Rare Photos Of Marilyn Monroe Show The Blonde Bombshell's Most Intimate Moments

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    Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe attend the premiere of The Misfits on January 31, 1961. Her husband, Arthur Miller, wrote the screenplay for it but their marriage was breaking up at the time. This was Marilyn's final film appearance.
    2/15 Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe attend the premiere of The Misfits on January 31, 1961. Her husband, Arthur Miller, wrote the screenplay for it but their marriage was breaking up at the time. This was Marilyn's final film appearance.
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    Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe (center) cuddle up while having drinks with Peter Lawford and his wife Patricia Kennedy, as well as Swedish star Mai Britt (right).
    3/15 Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe (center) cuddle up while having drinks with Peter Lawford and his wife Patricia Kennedy, as well as Swedish star Mai Britt (right).
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    Robert Wagner with a seductive Marilyn Monroe on his lap during a test scene for Let's Make It Legal on June 14, 1951. Wagner was the 'test boy' for Fox at the time and played the male lead for actresses being screen tested for possible contracts. Their film careers took off at the same time and were receiving 5,000 fan letters a week.
    4/15 Robert Wagner with a seductive Marilyn Monroe on his lap during a test scene for Let's Make It Legal on June 14, 1951. Wagner was the 'test boy' for Fox at the time and played the male lead for actresses being screen tested for possible contracts. Their film careers took off at the same time and were receiving 5,000 fan letters a week.
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    Marilyn Monroe was declared 'a movie press agent's dream', by Time magazine in 1952. At the mention of her name, men made a wolf whistle.
    5/15 Marilyn Monroe was declared 'a movie press agent's dream', by Time magazine in 1952. At the mention of her name, men made a wolf whistle.
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    Marilyn Monroe posing for Playboy in December 1953. 'At 5'5' tall, she measured 36-22-34 and while her weight fluctuated throughout her adult life from 118 to 140 pounds, she always maintained that hourglass ratio,' recalls Emmeline Snively, proprietor of the Blue Book Modeling Agency.
    6/15 Marilyn Monroe posing for Playboy in December 1953. 'At 5'5' tall, she measured 36-22-34 and while her weight fluctuated throughout her adult life from 118 to 140 pounds, she always maintained that hourglass ratio,' recalls Emmeline Snively, proprietor of the Blue Book Modeling Agency.
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    Marilyn as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in Some Like it Hot. This was her most famous movie that also starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon but problems surfaced on the set with Monroe's erratic behavior, forgetting her lines, showing up late or not at all. She started to believe that director Billy Wilder was her enemy. She silenced him when he tried to give her direction and cried when she did a bad take.
    7/15 Marilyn as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk in Some Like it Hot. This was her most famous movie that also starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon but problems surfaced on the set with Monroe's erratic behavior, forgetting her lines, showing up late or not at all. She started to believe that director Billy Wilder was her enemy. She silenced him when he tried to give her direction and cried when she did a bad take.
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    Marilyn held a press conference at the Hotel Continental Hilton in Mexico City while on a private trip to the capital. The FBI was concerned about the actress's relationship with Frederick Vanderbilt Field who was disinherited by his wealthy family over his leftist views. The Feds were monitoring any possible ties to communism.
    8/15 Marilyn held a press conference at the Hotel Continental Hilton in Mexico City while on a private trip to the capital. The FBI was concerned about the actress's relationship with Frederick Vanderbilt Field who was disinherited by his wealthy family over his leftist views. The Feds were monitoring any possible ties to communism.
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    Monroe and husband playright Arthur Miller spent a two week vacation in Jamaica in January 1957, and dodged questions from the press about her possible pregnancy. Tony Curtis claimed she was pregnant with his baby when she confessed her affair with Curtis to Arthur.
    9/15 Monroe and husband playright Arthur Miller spent a two week vacation in Jamaica in January 1957, and dodged questions from the press about her possible pregnancy. Tony Curtis claimed she was pregnant with his baby when she confessed her affair with Curtis to Arthur.
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    Marilyn Monroe had her hair straightened and bleached for the first time in 1946. She was willing to pose for any picture and cooperated with many photographers to feed the publicity machine supplying pictures to 400 newspapers across the country. Photographers made Monroe a star before the movie studios made her one.
    10/15 Marilyn Monroe had her hair straightened and bleached for the first time in 1946. She was willing to pose for any picture and cooperated with many photographers to feed the publicity machine supplying pictures to 400 newspapers across the country. Photographers made Monroe a star before the movie studios made her one.
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    Monroe and fellow sex symbol, Betty Grable, arrived together at Ciro's for a party Walter Winchell.
    11/15 Monroe and fellow sex symbol, Betty Grable, arrived together at Ciro's for a party Walter Winchell.
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    Walter Winchell (pictured right) was one of the biggest gossip reporters of the era and a good friend of Joe DiMaggio.
    12/15 Walter Winchell (pictured right) was one of the biggest gossip reporters of the era and a good friend of Joe DiMaggio.
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    Monroe ran out on the infield of Dodger Stadium with Los Angeles Angels outfielder Albie Pearson for an Angels-New York Yankees game in August 1962.
    13/15 Monroe ran out on the infield of Dodger Stadium with Los Angeles Angels outfielder Albie Pearson for an Angels-New York Yankees game in August 1962.
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    Marilyn with her date and boyfriend Mexican screenwriter Jose Bolanos at the Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Marilyn had flown down to Mexico to buy furniture and came back with a new boyfriend. DiMaggio was expecting her to return to him.
    14/15 Marilyn with her date and boyfriend Mexican screenwriter Jose Bolanos at the Golden Globe Awards on March 5, 1962 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Marilyn had flown down to Mexico to buy furniture and came back with a new boyfriend. DiMaggio was expecting her to return to him.
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    The blonde bombshell returned to Hollywood from New York to play Cherie in Joshua Logan's film of William Inge's critically acclaimed Broadway play Bus Stop in 1956. A reporter asked her if the high-neck dress indicated this was a new Marilyn. She responded, 'No, I'm the same Marilyn - it's just a different suit'.
    15/15 The blonde bombshell returned to Hollywood from New York to play Cherie in Joshua Logan's film of William Inge's critically acclaimed Broadway play Bus Stop in 1956. A reporter asked her if the high-neck dress indicated this was a new Marilyn. She responded, 'No, I'm the same Marilyn - it's just a different suit'.

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