I had missed this when you posted it, Ty. It’s fantastic, as are the other photos you’re collecting here– I think some of them should be re-tagged with frontpage (you can do this by editing the post) so they show up on the blog we all share also, esp. the grave plans and vintage house pic. GREAT stuff.
AH!!!! I LOVE THIS! I love pin-ups, the 40’s and 50’s, and whitman?!?! Everything I love about America, all wrapped up in one photo. 😀 This is my wallpaper on my computer now! Thanks!
I wonder if this photo is staged or if she was really caught reading it because she liked it/was interested in it…wow!
I have a cover of Poets and Writers that is a photo of Marilyn reading Ulysses (James Joyce). It’s a joke, folks.
On TCM today I heard Arlene Dahl talking about a sweet encounter with Marilyn over “Whitman” and found a link to it tonight on the net (google some appropriate terms)
Here it is:
Word of Mouth segment with Arlene Dahl, Turner Classic Movies channel
“One night I noticed a big commotion and I looked at the door and there was this gorgeous blonde in a white satin, slinky gown and I knew who it was, it was Marilyn Monroe. And all conversation stopped and she, with her marvelous walk, walked over to the Mendles and said, ‘Hello,’ and the conversation began again.
“And I remember I was in a corner with Fred Astaire, Clark Gable and Reginald Gardner talking about Walt Whitman. And Marilyn happened to overhear the name ‘Whitman’ so she slunk over to the three gentlemen standing there, and I was just standing there to one side, and she said, ‘Oh!,’ she said, ‘Whitman! I just love his chocolates!’
“Well, all conversation stopped in the room. And Fred, who is such a darling and such a gentleman, didn’t laugh. He said, ‘Oh, Marilyn, we all do.’
Fun photo anyhow! Thanks for posting.
“And I thought that was so brilliant of him and so nice of him to say that to Marilyn who never knew that she made a gaffe. At all.
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I wonder if this photo is staged or if she was really caught reading it because she liked it/was interested in it…wow!
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On TCM today I heard Arlene Dahl talking about a sweet encounter with Marilyn over “Whitman” and found a link to it tonight on the net (google some appropriate terms)
Here it is:
Word of Mouth segment with Arlene Dahl, Turner Classic Movies channel
“One night I noticed a big commotion and I looked at the door and there was this gorgeous blonde in a white satin, slinky gown and I knew who it was, it was Marilyn Monroe. And all conversation stopped and she, with her marvelous walk, walked over to the Mendles and said, ‘Hello,’ and the conversation began again.
“And I remember I was in a corner with Fred Astaire, Clark Gable and Reginald Gardner talking about Walt Whitman. And Marilyn happened to overhear the name ‘Whitman’ so she slunk over to the three gentlemen standing there, and I was just standing there to one side, and she said, ‘Oh!,’ she said, ‘Whitman! I just love his chocolates!’
“Well, all conversation stopped in the room. And Fred, who is such a darling and such a gentleman, didn’t laugh. He said, ‘Oh, Marilyn, we all do.’
Fun photo anyhow! Thanks for posting.
“And I thought that was so brilliant of him and so nice of him to say that to Marilyn who never knew that she made a gaffe. At all.
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