1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:06,360 It's hard to know where to start if you don't start with the truth. 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:09,280 I was in debt. 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,520 I got so far behind on the rent. 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,080 Four weeks. 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:16,960 Tom Kelley asked me to pose. 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,920 It was an offer for "artistic" shots, 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,920 which was a euphemism for nude photographs. 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,080 Modelling in the nude will pay double what regular modelling will. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,080 Our world is a business of women's bodies, 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,200 and she realised this is a transaction. 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:44,520 Phew... 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,920 Magnificent. 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,720 SHE CHUCKLES 14 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,360 The female power that she's harnessed is phenomenal. 15 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,280 She's arching her back 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:00,400 and her arm is up to create beautiful lines, beautiful angles. 17 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,760 They look like 19th-century nudes. 18 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:10,160 She wasn't afraid of showing off her body, 19 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:11,320 which was a great body. 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:17,840 But it's easy to forget what a conservative country America was. 21 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,400 Nude modelling was not considered respectable. 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,520 It could have ended her career. 23 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,880 MARILYN: I said, "Are you sure they won't recognise me?" 24 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,360 He said, "I promise." 25 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,760 This is Hollywood. 26 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:53,680 It is a symbol for magic, entertainment, and make-believe. 27 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:59,200 After Love Happy, Marilyn thought she was on the brink of stardom. 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,080 She's done it, she's there. 29 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,760 CINEMATIC FANFARE PLAYS 30 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,920 But it doesn't happen. 31 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,480 It's like Marilyn is just another blonde girl. 32 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:18,240 But one thing that all the great movie stars shared 33 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,680 was determination. 34 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,000 So of course she went back and tried again. 35 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:35,680 A savvy 23-year-old Marilyn is preparing for a photoshoot. 36 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,680 Marilyn was out of contract, 37 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,240 and so she decided that she needed strategy to get her noticed. 38 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,320 I love this picture of her in a two-piece bathing suit 39 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,080 and this funky little dog. 40 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,680 She's looking down and going, "OK!" 41 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,480 But she looks fantastic. 42 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,440 She was just freewheeling, 43 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,320 you know, in every sense. Just letting rip and having fun. 44 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,560 The shoot is taking place at the home of Marilyn's first major 45 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,360 movie agent, Johnny Hyde. 46 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,680 Johnny Hyde was one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood. 47 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,440 Marilyn wanted respect. 48 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,560 She wanted somebody to say, "You can be a star." 49 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,480 And Johnny Hyde gave her that affirmation. 50 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,120 She loves to be in front of the camera. 51 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,440 It's all coming from up here. 52 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,400 She's staging it, and the photographer, he's clicking it. 53 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,680 I can't imagine him saying, "Oh, hang on to that tree. 54 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:44,880 "Put your legs up." 55 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,080 It's just like, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road." 56 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,200 Follow Marilyn, and you'll get the shot. 57 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,920 She seemed to really have an intimate understanding 58 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:01,080 of what the camera needed from her. 59 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,200 She used whatever she could to try to get herself 60 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,160 in the best position possible to be hired by these studios. 61 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,920 Not only is Johnny her agent - 62 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,400 he fell for Marilyn hook, line, and sinker. 63 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,160 Moving into his mansion while she was in her 20s and he was in his 50s 64 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,120 was...convenient for her, and shrewd. 65 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,120 But she did seem to also genuinely really care for him. 66 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,120 They were both taking things from it professionally as well 67 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:37,200 as personally. 68 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:41,720 Johnny had a heart condition. 69 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,080 He wanted to marry her. 70 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,000 He wanted to give her his money. 71 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,480 But she would not take it. 72 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,640 She doesn't want to be seen as this gold-digger. 73 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,800 She's determined to become a star. 74 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,840 Johnny secures Marilyn an audition at 20th Century Fox 75 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:05,960 for director Joseph Mankiewicz's new film, All About Eve. 76 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,720 There's about a dozen other aspiring starlets for this tiny walk-on role, 77 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,800 and Mankiewicz later claims that Marilyn 78 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,000 just blows everyone out of the water. 79 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:25,040 Here is Marilyn Monroe in a magnificent line-up of 80 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:31,040 big-name stars, and she's given a very small but key role. 81 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,040 Mankiewicz shoots her coming up the stairs. 82 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,560 Bette Davis is in the shot. 83 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,520 I distinctly remember, Addison, crossing you off my guest list. 84 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,080 What are you doing here? 85 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,320 Bette Davis. That's why we're in the movie house, 86 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:46,920 that's why we bought the popcorn. 87 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,760 But he's got the camera directed right at Marilyn. 88 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,200 You remember Miss Casswell? I do not. How do you do? 89 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,680 We've never met. Maybe that's why. 90 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,120 Miss Casswell is an actress. 91 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,720 Now, who the hell is she? 92 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,600 He shoots her coming into our life. 93 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,040 You see that man? That's Max Fabian... 94 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,760 She's given a showcase moment. 95 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,360 Why do they always look like unhappy rabbits? 96 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,480 Cos that's what they are. 97 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,840 The question is, when you get in there, can you do it? 98 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:16,480 And right in that star-studded cast, she delivers it. 99 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:19,400 Oh, waiter? 100 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,080 That isn't a waiter, my dear. That's a butler. 101 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,720 Well, I can't yell, "Oh, butler," can I? 102 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,360 Maybe somebody's name is Butler. 103 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,680 I think her role in All About Eve, 104 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,600 that's the beginning, really, of her. 105 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,480 She looks and talks like the Monroe we would come to know. 106 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,560 Now THERE'S something a girl could make sacrifices for. 107 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,960 There's something about Marilyn that makes you feel as 108 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,760 if you can reach out to the screen and actually touch flesh. 109 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,440 I don't want to make trouble. All I want is a drink. 110 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,640 It's the blonde hair, it's the beautiful mouth, 111 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:51,080 the yield in her body. 112 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,000 Thank you, Mr Fabian. 113 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,520 Well done. 114 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,400 I can see your career rising in the East like the sun. 115 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,360 I am happy to announce that the winner is... 116 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,640 ..All About Eve. APPLAUSE 117 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,480 Despite All About Eve's Best Picture win at the Oscars, 118 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,440 the head of 20th Century Fox, Darryl Zanuck, 119 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,320 still doesn't see Marilyn's potential. 120 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:15,800 Zanuck never likes her. 121 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,480 He never thinks she's much of an actress. 122 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,720 Sometimes the way that women look overpowers our ability to see 123 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:29,120 they are very gifted with a lot to offer beyond that. 124 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,680 He simply couldn't see that Marilyn could be anything 125 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,440 other than a pretty face. 126 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,760 But Johnny Hyde persuades Zanuck to give her another shot. 127 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,080 It's the final thing Johnny Hyde does for Marilyn. 128 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,280 Days later, he died from his heart problems. 129 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,000 Marilyn was extremely upset. 130 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,640 He was the only person who had believed in her 131 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,120 for her whole career. 132 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,280 All of a sudden, she was on her own again 133 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,200 and wondering what's going to happen next. 134 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,960 Oh, good morning, Mr McKinley. Good morning, Harriet. 135 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,760 Bring in your book and the mail. Yes, Mr McKinley. 136 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,320 As Young As You Feel is not a very good movie by any standard, and 137 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,280 Marilyn has very little to do in it except stand around and look pretty. 138 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,200 I'd like some coffee, dear. 139 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,160 Yes, Mr McKinley. 140 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,360 This could be Marilyn's last chance to impress Darryl Zanuck 141 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,800 and prove her worth to the studio. 142 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,880 Well, anyhow, Mr Cleveland, I want you to know 143 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:46,040 I think your speech was grand. I felt real honour just to hear it. 144 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,880 She's memorable. She's given a notice in, I believe, 145 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,920 the New York Times calling her superb. 146 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,200 It's really just kind of the patriarchy praising 147 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,960 the patriarchy, you know? 148 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,520 "Yes, this is how we like our women. 149 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,000 "We like them objectified." 150 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,360 And she was excellent at being objectified. 151 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:08,880 Darryl Zanuck said, 152 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,600 "When I look at her, I don't see star." 153 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:18,000 But he was a shrewd businessman, and he saw the potential to make money. 154 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,440 At the start of the '50s, around 80% of moviegoers are women, 155 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,160 and Zanuck wants to draw in the men. 156 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,520 You'll sneak a thousand wolf whistles at Harriet. 157 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,280 You know, as a rule, I never mix business and pleasure. 158 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,320 The new obsession in the '50s is very much with 159 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,360 the hourglass-shaped woman. 160 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,400 Marilyn speaks to fantasy, and a big part of that is her bust size, 161 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,800 her waist size, her - as they called it often in magazines of the time - 162 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,360 her chassis. 163 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,000 Zanuck signs Marilyn up to a seven-year contract with Fox. 164 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:06,960 Everybody in the business at that time wanted a studio contract. 165 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,320 It meant you were in the door. 166 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,480 You had a chance. 167 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:17,160 But the bad thing about the contract was you really were owned, 168 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,240 in a sense, by the studio. 169 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,920 You had to play the roles they wanted. 170 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,600 So, you know, you were in a box. 171 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,280 Marilyn Monroe, Miss Cheesecake herself... 172 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,160 In the first year of her new contract, 173 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,200 Marilyn appears in seven films. 174 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,080 What do you say we have dinner together? Wonderful. Where? 175 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,440 Oh, someplace where we don't have to dress, like... 176 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,200 ..your apartment. 177 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:47,520 She was doing a lot of bikini shots and small roles as gold-diggers. 178 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:52,360 Marilyn's swimsuits are changing, but the roles are not. 179 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,800 Honey, you're not even human, you're just a living doll. 180 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,160 Nice to have met you, Mrs Denham. 181 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,280 Hollywood is packaging her as T'n'A. 182 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,000 Accessible, nonthreatening. 183 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,280 The sexism of Hollywood is 184 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,200 so appalling and disgusting. 185 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:14,960 And it's a very scary thing to think about, 186 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,320 because we still see it to this day. 187 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,680 One time, a very wonderful director 188 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,560 said I had no ambition, that was my problem. 189 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:26,680 But I would like very much to be a fine actress. 190 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,520 She wanted to get ahead, 191 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:34,640 she was determined, and she had to have strategy to do that. 192 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,480 She hangs out with the publicists 193 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:44,120 to learn how to do publicity and then becomes better than they are. 194 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,280 Marilyn develops her sexy on-screen persona to become an even 195 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:52,320 larger-than-life celebrity. 196 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,160 She would arrive at a party late to make people notice her, 197 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:00,160 in some impossibly tight dress that she could barely walk in, 198 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,960 and she would cause a stir. 199 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,400 She realised, "People want to come snap pictures of me. 200 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,160 "People want to know about me." She was sort of an 201 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,440 original Kardashian in that way. 202 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,800 She created a narrative that was visual. 203 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,160 She would have been huge on Instagram. 204 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,640 Like, the biggest influencer of all time. 205 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,800 She could look even beautiful in a potato sack. 206 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,560 She had a wonderful sense of humour. 207 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:32,360 She held up a mirror to the viewer, saying, 208 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,840 "This is what you consider sexy, huh? 209 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,520 "OK, here it is. 210 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:38,800 "How am I doing?" 211 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,040 CROWD CHEERS 212 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,880 Even though she was playing these small roles on screen, 213 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,200 there was a lot of interest in her, 214 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,120 so it was a stepping stone towards stardom. 215 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Marilyn's fame explodes after the press is tipped off that 216 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,400 she's dating a Major League star... 217 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,760 ..Joe DiMaggio. 218 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,320 Joe hits safely in 56 consecutive ballgames. 219 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:12,720 The Yankee Clipper was a magician with a 40-ounce bat. 220 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,080 A lot of people said it was a publicity stunt. 221 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,160 It very possibly was a publicity stunt. 222 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:22,760 You leverage somebody else's stardom to add to your own. 223 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:28,280 Dating Joe DiMaggio was a very smart thing to do. 224 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,480 He was one of the most famous heroes in the United States. 225 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:40,200 Marilyn is flooded with thousands of fan letters every week. 226 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,760 But as her fame grows, the past comes back to haunt her. 227 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,080 Early on in 1952, 228 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,240 the nude photographs Marilyn took as an anonymous model 229 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,320 gained popularity 230 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:03,240 and started popping up in gas stations and all over the place. 231 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,920 Soon people began to make the connection - 232 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,000 "Is this the actress Marilyn Monroe?" 233 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,600 Everyone said to Marilyn, "You've got an up-and-coming career. 234 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,760 "If this is true, it will absolutely ruin you." 235 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:30,400 I remember in 1952, I was just out of high school 236 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,800 and Marilyn Monroe was famous. 237 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,560 Everybody was like, "Uh-oh, her career's over." 238 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:47,200 Reports of Marilyn's nude photos reach Fox studio head Darryl Zanuck. 239 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:53,440 Marilyn was hauled into Zanuck's office to account for herself. 240 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,720 And she was put in front of, you know, 241 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,920 all of the powerful male studio heads. 242 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,240 They said, "Did you pose for a calendar?" 243 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,920 And I said, "Yes, anything wrong?" 244 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:14,040 For 20th Century Fox, it wasn't about, "We really think sin is bad." 245 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:19,200 It was like, "Wait a minute, sin might be bad for business." 246 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,360 Posing nude was such an explosive thing. 247 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,480 There was great anxiety. 248 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,720 Everyone said, "Say you didn't." 249 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:34,160 I said, "But I did," you know? "I should say that I did." 250 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,080 And they were very unhappy. 251 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,320 The studios thought her career would be over. 252 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,480 But Marilyn devises a high-stakes plan - 253 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:51,080 to let the public decide her fate. 254 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,280 Aline Mosby is a very big journalist at that point in time, 255 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,000 and a lot of people read her. 256 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,920 It's my understanding she was 257 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,720 already somewhat sympathetic to Marilyn. 258 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:07,840 Marilyn seeks out Mosby in the powder room and confides in her. 259 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:09,000 I was in debt. 260 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,160 I always supported myself. 261 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,840 No-one else ever supported me in my life. 262 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,040 I had no family, and, um... 263 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,800 ..and I had no place to go. 264 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,320 Crucially, what she also says is, "I have nothing to be ashamed of. 265 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,120 "I've done nothing wrong." 266 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,440 Mosby publishes their private conversation, 267 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,560 and the news is picked up by every wire service in the country. 268 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,760 Everybody was waiting to hear 269 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:45,400 what she was going to say when it was exposed. 270 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:51,520 Marilyn's decision to own her nude photoshoot calendar is brave, 271 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,640 it's bold, it's very modern. 272 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,640 It was her taking ownership of her own body back, right? 273 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,400 And it was her saying, "This actually doesn't belong to you. 274 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,600 "It belongs to me." 275 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,600 It was a genuinely risky move, 276 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,440 and Marilyn didn't know how it would play out. 277 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,080 She was rolling the dice with her career in very real terms. 278 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,280 She gave an honest, forthright response.... 279 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,760 ..and it was embraced by the public. 280 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,160 CROWD CHEERS 281 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,440 Once people learned more about her life, anything that might have been 282 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,480 considered questionable was almost wiped clean. 283 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,920 What are you going to do if she's not showing any shame? 284 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,120 You can't go, "How dare you?!" 285 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:46,600 Marilyn's honesty pays off, 286 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,760 and Life magazine features her on the cover. 287 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,200 Life magazine - it's a true publishing empire. 288 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,400 I mean, we're talking seriously pre-eminent magazine. 289 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,680 And so to put her on the cover, it is giving the stamp of approval. 290 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,560 A nude calendar scandal really put Marilyn in the vanguard 291 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,640 of the sexual revolution. 292 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,000 Marilyn is now a household name, 293 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,360 and Darryl Zanuck casts her in her biggest role yet. 294 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:24,560 Niagara was really a breakthrough role for Marilyn. 295 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,560 It was her first bona fide lead in an A-list film. 296 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,200 In Niagara, they stressed her sexuality. 297 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,080 I mean, that's what people went to the cinema to see. 298 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,680 They wanted to see the low-cut dresses, 299 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,240 the parted lips and smouldering eyes. 300 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,320 Hey. Get out the fire hose. 301 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,040 When she comes out in that shocking pink deal, 302 00:18:55,040 --> 00:19:00,720 it's like, "This is a creature that is quite spectacular." 303 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,480 When we see her today, 304 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:10,440 that's Marilyn Monroe as we imagine her, the full sexuality. 305 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,040 What about it, lady? 306 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:14,800 Better not. 307 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:23,000 She walked away, swinging back and forth in that suggestive way. 308 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:30,120 It was like, "Wow! What's going on?" 309 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:34,560 It was a shift in the consciousness. I remember feeling that. 310 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,320 She goes to the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City 311 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,680 and wears this very, very low-cut dress down to her navel. 312 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,720 It's JLo before there was JLo. 313 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,280 We are all born special creatures. Thank God. 314 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:02,920 To see a woman that is so in charge of her sexuality 315 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,720 is extremely empowering. 316 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:09,000 Marilyn is owning her sexuality. 317 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,120 But soon, others will exploit it. 318 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:16,760 My name is Hugh Hefner, 319 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,600 and I'm editor-publisher of Playboy magazine. 320 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:24,840 In December 1953, Marilyn inadvertently makes history. 321 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:29,440 She ended up being the first cover and centrefold of Playboy. 322 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:36,120 Marilyn had been paid 50 bucks for the photoshoot four years earlier. 323 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:38,920 And on the back of those nude photographs, 324 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,120 Hugh Hefner launched an empire. 325 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,600 Technically, Hugh Hefner did nothing wrong, 326 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,880 since she had signed away her rights to that image. 327 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:54,000 Ethically, not consulting her, it's really problematic. 328 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,200 I mean, it is... It's exploitation, in my mind. 329 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,240 Putting those pictures in the centrefold put 330 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,760 a layer of shame back onto the photos that Marilyn had 331 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,680 insisted she was not going to be ashamed of. 332 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,880 Every copy of Playboy sells out. 333 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,920 Marilyn has become a sensation. 334 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,920 Marilyn Monroe is filming her biggest-budget movie to date, 335 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,240 the musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 336 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:39,360 Look! Did you ever? Anywhere? Anything like it? 337 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:41,720 She plays gold-digger Lorelei Lee. 338 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,720 May I just hold it for a minute? Of course. 339 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:49,040 The performance of Lorelei is a really important milestone. 340 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,640 How do you put it around your neck? 341 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,680 You don't, lovey, it goes on your head. 342 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,000 It was crucial in the evolution of Marilyn's career 343 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,680 and her star persona, because Lorelei's the dumb blonde 344 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,000 who's not as dumb as you think she is. 345 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,320 Say, they told me you were stupid. 346 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,040 You don't sound stupid to me. 347 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,480 I can be smart when it's important, but most men don't like it. 348 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:12,560 That line was Marilyn's line. 349 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,040 She insisted on using it. 350 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,040 She's like, "Here's what this stereotypical dumb blonde is 351 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,920 "really able to do, and doing." 352 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,800 And so, she's riffing on it. 353 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,320 I'm too old for this sort of thing. 354 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:32,600 If you are able to not only be in on the joke of it but to control it, 355 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,080 that, to me, is the mark of a genius. 356 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:39,920 continental 357 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,680 best friend... 358 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,200 Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend 359 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,200 is Lorelei's defence against the accusation of gold digging. 360 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,160 It is simply laying out sexual economics. 361 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,680 362 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,080 If men can look at me and want me for my looks, 363 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,080 why can't I want men for their money? 364 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,600 It's the same thing, really. 365 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,920 366 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,640 This is Marilyn Monroe at her peak. 367 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,880 368 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,080 369 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,720 It's still one of the most imitated moments in film history. 370 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,680 371 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,400 continental... 372 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:34,760 best friend... 373 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,520 friend... 374 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,440 375 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,360 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tops the box office. 376 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,680 With the success of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 377 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,920 there is definitely a connection between Lorelei Lee on screen 378 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,400 and Marilyn as a star. 379 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,640 If you happen to have blonde hair, you're considered dumb. 380 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,440 I don't know why that is. It's very... 381 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,320 I think it's a very limited view. 382 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,680 Marilyn! APPLAUSE 383 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,080 People thought Marilyn wasn't acting because she was a great actor, 384 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,880 but also she's playing a stupid, dumb blonde woman. 385 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,440 So it can't be an act because that's how women are, aren't they? 386 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,800 Well, there isn't much difference, Marilyn. You're 25, and... 387 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,360 ..I'm 39. LAUGHTER 388 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:32,920 Yes, but what about 25 years from now, 389 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,280 when I'm 50 and you're 39? 390 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,120 LAUGHTER 391 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:38,680 Gee. 392 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:43,080 It suited men to believe that she was dumb, because it's unchallenging. 393 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,080 Because I can't trust myself with you. 394 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,720 And the supremacy of male intelligence 395 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,080 and male capability, at that time, was huge. 396 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,440 You're so strong, and I'm so weak. 397 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,280 She's subverting our expectations and showing you, 398 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,200 "Oh, I know what you think about me, 399 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,360 "and I'm going to use that against you to get what I want." 400 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:06,960 Men's assumptions about women are challenged in 1953 401 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,800 when Dr Alfred Kinsey published his results 402 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,680 from the largest-ever sex survey. 403 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,120 The Kinsey Report revolutionised 404 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,400 how people understood women's sexuality... 405 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,920 ..and made more and more people realise that women were 406 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,120 sexual beings in a way that they had not realised before. 407 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:31,920 That women were having extramarital affairs, 408 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,880 that about 40% of women had had sex before marriage. 409 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,960 And people were shocked about this. 410 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,280 Women had orgasms. 411 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,440 "Really? Oh, my God! 412 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,680 "We didn't know they enjoyed it!" 413 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:57,040 Kinsey came along and made scientific what Marilyn was 414 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,800 kind of demonstrating on the movie screen every week. 415 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,480 So Marilyn is a rebel. 416 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,560 She is a forerunner to the very sexual decades 417 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,440 of the '60s and into the '70s. 418 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,920 Whatever anybody else thought, 419 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,040 Marilyn Monroe knew that she was more than just a pretty face. 420 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,960 She knew that she had all of these other gifts that she could offer. 421 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,800 She knew that she was funny. 422 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:29,400 And so she took every opportunity that she could get to show that. 423 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,160 You've got the most peculiar vision I ever saw. Why do you say that? 424 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,760 Because you're reading that book upside down. 425 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,440 But I'm no such thing. 426 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,400 Not you, the book. 427 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,200 You see that she really was a brilliant all-around actress. 428 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,320 Oh. 429 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,680 You know, her eyes would just do something, 430 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,600 and she was just so comedically gifted. 431 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,840 This way, please. 432 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,440 She began to understand that comedy could be one of her powers... 433 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,240 This way, my dear. I'm so sorry. 434 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:05,160 ..and that the way she could fuse it with sex would be her unique brand. 435 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,400 There are not many Hollywood actresses of that era that 436 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,200 combined clear physical attractiveness 437 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,880 and physical comedy of a slapstick style 438 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,760 like she does in How To Marry A Millionaire, 439 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,440 where she's a bit blind and keeps running into walls. 440 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,880 The movie is Marilyn's third hit of 1953, 441 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,720 earning Fox a total of $15 million - 442 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,360 the equivalent of 150 million today. 443 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,320 She was a star then. 444 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,800 She got first billing in that movie. 445 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,160 So she made it. 446 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:53,000 A few weeks later, production is due to start on Marilyn's next 447 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,680 film for Fox, The Girl In Pink Tights. 448 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,600 Darryl Zanuck wanted to continue to place her 449 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,120 in light-hearted musical comedies. 450 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:07,360 Pink Tights was pretty one note, 451 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,960 and she didn't want to be stereotyped. 452 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,880 She literally labelled it "trash". 453 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,520 She also discovered that her co-star, Frank Sinatra, 454 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,200 was being paid more than three times as much as she was, 455 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,760 and she was furious. 456 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:29,680 The consciousness has been for centuries that men are 457 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,560 worth more than women. 458 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,720 She was the main attraction. 459 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,760 I mean, she was the reason that people flocked to the theatre. 460 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,760 So it was insane that she wasn't given a much more 461 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,760 power position in terms of salary. 462 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,600 It was time to put her foot in the ground and say, "No more." 463 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,360 And she decided just to not show up to work. 464 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,040 This was an early instance of Time's Up. 465 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,000 For anyone who thinks Monroe was a perpetual victim, 466 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,200 she walked off the set of Pink Tights. 467 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,960 Enough said. 468 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,080 Romance that thrills the world - 469 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,400 the marriage of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. 470 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,160 After two years of dating, 471 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,640 Marilyn and Joe's marriage captivates the nation. 472 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,800 Just because it began as a publicity stunt doesn't mean that they 473 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,960 couldn't have fallen in love and had a real relationship after that. 474 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,000 It does seem to have been what happened. 475 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:38,800 He has a very sensitive nature in many respects. 476 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,280 When he was young, he had a very difficult time. 477 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,160 So he understood some things about me, 478 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,000 and I understood some things about him. 479 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,160 NEWSREEL: There's no surprise in the fact that it attracted a record 480 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,920 crowd to the San Francisco Court where the ceremony was performed. 481 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,360 There were hundreds of reporters. 482 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,720 I think we can assume that Joe didn't tip them off 483 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,480 because he hated all that stuff. 484 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,760 The story was that actually it was Marilyn who called up the 485 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,120 journalists. She recognised that this was an opportunity. 486 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,480 She was very savvy about the media. 487 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:17,120 She knew she needed the media, and the media knew that she needed them. 488 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,880 NEWSREEL: And now, after congratulations, they were off on their honeymoon. 489 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,840 Marilyn refuses to work until 20th Century Fox improves her pay 490 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,280 and conditions. 491 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,600 And now she has more leverage. 492 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,880 Marilyn was now Mrs Joe DiMaggio. 493 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,440 She was suddenly on the front pages. 494 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,200 So it did her a lot of favours, 495 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:42,840 because the studios could not brush her under the carpet. 496 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:50,200 Joe was in Japan for the start of the baseball season. 497 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,320 NEWSREEL: Mrs Joe DiMaggio - Marilyn Monroe, that is - 498 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:54,920 arrives with Joe in Tokyo. 499 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:59,080 He was really supposed to be the star of this trip. 500 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:05,120 It's clear the Japanese people want to see her much more than DiMaggio. 501 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:09,160 Joe, he's the forgotten man, which is something in Japan, 502 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,360 where baseball is so popular. 503 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,600 Joe DiMaggio was quite old-fashioned in his beliefs. 504 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,760 He wanted a nice, old-fashioned wife. 505 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,560 And, you know, he didn't get one. 506 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:26,120 I was married when I was 18, stupidly. 507 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:30,560 And I said, "Well, I'm not going to do any cooking or cleaning. 508 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,520 "I'm working." 509 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,040 I got berated that I was not a "real woman". 510 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,200 It seems clear that Joe DiMaggio expected Marilyn to stop working. 511 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,920 It's less clear that Marilyn ever had any 512 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,920 intention of fulfilling that expectation. 513 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:56,240 On their second day in Tokyo, Marilyn gets an unexpected offer. 514 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,080 In 1954, the United States still has 330,000 troops in Korea... 515 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,080 ..because they're concerned about containing 516 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,280 the spread of the Soviet sphere of influence. 517 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,920 She was asked to entertain the troops... 518 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,480 ..and she jumped at the opportunity. 519 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,840 Servicemen were a big part of making her a star, 520 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,800 and she wanted to pay it back. 521 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,920 She goes to Korea, and DiMaggio gets angry. 522 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,960 The only thing that I have to complain about is 523 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,600 I haven't seen very much of Marilyn as she is touring through the camps. 524 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:46,400 And so maybe after that wait, we will be able to spend a little time. 525 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,240 He felt that once they were married, her sexual appeal belonged to him. 526 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,520 But it doesn't seem to have occurred to him that it 527 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,120 might have been Marilyn's. 528 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,840 She goes to something like ten locations 529 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,960 with 10,000 men at each location. 530 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,480 And the troops go crazy. 531 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,640 Watching the footage of Marilyn in Korea really 532 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,040 puts in the spotlight how much more 533 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,640 politically involved and aware and cognisant she was, 534 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,240 and also an immense sense of care for other human beings. 535 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,120 It just radiates out of her. 536 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,720 It was snowing, it was freezing cold. 537 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,160 She had this teeny-tiny spaghetti strap dress on. 538 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,760 But she was determined that she was going to entertain these GIs. 539 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,680 540 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,480 your humble... 541 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,320 She said, "Hey, guys, you've made me who and what I am, 542 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:47,840 "and here I am, doing this for you." 543 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,440 544 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,720 in the end... 545 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:59,480 It's her taking charge of her persona and using it in a deliberate 546 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,000 and generous way. 547 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,960 friend. 548 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,240 The highlight of my life was singing for the soldiers there. 549 00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:15,880 I stood out on an open stage, and it was cold, 550 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,120 but I swear I didn't feel a thing except good. 551 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:27,040 Going onstage in front of 100,000 screaming fans is a different 552 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:31,200 kind of affirmation of your popularity. 553 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,480 She gets incredible publicity over the Korean tour. 554 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,440 NEWSREEL: The blonde movie star wows them 555 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,360 and the candid cameras go into action. 556 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,800 And at that point, I think Zanuck just gives up. He can't stop her. 557 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:50,720 20th Century Fox relents and gives Marilyn a significant pay raise. 558 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,440 But as famous and wealthy and beautiful as she was, 559 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,920 respect really is the one thing that she's craving. 560 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,240 When Marilyn arrived in New York to film with Billy Wilder on 561 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:12,960 The Seven Year Itch, there was a huge reaction. 562 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,720 You could see how loved she was by people 563 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:23,400 because of the size of the crowds that followed her wherever she went. 564 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,440 I understand there's some fabulous location shots going to be 565 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,160 made next Saturday night, walking over the subway grating 566 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,080 and a gust of wind catches you and so forth. 567 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,920 I imagine you'll stop traffic on Saturday night. 568 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,560 Well, I'm looking forward to working in it very much. 569 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,280 This wasn't about filming a movie. 570 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,000 This was about publicising an event. 571 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,160 I was there. 572 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,320 All of us went. 573 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:57,080 It was late at night, and there were photographers all around. 574 00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,800 300, 400, they're on the roofs, upper windows of the buildings. 575 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:12,120 She and her co-star Tom Ewell walk out of the movie theatre, 576 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,200 and she approaches a subway grating. 577 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,560 Oh, do you feel the breeze from the subway? 578 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:19,840 Isn't it delicious? 579 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:28,760 Marilyn's friend, the photographer Sam Shaw, is in the crowd. 580 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,320 His photos create history. 581 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,360 It's almost like she's saying, "This one's for you, Sam." 582 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:44,120 She's playing to the photographer, and she's really turning it on. 583 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,000 That is the image that most people remember. 584 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,880 It's just an exhilarating moment because you feel 585 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,760 it's something that's happening accidentally, and yet it isn't. 586 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,400 It's a woman having fun with her own body 587 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,720 and having a laugh to the camera. 588 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:05,120 And I think that's why it's lasted the test of time. 589 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,080 Ooh, here comes another one! 590 00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,720 We thought it would be over in a minute and a half. 591 00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:16,000 It was...two hours of craziness. 592 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:22,800 Billy Wilder shot the scene 80 times to get one shot. 593 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,280 There's more and more cheering, and reporters, gawkers, 594 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,960 and Marilyn at the centre of this spectacle. 595 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,640 It's hard to separate the image of self-possession and beauty from 596 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,000 feeling like she was getting eaten alive by the press. 597 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,320 And that is the pain of our business. 598 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,800 You become a commodity to the world. 599 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,160 I was standing next to Joe. 600 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:00,760 After about the tenth... 601 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,480 ..the skirt going up, he began to tremble. 602 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:10,240 And I put my hand on his arm and said, "Joe, it's just a movie. 603 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:11,720 "It's not real." 604 00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:13,640 And he said, "I realise that, 605 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:18,000 "but it's MY wife showing off her panties." 606 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,040 Joe turned around and left. 607 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,360 We don't know what happened. 608 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,440 No-one was in her hotel room. 609 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,040 It was just Joe and Marilyn that night. 610 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,480 There are stories that DiMaggio beat her. 611 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,200 Those charges have never been proven one way or the other, 612 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,720 and it's important to say that. 613 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:44,520 But the stories that were told are certainly plausible. 614 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:48,040 Three weeks later, their marriage is over. 615 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,920 Let me know, fellas, when you gut the speed up. 616 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,320 Miss Monroe will have nothing to say this morning. 617 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,720 All I can say as her attorney is that this is what 618 00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:02,560 we would say was the conflict of careers. 619 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,320 The tears are just streaming down her face. 620 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,440 Now somebody says, "Oh, she's a good actress." 621 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,360 No, no, no, that was... Those are real tears. 622 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:21,800 If domestic violence played a part in the ending of her marriage, 623 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:26,400 that was not something that Marilyn Monroe had the option of saying. 624 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,080 This is during an era in which 625 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,560 it was still seen as a husband's prerogative to hit his wife. 626 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,240 Women are always considered responsible. 627 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:42,120 So Marilyn is very brave to go through with the divorce. 628 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,640 Our marriage wasn't a happy one. 629 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,400 It ended in nine months, unfortunately. 630 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:51,440 And I don't know what else to say. 631 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,240 Marilyn returns to work at Fox Studios. 632 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,680 But she just felt, under Zanuck's leadership, her career was 633 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:07,240 going to flounder because the films weren't going to be good. 634 00:40:07,240 --> 00:40:10,240 She could not get away from the typecasting. 635 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,760 She could see that the act was starting to exploit her. 636 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,800 She needed to deconstruct what she was doing 637 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,720 so that it wouldn't eat her alive. 638 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:23,800 At the pinnacle of her success, 639 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,600 Marilyn Monroe walks away from Hollywood. 640 00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,280 It's astonishing that she would do that. 641 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,240 She was flying without a net. 642 00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,120 She was feeling her power, 643 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:41,080 and I think she wanted to see how far she could push herself. 644 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,000 She had created Marilyn Monroe. 645 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,080 She had made Marilyn Monroe a star. 646 00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:51,440 It was time to take Marilyn Monroe on the next step of her journey. 647 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:55,360 Next, on Reframed: Marilyn Monroe... 648 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,000 She wanted control of her own destiny. 649 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:01,680 People said she's David against Goliath. 650 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,080 She was entering a new ring. 651 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,920 Bus Stop, it was very brave. 652 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:11,040 Marilyn had a fear of being called a home-wrecker. 653 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,520 Arthur Miller is a risky proposition, 654 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,960 romantically and professionally, for Marilyn. 655 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:20,080 He is a married man who was subpoenaed by the US government. 656 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,040 Are you a member of the Communist Party? 657 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,280 She doesn't realise she's heading into a storm.