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Marlene Dietrich. (1901-1993)
Meena Kumari |
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Marlilyn Monre
(1926-1962) (part-two)
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She
got modeling offer and a number of magazines signed her as their “ Cover
Girl” . She worked briefly with Columbia Pictures in low budget musical
film a like Ladies of the Chorus and Love Happy both in the year 1949. At
this point she had an affair with a music director and this again made her
dishearten and reminded of the insecurities which she was running from .
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This
affair left her in the state of self annihilation .She also attempted
suicide .
Arthur Horn blow jr. and John Houston when they were looking for a face
to fill a minor part in their film , The Asphalt Jungle ,” As soon as we
saw her knew she was the one “ recalls Horn blow.
The film turned successful but the main cause of the audience running
to the theatres was Marilyn , her beauty which was doing all the magic
in the hearts and mind of people .She is recognized as the Calendar Girl
but and public said that Marilyn should be in . Her films like ‘All
About Eve’ (1950), ‘Love Nest’(1951),’ Clash by Night ‘(1952) all hailed
Marilyn Monroe as the love icon of the centaury . |
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In
1953 she received international fame for her roles in films like ‘Niagara’,
‘How to Marry A Millionaire’ and ‘Gentleman Prefer Blondes. ‘,1954 saw her
as the leading lady of Fox Production. She had all money , fame and beauty
at this point of time and she was loving her move of life
Marilyn married the famous baseball player Joe Di Maggio in
1954. They divorced a year later. In 1956 she married the play writer
Arthur Miller . Although the marriage between them lasted for four years but
Marilyn said that in this relation she thought that there is a shelter with
her and all in a way she felt supportive, not alone .She was now thirty-six
and all whatever her relation with Arthur Miller also ended with a tragedy
which made everyone spellbound . Arthur Miller has dramatized the tragedy
in his play,’ After The Fall’ . The star relationship with in the then US
president John .F Kennedy began in 1954 when he was a senator and continued
on and off until 1962 , when she used to disguise herself in wings for
trysts with the young President. But she was broken when he tried to
distance himself from her.
Marilyn
emotional stability seemed erode more with each film with sleeping pills,
drink, collapses , rows ,tardiness , triumphs, and pregnancy terminations.
No one claimed her body on death .And the people who know her felt that the
death was inevitable. Marilyn throughout her life had a complex hard
question She was really concern about her platinum hair, luminous skin ,
black lashes and scarlet lips which was something she developed and honed
over the years.
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