after you get what you want, you don t want it. that s a perfect number, because that s really her story, too. because after you get what you want you don t want what you she had the money and the lights and the costumes and the fans. i know you but there was something missing. she doesn t want to be stuck at fox making stereotype movies. i could have sworn you re a dramatic actress. that s impossible. what i d like to do is to be a good actress. when you want that, you re not necessarily going to find it in hollywood. there s no business like show business opens to great fanfare, but marilyn is nowhere to be seen. marilyn monroe didn t show up for her own movie premiere. her mind and her life were somewhere else. she was incognito. as zelda zonk. zelda zonk was a beautiful woman in a black, bobbed wig sneaking away from l.a. to start a new life in new york. she didn t tell anybody, and nobody knew. marilyn walked out as a declaration
peace de resistance was the white ermine coat. the bulbs were going like crazy. snappy, snappy, snappy, snappy. marilyn announces she s setting up her own film company. marilyn monroe productions. setting up a production company in her name. she didn t use anything like blond goddess productions or something. everybody s going huh? for a woman during the hollywood studio system to really decide i m going to step out on my own is really astounding to think about. at that time, that was almost unprecedented. a very feminist act but also a very powerful act. marilyn s new business partner is photographer milton greene. they were deep friends. he loved beauty, and he loved to take great pictures, and she appreciated that. he never told her to take the shirt off.
would just leave. it was really surprising. so we just took it to the next level and started doing handstands and making more obnoxious noises. this is my favorite shot. like getting on an escalator. it s total genius of what the physics that what you re playing with turns out silly and pretty. the outtakes he actually gets stuck in the escalator. so we tried it a couple times. i got a couple bruises, and it was pretty rough, but i think it was worth it. but the peace de resistance comes when they visit the local watering hole. people think, there s no way they grabbed a beer for themselves. that beer would be $16 in all