In Manhattan New York, at Lexington and 52nd street, around 1:00 in the morning...the photo that has passed through time took place...."The Seven Year Itch" photo.
It was during the filming of this movie, Marilyn Monroe had the most famous photo of her career take place.
The photo showed Marilyn laughing, as her skirt is blown upward as she is standing above the vents of the air blasts from a subway beneath her. This photo brought some controversy for her, including her husband, Joe Dimaggio, being infuriated as he considered it a form of exhibitionism. It was only a year later the couple divorced.
Marilyn Monroe, her birth name Norma Jean Mortenson, also went by Norma Jean Baker, grew up in a childhood full of despair, unstable environments, and hard living conditions. Monroe's real mother was a negative film cutter at several film studios, had a history of mental instability, and was institutionalized when Marilyn was only 5 years old.
From there, Monroe lived in a series of foster homes where she suffered from neglect and abuse, finally ending up in an orphanage. Marilyn quit high school at age 16 and married a 21 year old aircraft plant worker named Joe Dougherty.
In 1944, during WWll, Marilyn worked as a paint sprayer at a defense plant. It was there she first came to the public eye as she was spotted by a photographer who took photos of her. Before long, Monroe became a popular pin-up girl. Soon after the war, Marilyn began to pursue a career in modeling, and divorced her husband in 1946. Dougherty lived to be 84 years old passing away in 2005.
Monroe signed with Century Fox for $125 per week, but was cut after one film. She then had a similar experience with Columbia Pictures.
Being unemployed, she made the decision to pose nude for Playboy for their calendar, and was paid $50. The calendar sold a million copies (largely due to her photo), and brought $750,000 in revenue.
Afterwards, Marilyn signed a series of small films, and by the early 50's she was being given more prominent roles with some of the movie stars of that era. What brought Marilyn to the "limelight" was her sex appeal and her little girl mannerisms.
During this time she had married baseball great Joe Dimaggio, and were now having marital problems...and divorced him. In 1956, Marilyn married intellectual playwright Arthur Miller.
Marilyn made her last picture in 1961, entitled "The Misfits", a movie that her husband Artur Miller had written specifically for her. They divorced...one week before the film opened.
In August of 1962, Marilyn Monroe died...from an overdose of sleeping pills... her phone was still in her hand. Her death was ruled...a possible suicide, and since her death much popularity, causes, and mystique has surrounded her untimely death.
Marilyn had suffered numerous lung infections since a child, and that is why I....have a soft spot in my heart for her...Marilyn Monroe...for I too have battled lung infections...since I was a small child. Lung infections are another form of illness that affects your moods, thoughts, strengths, and daily encounters in life. It doesn't excuse any one's choices or behaviors in life...it is just an ever present battle...like the times you are battling to get more oxygen into your system.
Joe Dimaggio, her ex-husband, continued to send flowers to her grave....each day...for the rest of his life.
Marilyn had 37-24-35 measurements, was 36 years of age when she died, and her estate was worth 1.6 million.
Many, many stories, reports, researches, and songs have been written about her. Elton John's song: "Goodbye Norma Jeane" was dedicated to her. She became officially known as Marilyn Monroe on February 23, 1956.
So much has been written of Norma Jean, and as a Christian you wonder...why did it have to end this way for her? It is relatively easy to point at all the different sin that confronted her, and the results of choosing that type of lifestyle. Yet her childhood was a difficult one, and one thing I will always keep in my mind when it comes to Norma Jean is the Scripture from Matthew 18, verses 2...and then 5-6.
"Jesus called a child over, and had the child stand with Him. He then said: " I promise you this. Anyone who welcomes a little child like this...is welcoming Me.
But, if you cause one of these little ones..who are needing to learn of Me...if you direct them into sin...you would be better off to have a large stone tied around your neck...and be drowned...in the very depths of the Sea."
The photo showed Marilyn laughing, as her skirt is blown upward as she is standing above the vents of the air blasts from a subway beneath her. This photo brought some controversy for her, including her husband, Joe Dimaggio, being infuriated as he considered it a form of exhibitionism. It was only a year later the couple divorced.
Marilyn Monroe, her birth name Norma Jean Mortenson, also went by Norma Jean Baker, grew up in a childhood full of despair, unstable environments, and hard living conditions. Monroe's real mother was a negative film cutter at several film studios, had a history of mental instability, and was institutionalized when Marilyn was only 5 years old.
From there, Monroe lived in a series of foster homes where she suffered from neglect and abuse, finally ending up in an orphanage. Marilyn quit high school at age 16 and married a 21 year old aircraft plant worker named Joe Dougherty.
In 1944, during WWll, Marilyn worked as a paint sprayer at a defense plant. It was there she first came to the public eye as she was spotted by a photographer who took photos of her. Before long, Monroe became a popular pin-up girl. Soon after the war, Marilyn began to pursue a career in modeling, and divorced her husband in 1946. Dougherty lived to be 84 years old passing away in 2005.
Monroe signed with Century Fox for $125 per week, but was cut after one film. She then had a similar experience with Columbia Pictures.
Being unemployed, she made the decision to pose nude for Playboy for their calendar, and was paid $50. The calendar sold a million copies (largely due to her photo), and brought $750,000 in revenue.
Afterwards, Marilyn signed a series of small films, and by the early 50's she was being given more prominent roles with some of the movie stars of that era. What brought Marilyn to the "limelight" was her sex appeal and her little girl mannerisms.
Marilyn made her last picture in 1961, entitled "The Misfits", a movie that her husband Artur Miller had written specifically for her. They divorced...one week before the film opened.
In August of 1962, Marilyn Monroe died...from an overdose of sleeping pills... her phone was still in her hand. Her death was ruled...a possible suicide, and since her death much popularity, causes, and mystique has surrounded her untimely death.
Marilyn had suffered numerous lung infections since a child, and that is why I....have a soft spot in my heart for her...Marilyn Monroe...for I too have battled lung infections...since I was a small child. Lung infections are another form of illness that affects your moods, thoughts, strengths, and daily encounters in life. It doesn't excuse any one's choices or behaviors in life...it is just an ever present battle...like the times you are battling to get more oxygen into your system.
Joe Dimaggio, her ex-husband, continued to send flowers to her grave....each day...for the rest of his life.
Marilyn had 37-24-35 measurements, was 36 years of age when she died, and her estate was worth 1.6 million.
Many, many stories, reports, researches, and songs have been written about her. Elton John's song: "Goodbye Norma Jeane" was dedicated to her. She became officially known as Marilyn Monroe on February 23, 1956.
So much has been written of Norma Jean, and as a Christian you wonder...why did it have to end this way for her? It is relatively easy to point at all the different sin that confronted her, and the results of choosing that type of lifestyle. Yet her childhood was a difficult one, and one thing I will always keep in my mind when it comes to Norma Jean is the Scripture from Matthew 18, verses 2...and then 5-6.
But, if you cause one of these little ones..who are needing to learn of Me...if you direct them into sin...you would be better off to have a large stone tied around your neck...and be drowned...in the very depths of the Sea."
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