The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (60 page)

Shortly after he arrived: Albert Kandelin, “The Psychoanalytic Study Group,”
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
, vol. 6, no. 4, February 1970.

Another person who: Greenson's memories of the Study Group are included in his oral history, transcribed among the Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA Library.

Ralph Greenson's background: Farber and Green, pp. 86–90; Greenson Oral History, Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

Brownsville section of Brooklyn: Alter F. Landesman,
Brownsville: The Birth, Development and Raising of a Jewish Community in New York
; Frommer,
Growing Up Jewish in America
.

P.S. 149: archives of the Danny Kaye School.

Hurok and Kate Greenschpoon: S. Hurok,
Impresario
, p. 24; Farber and Green, p. 86; Landesman, p. 344.

“The Red District…”: Landesman, p. 7.

“large Colonial home…”: Greenson oral history; Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

Greenson's attendance at Seth Low: Seth Low archives at the Columbia University Library.

Greenson's studies in Europe: Farber and Green, p. 87; Greenson oral history, Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

Greenson's army experience: Ibid.

“At this time Colonel Murray comes…”: Greenson papers, Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

“She was drawn…”: Murray, p. 7.

Colonel John M. Murray's background: Boston Psychoanalytic Institute Library.

Chapter 24

de Dienes hires Norma Jeane: de Dienes,
Marilyn Mon Amour
, p. 17.

“In one fell swoop…”: Ibid., p. 17.

“She still seemed…”: Snively quoted by Ted Thackrey in
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, August 7, 1962.

Driving off in de Dienes's: de Dienes, p. 51.

The visit with Gladys: Ibid., p. 69.

“She was an hour late”: int., Dougherty, 1997; Dougherty, pp. 86–87.

“She would show me…”: Ibid., p. 89.

“Catalina was wonderful…”: Ibid., p. 96.

Early modeling days: int., Joe Jasqur, 1996; Earl Moran, “A Marilyn for all Seasons,”
Life
, vol. 6, no. 7, 1983.

By February 1946: int., Bebe Goddard, 1993, 1998.

Norma Jeane as blonde: Zolotow, p. 45; Snively interview on Wolper documentary,
Legend
.

Chapter 25

“All actors and actresses…”: Monroe, pp. 39–40.

Harry Lipton and MM: Lipton int. on Wolper documentary,
Legend
.

“Hey, your old lady's divorcing you…”: Dougherty, p. 98; int., Dougherty, 1997.

Young Robert Slatzer: int., Slatzer, 1996.

“What kind of book…”: int., Slatzer, 1996; Slatzer,
The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
, p. 70.

Knocking a name: contained in the Chuck Spalding interview among the Nigel Hamilton papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.

Tierney and JFK: Gene Tierney,
Self-Portrait
, pp. 141–156.

“Making it with the ice-skating…”: Red Fay interview among Nigel Hamilton papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.

“I first met Norma Jeane…”: Robert Stack,
Straight Shooting
, p. 84.

Hughes escaped death: Zolotow, p. 48.

“Howard Hughes is on…”:
Los Angeles Times
, July 29, 1946.

Marilyn Monroe's screen test: Zolotow, p. 49; Monroe, pp. 53–54.

Chapter 26

Marilyn Monroe's early days at Fox: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 85–86; Zolotow, pp. 50–51; int., Whitey Snyder, 1993.

Roy Craft interview: Zolotow, p. 53.

Gladys at Aunt Ana's: Miracle, pp. 67–75.

“I keep telling myself…”: Ibid., p. 68.

Shortly after Berniece: Berniece speaks of a salesman who was a tenant in Aunt Ana's apartment, possibly John Stewart Eley, who was from West Los Angeles.

The visit to Barrymore's: int., Slatzer, 1993, 1997; Slatzer,
The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
,” p. 106. The author was a friend of Hugo Grimaldi, who purchased the Barrymore home at auction in 1946. Grimaldi recounted the visit of Marilyn Monroe and Bob Slatzer to the Barrymore mansion on several occasions.

“One night a bit player…”: Monroe, p. 56.

Feldman knew Joe Kennedy: Blair and Blair,
The Search for J.F.K.
, pp. 505–506. The Blairs' interviews with Feldman's wife, Jean, Betty Spalding, and Red Fay are contained within the Nigel Hamilton papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.

“What do I do to become…”: Brown and Barham,
Marilyn
, p. 20.

Schenck, Bioff, and Rosselli: Rappleye and Becker,
All American Mafioso
, pp. 101–102.

Marilyn and Schenck: Guiles,
Norma Jean
, p. 85.

“The first fame…”: Monroe, p. 61.

“Now just walk up…”: Ibid., p. 54.

“There were a dozen of us…”: Ibid., p. 54.

Chapter 27

Skolsky and the Schwabadero: Shelley Winters,
Shelley
, p. 93; Ezra Goodman,
The Fifty-Year Decline and Fall of Hollywood
, pp. 46–47.

“That's the Actors Lab…”: Winters, p. 93.

The Group Theatre, Hannah Weinstein, and the Arts, Sciences, and Professions Council: Walter Bernstein,
Inside Out
p. 245; Jay Williams,
Stage Left
, pp. 203–219.

“I never knew what…”: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 62.

“All I could think…”: from the Milton Greene papers, folder 16, file 4, p. 19.

“I got called into…”: Monroe, p. 61.

“That's the way you feel…”: Ibid., p. 62.

Rosselli and Joe Kennedy: Rappleye, pp. 96, 202.

Chapter 28

“White Fang”: Goodman, p. 177.

“She was utterly unsure…”: Lytess, unpublished memoir, Special Collections Department, University of Texas, Austin.

Marilyn and Natasha: Zolotow, p. 64.

Much of the background of Natasha Lytess (née Liesl Massary) is drawn from the author's memory as a Lytess student in 1956–1957.

In mid-March: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 131.

Marilyn attends Lower services: int., Goddard, 1993.

“I went and lay down…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 359.

Marilyn and Karger: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 126; Monroe, p. 74; Summers, p. 265.

For Marilyn the Studio Club: Slatzer,
The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
, p. 145; Zolotow, p. 66.

Ladies of the Chorus:
Guiles,
Legend
, p. 136.

Marilyn and Cohn: Monroe, pp. 63–66, p. 291.

Chapter 29

“I lay in bed…”: Monroe, p. 72.

Nana Karger's advice: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 39.

“I sat alone thinking…”: Monroe, p. 75.

“It was while I lay…”: Ibid., p. 76.

Marilyn and Freddy's romance: Summers, p. 42; Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 67.

“I've thought of us getting married…”: Monroe, p. 78.

Freddy's gift: Ibid., pp. 82–83.

The audition for Groucho: Monroe, pp. 80–81.

Chapter 30

Pooled their poverty: int., Slatzer, 1993, 1997.

Tom Kelley's calendar photos: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 143.

“You're going to be a great star…”: Monroe, p. 87.

“There's a part in John Huston's…”: Ibid., p. 88.

“Johnny Hyde brought me…”: Ibid., p. 88.

“It's a nice sensation…”: Ibid., 92.

Another person whose star was: int., Daryl Gates, 1995; int., Vince Carter, 1995.

The Albro story: Carter, pp. 74–76; int., Daryl Gates, 1995; int., Jack Clemmons, 1995.

Chapter 31

“The person I wanted…”: Monroe, p. 107.

“When I passed by…”: Ibid., p. 108.

Marilyn's suicide attempt: Summers, p. 48; Lytess, p. 14.

“From where I stood…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 303.

“Cohn could hardly…”: Ibid., p. 304.

“her hair hung down…”: Ibid., p. 307.

“In the 1950s…”: Victor Navasky,
Naming Names
, pp. 200–207.

When John and Eunice Murray: int., Jefferies, 1993.

While Dr. Greenson: archives of the Los Angeles Communist Party; int. Dorothy Healy, 1993.

“Jews were embracing…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 313.

“in strangely meandering…”: Ibid., p. 328.

“There was no hiding…”: Monroe, p. 109.

Marilyn and Chekhov: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 185–187.

Marilyn tracked down her father: Ibid., p. 183; Summers's transcripts of interviews with Gifford's family, 1989.

Chapter 32

Clash By Night:
Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, pp. 112–115.

Harry Brand and the calendar: Slatzer,
Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe
. pp. 210–211.

“Success came to me in…”: Monroe, p. 115.

“Miss Monroe, this is Joe DiMaggio…”: Monroe, p. 126.

“Would you mind…”: Ibid., p. 128.

“Dear Dr. Rabwin…”: from the archives of a private collector.

Whitey's promise: int., Snyder, 1993.

she called Slatzer: int., Slatzer, 1995; Summers, p. 88.

“Voice of Broadway,”
New York Journal-American
, September 12, 1952; the fact that Kilgallen cleared Slatzer's column with Marilyn was confirmed by a Kilgallen aide, Eddie Jaffe, in a 1996 interview.

In a taped video interview made in 1972, Noble Chissell describes his participation in the wedding ceremony; int., Slatzer, 1995.

“It was pure chance…”: Summers, p. 77.

On the way back from: int., Slatzer, 1996.

“I remember very well…”: Summers, p. 76.

“I was making more…”: Monroe, p. 116.

How to Marry a Millionaire
: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 221–224; Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, pp. 176–185.

Conflicts with Preminger: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, pp. 186–191.

“I wonder if I can take…”: Monroe, pp. 136–138.

Chapter 33

The honeymoon: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 237–239.

“We took a helicopter”: Monroe, pp. 142–143.

The injury: Summers, p. 111;
Los Angeles Times
, January 30, 1954.

“Sidney, do you know who…”: Skolsky,
Don't Get Me Wrong
, p. 213.

The DiMaggios and the Kennedys: Summers, pp. 215–216; Slatzer,
The Marilyn Files
, pp. 28–29.

When Jack Kennedy was hospitalized: Summers, p. 215.

neighbors at the St. Regis: Summers, p. 103; Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 214.

News of separation:
Los Angeles Times
, October 4 and 5, 1954.

Itch
party:
Hollywood Citizen-News
, November 9, 1954;
Life
, November 29, 1954.

Marilyn and Milton Greene: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 231, 232, 259, 260.

Chapter 34

“This sad and bitter child…”: Monroe, p. 31.

“She finally did come out”: Kotsilibas-Davis,
Milton's Marilyn
, p. 40.

Edward R. Murrow:
Person to Person
, April 8, 1955.

“We will go into…”:
New York Times
, January 8, 1955.

The move to the Gladstone: James Haspiel,
Marilyn: The Ultimate Look at the Legend
, p. 47.

“Now they reach my…”: Rosten, pp. 11–12.

“Oh, yes, there is something…”: Truman Capote,
Music For Chameleons
, p. 227.

Actors Studio and Strasberg: Adams,
Imperfect Genius
, pp. 254–279; Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 265; Summers, p. 129.

“I no longer knew…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 356.

Chapter 35

Celebrity Circus: int., Jimmy Haspiel, 1995; Haspiel, p. 54.

“She was a…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 359.

Marilyn Monroe's FBI file clearly indicates that she and Arthur Miller were put under surveillance in 1955.

“Easily the most curious…”: int., Haspiel, 1996.

Brando, Rosenfeld, and Karger: Summers, pp. 142–143.

“I saw Marilyn…”: Summers, p. 223.

“It's me…”: Rosten, pp. 27–28.

Chapter 36

The background of Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio: Cindy Adams,
Lee Strasberg: The Imperfect Genius of the Actors Studio
; Kazan,
A Life
.

“This tousled piece…”: Summers, p. 130.

Marilyn chose “I'll Get By”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 83.

Marilyn and Hohenberg: int., Haspiel, 1995; Spoto, p. 384.

“Don't talk to me…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 268.

“With her open…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 326.

Seven Year Itch
premiere: int., Haspiel, 1995.

“We're just good friends…”:
New York Journal-American
, June 2, 1955.

Marilyn's victory over Fox: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 266.

“Miller was in love…”: int., Rosten, 1994.

“Saw Marilyn M. and…”: Gerald Clarke,
A Biography—Capote
, p. 269.

Chapter 37

The press conference:
Time
, vol. 67, no. 8, February 20, 1956, p. 94; Summers, p. 146.

Anna Christie
: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 270; Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 99.