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Apr 10, 2014 · April 10, 2014 10:00am. Kazan Marilyn Affair - P 2014. Courtesy Everett Collection. This story first appeared in the April 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. In 1955, a defiant...
Apr 10, 2014 · News. General News. Elia Kazan’s Private Letters: Sleeping With Marilyn, Chastising Beatty and Discovering Newman. An excerpt from a new book of the director's correspondence reveals his...
- Her Childhood and Her Mother’s Mental Health Issues
- Her Alleged Affair with Charlie Chaplin, Jr.
- Her Marriage to Joe Dimaggio
- Her Marriage to Arthur Miller
- Her Alleged Pregnancies and Miscarriages
- Her Alleged Affair with John F. Kennedy
- Who Are Whitey and Mr. Shinn?
In the film, Marilyn, or Norma Jeane, as she was known in her childhood, is growing up in Los Angeles. Her earliest memories are of her mother telling her about her absentee father, while showing her a picture of Clark Gable. Her mother, a heavy drinker fixated on being abandoned by Marilyn’s father, shows signs of mental instability, including bei...
Among the more fantastic liberties Blonde takes with Marilyn’s life is the throuple relationship she embarks on with Charlie “Cass” Chaplin Jr. and Edward “Eddy” G. Robinson Jr. Their threesome, which they dub “the Geminis” becomes the scandalous talk of the town, with Marilyn’s talent agent urging her to end it to try and curb bad press. A pregnan...
Blonde follows the rise and fall of many of Monroe’s relationship and marriages. In the film, she meets and falls in love with “The Ex-Athlete,” a character based on the baseball star and Monroe’s ex-husband Joe DiMaggio. Their romance starts with a mutual desire for marriage, children, and a quiet life outside of the spotlight. After they marry, h...
In Blonde, one of the happiest and most idyllic periods of Marilyn’s life is during her romance and eventual marriage to “The Playwright,” a character based on Arthur Miller. In the film, they meet in 1955 when she auditions to perform in one of his plays, while living in New York and attending the Actors’ Studio; the duo bond over a shared love of...
Marilyn is haunted by the memories of her unborn children in Blonde, with the film suggesting that she had an abortion out of fear that her mother’s mental illness was hereditary, while two other pregnancies resulted in miscarriages. There’s no evidence that Monroe ever had an abortion; she had three miscarriagesduring her marriage to Arthur Miller...
One of the most horrific scenes in Blonde occurs when Marilyn is flown out to visit “The President,” who’s recuperating from back surgery. After being unceremoniously dragged through the halls of a hotel by Secret Service agents, she’s shown to the politician in a manner that she likens to “meat to be delivered.” She asks The President, who’s on a ...
In Blonde, two of the more consistent characters in Marilyn’s life are her makeup artist Whitey and her talent agent, Mr. Shinn. Whitey is present for many of Marilyn’s most vulnerable moments in the film, constantly helping her transform from Norma Jeane to her glamorous Marilyn Monroe persona. Unlike many of the other men depicted in the film, he...
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Apr 10, 2014 · He forged his relationship with Brando in both the play and movie, and in this letter to Streetcar producer Charles K. Feldman , Kazan passionately defends the film’s risque scenes against cuts...
Sep 30, 2022 · Director Elia Kazan brought Miller to the set of As Young As You Feel, which Marilyn co-starred in, Vulture reported. At the time, Monroe was rumored to be having an affair with Kazan,...
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Apr 14, 2016 · In 1955 the director of On the Waterfront and Gentleman’s Agreement, Elia Kazan, wrote a letter of confession to his wife, apologizing for having an affair with Marilyn Monroe in 1950, just after her agent Johnny Hyde had passed away. Kazan came across her when she was distraught and sobbing with grief over the loss of her close friend and ...
Feb 24, 2014 · Elia Kazan on Marilyn Monroe: Her Highest Currency. James Grissom. Feb 24, 2014. Interview with Elia KazanConducted by James GrissomNYC1993. Her highest currency was sex. The years of abuse and the years of fame and power had taught her that her sexual attraction and her sexual favors were all that mattered.
