while marilyn is creatively expanding, darryl zanuck is busy trying to replace her. he believed he could create another blonde movie star and audiences would love her just the same. it s classic darryl zanuck to think you could replace marilyn, with charean or replacing a body with a body of similar type. the more zanuck pushed, the more marilyn came back saying the people made me a star. and so from her point of view, just go direct to the audience. who needs zanuck? and marlin knows exactly how to fight back. the photo shoot that marilyn do for red book magazine was a really pivotal moment for her. the choice of redbook was definitely a symbolic one. redbook was geared at women
human being and treated me as a sensitive person, also. it s obvious that she felt very protected by him, that he would take care of her. and it certainly looked like she adored him. marilyn ended the year with the same people she began with, up and those were milton and amy greene, and she and milton still don t know if marilyn monroe productions is going to actually take off or not. they don t have any real movie deals. they don t have any real funding. the struggle with zanuck and fox had dragged on for a year, and marilyn was nearly out of funds. in fact, the lawyers said they could have gone bust without
back in hollywood, the news reaches fox studio boss darrell zanuck. he hadn t shown her much professional courtesy, and so she left him to find out about it in the papers the next day. basically, he was the last to know, and he wasn t happy about that. he felt i made her a star. who would she be without 20th century fox. she owes us. that s it. boom. he was so used to being able to treat actresses as bodies and not have to deal with them having any sense of power or control at all. it was ludicrous to think this dumb blonde could possibly be in charge of her own productions or choose her own directors or her own scripts. there is a tremendous sense that she s david against goliath, that she cannot fight 20th century fox, that she shouldn t even try. but marilyn has a plan. tonight, we ll be going first
marilyn had come into olivier s territory in every sense. there is a big age difference between them, and he quite blatantly does not see her as a creative equal. it s gotten quite warm, hasn t it? as a method actor, marilyn insists on real caviar and real champagne for every take. she didn t want to be an automatic roll them and she does the scene. she wanted to have a motivation. yes, yes, my dear, you can speak freely. there is no one here. but olivier derides her techniques. he told her to stop thinking and just to be sexy. it was like he was being a british zanuck. pushed her right back to where she started from. i imagined for her it was
that that was revolutionary. back in hollywood, the news reaches fox studio boss darrell zanuck. he was the last to know and he wasn t happy about that. he felt i made her a star. who would she be without 20th century fox. she owes us. that s it. boom. he was so used to being able to treat actresses as bodies and not have to deal with them having any sense of power or control at all. it was ludicrous to think this dumb blonde could possibly be in charge of her own productions or choose her own directors or her own scripts. there is a tremendous sense that she s david against goliath, that she cannot fight 20th century fox, that she shouldn t even try.