FREE A NIGHT IN WITH MARILYN MONROE PDF Lucy Holliday | 400 pages | 03 Dec 2015 | HarperCollins Publishers | 9780007582266 | English | London, United Kingdom Marilyn Monroe's Last Will: Who Received What? The photographer and the former model hit it off instantly, and when they met again at a party a few days later, the two began discussing a possible partnership. ThroughoutGreene conferred periodically with Marilyn about his partnership proposal. During the production of The Seven Year Itchnegotiations began in earnest, and the company was formed a few weeks later. Marilyn Monroe Productions was established with shares of stock; Marilyn controlled 51 shares, while Greene retained the remaining Marilyn's function was to star in the films selected by the company, A Night in with Marilyn Monroe Greene was to conduct all of the business and pay the bills. Greene; his wife, Amy; his attorneys; and his accountant were all New Yorkers, an apparent reflection of the disdain Marilyn felt at this time for Hollywood and its A Night in with Marilyn Monroe personnel. Zanuck behind. Once again, she refused to appear in a minor musical that Fox had assigned her. And once again, Fox tried to threaten Marilyn by touting Sheree North as her replacement. Fox, eager to prove that the film could be successful without Marilyn Monroe, virtually flaunted the production in her face. Nunnally Johnson, who had penned How to Marry a Millionairewrote the script, while one of Marilyn's favorite cameramen, Milton Krasner, was assigned to be the film's cinematographer. Charles Coburn and Tommy Noonan, two of her costars from Gentlemen Prefer Blondeswere brought in to round out A Night in with Marilyn Monroe cast. But if Fox was convinced it could make a successful Marilyn Monroe film without the genuine article in the starring role, the studio was sadly mistaken. How to Be Very, Very Popular proved very, very unpopular at the box office and garnered only poor to mixed reviews. It remains notable mainly for a wildly exuberant dance number performed by North, and because it was the final film of Betty Grable. Marilyn disavowed her contract with Fox, leaving the legalities of her actions to her lawyers. After the defection of its biggest star, Fox released the following statement: "No one can handle her. No one can give her advice. She has always decided everything for herself. By generating bad publicity about her, Fox was making sure that if it couldn't have Marilyn Monroe, then no other studio would want her. Hollywood columnists delighted in such mudslinging and printed a number of statements released through the Fox publicity department, including one that must have hit a raw nerve with Marilyn. Hedda Hopper printed this statement, supposedly from an "unnamed" Fox stockholder: "It's disgusting. She's had four or five years' training -- enough to produce ten competent actresses -- and she still can't act. Marilyn moved in with the Greenes in their Weston, Connecticut, home, far away A Night in with Marilyn Monroe the machinations of Twentieth Century-Fox. In Januaryat the height of the bad publicity generated by Fox surrounding her A Night in with Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn held a press conference in New York to A Night in with Marilyn Monroe announce A Night in with Marilyn Monroe formation of Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. She complained about the dumb blonde roles she had been assigned at Fox and, after some prompting by reporters, announced she would like to tackle something as challenging as Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The press seized on that comment to ridicule her ambitions, snidely inquiring which of the brothers she wanted to play. She patiently replied that she would like to play Grushenka, the leading female character. Marilyn's remarks about The Brothers Karamazov would be widely misquoted in print over the next few months, with the result probably deliberate of making Marilyn look quite foolish. Reporters questioned whether she could spell "Grushenka," let alone play the role. Over the years, the press had emphasized the sexual A Night in with Marilyn Monroe of Marilyn's image to such a degree that they would not allow her to escape her identity as a sex symbol. When she tried, they ridiculed her. The weeks spent at the Greenes' home proved restful for Marilyn. She could not appear in a film until her contract with Fox was negotiated to her satisfaction or officially terminated. In the meantime, she read, studied, and enjoyed the outdoors. She became close friends with Milton's wife, Amy; this warm relationship was one of the few that Marilyn enjoyed with a woman her own age. Amy Greene -- a former fashion model -- helped Marilyn select a new wardrobe, one more suitable to her new, more mature image, and Marilyn babysat for the Greenes' son, Josh. Since Marilyn was generating no income of her own, Milton Greene paid all of her expenses, including the rent on the Manhattan apartment Marilyn eventually occupied. Greene was dedicated to Marilyn Monroe Productions, even to the point of mortgaging his home to subsidize Marilyn's stay in New York. On April 8,Marilyn appeared on Person to Persona popular television interview program hosted by noted broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow enjoyed a sterling reputation as a newsman, and being selected for Person to Person was both an honor and an ordeal for Marilyn. Murrow asked his questions from the CBS studios, but the program originated live from the guests' homes. Marilyn's interview was conducted out of the Greenes' home, with both Milton and Amy appearing on camera with the glamorous star. Marilyn was petrified by the thought of appearing on live television, but Amy Greene discreetly guided her through the interview. Among other things, Murrow inquired about Marilyn's move to the East Coast, her new production company, and her desire to act in dramatic roles. The program treated her defection from Twentieth Century-Fox as a positive decision, rather than as the impulsive act of a spoiled star. In the next section, find out about Marilyn's romance with playwright Arthur Miller, who she met while living in New York. Prev NEXT. Marilyn Monroe Productions. Marilyn defied Hollywood convention by establishing her own production company at the end of Marilyn's genius as a photographer's model was seldom more apparent than in this Milton Greene session of After turning her back on the machinations of Hollywood, Marilyn based her professional and personal activities in New York. She is seen here with Milton Greene at Idlewild Airport. Marilyn Monroe's Early Life | HowStuffWorks She married her first husband at 16 to avoid going back to the orphanage. They divorced five years later. Her mother spent much of her time in a psychiatric hospital, and becoming institutionalized herself was one of Marilyn's biggest fears. Apparently, she was not the first A Night in with Marilyn Monroe for the California farming community's Artichoke Queen, being relatively unknown at the time, but she was the only one available. Monroe was a surname from her mother's side, while Marilyn came from Broadway star Marilyn Miller. This became her trademark. Due to stress, her stutter also came back in her final year as she shot Something's Got to Give. Sources vary on why Fitzgerald had not been booked thus far: Snopes reported it was actually Fitzgerald's "lack of sex appeal" and not her race as many claimed. However, it's clear that booking the gig was a turning point in Fitzgerald's career. According to costar Murray, she had trouble with her dialogue and had to stop every few A Night in with Marilyn Monroe, leading him to fear the movie would be a disaster. However, when everything was edited together, he was impressed by her performance and said she should have won an Academy Award. Fonda said"She knew she was the most famous woman in the world and the sexiest and most sought after. Twentieth Century Fox was upset and sued her — it took a year to make a nonexclusive deal with them. Historically underpaid, Monroe negotiated for backpay, a higher salary, and approval over scripts, directors, and cinematographer, which was extremely rare in the studio system of the s. Miller and Monroe married four days after the panel. However, the FBI wrote inA Night in with Marilyn Monroe views are very positively and concisely leftist; however, if she is being actively used by the Communist Party, it is not general knowledge among those working with the movement in Los Angeles. In addition, she served as an alternate delegate to the Connecticut's Democratic caucus and reportedly supported both Fidel Castro and the civil rights movement. Even before her marriage to Miller, she was warned to stop A Night in with Marilyn Monroe "radical" books on set, such as the autobiography of muckraker Lincoln Steffens. However, she was soon locked in a padded room and spent a few days struggling to get herself released. Growing desperate, she used a technique she remembered from her first film Don't Bother to Knock pictured abovewhere she played a disturbed babysitter, and threw a chair against a window to break glass, threatening to harm herself if they didn't change their treatment. When her second husband Joe DiMaggio learned of her hospitalization, he rushed to remove her from the ward. She was an avid reader of novels and poetry, with Vanity Fair calling them a "lifeline. She also reportedly took literature classes at UCLA. Conspiracy theories also come from the fact that no pills were found in Monroe's stomach, suggesting the barbiturates were injected.