Camera Press Ltd. Stamp. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1120. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs including (1) with Burt Glinn/Magnum Photos credit. (1949-1962; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (7) plus color (1) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Image of Monroe at a banquet for Nikita Krushchev is sniped on verso with Burt Glinn/ 1962 Magnum Photos credit, and image from River of No Return is later-sniped with John Swope credit. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1121. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs including a remarkable Bert Stern portrait. (1949-1962; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (6) plus color (2) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Soft-focus portrait appears to be vintage, and is attributed to Bert Stern. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1125. Marilyn Monroe and Anne Baxter vintage original photograph behind the scenes on All About Eve by Frank Powolny. (TCF, 1950) Vintage gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. double-weight matte photograph of Marilyn Monroe and Anne Baxter behind the scenes by Frank Powolny, with his credit stamp on verso. The two ladies are smiling in conversation as Baxter has her hair touched-up. Exceedingly rare early candid moment for Marilyn. In vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1126. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs for All About Eve, one by Andre de Dienes. (TCF, 1950) Vintage (4) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe as general publicity, one of which is credit-stamped by Andre de Dienes (later prints have stamp with zip code on recto, which these do not), arguably her most influential early photographer. Two bear original CBS NEWS credit stamps that have been obscured by “Photofest” agency stickers. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1128. Marilyn Monroe vintage original photograph seductive pose in the grass. (TCF, 1951) Vintage gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photograph of Marilyn Monroe posing seductively in the grass. Verso stamp indicates publishing in “Film Comment” magazine #102. Also bears “Photofest” agency sticker. One light corner crease, otherwise in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1129. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs for River of No Return and Hometown Story. (TCF, 1951/1954) Vintage (4) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe, (1) Home Town Story seductive sweater-pose with “Photofest” agency sticker, and (3) River of No Return showgirl and candid poses, one of which bears Frank Powolny’s credit-stamp. Minor to moderate handling including a corner crease, overall in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500

(Day 2) Lot 1131. Marilyn Monroe (6) vintage original publicity photos with Chicago White Sox players. (TCF, 1952) Vintage gelatin silver glossy 4 x 5 in. studio “fan” prints (5) of Marilyn Monroe in short-shorts and tight sweater, posing with team members of the Chicago White Sox, plus (1) in one-piece bathing suit and acrylic high-heels. Scarce images, most of which we have previously never seen. Fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1132. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs in revealing and seductive poses. (TCF, 1952) Vintage (4) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe, (1) Love Nest seductive close-up, (1) lingerie pose for Don’t Bother to Knock with “Photofest” agency sticker, and (2) general publicity seductive portraits. Trace of handling, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1133. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs perfecting her makeup. (Columbia, 1952) Vintage (4) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from a make-up session originally from Ladies of the Chorus and recycled here for its 1952 reissue. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1134. Marilyn Monroe (8) small vintage original keybook photographs for Monkey Business. (TCF, 1952) Vintage (8) gelatin silver 4 x 5 in. keybook photographs each depicting Marilyn Monroe with one or more of her co-stars in Monkey Business. (2) of them nicely depict Marilyn with the 1952 MG TD which this company sold in part I of the historic Debbie Reynolds prop and costume collection. With keybook punch-holes in left margins, otherwise in vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1135. Marilyn Monroe (5) vintage original photographs including Monkey Business and Some Like it Hot. (Various, 1950-1959) Vintage (5) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from A Ticket to Tomahawk, Monkey Business, There’s No Business Like Show Business, and Some Like it Hot. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500

(Day 2) Lot 1138. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs, including (1) with Eve Arnold/ Magnum Photos credit. (1952-1961; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (6) plus color (2) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Image of Monroe in white cherry dress with dog for The Misfits bears Eve Arnold/ Magnum Photos credit. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1139. Marilyn Monroe (8) black & white and color photographs, including (1) with Phil Stern and (1) with Frank Edwards credits. (1952-1962; majority printed later) Gelatin silver and RC (6) plus color (2) approx. 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Image of Monroe with Jack Benny is stamped on verso with Phil Stern/ Globe Photos credit, and sleepy-eyed close portrait is later-stamped with Frank Edwards/ Fotos International credit. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1140. Marilyn Monroe (6) vintage original proof prints majority stamped by Milton Greene. (1953) Vintage gelatin silver double-weight semi-gloss 5 x 7 and 5 x 8 in. proof prints (5) of Marilyn Monroe by Milton Greene, with his credit stamp on each verso. All are from the 9/2/53 “Balalaika” sitting, one of the earliest between Monroe and Greene. Plus vintage 3.5 x 4.5 in. double-weight matte print by Greene (not stamped) of Marilyn playing “dress-up” with Marlon Brando for Actors’ Studio benefit event. Occasional handling including minor creases, overall fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1141. Marilyn Monroe (5) vintage original photographs with white fur boa. (TCF, 1953) Vintage (5) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from her general publicity series (though appear to be circa Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), wearing a white fur boa. (3) bear Frank Powolny’s TCF credit stamp on verso, and (1) bears a “Photofest” agency sticker. Occasional toning and minor handling, in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1142. Marilyn Monroe (3) vintage original photographs in bathing suit for July 4th publicity. (TCF, 1953) Vintage (3) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from her general publicity series (circa How to Marry a Millionaire) in one-piece swimsuit and acrylic platform shoes, as a 4th of July promotion. Minor toning, otherwise in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2): Lot 1143. Marilyn Monroe (6) vintage original photographs in low-cut gowns. (TCF, 1953) Vintage (6) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from her general publicity series, each with her wearing various low-cut gowns. (3) bear “CBS NEWS” verso stamps, of which two have been obscured by “Photofest” agency stickers. (1) with marginal dampstain, remainder in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1144. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs in bathing suit poses. (TCF, 1953) Vintage (4) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from her general publicity series (one is production-coded for River of No Return), each with her wearing various bathing suits. (2) bear “Photofest” agency or other stickers which obscure older credit stamps. (1) with background dampstain and lower margin trim, (1) with 2 in. corner crease, overall in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2): Lot 1145. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original transparencies for Niagara. (TCF, 1953) Vintage (2) studio-produced 8 x 10 in. double-image transparencies of Marilyn Monroe posed against Niagara Falls. Created with double image to facilitate faster print-reproduction for general publicity. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2): Lot 1146. Marilyn Monroe (9) vintage original unpublished candid negatives attending formal events. (circa 1953) Vintage candid unpublished (9) camera negatives of Marilyn Monroe attending formal events, of which (5) are 620 format 2.25 x 3.75 in. and (4) are 120 format 2.25 x 2.25 in.; (1) is somewhat unfocused, remainder very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1151. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs in showgirl costume for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (TCF, 1953) Vintage (4) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Each is from a special portrait series highlighting one of Marilyn’s most attractive costumes from this film. (2) bear keybook punch-holes in top margin, otherwise in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1152. Marilyn Monroe vintage original transparency for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. (TCF, 1953) Vintage studio-produced 8 x 10 in. double-image transparency of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in their short showgirl outfits. Created with double image to facilitate faster print-reproduction for general publicity. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1158. Marilyn Monroe (14) vintage original photographs by Phil Stern. (1953/ printed later) Vintage gelatin silver custom-fiber 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Phil Stern (printed and credit-stamped by him later from circa 1953 shots) including a number of the most iconic portraits ever taken of Marilyn. All but one bear photographer’s and “Globe Photos” agency stamps. In very fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1159. Marilyn Monroe (18) vintage original photographs by Darlene Hammond. (TCF, 1953/printed later) RC paper 8 x 10 in. photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Darlene Hammond (printed and credit-stamped by her later from circa 1953 shots) including many remarkable and seldom-seen candid shots of Marilyn with Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Danny Thomas, Ken Murray, and most notably with Jane Russell for the Chinese Theater ceremony (one of these is a double). All but one bear photographer’s credit-sticker, and several are also signed on verso by photographer as well. In very fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1160. Marilyn Monroe (9) 2.25 inch vintage original candid transparencies on location for River of No Return. (TCF, 1954) Vintage 2.25 x 2.25 transparencies (9) loose in original cardboard mounts of Marilyn Monroe on location in Banff, Canada for River of No Return. All are candids either alone or with cast and crew members, and (5) depict Monroe in camisole lingerie worn in numerous scenes throughout the film. Also depicted is her ankle injury incurred during filming. All have shifted toward pink due to ephemeral nature of the film stock, though this is easily corrected for printing. Aside from color shift, all appear fine and remarkably well-preserved.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1161. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original candid photographs for River of No Return premiere by Bruno Bernard. (TCF, 1954) Vintage (2) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe from the premiere of River of No Return by Bruno Bernard. The portrait of Marilyn with Robert Mitchum bears Bernard’s credit stamp on verso. Minor handling, in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1178. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original unpublished candid negatives wearing stylish sunglasses. (circa 1955)
Vintage candid unpublished (4) camera negatives of Marilyn Monroe out in public wearing remarkable stylish sunglasses, signing autographs. All are 620 format 2.25 x 3.75 in.; (1) is slightly unfocused, remainder very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1179. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original photographs with gossip columnist Sidney Skolsky. (circa1955)
Vintage (2) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe in her apartment with gossip-columnist Sidney Skolsky at the time of The Seven Year Itch. The two are discussing favorite books and Marilyn’s childhood photos. Minor dampstain on one, otherwise in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $300 - $500

(Day 2) Lot 1180. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original photograph and contact sheet by Carl Perutz. (1958/ circa 1972)
Vintage gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. double-weight semi-gloss photograph of Marilyn Monroe, plus gelatin silver 8.5 x 11 in. glossy contact print with (7) 2 ¼ frames from same session (though not including this exact frame) by Magnum photographer Carl Perutz, believed to be for a “Cosmopolitan” magazine spread. Printed circa 1972 for the “Photoreporters Inc.” image agency, with their credit stamps, one of which is obscured by “Photofest” agency sticker. Contact sheet displays some marginal handling, otherwise in vintage very good to fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1182. Marilyn Monroe vintage original candid photograph for Bus Stop. (TCF, 1956)
Vintage gelatin silver 7.5 x 9.3 in. double-weight semi-gloss candid photograph of Marilyn Monroe by William Read Woodfield. With Woodfield’s credit-stamp, plus “Globe Photos” agency stamp and snipe on verso. Very minor handling, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1183. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original candid portrait photographs on location for Bus Stop. (TCF, 1956)
Vintage (2) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy candid photographs of Marilyn Monroe on location. Includes a wonderful smiling Marilyn in sunglasses, deplaning for the Idaho location shoot with co-star Don Murray, and a rare behind the scenes café or nightclub set with studio light looming over Marilyn’s shoulder, credited to Al Brack of Sun Valley. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1185. Marilyn Monroe (2) vintage original classic glamour wire-photos. (1953, 1962)
Vintage original (2) gelatin silver approx. 8 x 10 in. glossy wire-service news photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Earlier shot is from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes of Marilyn with her current stand-in, and later shot is of a totally ethereal and effervescent sequined Marilyn out and about with her Mexican lover Jose Bolanos, about whom she declared her “best lover ever”. Both bear wire-service agency stamps on verso; in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1187. Marilyn Monroe (5) vintage original photographs for The Prince and the Showgirl. (Warner Bros., 1957)
Vintage (5) gelatin silver 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe. (1) bears studio snipe with text referring to The Sleeping Prince, the film’s working title. Occasional handling, in vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lots 1188-1189-1190. Richard Avedon’s “Marilyn Monroe as Lillian Russell / Clara Bow / Jean Harlow” poster. Signed by Avedon. (Life Magazine, 1958/1972)
Vintage 20 x 28 in. first-edition poster print (released for 10th anniversary of Marilyn’s death) of Marilyn Monroe as Lillian Russell, Clara Bow and Jean Harlow, originally for a “Life” magazine spread by Richard Avedon. Signed above title by Avedon. Unfolded, in vintage very fine condition.
Estimate each: $300 - $500

(Day 2) Lot 1191. Marilyn Monroe candid vintage original photograph with Arthur Miller at Hotel del Coronado for Some Like it Hot. (UA, 1959)
Vintage gelatin silver glossy 7.75 x 10 in. candid photograph of Marilyn Monroe on location walking on the beach with husband Arthur Miller, Hotel del Coronado in the background. Pencil note on verso mentions Mary Pickford’s close friend at United Artists Tess Michaels as the original source of this photo to the publication that has stamped its credit. Just a trace of handling, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $200 - $300

(Day 2) Lot 1200. Marilyn Monroe vintage original photograph singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to John F. Kennedy. (1962)
Vintage (2) gelatin silver 7.25 x 9 in. glossy press photograph of Marilyn Monroe viewed from behind, singing “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy in May, 1962. A fair amount of general handling, with multiple “Photofest” and other agency stickers and notations on verso. In vintage very good condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1201. Marilyn Monroe (3) vintage original contact-sheets attending 1962 Golden Globes Awards by Sylvia Norris. (Hollywood Foreign Press, 1962)
Vintage (3) gelatin silver 8.5 x 11 in. glossy contact-sheets with (110) [visible] 35mm frames shot by Sylvia Norris at the 1962 Hollywood Foreign Press “Golden Globes” ceremony, majority of which feature Marilyn Monroe. She is featured principally with her Mexican filmmaker lover Jose Bolanos, as well as talking with Rock Hudson, who presented her with “World’s Film Favorite” award. Other stars pictured include Judy Garland (a nominee), Maximilian Schell (winner), Glenn Ford (winner), George Chakiris (winner), Janet Leigh, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and others. Just one portrait frame of Marilyn has been grease-pencil marked for presumed publication, and all three sheets bear photographer’s credit stamp on verso. Vast majority of these remarkable Marilyn images have not likely appeared anywhere else in publication. Very minor handling, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) Lot 1203. Marilyn Monroe (4) vintage original photographs for Something’s Got to Give. (TCF, 1962)
Vintage gelatin silver (3) 8 x 10 in. and (1) 7 x 9 in. glossy photographs of Marilyn Monroe for her uncompleted final film. In each of them Marilyn is proudly showing off her newly slimmed-down figure, a far cry from her zaftig look in Let’s Make Love and Some Like it Hot. Each bears “Photofest” agency stickers and various notations on verso. In vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 2) Lot 1204. Marilyn Monroe (5) vintage original photographs signed by George Barris. (1962/ circa 1972)
Vintage (shot 1962, printed circa 1972) gelatin silver 7.8 x 9.8 in. double-weight matte custom-print photographs of Marilyn Monroe at home and in her car by George Barris, each signed in lower image area by Barris. All but one retain display-mount tagboard or remnant thereof, and all are rarely-seen candid moments of Marilyn looking absolutely fabulous just weeks before her death. Apart from display-mountings, in vintage fine condition.
Estimate: $600 - $800

(Day 2) ot 1205. Marilyn Monroe (8) vintage original photographs at the Beverly Hills Hotel by Eric Skipsey. (1962/1978)
RC-paper 8 x 10 in. photographs (shot 1962, printed 1978) of Marilyn Monroe at the Beverly Hills Hotel by Eric Skipsey, whose credit-sticker displays on each verso. All depict an apparently happy Marilyn, some with her beloved dog “Maf” (named for Frank Sinatra and his purported mafia connections). Just a trace of handling, in very fine condition.
Estimate: $400 - $600

(Day 3) Lot 1265: George Christy’s (13,000+) personal career archive of celebrity photographs.
Comprising many thousands (13,000+) of primarily gelatin-silver and RC 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs, almost without exception genuine studio or press agency-generated publicity portraits and scenes depicting Hollywood, music, literary and arts celebrities, plus high-society socialites and European aristocrats. Includes photos stamped and signed by Helmut Newton, and many more major photographers. Personalities include Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Bisset, Roy Lichtenstein, Bob Dylan, Truman Capote, Audrey Hepburn, Tennessee Williams, Harper Lee, Monica Lewinsky, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Barbra Streisand, Grace Kelly, Woody Allen, Farrah Fawcett and countless more; films Mildred Pierce, The Shop Around the Corner, Gone With the Wind (roadshow 1st-run keybook portrait), The Postman Always Rings Twice, Grand Hotel, The Third Man, Baby Doll, Citizen Kane, The Wages of Fear, Dumbo, La Dolce Vita, Pather Panchali, Los Olvidados, Rome Open City, etc. Vast majority in very fine condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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21 décembre 2014

3/05/1952 Révélation de l'existence de Gladys

Alors que Marilyn Monroe a toujours déclaré être orpheline, l'existence de sa mère Gladys Baker est révélée dans la presse. Les studios demandent à Marilyn de clarifier la situation: elle donne donc une interview au chroniquer Erskine Johnson. Mais l'entretien a été répété et travaillé auparavant avec son ami Sidney Sklosky. L'article sera publié le 3 mai 1952 dans le Los Angeles Daily News:

MARILYN MONROE AVOUE:
MA MERE EST EN VIE ET VIT A HOLLYWOOD
par Erskine Johnson

Marilyn Monroe -la poupée glamour de Hollywood qui a récemment fait la une des journaux en reconnaissant qu'elle avait posé nue pour un calendrier - nous livre aujourd'hui une nouvelle confession.
Rendue célèbre par les agences publicitaires hollywoodiennes comme étant une pauvre orpheline n'ayant jamais connu ses parents, Marilyn reconnaît qu'elle est la fille d'une ancienne monteuse de la RKO, Gladys Baker et déclare: "Je l'aide et veux continuer à l'aider tant qu'elle aura besoin de moi."
En convalescence après une opération de l'appendicite au Los Angeles Hospital, Marilyn m'a donné des informations exclusives par l'intermédiaire de la Twentieth Century Fox, après l'apparition dans les studios de cinq femmes revendiquant Marilyn comme étant "leur fille perdue de longue date".

La reine du glamour hollywoodien a dit:
"Mes amis proches savent que ma mère est en vie. A mon insu, alors que j'étais enfant, ma mère passa de nombreuses années dans un hôpital public. Par l'intermédiaire du comté de Los Angeles, ma tutrice m'a placée dans plusieurs familles d'accueil, et j'ai passé plus d'un an à l'orphelinat de Los Angeles. Je n'ai jamais connu ma mère intimement et, depuis que je suis adulte et à même de lui venir en aide, je suis entrée en contact avec elle. Je l'aide à présent, et veux continuer à l'aider tant qu'elle aura besoin de moi."

Les amis de sa mère fournirent les informations complémentaires:
"Lorsque Marilyn était enfant, son père mourut dans un accident de voiture, à la suite de quoi sa mère souffrit de dépression nerveuse. Une amie de sa mère était sa tutrice légale. La mère de Marilyn recouvra la santé en 1945 et vécut peu de temps avec sa fille, en 1946. La même année, elle se remaria et redevint veuve pour la seconde fois, la semaine dernière, quand son mari mourut après une courte maladie."

La nouvelle que la mère de Marilyn était vivante fut une grande suprise, car les studios avaient largement tablé leur publicité sur le fait que Marilyn ne connaissait ni sa mère ni son père. Mais la nouvelle confession de la star, reconnaissant que sa mère, deux fois veuve, vit à Hollywood et qu' "elle lui vient en aide" est un grand soulagement pour le service judiciaire de la Twentieth Century Fox, très ennuyée par les revendications violentes de femmes prétendant que Marilyn était leur "fille".

While Marilyn Monroe has always declared to be an orphan, the existence of her mother Gladys Baker is revealed in the press. The studios ask Marilyn to clarify the situation: she thus gives an interview to reviewer Erksine Johnson. But the interview was repeated and previously worked with her friend Sidney Sklosky. The article will be published in May 3, 1952:

MARILYN MONROE CONFESSES
MOTHER ALIVE, LIVING HERE
By Erskine Johnson

Marilyn Monroe - Hollywood's confessing glamour doll who made recent headlines with the admission thatshe was a nude calendar cutie - confessed again today. Highly publicized by Hollywood press agents as an orphan waif who never knew her parents, Marilyn admitted that she's the daughter of a one-time RKO studio film cutter, Gladys Baker, and that "I am helping her and want to continue helping her when she needs me."
Recovering from an appendectomy in a Los Angeles hospital, Marilyn gave me an exclusive statement through the Twentieth Century-Fox studio following the appearance at the studio of five women claiming Marilyn as their "long-lost daughter."

Said Hollywood's new glamour queen:
"My close friends know that my mother is alive. Unbeknown to me as a child, my mother spent many years as an invalid in a state hospital. I was raised in a series of foster homes arranged by a guardian through the County of Los Angeles and I spent more than a year in the Los Angeles Orphans Home. I haven't known my mother intimately, but since I have become grown and able to help her I have contacted her. I am helping her and want to continue helping her when she needs me."

Hollywood friends of her mother supplied the rest of the story: "When Marilyn was a small child her father was killed in an automobile accident and her mother subsequently suffered a nervous breakdown. A friend of her mother was appointed her legal guardian. Marilyn's mother recovered from her illness in 1945 and lived with her daughter for a short time in 1946. In the same year her mother remarried and became a widow for the second time last week when her husband died following a short illness."

The news that Marilyn's mother is alive in Hollywood came as an eyebrow-lifting suprise because of the extensive studio publicity that Marilyn had never known her mother or her father. But the new star's confession that her twice-widowed mother is in Hollywood and that "I am helping her" came as a relief to the Twentieth Century-Fox legal department, which has been confronted with wild claims by women insisting that Marilyn is their "daughter."

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22 août 2013

Sur le tournage de The Seven Year Itch 4

Sept ans de réflexion
Sur le tournage - scène 4

Marilyn Monroe , Tom Ewell et Billy Wilder sur le plateau de tournage. Avec Natasha Lytess, la coach de Marilyn.
Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell and Billy Wilder on the set. And with Natasha Lytess, the coach of Marilyn.

> Marilyn avec Sidney Skolsky et Billy Wilder

> Tom Ewell

> Photographies de Sam Shaw
Photographs of Sam Shaw

> Marilyn et son maquilleur Whitey Snyder

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13 août 2013

Sur le tournage de The Seven Year Itch 9

Sept ans de réflexion
Sur le tournage - scène 9

Marilyn Monroe sur le plateau de tournage.
Marilyn Monroe on the set.

-Marilyn avec Billy Wilder et Natasha Lytess

> Photographies de Milton Greene

> Photographies de Sam Shaw

-Marilyn avec Sidney Skolsky

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07 juillet 2013

5/11/1954 Photos de The Seven Year Itch scène 11 en studio

Sept ans de réflexion
Photos scène 11 - tournage en studio

Quelques jours après l'annonce de son divorce d'avec Joe DiMaggio à la presse, le 6 octobre 1954, Marilyn Monroe devait encore tourner quelques scènes de "Sept ans de réflexion" dans les studios de la Fox à Hollywood. La scène de la robe blanche qui se soulève, tournée au préalable -le 15 septembre 1954- dans une rue de New York (sur Lexington Avenue), a dû être refaite en studio. En effet, aucune des prises ne fut utilisable à cause non seulement du bruit ambiant, mais aussi du manque de liberté de mouvement dûs à la foule trop nombreuse présente ce jour là; puis parce que le ventilateur utilisé ne produisait pas l'effet désiré.
Marilyn dira au réalisateur Billy Wilder, à propos des plans tournés à New York: "J'éspère que ce n'est pas pour votre collection privée, et que vous n'allez pas le projeter à une soirée entre hommes."

La rue de Lexington Avenue de New York sera reproduite à l'identique dans les studios de la Fox: le cinéma Trans Lux Theatre, ainsi que les vitrines des boutiques. Elle sera la dernière scène tournée, c'est à dire correspondant au dernier jour de tournage, le 5 novembre 1954. Dans la scène du film, Marilyn marche sur une grille d'aération du métro, sa jupe se soulève juste au-dessus de ses genoux et un raccord montre son visage où s'exprime le plaisir ressenti de la fraîcheur reçue par une chaude nuit d'été. Il fallut au préalable couper l'un des trois plans de la séquence originale pour satisfaire au "code Hays" définissant strictement, selon les bonnes moeurs du puritanisme américain, ce qui était convenable à l'écran.

A few days after the announcement of her divorce from Joe DiMaggio to the press, in October 6, 1954, Marilyn Monroe had still shoot some scenes of "The Seven Year Itch" in the Fox studios in Hollywood. The scene of the white dress that raises was shot in September 15, 1954 in a New York street (on Lexington Avenue), but had to be redone in the studio. Indeed, none of the takes were used not only because of the noise, but also of the lack of freedom of movement due to the crowd that day, and because the blower used did not produce the desired effect.
Marilyn says to the director Billy Wilder, about the shots filmed in New York: "I hope that this is not for your private collection, and you're not going to throw a men party."

Street Lexington Avenue in New York will be exactly reproduced in the Fox studios: the cinema Trans Lux Theatre, and the shops' windows. It will be the last scene shot, corresponding to the last day of filming on November, 5, 1954. In the scene of the film, Marilyn walking on a subway ventilation grate lifts her skirt just above her knees and her face shows a connection that expresses the pleasure felt of the coolness received on a warm night of summer. It has to cut one of the three shots of the original sequence to satisfy the "Hays Code" defining strictly which was suitable to the screen.

> Marilyn et Billy Wilder

>> Photographies de Sam Shaw

>> Photographies de Bruno Bernard

> Marilyn et Billy Wilder

> Marilyn et son maquilleur Whitey Snyder

> Marilyn et sa coiffeuse Gladys

> Marilyn avec sa coach Natasha Lytess et sa coiffeuse Gladys

> Marilyn avec sa coach Natasha Lytess

> Marilyn avec Sidney Skolsky

> Les doublures lumières de Marilyn et Tom Ewell

> planches contact

Extraits du journal de Bruno Bernard:
- De retour à Hollywood, Marilyn a été placée sous sédatifs. Je n'ai pas pu la joindre par téléphone ni même franchir le barrage des gens de sa suite. Les jours passent sans réponse de sa part. Entre-temps, on a reconstruit le Trans Lux Theatre et les boutiques de la Lexington Avenue voisines dans les studios de la Fox. Je commence à m'inquiéter, non seulement au sujet d'un rendez-vous plateau pour mon portrait de couverture (pour le magazine Redbook), mais aussi en ce qui concerne l'état de fragilité émotionnelle de Marilyn qui se laisse manipuler par des gens qui en profitent.
- "Désolé, Bernard, pas question de portrait officiel, m'annonce Harry Brand au téléphone, le chef du département publicité. Nous aurons de la chance si nous parvenons à finir le film après-demain. Billy Wilder a ordonné le huis-clos sur le tournage. Mais à la demande de Marilyn et de 'Redbook', vous seriez admis demain sur le plateau." A la fois découragé et encouragé, je me précipitai le jour-dit à la Fox (le 6 octobre 1954), où le gardien me dit que la journée de tournage était annulée. Je téléphonai chez Marilyn et au département publicité, personne ne répondit. Me sentant totalement exclu, je rentrai chez moi en empruntant sans y penser la route de Palm Drive; C'est alors que j'ai aperçu le plus grand rassemblement de journalistes que j'ai vu de toute ma carrière à Hollywood. (...) j'ai couru vers la maison avec mon appareil photo, pour apprendre avec tristresse que Marilyn devait annoncer qu'elle et joe divorcaient.
- Lorsque la lumière verte se mit à clignoter au-dessus du rideau de fer du gigantesque Plateau 3 de la Fox, m'autorisant à pénétrer sur le plateau, je découvris la réplique exacte du Trans Lux Theatre et des vitrines des boutiques voisines. Billy Wilder, cette fois sans son chapeau tyrolien mais son inséparable cravache à la main, donnait à Marilyn quelques directives particulières pour la 35ème prise de la scène de la bouche de métro. (...) Tandis que sa doublure enfilait un long pantalon noir de torero pour éviter de prendre froid, la pauvre Marilyn n'avait rien sur elle, à l'exception de sa fine culotte de soie. Et elle ronronnait pour la 36ème fois:
"N'est-ce pas délicieux ? Quel soulagement !".
"Coupez. On garde celle-là, mais on en fait une de plus pour la forme", ordonna Billy Wilder.
Une fois que Gladys Whitten, la coiffeuse de Marilyn a eu fini de la peigner, Natasha a endossé le rôle d'assistante réalisateur et l'a hypnotisée en articulant chaque syllabe de ses répliques appuyées par des gestes. Marilyn s'est concentrée sur cet aspect hypnotique, comme si elle était en état de transe. Lorsque la caméra s'est mise à tourner, Natasha se tenait à côté d'elle, juste en dehors du cadre, pour apporter son soutien moral à sa marionnette angoissée.
Pendant que la coiffeuse s'occupait de Marilyn, l'étrange aparté du couple disparate que formaient Marilyn et Natasha, l'une soufflant sa réplique à l'autre, ressemblait plus à une répétition d'un spectacle de marionnettes qu'au tournage d'un film. Au fond, c'était du 'théâtre de l'absurde' au sein du monde iréel du cinéma, une scène infiniment plus intéressante à observer que celle du film.
Après que la 39ème prise du plan de la robe volant soit dans la boîte, Billy Wilder, épuisé, complimenta à haute voix Marilyn pour son endurance: "Bien, Marilyn, ne t'inquiète pas. Nous avons gardé celle-là, on en fait juste une de plus pour atteindre la perfection!" (...) Ce n'est qu'à la 40ème prise que le metteur en scène s'écria avec enthousiasme: "Coupez ! On la garde ! C'est la bonne !" (...) Surgissant de derrière la caméra, Natasha se précipita vers Marilyn, l'embrassant de joie, tandis que la star, l'air aussi égaré qu'en enfant abandonné, lui demandait: "Pensez-vous vraiment que la dernière était réussie ? ... Je veux dire, parfaite à la lettre près ? Ou bien...". "Ca ne fait aucun doute pour moi, chérie, assura Natasha, c'était tout à fait cela !" Alors Marilyn sembla émerger de sa transe (...) et je me dépêchai de profiter de ce moment de lucidité pour obtenir une photographie insolite de Marilyn, montrant son sens de l'humour. Lorsque Sid Skolsky fit irruption dans la loge, la complimentant chaleureusement sur son interprétation, je demandai à Marilyn de poser pour moi. Marilyn se jeta aussitôt sur le divan, singeant une "star de cinéma un dimanche".