Yes, all the posters for the movie “Niagara” showed off the curves of Marilyn Monroe’s sensual body. And of course, she got the role of a seductress - but not a stupid blonde, but a real femme fatale, a femme fatale, who does not just hug somewhere in the corners with a random passer-by, but quite prudently plans the murder of her own husband. However, that's not even the point. The film was quite passable for its time, and the special effects used in it now seem at least frivolous, but it still makes you think.

"Niagara"

Of course, this is not War and Peace, but after watching it you will probably spend some time thinking about love and passion. Not least of all, this is facilitated by the performance of Marilyn, for whom this role, in general, has become not the most typical. Yes, she knew how to surprise - including the audience.

Be gentle and elegant at the same time

Marilyn in the film “How to Marry a Millionaire” both makes you laugh and touches you to tears. This is an amazing combination that will help conquer any man. Moreover, most of the absurdities with Monroe’s heroine occur because of her poor eyesight. The girl does not wear glasses, ashamed of her shortcomings. However, even with all these ridiculous steps that Marilyn performs on the screen, the film star remains the standard of elegance. And the look, tender from myopia, is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. No, we don’t suggest putting your glasses on the shelf and tripping over everything, but you can practice in the mirror.

"How to Marry a Millionaire"

Don’t be shy about the definition of “lovely, how stupid”

The film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” like the song “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend,” is considered a classic of the genre.

Marilyn in this film is a classic blonde who shows intelligence in exclusively women's issues. However, it is precisely these women who are classified in the “lovely, so stupid” category. Sometimes this works better than any other strategy. Moreover, if you understand about yourself what Monroe herself understood: “I’m not offended when they say that I’m a fool, I know that’s not true.”

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"

Be deliciously sexy

The Seven Year Itch is probably a fairly typical film for its time. It's almost about the forbidden fruit that everyone always wants. Sorry, Puritans, this is, of course, about sex.

"The Seven Year Itch"

But Marilyn turned what was generally a rather vulgar text into an acceptable spectacle, because her sexuality is completely charming. She does everything casually, completely unaware that she is tormenting a man in the most sophisticated way: “In this heat, I keep my laundry in the refrigerator...” Even the famous scene (yes, one cannot do without mentioning this) with a flowing dress comes out naturally to her, like would be by chance. The secret of this turned out to be quite simple: “Women's charms cannot be produced industrially. True beauty comes from femininity.” This is definitely worth learning from the famous actress.

"The Seven Year Itch"

Falling in love like the first time

Marilyn Monroe is a little funny, a little simple-minded, naive, stupid. But we have seen this kind of Marilyn in other films. The main thing that distinguishes her in the film “Some Like It Hot” (in our country it is known as “Some Like It Hot”) is the state of love into which the young girl gradually but firmly plunges.

In the history of world cinema, Marilyn Monroe was much more than just a beautiful and sexy blonde. (Documentary film "I'm Afraid.")

“She was one hundred percent a woman, the most feminine of all women in the world...” Arthur Miller

The sexiest woman of the fifties is Marilyn Monroe. She conquered everyone with her beauty and at the same time did not love anyone. She knew how to teach herself so well that films with her participation are still watched. They want to be like her, they idolize her. I want to show you the best quotes from Marilyn Monroe that she once wrote in her diary.

*** I agree to live in a world ruled by men as long as I can be a woman in this world.

*** A husband is a person who always forgets your birthday and never misses a chance to tell you your age.

*** We women only have two weapons... Mascara and tears, but we cannot use both at the same time.

*** They are so bright and so lonely. Our world is a world of appearances.

*** The dream of millions cannot belong to one.

*** I didn’t make a woman. Men, because of my image as a "sex symbol" created by them and myself, expect too much from me - they expect bells to ring and whistles to blow. But my anatomy is no different from any other woman's. I don't live up to expectations.

*** We, beautiful women, are obliged to appear stupid so as not to bother men.

*** Run away if you want to be loved.

*** A strong man does not need to assert himself at the expense of a woman who had the weakness to love him. He already has a place to show his strength.

*** And I am a real blonde. But people don’t just become blonde by nature.

*** A career is a wonderful thing, but it can't warm anyone on a cold night.

*** A smart girl kisses, but does not love, listens, but does not believe, and leaves before she is left.

*** Hollywood is the place where they pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know this because I turned down the first one more than once and held out my hand for fifty cents.

*** Old fagot! What does he understand about this body with which I earn my living?

*** For the first time in my life I am not asked to open my mouth and spread my legs. That's lucky!

*** I have often thought that to be loved means to be desired. Now I think that to be loved means to plunge another into dust, to have complete power over him.

*** A sex symbol is just a thing, and I hate being a thing. But if we’re going to be a symbol, it’s better to be a symbol of sex than anything else.

*** Men have sincere respect for everything that bores.

*** Children, especially girls, should always be told that they are beautiful and that everyone loves them. If I have a daughter, I will always tell her that she is beautiful, I will comb her hair and I will not leave her alone for a minute.

*** If I'm a little lucky, someday I'll find out why people are so tormented by sex problems. Personally, I don't care about them any more than cleaning my shoes.

Marilyn Monroe "I'm Afraid" Documentary 2008 SATRIP From Vlad D

Marilyn Monroe. Real name: Norma Jean Baker Mortenson. Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, died on August 5, 1962 in Braithwood (California). She studied at the Actors Studio in New York. A legend in life and a legend in death, Marilyn Monroe lived a colorful but short and difficult life.

The sex symbol of America, the object of dreams of thousands of men, a beauty who was the envy of millions of women, an actress whose rapid “rise” to the top of the film Olympus seemed like a miracle, she was in fact a tragic figure. A failed personal life and vain attempts to prove to directors that “beautiful Merlin” is capable of something more on screen than demonstrating her charms are the main reasons for the tragedy that took place in a rich mansion, where on the morning of August 5, 1962, the police discovered Merlin’s body.

But, probably, in order to understand the full depth of this tragedy, it makes sense to go back to the past, when blond Norma Jean learned her first life lessons. And they were more than harsh: poverty, mother’s hysterics, rape by her stepfather when the girl was only eight years old, a feeling of loneliness and melancholy. And who knows what the future fate of Marilyn Monroe would have been like if nature had not endowed her with a beautiful body, amazing skin and a pretty face, where the charm of an angel was combined with the seductiveness of a temptress.

An unsuccessful early marriage that quickly ended in divorce and invitations to work as a fashion model and fashion model - such was the youth of Marilyn Monroe. The first offer to act in films came in 1947, when the aspiring actress appeared in an episode of the film “Dangerous Years”. This was followed by several more small roles in the films “Skudda-U! Skudda-hey!” (1947), “Ladies from the Corps de Ballet” (1949), “Thunderball” (1950), etc. The pretty young actress was liked by the public and critics. Her performance in the familiar film “All About Eve” was especially noted, where in a short episode Marilyn Monroe (by this time she had already chosen a pseudonym) managed to convey a whole palette of feelings and emotions that consume the little ambitious creature - her heroine Miss Coswell, an aspiring actress who dreams of becoming a star and does not hesitate to use any means to achieve this.

However, for directors, Marilyn Monroe, first of all, remained a beautiful, sexy woman, and none of those who invited her to act in films saw or wanted to see her as an actress. This explains the repertoire of films with her participation. The content of the films can be judged even by their titles: “Love Nest” (1951), “Let’s Get Married” (1951), “We Are Not Married” (1952), “You Can Enter Without Knocking” (1952), “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953), “How to Marry a Millionaire” (1953), etc. Merlin becomes a star, her photographs in evening dresses and “without” sell in millions of copies, and on the pages of the press the smallest details of her personal life are constantly savored.

When in 1956 it became known that the next husband of M. M (as viewers and journalists now call her) was the famous American writer and playwright Arthur Miller, the excitement around the actress reached its apogee... And again, all Merlin’s attempts to change her screen " image" are doomed to failure. She attends classes at the theater studio of E. Kazan and Lee Strasberg - this causes smiles, in her personal interviews she speaks of her desire to act in serious films and... receives invitations to participate in the next melodramas, comedies, where she is still assigned the role of a seductive and empty-headed beauties (“There is no better business than show business”, 1954; “Seven years after the wedding”, 1955; “The Prince and the Chorus Girl”, 1957). And although many actors and directors, including the famous Laurence Olivier (MM’s partner in the film “The Prince and the Chorus Girl”) note her undeniable talent as a dramatic actress, nothing changes in the life of Marilyn Monroe.

For viewers - she is still Darling - the heroine of the most famous film "Some Like It Hot", 1959 (in our box office - "Some Like It Hot") - a sweet, pretty soloist of a cheerful ladies' orchestra, dreaming of marrying a millionaire, but who has found her happiness in the arms of an equally poor but charming musician (Tony Curtis). Perhaps, only once did Merlin manage to go beyond her usual role - this was in her last screen work, bearing the very symbolic name “The Misfits” (1961). Alas, at the moment when actress Marilyn Monroe was “born”, the woman bearing this name had very little time left to live...

Constant thoughts about approaching old age, a divorce from Arthur Miller (1961), and dissatisfaction with work naturally led the actress to depression, and as a way out of it, abuse of alcohol, drugs and sleeping pills. And yet... although the official conclusion of “suicide” has not yet been refuted by anyone, to this day the death of Marilyn Monroe causes a lot of gossip and speculation. And the version of the murder for political reasons (recently a lot has been written in the press about Merlin’s stormy romance with Senator Robert Kennedy) also has a right to exist. The only man from M.M.’s family who saw the actress off on her last journey was her second husband, the famous athlete Joe DiMaggio. But even after her death, Merlin continued to attract attention.

Both in America and in Europe, many books and articles were published in which an attempt was made to understand the phenomenon of M.M., and several films dedicated to her work were released: “Merlin” (1963), “Goodbye Norma Jean!” (1976), “Merlin: The Untold Story” (1980), “The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe” (1985), “Marilyn Monroe: What Lies Behind the Legend” (1987). Each in a different way, the authors of these films sought to penetrate the soul of a woman who passed away ununderstood... And the fact that more than thirty years after her death the memory of her is alive proves that in the history of world cinema M. M was much more than just a beautiful and sexy blonde.

23. The appearance of Marilyn

And Marilyn Monroe appeared to the world... True, no one knew about this, including Marilyn herself.

She got used to her new name instantly. America is a country whose citizens do not need documents. Bank card, driver's license, pass somewhere... Passport? Yes, if Americans have to travel outside the country. Or optionally – if you need some kind of identification.

In her hands, Marilyn had birth and marriage certificates and a court decision on divorce. She did not (for the time being) have a bank account, since she earned so little that she had time to spend everything before the next fee; no driver's license... It turned out that she did not have any identification documents? And she could call herself by any name? Yes it is. But still not quite - she got a pass to the 20th Century Fox studio. And it clearly stated – “Marilyn Monroe, actress”...

She had natural beauty and the ability to act in front of the camera. She wasn't afraid of the camera, although, to be honest, she didn't know how to act. Her first films are a rather pathetic spectacle. But the roles are very small, minute. And she could also sing. True, this became clear later - while her roles were almost without words and completely without music. But then, when she started singing... Her voice was small, clearly not operatic. But when she sang, the hall froze.

Already Marilyn. 1952

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50. Marilyn is a blonde Thanks to the find of the stylists of the 20th Century Fox film studio and, of course, her own intuition, Marilyn, a naturally brown-haired woman, turned into a blonde. And thus she introduced the concept of “artificial blonde” into fashion. Millions of women began to dye their hair

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WOMAN FOR MAN

Evil tongues say that she was eccentric and capricious, not very smart (in any case, she lacked education, that’s for sure). That she constantly listened to Frank Sinatra records. I spent hours talking on the phone and constantly looking at my reflection in the mirror. She drank champagne in bed, ate chocolate that melted in her hands, and wiped her fingers on the sheets, which the maids had to change often because of this. She did not wear underwear, did not like to take a bath, considering the natural aroma of her body a means of seduction. She was always late everywhere. She abused alcohol and was treated for depression in psychiatric hospitals (some doctors diagnosed her with schizophrenia).

But in the spotlight this woman was magically transformed. In front of the camera lens, her lips began to tremble wetly, and her eyes began to exude love languor. An erotic glow seemed to appear around her. And it seemed as if the goddess of love herself had descended from heaven. All films starring Marilyn Monroe brought incredible profits. In the center of Los Angeles there was a giant four-story poster of her in a flowing dress. There was always a crowd here. Marilyn's friends became the powers that be - billionaires, ministers, presidents and kings. Reports about Marilyn's visit to Buckingham Palace were not headlined as usual: “The Queen of Great Britain received so-and-so,” but rather: “Marilyn Monroe received by the Queen.” No matter who was elected Miss America or Miss World, throughout the years of her Hollywood triumph, she was the first woman, and not only in America. Over the century of its existence, cinema has embodied several faces of absolute femininity. Greta Garbo, for example, is an inaccessible beauty. Her beautiful face and perfect figure are admired from afar, without encroaching on her icy heart. Audrey Hepburn is “the purest example of pure charm,” a touching woman-child, the joy of a mature man who unexpectedly discovered paternal feelings in himself. As they say, to each his own. But Marilyn Monroe is a collective male dream. A dream of a man's ideal woman, who knows that her place is at the feet of her master. And most importantly, she dreams of keeping him busy as quickly as possible. She seduces and attracts not in order to reject or deprive her of peace. Marilyn is the image of a desirable and (lo and behold!) accessible beauty, ready to selflessly serve. This selflessness still drives men into ecstasy to this day. Marilyn is a charming slave of love, the man's dream of an ideal world embodied on the screen, where the war of the sexes ended amicably (with the unconditional victory of the stronger half).

A classic blonde who took naivety to the superlative. This image of Marilyn endlessly flatters the male ego. With her mere presence in this world, she seems to pour oil on the wounded pride. And most importantly, the plot of those lyrical comedies in which she shone always boiled down to one thing: the dazzling blonde actually longs for ordinary, earthly love. The heroine Marilyn Monroe is a gift of fate for an ordinary middle-aged man, average income and average appearance, but kind and pure at heart.

Do you want to hear an honest male opinion about the Marilyn Monroe phenomenon? Please! Here's what Marcello Mastroianni said about her: “My ideal has always been Marilyn Monroe - a beautiful blonde with a touch of vulgarity. I've never been attracted to women like Greta Garbo. Garbo was a queen. What does the queen want? Choose a king to rule over. Will she be able to, say, soft-boil an egg?”

SHAMELESS ANGEL

“The poor thing literally had sex written all over her face!” - Alfred Hitchcock once said about her. “At night I wear nothing but a few drops of Chanel No. 5,” she once casually threw into the crowd and left millions of fans awake. This mixture of shamelessness and innocence knocked me off my feet. Only the Muslim paradise describes the houris, in whom the purity of an angel is combined with the seductiveness of a temptress. For America and Europe in the sanctimonious forties and fifties, this new image became a sensation. Monroe, the holy harlot, became the adoration of millions long before the appearance of liberated “flower children.” In an era of double standards, she was absolutely open. During the years of Puritan morality, she behaved completely naturally. And although circumstances forced her to be careful, she was fearless. But here’s another mystery - any attempts to repeat her angelic frankness, even in our age, when many “love it hot,” look inevitably vulgar. This was given only to her - to incite manic passions in completely normal men, while remaining innocent.

Marilyn Monroe once told her friends that she was haunted by a haunting dream: “I’m in a big cathedral full of people. I walk down the aisle, completely naked. Everyone turns around and looks at me. I don't feel the slightest embarrassment. On the contrary, I feel very good, completely natural.” How else should a goddess feel? In a temple created by her imagination.

Actor Ted Jordan, Monroe's longtime lover and friend, writes in his memoirs: “This dream seemed very important to me, because I was always amazed at how relaxed she was about such a thing as nudity. She loved to walk around naked, and I don’t remember it ever bothering her. She was absolutely natural and had the same attitude towards everything sexual. If she wanted to do something, she just talked about it like an innocent child. And like a child, she needed constant love. By and large, sex was part of this need. She loved to watch me literally become exhausted with lust, worshiping the temple of her body. She admired how easily she could make someone admire her. “Just think,” she said, “the only thing I need to do is take off my dress.”

MONROE SYNDROME

Meanwhile, one American psychoanalyst introduced the concept of “Marilyn Monroe syndrome” into professional use. He assured that behind the constant narcissism of the Hollywood prima, a painful uncertainty about her own attractiveness was hidden. Despite the crowds of fans, she could not believe that she could be loved unselfishly. The same Ted Jordan believed that both a calculating bitch and a frightened child coexisted in Monroe’s soul. Her friend Susan Strasberg also speaks about Monroe’s duality: “She had two faces, and I loved the one that she did not show to the public - a face without makeup, like a little girl’s, not at all sexy, even, I would say, asexual . She remained playful and charming without that need to wear a mask all the time.” They say that one day before her tragic death, Monroe called the SOS helpline and, swallowing tears, asked: “Talk to me, I’m very lonely.” And it’s easy to believe it, knowing from what everyday “trash” this amazing flower grew.

The future Hollywood diva Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe, as is known, the actress's pseudonym) was born on June 1, 1926 in a modest hospital in starry Los Angeles. Her mother, Gladys Monroe Baker Mortensen, worked as an editor in Hollywood, and her father, Edward Mortensen, an American of Norwegian descent, quietly disappeared from the family shortly before Norma was born. Due to her mother's mental disorder, the girl was placed with foster parents at the age of two weeks, where she lived for six years. The mother rarely visited the baby. She had no time for it - poverty, an unsettled personal life, periodic treatment in a psychiatric hospital. In total, Norma Jeane changed eleven foster families, and at the age of ten she ended up in an orphanage, where she was called “mouse.” A quiet, stuttering, gray girl, she couldn’t get another nickname. She would later say, “Nobody told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls need to be told every day that they are pretty, even if it’s not true!” At sixteen, having run away from her family and dropped out of school, Norma married a simple guy. But this life was not for her. Norma loved going to morning movies. She imagined that her father looked like Clark Gable and dreamed of a luxurious life, which would certainly include exotic islands, yachts, palaces and a sea of ​​admirers.

IN BED WITH MARILYN

The first encounter with the world of men was too early and tragic. In her book, she wrote that an elderly Puritan gentleman, with whose family she lived, raped her by throwing a coin “for ice cream.” Norma Jeane was not even 10 years old at the time. When she was seventeen, her young husband set sail, leaving her without a livelihood, and she decided to try her luck as a fashion model. For the first photographs, the young aircraft factory worker, the future sex bomb, was paid five dollars an hour. She received 500 bucks for the famous photo for the wall calendar.

Hollywood became a place of bread for the orphan. But she had to “work hard” for this. “I spent many years on my knees,” she sadly joked later. Young Monroe called Hollywood “a crowded brothel” and firmly believed that the path to the pinnacle of fame had nothing to do with acting: “The main thing is to sleep with the right person!” She later admitted to her governess that she did not refuse anyone who could help her in her career.

Marilyn's first patron was 70-year-old producer Joe Schenk, a known rake throughout Hollywood. Gossip about their “romance” spread at the speed of light. What intimate details of their meetings were not discussed among colleagues! Schenk introduced Marilyn to Harry Cohn, the owner of the Columbia Pictures film studio. Here she began acting, but was fired for allegedly refusing her boss’s sexual advances.

However, comedian Milton Berle easily succeeded where Cohn failed: “She didn’t try to satisfy me just because I could help her... She did it because she liked me.” At that time, Marilyn really liked Fred Karger, he taught her vocal lessons. Fred enjoyed Marilyn's sexual services, but did not reciprocate her feelings. When 22-year-old Marilyn was fired from the Columbia Pictures film studio, she worked for some time in a small bar where she did striptease. There she had a two-week love affair with 18-year-old musician Anton LaVey. They had sex in motels, and when they didn't have money, right in Marilyn's car.

LaVey later wrote that Monroe was sexually passive and derived satisfaction not so much from sex itself as from the admiration that men expressed for the beauty of her body. Many of Marilyn's biographers tend to agree with him. Fred Giles wrote that she was “too self-absorbed most of her life to respond adequately to anything that had to do with men, including even sex.” Norman Mailer noted: "Marilyn was a pleasure to spend time in bed with, but she liked to receive, not to invent something new." Sometimes she climbed naked into bed with her next partner and asked him: “Don’t do anything, just hold me tight.” “They were filled with confidence in their abilities, but I didn’t have it at all,” Marilyn explained innocently. “They made me feel better and more confident.”

After Schenk, Johnny Hyde, one of the most famous advertising agents in Hollywood, became Marilyn's patron. 53-year-old Hyde fell in love with Marilyn and asked her to marry him. She refused his proposal. He made her feel secure, provided her with a new wardrobe and paid for plastic surgery to correct some of the flaws in her nose and chin. Most importantly, Hyde used his influence to give Marilyn the opportunity to star in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and All About Eve (1950). Marilyn didn't really like having sex with Hyde, but she didn't want to offend him and pretended to feel the peak of pleasure every time. When Marilyn signed her first contract, she exclaimed, “Here comes the last dick I’ll ever have to kiss!” With her friend Shelley Winters, Marilyn once, as if as a joke, made a list of famous men whom she would like to seduce. Later, Shelley accidentally found a photograph of Einstein in Marilyn's house. On the back of the photograph, in the hand of the famous scientist, was written: “With respect, love and gratitude.” Monroe herself seemed to remain frigid. “I didn’t make a woman,” said Marilyn. - My men, because of my image of a sex symbol, created by them and myself, expect too much from me. They expect so much that I cannot live up to their expectations. They expect bells to ring and whistles to blow, but my anatomy is no different from other women's."

SEA OF SADNESS

1953 was a landmark year for Monroe. She starred in the Billy Wilder comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which became a classic. The same year, the comedy How to Marry a Millionaire was released. With superstars Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall, but Marilyn outplayed her partners. She also married Joe DiMaggio, a baseball player who, although he had already retired from big-time sports, was no less famous than the president.

Perhaps this is the only man in her life who truly loved Norma Jeane. Precisely Norma, and not the glossy appearance of Monroe. He was 37 years old, in excellent shape and seemed a perfect complement to the actress, who by that time had become a real screen star. DiMaggio was strong, strong-willed, silent and proud. He despised Hollywood and was ashamed that his wife's sexual prowess was on public display.

The marriage to DiMaggio lasted 263 days. For three quarters of this period they slept in separate rooms. After the divorce, Joe sent Marilyn flowers every week. He continued to send them to her grave until his death.

In 1956, America was again shocked by the sensation: “Marilyn is marrying the famous playwright Arthur Miller.” And she even converted to Judaism.

It was the longest marriage of her life - six years. Marilyn, who loved to read, was drawn to smart men. Or perhaps she was deceived by the warmth of Miller's plays. But in life he turned out to be a cold and indifferent person. On the other hand, one can imagine what it was like for the disciplined intellectual Miller to watch his “half” sleep until lunch, then wander aimlessly naked around the house, spend hours looking at himself in the mirrors, drink champagne in bed, snack on sticky chocolate and wipe it on the sheets. smeared lips and hands.

There were days when Miller left his office only to walk the dog.

When Yves Montand, who starred with Marilyn in the same film, was visiting them, even the servants noticed that Miller spoke with his wife for so long and so seriously as he had never spoken with his wife in all six years. The same one, as if in revenge, instantly “spun” a whirlwind romance with Montand.

They appeared in public and made no secret of their relationship. Only a child could save a marriage with Miller. But Marilyn had several miscarriages. Due to childlessness, she developed depression and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She left there with a broken psyche, knowing that she would never have children. She saved herself with alcohol, sedatives, and then drugs.

Miller saw that something was wrong with his wife. He felt that he constantly had rivals in her heart and in her bed. But he didn’t want to delve into her mental problems or compete with anyone!

In 1961 they separated. When Miller arrived to pick up his papers from his office, Marilyn did not come to him. When he was later informed of the death of his ex-wife, he dryly said: “I don’t know that one!” But, of course, he was lying. He, with the instinct of a playwright, understood with whom fate brought him: “Stormy foam, under which a sea of ​​sadness rose... Her dream did not resemble a dream, but was the pulsation of an exhausted creature who fought with a demon.”

WEB IN THE WIND

Much is known about her affair with the Kennedy brothers. Just like the fact that they didn't make her happy. In the summer of 1962, Monroe's mental health was completely shaken, her mood fluctuated from joy to despair. She again began to abuse all kinds of medications and visit a psychiatrist every day. She was even removed from her last film for “truancy.” In the first days of August 1962, Marilyn learned that Robert and his family were vacationing at a villa in Palm Springs. She calls there and demands that he come to her immediately. Marilyn threateningly tells him that she has been keeping a diary for a long time, where she wrote down everything that both high-ranking brothers told her in moments of “relaxation.” Robert is furious, but understands that he has to go. He gets on a plane and flies to Los Angeles. The woman was already “on edge.” She shouted that on Monday (August 6) she would convene a press conference in the morning, tell the journalists the whole truth and give them her diary. Robert tried to reason with her, but she was carried away. Beside herself with rage, she grabbed a kitchen knife and threw it at Robert. Robert and his partner twisted her arms, trying to silence her. What happened next, whether it was suicide or murder, now probably no one will know. The next day she was found dead. The diagnosis is an overdose of sleeping pills. But the questions remained unanswered. Did Marilyn take the pills herself? For some reason, the examination did not find any traces of sleeping pills in the stomach of the deceased woman, but, meanwhile, a fresh trace of an unknown injection was discovered. And why did the authorities for a long time and diligently hide Robert’s last visit to Marilyn’s villa? Where did her diary – the famous “little little book” – go? It is believed to contain Monroe's recorded revelations of the Kennedy brothers "relaxing" with her, state secrets, even a story about a CIA conspiracy with the mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro. The “red book” disappeared; it was never found. But Marilyn’s poems remained - sad, poignant. They amaze with touchingness and vulnerability. They perfectly reflect Marilyn’s soul, fragile and strong at the same time. These are poems by a man who understood everything about himself...

Life, you push me in different directions.
I come to life from the cold, strong as a web in the wind,
I'm reaching down, but I'm still holding on...
These beads of rays -
I saw their light in the paintings.
Oh life, they deceive you -
Thinner than a web stretching down.
She holds on, not yielding to the wind and tongues of fire.
Life, you always push me in different directions,
But I can still hold on
Bye…
While you're pushing me

BEAUTY WILL NOT SAVE THE WORLD

But does it really matter what was the last straw? A tragic paradox - a woman who delighted millions, “the bride of America,” herself died from a lack of such a simple but vital element as Love. And, of course, she was undermined by failed attempts to prove that “beautiful Marilyn” is capable of something more on the screen than demonstrating her charms. “I'm really dying to do something different. I would like to play roles like Gretchen in Faust or Teresa in Lullaby,” she told reporters. “I want to be an actress, not an erotic entertainment. I don’t want to be sold as an aphrodisiac...” - Marilyn tried to shout to the Hollywood bosses. But it was precisely the “charms” that brought money to her owners, and the stigma of “dummy” did not allow her to look at her unbiasedly. Meanwhile, she was treated with respect by both Mikhail Chekhov, from whom she took lessons, and the famous theater teacher Constance Collier. The latter saw in her the embodiment of poetry: “If anyone thinks that this girl is just a slut, or anything else, then he is crazy. She can become the most exquisite Ophelia." Laurence Olivier admitted: “Miss Monroe is a brilliant comedienne, and, therefore, an extremely good actress. Yes, she could play Shakespeare." Another famous teacher, Lee Strasberg, admitted: “Marilyn Monroe is a talented actress with deep personality. I've worked with hundreds of actors and actresses, but only two stand out: Marlon Brando - number one. Marilyn Monroe is number two." Shortly before her death, Lee Strasberg hired Monroe to play the role of Blanche DuBois in his play A Streetcar Named Desire at the Actors Studio. And Monroe’s dream was Grushenka in The Brothers Karamazov. She dreamed of reading her famous monologue. Imagine a close-up where a replicated wet smile transforms into a suffering grimace and sensual lips do not whisper, but shout: “Don’t blame me for dressing up, Rakitka, you don’t yet know my whole heart!” After the monologue, according to Dostoevsky's text, Grushenka was supposed to scream hysterically, cover her face with her hands, throw herself into the pillow and shake with sobs. This is what Monroe dreamed about.

And finally: world-famous photographer Bert Stern, one of the last to take photographs of the actress, wrote in his memoirs “The Energy of Contemplation”: “If Marilyn had frozen for one minute, her beauty would have immediately evaporated. Photographing her was the same as photographing the light itself.”

Thanks to the film that captured the arrival of Beauty into this world, which, unfortunately, never saved anyone. But maybe we just didn’t notice it?