The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe (61 page)

“She was so terrified…”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 99.

“I couldn't see anything…”:
Redbook
, February 1958, p. 96.

“Very deep and…”: Kobal,
People Will Talk
, p. 140.

Marilyn's return to Hollywood: Summers, p. 167.

Dressing room: Dorothy Manning,
Photoplay
, October 1956.

When she finally appeared:
Time
, May 14, 1956.

Lytess problems: Lytess, p. 27.

“It was the last time…”: Lytess, p. 28.

The author was a Lytess student during the difficult years following her dismissal from Fox. Lytess lost her Beverly Hills home in foreclosure in 1957.

“She was begging for…”: int., Slatzer, 1997.

Preparing for Cherie: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 276; Logan,
Movie Stars, Real People, and Me
, pp. 42–55.

Chapter 38

“During the rodeo…”: Summers, p. 153.

Carmen Adams Newcomb: “Who's Who in Washington,” 1938.

Pat Newcomb's educational background is on file with the Mills College Alumni Association, and Pierre Salinger's credientials at Mills are included in the Salinger oral history at the Kennedy Library.

“I shall never forget…”: Salinger,
With Kennedy
, p. 29.

“We arrived in Los Angeles…”: Robert Kennedy,
The Enemy Within
, p. 20.

“At the invitation of…”: int., Daryl Gates, 1996.

Newcomb's dismissal: Summers, p. 154; Allan interview on file at the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1992.

“His weekend visits to the…”: Patten,
Life at the Marmont
, p. 160.

Arthur Miller's stay at Quail Canyon: Goode,
The Story of the Misfits
, p. 17.

“Once a week I…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 378.

“Like a child…”: Guy Trebay,
Interview
, October 1973, p. 21.

“I can't do it…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 379.

“I suddenly saw that…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 380.

Chapter 39

Miller called before HUAC: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 299–303.

“When I opened…”: Miller, pp. 401–404.

Miller and the Committee:
New York Times
, June 22, 1956;
Chicago Tribune
, June 25, 1956.

“You can't let those bastards…”: Summers, p. 158.

that damned communist: int., Lena Pepitone, 1994.

“Have you heard?”: int., Rosten, 1994.

“I believe in everything…”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 112.

Reporters waiting for wedding news: int., Haspiel, 1997; Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, pp. 287–292.

Second thoughts: Spoto, p. 365.

After the Fall
excerpt: pp. 60–61.

“On this day…”: Rosten, p. 37.

Chapter 40

“First of all…”: Logan, p. 50.

“The camera flashes…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 413.

“Cold as a refrigerated…”: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 298.

“By the end…”: Olivier,
Confessions of an Actor
, p. 206.

Leigh's problems: Alexander Walker,
Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh
, pp. 204–217.

“Paula's presence alarmed…”: Olivier, p. 208.

“Marilyn was not used to…”: Ibid., p. 208.

“All you have to do is be sexy…”: Spoto, p. 370; Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 117.

“Her manner to me…”: Olivier,
Confessions
, p. 204.

“My dear, you mustn't concern…”: Colin Clark,
The Prince, the Showgirl and Me
, p. 104.

“Wednesday, 15 August”: Ibid., p. 111.

“She came to believe that…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 418.

“I refused to…”: Olivier, p. 209.

difficult wives: Walker, pp. 208–210.

Miller, Olivier, and Osborne: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 417.

“Sunday, 19 August”: Clark, p. 116.

Sammy Davis, Jr., was: Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Hollywood in a Suitcase
, p. 238.

Jacqueline Kennedy rushed to hospital: C. David Heymann, A
Woman Named Jackie
, pp. 190–191.

The notebook revealed: Bart Mills,
Marilyn on Location
, p. 108; Spoto, p. 371; Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 122.

After the Fall
: Miller, p. 75.

“Monday, 27 August”: Clark, pp. 127, 129.

“Wednesday, 19 September”: Ibid., pp. 146–147.

“Friday, 12 October”: Ibid., p. 172.

Chapter 41

“Soon there was a routine…”: Miller, p. 445.

“Upon their return…”: Rosten, p. 45.

“The survival of…”: Rollynson, p. 138.

“We walked the empty…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 457.

“Marilyn went over…”: int., Haspiel, 1997; Haspiel, p. 146.

“In a bid to…”:
New York Times
, April 12, 1957; int., Robert Montgomery, 1997.

“It seems that Marilyn…”:
Los Angeles Times
, April 12, 1957.

“She gave a star performance…”: Olivier,
Confessions
, p. 213.

“She was ultrasensitive…”:
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, August 5, 1982.

Marianne Kris: Gargan, “Tribute to Marianne Kris,”
New York Times
, December 8, 1980; Kris obituary,
New York Times
, November 25, 1980.

“a crown with a thousand diamonds…”; Miller,
Timebends
, p. 457.

“She lay there beyond sadness…”: Ibid. p. 458.

Chapter 42

“This farmhouse is…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 325.

Lorraine went up in flames: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 326.

“What is it, dear?”: Rosten, p. 46.

“With
The Misfits…
”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 460.

“There is no word to describe…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 333.

After the Fall
: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 78.

“After she was revived…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 333.

“She seemed to be…”: Pepitone, p. 97.

Chapter 43

“Another stupid blonde…”: Pepitone, p. 128.

“Money! All he cares about is…”: Ibid., p. 130.

“I've got a real problem…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 339.

“Should I do my next…”: Rosten, p. 76.

“She had a tremendous sense of…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 342.

“Cut. You still haven't got it…”: Ibid., p. 343.

The author was working at Goldwyn Studios during the production of
Some Like It Hot
, and was on the set during the filming of the flask sequence.

“I never heard such…”:
The Listener
(London), August 30, 1979.

The constant flubs: as observed by author.

“Marilyn was constantly late…”: Spoto, p. 399.

“Well, I think that's…”: Marilyn Monroe to Richard Meryman, July 1962.

“Where's the bourbon?”: I. A. L. Diamond, “The Day Marilyn Needed 47 Takes to Remember to Say, ‘Where's the Bourbon?'”
California
, vol. 10, no. 12, December 1985, pp. 132–135; Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 322.

The bourbon bit was observed by the author on the set.

“Twenty-nine days over…”: Zolotow,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 324.

“I'm eating better…”: Ibid., p. 325.

“I made
him
sick?”: Pepitone, p. 139.

It had been another close call: Rosten, p. 75.

Chapter 44

“The pupil/student had…”: Rosten, p. 79.

“She would read…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 461.

“Marilyn was getting…”: Pepitone, p. 119.

“If she was so…”: Pepitone, p. 132.

“I'm not sure I…”: Gene Tierney,
Self-Portrait
, p. 147.

that big tease: Pepitone, p. 238.

Carl Sandburg and Marilyn Monroe:
Look
, vol. 26, September 11, 1962, pp. 90–94.

Montand and Signoret: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 362.

When Gregory Peck: Ibid., p. 365.

“She was always on time…”: Hutchinson,
Marilyn Monroe
, p. 74.

“If I can realize…”: Georges Belmont,
Marilyn Monroe and the Camera Eye
, p. 21.

At a dinner party: Rosten, p. 55.

Greenson/Kris correspondence: Greenson papers, Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

“According to…Hildi…”: Lucy Freeman,
Why Norma Jean Killed Marilyn Monroe
, p. 1.

Dr. Greenson found: Summers, p. 188; Farber and Green,
Hollywood on the Couch
, p. 93.

“As she becomes more…”: Summers, p. 189.

“My Jesus—My Savior”: Pepitone, p. 206.

Chapter 45

“She still has…”:
Hollywood Citizen-News
, Jan., 20, 1960.

“Next to my husband…”:
Look
, July 5, 1960, p. 96.

“Everything she do is…”: Ibid.

“If I was thinking of…”: Montand, p. 316.

“You know, Cukor's not…”: Ibid., p. 318.

“I would knock…”: Ibid., p. 319.

“I guess it…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 370.

“She's got so…”: Montand, p. 311.

“Such a perpetual orphan…”: Greenson papers, Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

Another Ralph in…: int. Roberts, 1998.

“I'll miss you”: Montand, p. 323.

“He's leaving me with Marilyn…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 371.

“I couldn't help her…”: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 371.

“Montand wasn't the only one…”: int., Rosten, 1994; Summers, p. 185.

“I was touched…”: Montand, p. 327.

Chapter 46

“He was very taken…”: Kessler,
The Sins of the Father
, p. 314.

“Hell, Janet, Jack isn't…”: Ibid., p. 377.

“I got into the…”: Ibid., p. 378.

Sinatra and Giancana: Kitty Kelley,
His Way
, pp. 263–267.

“Frank wanted to be…”: Ibid., p. 265.

“I'm not going to talk about…”: Ibid., p. 269.

“It is a known fact…”: The statement is included in Peter Lawford's FBI file.

Describing the visit: Judith Exner,
My Story
, pp. 80–95.

“I sat next to Teddy…”: Ibid., p. 86.

The West Virginia primaries: Kelley, pp. 270–271; Kessler, pp. 375–376; Hersh,
The Dark Side of Camelot
, pp. 95–101.

the “Marilyn Monroe problem”: Hersh, p. 104.

MM joins the Kennedy bandwagon: Summers, pp. 218–220.

“he was the mastermind…”: Kessler, p. 383.

Pucini's: int., Detective John St. John, 1993.

After the Coliseum: Ibid., p. 211.

“I couldn't get the drift…”: Summers, p. 221.

Chapter 47

Marilyn arrives in Reno: James Goode,
The Story of the Misfits
, p. 19.

Trouble with the wig: int., Guilaroff, 1996.

“Desperately unhappy at…”: Spoto, p. 533.

Rumors quickly spread: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 386.

“She was very late…”: Ibid., p. 380.

“Astonishingly beautiful”: Mclntyre,
Esquire
, March 1961.

“
La femme eternelle
”: Goode, p. 101.

“Why is it that…”: Gregory and Speriglio, p. 134.

Gable's heart condition: Ibid., pp. 134, 135; int., Whitey Snyder, 1994.

Clift's problems: Patricia Bosworth,
Montgomery Clift—A Biography
, p. 315.

Seeds of discord: Guiles,
Legend
, p. 389.

“I told them that…”: Ibid., p. 383.

“I went to Reno…”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 215.

“I can't tolerate this…”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 218.

Circled the flagons: int., Ralph Roberts, 1998.

“Marilyn sat on a…”: Strasberg,
Marilyn and Me
, p. 210.

Sinatra invited Marilyn: int., Ralph Roberts, 1998.

Sinatra's acquisition of Cal-Neva: Kelley, pp. 314–317.

The Kennedys at Cal-Neva: int., Bill Roemer, 1994, 1996; Lawford's FBI file.

“talk to Marilyn Monroe”: Hersh, p. 104.

Marilyn taken to Westside: Goode, p. 124; Summers, p. 194.

“Her incredible resilience…”: Miller,
Timebends
, p. 485.

The last scene at Paramount: Guiles,
Legend
, pp. 391, 392.

Chapter 48

“Mr. President, with a bit…”: Bradlee,
Conversations with Kennedy
, pp. 33, 151; Reeves,
A Question of Character
, p. 214.

Bobby's appointment: Reeves, pp. 225–226.

“What happened was…”: Hersh, p. 104.

Smathers recalled…: Ibid., p. 105.

“If anything untoward…”: Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
, p. 392.

Code name: Summers, p. 287.

Sinatra and Grace Kelly: Sarah Bradford,
Princess Grace
, p. 393.

The imminent divorce…Guiles,
Legend
, p. 396.

“He really wants to…”: Pepitone, p. 180.

“Oh, God, why…”: Ibid., p. 181.

“She was so gentle…”: Ibid., p. 182.