Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller

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Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller
1956

Name: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller
Brand: Unknown
Rating: 4.9 (44 reviews)

About the Item

Marilyn Monroe married Arthur Miller on June 29th, 1956. The marriage lasted five years. in the early months of 1956 Marilyn Monroe was preparing to star in Bus Stop, discussing with Laurence Olivier a role in The Prince and the Showgirl and romancing Arthur Miller, who was divorcing his wife, Mary. She was also formally changing her name from Norma Jeane Mortenson to Marilyn Monroe and being attacked by red-baiters for associating with the playwright, an alleged Communist sympathizer. In February Walter Winchell broadcast an item about ‘America’s best-known blonde moving picture star’. Said to have been directly inspired by J. Edgar Hoover himself, it described her as ‘now the darling of the left wing intelligentsia, several of whom are listed as Red fronters’. The filming of Bus Stop was completed by the end of May. Miller’s Reno divorce came through in June and Marilyn joined him in New York, besieged by swarms of pressmen. On June 29th they held a press conference at Miller’s house in Roxbury, Connecticut. Once the 400 pressmen had gone away, the couple sneaked off to the Westchester County Court House in nearby White Plains, where they were married by Judge Seymour Rabinowitz shortly before 7.30 pm in a ceremony that lasted all of four minutes. The bride was thirty years old to the groom’s forty. Miller’s cousin, Morty Miller and his wife were the witnesses, and there was not a solitary pressman or flash camera in sight. The wedding rings were inscribed ‘Now is forever’ and the bride was given away by her acting teacher and guru Lee Strasberg. There were twenty-five guests and the ceremony was performed by Rabbi Robert Goldberg. The writer George Axelrod made a witty speech congratulating the happy couple. The newlyweds soon went off to London for the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl. Their marriage lasted until their separation in 1960 followed by their divorce the following year.

Creation Year:
1956
Dimensions:
Height: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)
Medium:
Photographic Paper
Movement & Style:
Realist
Period:
1950-1959
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU518604722

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