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Posted by: LasseK May 29 2006, 04:58 PM

Hi all,

I hope this topic will be useful.

I've found two interesting early gems to start off with.
Both of them may - publicity wise - be related to the early baby-sitting pictures.
The one with a photo gives a hint about the shooting date.
As you can see, she's got the early 1946 white bikini on, the one she used for many 1946 sessions.
1) From The Daily Register, Harrisburg, Illinois, Thursday, January 30, 1947
2) From Hayward Review Hayward California Friday, January 31, 1947

Posted by: LasseK May 30 2006, 02:54 PM

Thanks, Harald. Yes, I think so too.
I will have a number of more items to add as I have time to upload it.

For now I have the following from
Reno Evening Gazette, Nevada, Monday, February 03, 1947

It's nice to get another hint at an approximate date of this shoot, of which a few pictures have been around.
I also might add that this, as well as the previous clippings, were sent by news services to many news papers around the U.S. and they'd publish them depending on what else they might have had to fill the paper for the day.

You can also see that they cut her age by two years.

Sorry about the quality. I've tried to make them a little more pleasing for the screen than was the original scan.



Thanks,
Lasse

Posted by: Amber Nichols May 30 2006, 04:34 PM

Thanks!!!

Posted by: linkeando May 30 2006, 06:20 PM

great information!!!!!! thanx

Posted by: LasseK May 30 2006, 09:23 PM

Thank you, all.

Here's another picture, in yet another setting, from where we have a number of shots, including the one used here.

From Edwardsville Intelligencer, Illinois Saturday, April 05, 1947

Thanks,
Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 31 2006, 09:16 PM

Hi again,

I'm adding two more from spring 1947.

The first one from

Daily Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina Thursday, April 10, 1947,

and the second from

The Capital, Annapolis, Maryland, Wednesday, May 28, 1947.

I believe it was in February 1947 she did her first part in Scudda-Scudda Hay.

While in the previous clippings she was announced as someone who just got a contract, you'll note that in these notes she is announced as an "actress" and a "film player".

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 2 2006, 06:48 PM

Marilyn is being noted by film columnist Louella Parsons.

The follwing two gossip notes name a couple of Marilyn dates and places she's been seen at.
Personally I don't know about either men, but maybe someone else has heard about them?

From

1) The Bradford Era, Pennsylvania Saturday, August 02, 1947

2) The Middletown Times Herald, New York, Wednesday, September 24, 1947

Posted by: LasseK Jun 2 2006, 08:00 PM

Now on to Spring 1948.
Marilyn's 20th Century Fox contract was dropped late Summer 1947.
In March 1948 however, she was offered a contract with Columbia. It has been said that movie mogul Joe Schenk may have had a hand in this.
Marilyn will do a part in Ladies of the Chorus, only to soon be dropped by Columbia too.
It was at this time, March 1948 that Marilyn first met drama coach Natasha Lytess, and also musical director Fred Karger.

1) Middletown Times Herald, New York, Saturday, March 13, 1948.
2) San Mateo Times, California, Wednesday, April 28, 1948.
3) Daily Times-News, Burlington, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 11 1948.

Hope you find them interesting,
Lasse

Posted by: linkeando Jun 3 2006, 03:10 PM

really very interesting, i gathering all this information, thanx!

Posted by: meganmarilyn Jun 3 2006, 04:23 PM

The 'Daily Variety' announcing Jane Ball and Norma Jeane Dougherty signed to new contracts by 20th-Fox...September 5th, 1946.


I also found some info on the other actress who was mentioned, Jane Ball.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1274566/

"Pretty, fragile-looking "All-American" blonde actress briefly at 20th Century-Fox during WWII. She made only three films.

A chorus girl, she gave up her career to marry her "boss," New York's Copacabana nightclub impresario Monte Proser. They had five children starting in 1946: Charles, William, Michael, Timothy and Jaqmes. Proser died at age 69 in 1973.

After retiring from films, she became a nurse."

Posted by: meganmarilyn Jun 3 2006, 04:48 PM

LasseK, those clippings are simply amazing! Thanx you so much!

Wow, where did you find them? Did you get them from ebay or scan them from books or the newspaper themselves, etc? So cool!

Posted by: Ileana Jun 3 2006, 07:11 PM

Lasse and Megan, amazing rare gems!!!

Posted by: jily Jun 4 2006, 07:17 AM

thanks for sharing - interesting read


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jilly

Posted by: LasseK Jun 4 2006, 05:28 PM

Hi again,

Let's go back to 1947 a while, since I ran into a few other ones from then.

First there is a variation on the "bustle" picture with some added interesting information on the suit.
That's from Long Beach Independent, April 03, 1947.

(As you may have noticed I have included info on news paper and date in the file names.)

Secondly there is this article, where 1) MM is referred to regarding her "baby sitting" and 2) we get another approximate date for another shoot, from which we have already a number of pictures around.
This is from Nevada State Journal, Reno, July 13, 1947.


I will get back to you later on the source for these articles.

Enjoy,
Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 5 2006, 02:55 PM

Hi again,

Allright, fast forward to Summer of 1948.
MM has already started shooting Ladies of the Chorus.
The following two pictures are publicity shots for her during LotC.

The first one comes with some new and funny information about the picture. It says she's wearing a "metallic" bathing suit.. :-)

1) San Mateo Times, California, June 24 1948.

The second picture was probably shot at the set of LotC - she's wearing the same clothes as in one scene of the film.

2) Bridgeport Telegram, Connecticut, July 07 1948.


You guys want more stuff like this?

Thanks,
Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jun 6 2006, 01:20 AM

Wondeful stuff Lasse !! Thanks a lot for sharing !!

Posted by: LasseK Jun 6 2006, 07:11 PM

[quote name='Harald Haefker' date='Jun 5 2006, 03:00 PM' post='106565']
YES PLEASE!!!
DO NOT STOP!!!!

Just what I thought. But I just wanted to hear it.... :-)


I am amazed ....

Me too.


Also thanks to Suus.

Alright.
We're at late Summer and early Fall of 1948. Ladies of the Chorus has not yet been released - that'll be late October.

1) First I've got this Columbia Pictures publicity shot - For Ladies of the Chorus - which was published along with an article on how to properly exercise your body. Photographer is Cronenweth.
It's from Long Beach Press-Telegram, California, Aug 30, 1948

2) Next one is also a publicity shot for "Ladies...", along with an article on skin care, by the same writer who wrote on exercise in the first photo.
This was a month later - Long Beach Press-Telegram, California, Sept 23, 1948.


Enjoy,
Lasse

Posted by: Tara Jun 10 2006, 10:01 PM

This was originally posted by Geenie on the Forever Marilyn group. The article is from the New York World-Telegram, Monday, August 6, 1962. Main headline reads 'MM: Accident Or Suicide?'

Posted by: Tara Jun 11 2006, 11:28 AM

Another article from the same newspaper.

Posted by: LasseK Jun 11 2006, 11:52 AM

I continue with another 1948 article which puts another well known shoot in perspective.
This is from Long Beach Press-Telegram, California, Friday, November 05, 1948.
At this time Marilyn had been dropped by Columbia after a six month contract and she was again struggling.
"Scudda Ho, Scudda Hay" had been released in Spring and "Ladies of the Chorus" shortly before this shoot.

Stay tuned for some more from the late 40s,
Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 11 2006, 12:46 PM

Ok, now we're in the Summer of 1949.
Marilyn has done her part in "Love Happy" and she and the studio is taking the opportunity to heavily promote her and the picture although her part is very small.
She has also recently, end of May, done the nude calendar shoot, which not yet but in a couple of years, will emerge and make a part of the now eternal Marilyn Monroe legend.

I add a piecee from Nebraska State Journal, Wednesday, June 08, 1949.
As you can see, we get another hint for an approximate date for yet another photo shoot.

I also include two small notes about Marilyn visiting New York in June (publishing dates in file names), by Earl Wilson and Walter Winchell, just to get a confirmation on rough dates for her visit.


Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 14 2006, 06:32 PM

This is a real gem to me.

Late July 1949. Marilyn is in New York on a Love Happy promotion tour/visit.
Media is alerted on her presence and availability. She also does some bathing suit shoots.
The following is, as far as I know, her first interview, done by Earl Wilson, where she by the publicity department is being announced as "The Mmmm Girl".

Enjoy,
Lasse

Posted by: linkeando Jun 16 2006, 11:08 PM

sorry... what´s "The big town", NYC?

Posted by: Paju Aug 13 2006, 03:50 PM

I think "The Big Town" is New York.

Posted by: linkeando Aug 15 2006, 01:55 PM

oh my god, i´m so stupid!!!!!! thanx

Posted by: LasseK Sep 22 2006, 12:29 PM

Hi again.

Sorry it has taken a while to get back to these early newspaper items.

Anyway, I continue with a few 1949 items, which partly will look familiar to you.

(I might add that the date and other info is included in the file name, which you will notice when you save the articles/pictures.)

1) The first one is from August 17 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, llinois.
I believe the picture was taken by the legendary photographer WeeGee at the Jones Beach, Long Island in June or July 1949 and it was also published in color in the Roto Magazine and in Sunday Times.

2) The second is the perhaps familiar Kyron ad. I have seen it published even in 1950, but this is the earliest date of publication that I have encountered, August 24 1949.
I believe the picture was taken by Laszlo Willinger, who shot quite a number of pictures of Marilyn in late 1940s.


3) The third one is a cute excerpt from a Louella Parsons column October 28 1949.
Marilyn has done her test for director John Huston for the part in Asphalt Jungle and got the part. Maybe they have already started shooting the picture.
Marilyn now has started her relationship with agent Johnny Hyde, who is doing everything he can to help her really get started. It seems that Marilyn feels this part is very important and it will indeed prove to be her first real break, even if it will take another year before she starts to get bigger parts.
Anyway Marilyn immediately calls Louella to hell her how much it means to her and what she feels about it.
Rather touching.


Hope you enjoy these early findings as much as I have done in finding them.

I also take the opportunity to thank Roksana, and also Suusmarie for the great, great magazine scans that you have sent to us.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Sep 23 2006, 01:56 AM

Thanks so much Lasse !!

Suus

Posted by: LasseK Sep 23 2006, 11:44 AM

I'll now briefly jump forward to 1952 with a bit of a "MM scoop" regarding a subject that keeps coming back in various threads.

Most of you have read or heard about Robert "Bob" Slatzer and many also hold strong opinions on this controversial person.

Since I prepared and uploaded the following two newspaper articles in another forum, I also add them here for you to read.

These are the original articles about Slatzer when he first appears in relation to MM. They have often been referred to, but as far as I know, they haven't been available on the net before.

1) Article from 1 September 1952, where Dorothy Kilgallen mentions Slatzer. (He had met MM and got his picture taken with her on the set of Niagara in June 1952)

2) The Kilgallen column of September 19 1952 where Slatzer sits in for Kilgallen, in which Slatzer talks about his meetings with MM.


These columns were syndicated and published in hundreds of newspapers all over the U.S.A.. There may have been earlier publications than those here submitted.

Have fun (or however you want to put it...)
Lasse

Posted by: Nina Sep 23 2006, 09:53 PM

Lasse, I wanna thank you for sharing all these wonderful clippings - they're great

for that

Posted by: LasseK Oct 3 2006, 08:44 PM

Time again to give something in return for everything that has been offered me on this board.

1) I return briefly to late 1949 with some notes by Kilgallen November 26 1949 on Johnny Hyde and Marilyn at Ciro's. Maybe they were leaving and he'd lost her in the crowd.

2) Now on to spring of 1950.
Marilyn, now sharing a house with Johnny Hyde, has already done her parts in Fireball, Right Cross and is right about to start shooting All About Eve. Love Happy is already running and Ticket To Tomahawk is about to premiere.
However, more important is the upcoming premiere of Asphalt Jungle. Louella Parsons has already seen a preview, I take it. These are her first notes about Marilyn after seeing it.
April 17 1950:


3) A combined advertisment and publicity for Ticket To Tomahawk on April 30 shows Marilyn in the same white dress she often wore during 1949.


4) Also film writer Bob Thomas is impressed by Marilyn's brief performance in Asphalt Jungle in this May 19th report.


(For a visual companion to these reports you may want to check your Earl Leaf folder of his shots of Marilyn in Hyde's garden. I have a date of May 17th for those. I also believe Beerman may have shot some bikini pictures of her about a week later, and not much later than that should Beauchamp's shoot be dated, I think.)

(As usual the dates are included in file names.)

Hope you like these early examples of how "Marilyn Monroe" gets noticed in the media to soon become the biggest new thing in the movie business.
If you have any comments or corrections to my information, please tell me.

I'll be back soon.

Enjoy,
Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Oct 5 2006, 11:12 PM

Hi again.
We're still in 1950, late spring and summer.
Here are a number of MM articles which will give you a picture of what the early press attention of Marilyn looked like.

1) An example of how Marilyn Monroe now has become an attraction to sell "Love Happy".
The picture used here I believe was shot in 1949 and the first lines are taken from the Earl Wilson interview with MM in July 1949.
This is from Daily Independent Journal, San Rafael, California on May 20th, 1950.

2) This is a typical example of how MM was widely used in promotion of Asphalt Jungle, although her part was such a small one.
From Post Standard, Syracuse, NY on June 11, 1950.

3) Louella Parsons (who by the way is around 70 years old and was around even during the silent film era and has seen and met them all - Harlow, Mae West, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford etc.), became an early supporter of MM. Here she reports that MM is planned by the studio to play in "Cold Shoulder". (There are a few pictures of MM doing a test for this film, but as far as I know, the film was shelved. Marilyn starts getting compared to big star Lana Turner.)
As we saw in an earlier Parsons column, she again touches upon the orphan aspect of Marilyns background, and soon this will become an integral part of her legend, as the press more and more brings it up.
From Charleston Gazette, West Virginia July 18, 1950.

4) The following is, alas, only the first part of a feature on MM. But still you get a picture of how MM is entering into a new phase of media attention, where attention also is turned to her personal background (along with another Lana Turner-connection.)
This is from the August 13, 1950 Long Beach Press-Telegram, California.


Hope you like it.

Lasse

Posted by: Nettie Oct 6 2006, 01:03 AM

Lasse
I just discovered this thread. Wow, great info you found. I always heard that this Slatzer guy probably never really knew Marilyn, let alone marry her in Mexico, as he said. But I see he at least knew her indeed. Thanks so much. I'll be looking forward to more stuff from ya.

Posted by: suusmarie Oct 6 2006, 01:48 AM

Wonderful ! Thanks !

Posted by: meganmarilyn Oct 6 2006, 05:44 AM

All this proves is what we already knew. That he was a writer, or here called a literary critic of Columus, Ohio. Of course his fellow critic and I am sure friend, Dorothy Kilgallen would report what he says without any depth research if the facts are true or not. She says he has been romancing her by phone and mail, and sending her gifts. Uh, so what. Marilyn had many, and I can't even fathom, the amount of mail or phone calls she would have recieved from admirers or people she may have met briefly, them being infactuated with her. Slatzer says he met Marilyn in 1947 when she was 19. He can't even get her age right. She was 21 in June of 1947. So he again is on assignment for his column or his editor, and goes to Niagara to get a story on Marilyn. Like hundreds of other would be journalists at the time. Maybe he did meet her briefly in 1947. Maybe he tried to get to know her better on the set of Niagara. Marilyn at that time was seeing Joe Dimaggio and I am sure Slatzer was in line behind thousands of other men wanting to get her attention. I think people get too caught up with whoever is in a photograph with Marilyn or who Marilyn may have met at a certain time in her career. She was a celebrity, one of the nations most popular pinup girls, and a big star. She was kind to everyone and every request. But Slatzer claiming he knew her intimately, yet has no pictures or documention proving otherwise (except for the Niagara pics). I view Slatzer as just another stalker who tried everything to get her attention. And failed.

Posted by: meganmarilyn Oct 6 2006, 11:04 AM

I am trying to find more info about Marilyn's screen test for the unfilmed movie 'Cold Shoulder', mentioned in one of the newspaper clippings. Well, this website has it taken place on December 10, 1950. This photo to me looks like the screen test Marilyn had with Fox which got her a new contract. Your thoughts?

Hyde continued to call in favors until his weak heart began to give out. He arranged a screen test at Fox for a movie called Cold Shoulder.
http://www.marilynmonroe.ca/camera/collection/check/index.html

Screen test on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4LOP8wmmog

Posted by: LasseK Oct 6 2006, 08:34 PM

I continue with the summer of 1950.
As we saw in a previous articles, Marilyn's performance in her very small part in Asphalt Jungle, turned the eyes of the moviemakers as well as the moviewatchers wide open. The press turn their attention to her person and her background.
The following article must have meant a lot to both Marilyn and Johnny Hyde, since - I belive - The Los Angeles Time was a rather big newspaper. (By the way, it mentions that Marilyn already has done a test for the Cold Shoulder (later shelved) film.)
1) From Los Angeles Times August 28 1950.

2) The second small piece is very interesting, in that it already mentions and discusses "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" two years ahead of its production, and with only MM:s brief performance in Asphalt Jungle to go by.
Sitting in for Parsons is one Manners (sorry I don't recall her first name), who speculates on Marilyn doing a part in the film project. (One may recall, that at this time Betty Grable was and for more than a decade had been a great star as well as a legendary pin-up girl since WWII.) Marilyn was a completely new name.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes had been running as a successfull play on Broadway for some time, and there had also been talk of a movie version for some time.
From Lowell Sun, Massachusetts September 9, 1950.


Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Oct 8 2006, 02:31 PM

Fall of 1950

1) One early example of the many titles Marilyn was appointed to by various military units.
(To what degree these titles origines from initiatives by the Fox publicity department I don't know.)
From Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1950.

2) The follwing is interesting as evidence of how far back MM:s aquaintance with Peter Lawford goes.
By Sheilah Graham, Monessen Daily Independent, Pennsylvania October, 12, 1950.


3) The tragedy is closing in. This is the first public note about Hyde's illness. Here Louella Parsons - an old friend of Hyde's and a new friend of Marilyn's - refers to it as the flu, although no doubt most people knew better.
By L Parsons, Modesto Bee And News-Herald, California, November 7, 1950.


4) What should have been a source of pure joy to both Johnny and Marilyn - the much publicized premier of All Abou Eve - probably gets overshadowed by worries about Hyde's poor condition.
Film ad, Post-Standard, The Syracuse, NY, November 7, 1950.


Lasse

Posted by: linkeando Oct 8 2006, 03:36 PM

Thanks to these articles I get useful information, thanks very much

Posted by: LasseK Oct 8 2006, 07:36 PM

I continue with some late 1950 articles which among other things reports on how Marilyn's relationship with Johnny Hyde is coming nearer it's sad ending.

1) First an interesting small piece, which besides info on Hyde's condition, also mentions another bit of information that touches upon the discussion about possible MM surgeries to her face.
By Harrison Carroll, The Bradford Era, Pennsylvania November 20, 1950.

2) It's easy to think that Marilyn's expression reflects her concern about Johnny Hyde.
From Herald Press, Saint Joseph, Michigan November 20, 1950.


3) No comments needed.
By Louella Parsons, Modesto Bee And News-Herald, California, November 24, 1950.


4) There have been some discussions about MM and the premiere of All about Eve.
This is a story that Jimmie Fidler tells in Joplin Globe, Missouri, November 25, 1950.


Till later,
Lasse

Posted by: Ileana Oct 17 2006, 02:29 PM

Various from L.A. Times

Posted by: Brigitte Oct 17 2006, 07:08 PM

Those are all Wonderful! I love the article on MM's excersise routine and how every woman should "feel" beautiful and not try to be something your not. I really believe that myself and it works!

Posted by: suusmarie Oct 18 2006, 02:15 AM

Wonderful ! Thanks !

Posted by: LasseK Oct 21 2006, 04:16 PM

I am uploading the following items which bring 1950 to a close. Also we can here see the sad ending of Marilyn and Johnny Hyde's relationship (unless you want to see it continued in her memory of it).

1) From "The Manhattan seen", Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas by L.L. Stevenson, November 25, 1950.
If the Hearthside - as the byline "Manhattan seen" indicates - is in New York, it seems that Marilyn recently visited there.

2) From December 6, 1950 by Frank Morris, Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba.
Another note on the Lana Turner theme.


3) Since I noticed that this photo was shot on this date, I add it just to give these notes a face, so to speak, although it's not a newspaper article.
Costume test, As Young As You Feel, December 14, 1950.



And, on the death of Johnny Hyde:

4) From December 19, 1950, Long Beach Press-Telegram, California, Tuesday.


5) From December 20, 1950, Independent Record, Helena, Montana, Wednesday.


Lasse

Posted by: Ileana Oct 21 2006, 04:23 PM

Thank you, Lasse, great finds! I've always wondered how her relationship with Hyde would have progressed had he lived longer....

Posted by: Ileana Oct 24 2006, 12:49 PM

More from L.A. Times

Posted by: Lacrymosa May 27 2007, 05:38 PM

From a french newspaper (Le Journal du Dimanche), september 2006.

Posted by: louie_gee_gee Apr 22 2008, 09:51 PM

Some really interesting articles - thanks everyone!

I recently found this front page Daily Mirror story from 8th August 1962 and thought you might be interested.

(Sorry about the watermark - I don't know how to get rid of it!)

Posted by: LasseK May 20 2008, 07:45 PM

Hi all. For so long I've meant to continue to post more newspaper items, but haven't got around to it.

Here's a first one for this new round, a little gem I found.

We're back in 1947. You may recognize the picture and you may know the photographer. Anyway here we get an approximate date for the shoot.

This was published April 10 1947 in Daily News. The photographer Nat Dallinger had this photo page feature "Inside Hollywood" where he'd show pictures of Hollywood stars.

Tell me I'm good, and I will post some more... :-)

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 20 2008, 08:07 PM

Filling out with a few more from 1947. I'll let the clipppings speak for themselves.

You will find the publishing date and name of the newspaper in the file name as you save it.
For instance "470929 by Harrison Carroll, Evening Independent" means that it was published 29 September 1947, written by Harrison Carroll and published in the Evening Independent.

I'm using this chronological system for my Marilyn archives and it works well for me. When you save the files into a folder they will neatly arrange themselves in chronological order.

Here we go.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 20 2008, 08:32 PM

Here are some additional clippings from 1948.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 20 2008, 08:53 PM

Filling out with additional 1949 clippings.

First one is interesting. Does it have anything to do with the picture of MM with Kirkwood, which has been discussed but, as far as I know, not been pinned to a date?

Lasse

Posted by: magda24 May 20 2008, 08:58 PM

Thanks, Lasse!Interesting!

Posted by: LasseK May 20 2008, 09:24 PM

Here we go with some new ones from 1950 since last.

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Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 22 2008, 07:41 PM

Thanks Magda!And thank you too for your many contributions. They are much appreciated.LasseHi Harald!Nice to hear from you.Thanks,Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 24 2008, 09:48 PM

I continue now with clippings in chronologial order.

These are clippings from January 1951.

Dates, newspapers and (if available) writers/columnists in file names.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie May 25 2008, 01:40 AM

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Posted by: LasseK May 25 2008, 01:32 PM

These are from February 1951.

There seems to be a problem if you want to post a reply immediately after a previous post of your own. The reply with it's attachments gets tangled up in the previous post and attachments.

So if you'd post a brief reply in between, just like Suus did above - thanks Suus - it will allow me to continue posting more in this thread. Not sure how soon though.

Thanks,
Lasse

Posted by: Kowalczyk May 25 2008, 01:34 PM

I'll do it for you!

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Posted by: LasseK May 27 2008, 09:45 PM

Thank you Angela!

These are from March and April 1951.

Lasse

Posted by: dwane May 27 2008, 10:15 PM

i love that quote "we who are pinned down salute you who are pinned up."

thanks for sharing these!

Posted by: LasseK May 27 2008, 10:53 PM

Thanks Dwane.

These are from May 1951.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 31 2008, 09:23 AM

These are from June 1951.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 2 2008, 01:57 PM

Thanks Harald.

These are from July 1951.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jun 3 2008, 12:49 AM

You spoil us Lasse, I love it !

Posted by: LasseK Jun 3 2008, 02:09 PM

Thank you Suus, I'm glad you do, since you've been feeding us with such a lot of Monroe stuff for such a long time.

These are from August 1951.

I've added these four left overs from August 1951.



Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 4 2008, 11:04 AM

Thanks Harald.

These are from September 1951.

I also added four more to August 1951 above.

Lasse

Posted by: dwane Jun 9 2008, 07:42 PM

lasse, do you actually have all these newspapers or do you find them on the internet?

i love them BTW

Posted by: LasseK Jun 10 2008, 03:04 PM

Yes,, Harald, there's a lot more. I was just waiting for someone to add another post between my previous and my next one, since I've had new posts directly following a previous one of mine getting messed up with the previous one and having to delete and redo etc.. And yes, I like them too. Thanks.

No, Dwane, I don't own these newspapers. They have been found and collected on the internet. It has taken me quite a while to find them. Yes, they are indeed interesting and provide a lot of useful snippets and pieces to this giant jig-saw puzzle of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe. Thanks.

These are from October 1951.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 11 2008, 02:18 PM

Thanks Harald. I agree.

These are from November 1951.

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Lasse

Posted by: meganmarilyn Jun 11 2008, 07:20 PM

Amazing job Lasse. We love it!

Posted by: LasseK Jun 11 2008, 10:39 PM

Thank you Megan!

These are from December 1951. Part I.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jun 12 2008, 01:20 AM

Indeed it does
Thanks again Lasse!

Haha, I just read that 20thCF originally wanted the 'Don't bother to Knock' movie to be named 'Night without Sleep'. A much better title imo but to provocative for the studio it seems as it can mean many things . It would have been funny, seeing 'Night without Sleep with Marilyn Monroe' as the movie marque !

Posted by: LasseK Jun 16 2008, 07:45 PM

Thanks Suus.
These are from December 1951. Part II.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 16 2008, 08:46 PM

Thanks Harald.

These are from January 1952.

You may notice that the calendar with the Kelley nude picture of Marilyn was commented on as early as in January, by Parsons.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 16 2008, 09:23 PM

Thanks Harald. I didn't understand what you meant by "steady" though, although I guess you meant something positive by it.

These are from February 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jun 18 2008, 05:22 PM

Ah, yes of course - "steady things". Yes, there has been quite a few of those. At least "things".
Thanks, Harald.

These are from March 1952. Part I.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jun 19 2008, 01:33 AM

Lasse it's too much ! Great stuff !

Posted by: LasseK Jun 22 2008, 02:40 PM

Thank you Suus, really glad you appreciate it that much.

These are from March 1952. Part II.

Lasse

Posted by: Lacrymosa Jun 26 2008, 08:49 AM

Thank you Lasse !

Posted by: LasseK Jun 27 2008, 10:50 PM

Thanks Anaïs.
These are from April 1952. Part I.

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It seems that Marilyn's appearance at the (military) Camp Pendleton, from which we still await pictures to surface, took place on Sunday, April 6, 1952.

Also, the "calendar incident", when Marilyn and Travilla visited a show by jazz singer Billie Holiday at the Tiffany Club, seems to have happened in early April, maybe during the second week, 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: SusenSkellington Apr 24 2009, 10:53 AM

Sorry it's not complete

Posted by: Lacrymosa Apr 29 2009, 04:07 PM

I was just wondering if you had more Lasse ? I love all these articles...

Posted by: LasseK May 1 2009, 11:39 AM

Hi Anais,

Thanks for asking.

Yes, I do have (lots) more and have had, or still have the intention to post more. It's just that it takes a lot of time to get it together.

I will try to make me some time to post more, but can't say how soon right now.

Yes, they do ad a lot to the understanding of the Marilyn Monroe phenomena.

Lasse

Posted by: Lacrymosa May 1 2009, 12:22 PM

Ok, thank you take your time !
And by the way, did you find them online or are they scans you made from newspapers that you own ?

Posted by: jennie2000 May 1 2009, 12:49 PM

I think LasseK used to be a journalist and has access to these things.
Lucky man

Posted by: LasseK May 1 2009, 05:42 PM

I've found them online at a site anyone really can get access or subscribe to. (It takes some work to retrieve the Marilyn articles though.) It's just that I, for certain reasons, have been and am hesitant in advertising it in direct connection with my posting of them.I think that I, in passing, mentioned the site in some other post here on ES though, but I don't recall where.LasseIt's true I'm a journalist, but as I just mentioned above, it's not because of this that I've found the articles.But I feel lucky anyway... :)Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 1 2009, 06:15 PM

Will someone please add another post to this thread? Just anything.

I've got something to add and there is a chance it may get tangled up with my previous post unless there is a post from someone else in between.

Thanks,
Lasse

Posted by: jennie2000 May 1 2009, 07:38 PM

Posted by: LasseK May 1 2009, 07:50 PM

I found I already had these ready to be posted.

As usual you will find the date and the name of the magazine in the file name. If there is a name added it's either the name of the reporter/columnist or maybe the name of a person dealt with in the article.

Lasse

Posted by: Lacrymosa May 1 2009, 08:01 PM

Thank you Lasse !

Posted by: LasseK May 1 2009, 08:09 PM

My pleasure, Anaïs.

I forgot to add that the latest ones should be labeled

April 1952 Part II.

(The Edit-option doesn't work for me.)

Lasse

Posted by: jennie2000 May 3 2009, 01:32 AM

Thank you!

Posted by: LasseK May 3 2009, 12:59 PM

Hi all. This is from May 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie May 4 2009, 01:42 AM

Hurray for Lasse !

Posted by: eddie May 4 2009, 04:37 AM

anychance we can get the days and reporter names?

i understand it may be difficult

Posted by: Lacrymosa May 4 2009, 12:59 PM

Thank you Lasse !

Joe, as Lasse said, you'll find the date and the name of the magazine in the file name, sometimes with the name of the reporter.

Posted by: LasseK May 6 2009, 08:08 PM

Hi all,

This is from June 1952 part I.
(Dates, newspapers and reporters/columnists in file names.)

Lasse

Posted by: Lacrymosa May 6 2009, 08:14 PM

Thanks again Lasse

Posted by: LasseK May 27 2009, 12:18 AM

June 1952 Part II

It seems that Marilyn and Joe made a three day visit to New York shortly after the filming in Niagara Falls ended on June 18th.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie May 27 2009, 02:20 AM

Wonderful Lasse !

Posted by: Lacrymosa May 27 2009, 08:48 AM

Thank you very much !

Posted by: LasseK Jun 21 2009, 05:34 PM

July 1952 Part I

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jun 23 2009, 02:03 AM

I am going to repeat myself but... Wonderful Lasse !

Posted by: meganmarilyn Jun 23 2009, 07:30 AM

Hilarious! LOL!


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That gal Marilyn Monroe is a woman of her word. Many months ago, 20th Fox bought the rights to "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Miss Monroe said she was going to play the leading role. Listeners scoffed, since she was still playing bit roles at the time. But now she has been announced for the lead in "Gents", suprising everyone, except M.M...

Posted by: MarilynYogaBook Oct 7 2009, 12:12 PM

Can you please tell me what newspaper the third picture is from? (The exercise picture?)Thanks!MichelleDo you know what newspaper the third clip is from? The exercise picture?Thanks!Michelle

Posted by: LasseK Oct 9 2009, 04:11 PM

The name of the newspaper as well as the date it was published is in the file name.

Lasse

Posted by: Shirley Oct 12 2009, 12:03 PM

I wonder if there is a book on Marilyn which consists only of articles/clippings? If not, wouldn't it be a great idea to publish a book full of those articles??

Posted by: Tara Oct 12 2009, 04:06 PM

Marilyn: The Life, The Myth included various magazine articles, I believe - but it was quickly withdrawn from sale due to copyright issues. A few copies are available second-hand but they tend to be quite expensive.

I believe Taschen are currently putting together a book about Marilyn in the newspapers. Can't wait to see it!

Posted by: Shirley Oct 13 2009, 04:21 PM

Can't wait to see too!!!!

Posted by: LasseK Jan 3 2010, 07:22 AM

July 1952 Part II

Hi all. Sorry it's taken such a while since the last batch. I continue now with the second part of July 1952 clippings.
As before you'll find the date and name of the newspaper in the file name as you download it.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jan 3 2010, 05:32 PM

Thank you, Harald. Much appreciated. And thanks for the beer ad picture.

July 1952 Part III

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jan 3 2010, 06:12 PM

August 1952 Part I

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jan 3 2010, 06:30 PM

Hehe. :) I've actually got a really bad cold and I'm feeling awful. But moving Marilyn files around is at least one thing I can manage to do. So I prepared a few clippings.

August 1952 Part II

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jan 3 2010, 07:06 PM

Thanks again, Harald.

August 1952 Part III

I think this will be all for today.

Lasse

Posted by: Lacrymosa Jan 3 2010, 08:19 PM

Thank you so much Lasse you made my day ! I love these newspapers clippigs

Posted by: suusmarie Jan 4 2010, 01:00 AM

Lasse, thank you so much . I these articles!

Hope you feel better soon!!
Suus

Posted by: LasseK Feb 26 2010, 06:40 PM

Thanks all.
By Google news search I have found some new newspaper articles from time periods which I covered earlier.

This an update of of 1946-1947.

As usual you'll find dates and names of newspapers in file names.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Feb 26 2010, 11:15 PM

Thank you, Harald.

Here follows an update of 1948-1949.

Lasse

Posted by: jennie2000 Feb 27 2010, 01:05 AM

Thanks!

Posted by: LasseK Feb 27 2010, 01:45 AM

Thanks.

This is an update of 1950.

Lasse

Posted by: jennie2000 Feb 27 2010, 01:59 AM

Thanks again. What date is #1 from? edit- nevermind, just saw it
I hope the picture turns up in good quality some day!

Posted by: suusmarie Feb 28 2010, 12:36 AM

Love it, love it, love it ! Thanks so much Lasse !

Posted by: LasseK Feb 28 2010, 03:01 PM

Tank you, everyone.
Here follows an Update of 1951, Part I.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Mar 5 2010, 08:50 PM

Thanks,

This is an update of 1951 part II.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Mar 6 2010, 01:04 AM

Thanks.

This is an update of January-February of 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Mar 6 2010, 12:27 PM

Thanks.

This is an update of March-April 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Mar 6 2010, 07:02 PM

Thanks, Harald.

This is an update of May 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: chris Mar 6 2010, 07:55 PM

Wow Lasse thanks a lot
Thanks to you I've learned so many things with those clippings
Thanks a lot
Chris

Posted by: LasseK Mar 6 2010, 08:13 PM

Thank you, Chris.
Yes, together with other information, anecdotes, from biographies, dates of photoshoots, events and films etc. these articles and snippets of information make for a kind of Marilyn diary where you can follow her career more closely.

This is an update of June, 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Mar 7 2010, 06:50 PM

Thanks.

This is an update of July, 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: jennie2000 Mar 7 2010, 07:04 PM

Thanks!

Posted by: suusmarie Mar 9 2010, 12:37 AM

Fantastic !

Posted by: Emma Mar 11 2010, 12:09 PM

From french magazine
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Posted by: LasseK Mar 11 2010, 09:11 PM

Thank you, Emma.

Those are interesting articles.

However, this particular thread is meant for clippings from daily newspapers, and not for magazines articles.

Maybe you could open a new thread for French magazines? I think that would be a good idea.

We could also make one for German magazines, and maybe for Spanish as well?

Lasse

Posted by: jennie2000 Mar 11 2010, 10:06 PM

Thanks for the articles Emma! This forum is HUGE, but pretty organized, so please listen to Lasses's advice!
There are threads for everything so don't feel scared to open a new one if there aren't one for what you're about to post!

Looking forward to more of your posts, and Lasse thanks again, and as always, looking forward to more of your finds here!

Posted by: meganmarilyn Apr 14 2010, 08:15 AM

(July 20, 1952) The Sunday Star - Wilmington, Delaware.

Article on MM seeing singer Al Martino in Buffalo perform. And 'Preview of The Week' movies review with MM in WE'RE NOT MARRIED.

Posted by: LasseK Jun 30 2010, 01:19 PM

Thank you Megan and Harald for the additions.

This is an update of August 1952.

Previously, from the beginning of this thread, I posted, in cronological order, what I had of newspaper clippings up till and including August 1952.

Earlier this year, 2010, by Google News, I found quite a few additions of Marilyn clippings from the years that I already covered in previous posts. On page 8 (I believe) of this thread, I started posting updates, adding newly found clippings from those earlier years.

By this post I have now made updates till and including August of 1952, where my first run ended.
In later posts, I will continue posting clippings from September 1952 and onwards.

Since Google News has made a lot of clippings available and many other members now find Marilyn-clippings from different times and stages in her career, I've been thinking about how to run and use this particular thread.

I think it would be very useful to all of us and anyone, if we'd try to keep this thread chronological, so that in the end this thread will constitute a fairly managable source of Monroeiana.

By this I mean, that if we find new clippings, we add them here in this thread only if they are additions to time periods already covered chronlogically. Otherwise we'd run the risk of losing ways to deal with them, because, as you know, there are simply tens of thousands of Marilyn clippings available out there.

Maybe we could start another Newspaper Clippings thread, not necessarily chronlogical, for other clippings that members find interesting and want to share.

Comments on my thoughts above are welcome.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jul 1 2010, 01:16 AM

Great guys, thanks !

Lasse, maybe you can start a new thread for each year. That might help keeping things a little ordered .

Posted by: LasseK Jul 1 2010, 02:12 PM

Thanks, Suus, good idea. I think that's the way to do it.
I will start a number of newpaper clippings threads for each year.

In this thread I will continue to post till the end of 1952 and then we can use this thread for updates from earlier years up till the end of 1952.

Lasse

Posted by: suusmarie Jul 12 2010, 01:40 AM

Posted by: LasseK Jul 12 2010, 01:19 PM

Thanks, Suus.

Miss America. Part I.

These are clippings from the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.
I believe the opening parade, with Marilyn leading the parade as Grand Marshal, took place on Monday, September 1, 1952 while the actual pageant started on Tuesday, September 2 and continued till the end of the week.

I've made a selection of clippings, where you'll still find some information reiterated or rewritten. I also decided to include some general pageant reports just to maybe give you a broader perspective of the event and the atmosphere around it.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jul 12 2010, 06:44 PM

Thanks, Harald. Great additions.

Miss America. Part II.

Lasse

Posted by: LasseK Jul 12 2010, 08:03 PM

Thanks, Harald.

Miss America. Part III and Final

Lasse