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Marilyn Monroe rehearsing at Madison Square Garden the morning of the performance for JFK's birthday, 1962
She was meticulous about this appearance, and she valued it enough to spend $12,000.00 on a dress that she’d asked Oscar winning designer Jean Luis to create for her.
“I want you to design a truly historical dress, a dazzling dress that’s one of a kind,” she said to him, “A dress that only Marilyn Monroe could wear.”
Susan Strasberg writes about Marilyn rehearsing the song
"My Mother was a wreck when she got home from the rehearsal “It keeps getting sexier and sexier. If she doesn’t stop, it will be a parody. Richard Adler was crazed (Richard had written the special lyrics for the song), he made Peter Lawford call the president, who just laughed and said, ‘Great.'”
“What did you say?” I asked. “Mom, why didn’t you tell her the truth?”
"She looked chastised. “She didn’t want to hear it. She’s determined to do it sexy,” she told us. “‘How else can I top everybody else?’ There’s nothing anyone can tell her about this, except maybe your father, but he won’t because it’s not important enough to him. They’ll probably blame me…Mabye they’ll love it.”
"Marilyn had worn out three pianists rehearsing for this song. She’d sung it in the bathtub, on the plane, night and day."
"That evening I went to Madison Square Garden with my date. Mom and Delos were with Marilyn and Arthur Miller’s father, who she adored. I watched from a nearby seat."
She was meticulous about this appearance, and she valued it enough to spend $12,000.00 on a dress that she’d asked Oscar winning designer Jean Luis to create for her.
“I want you to design a truly historical dress, a dazzling dress that’s one of a kind,” she said to him, “A dress that only Marilyn Monroe could wear.”
Susan Strasberg writes about Marilyn rehearsing the song
"My Mother was a wreck when she got home from the rehearsal “It keeps getting sexier and sexier. If she doesn’t stop, it will be a parody. Richard Adler was crazed (Richard had written the special lyrics for the song), he made Peter Lawford call the president, who just laughed and said, ‘Great.'”
“What did you say?” I asked. “Mom, why didn’t you tell her the truth?”
"She looked chastised. “She didn’t want to hear it. She’s determined to do it sexy,” she told us. “‘How else can I top everybody else?’ There’s nothing anyone can tell her about this, except maybe your father, but he won’t because it’s not important enough to him. They’ll probably blame me…Mabye they’ll love it.”
"Marilyn had worn out three pianists rehearsing for this song. She’d sung it in the bathtub, on the plane, night and day."
"That evening I went to Madison Square Garden with my date. Mom and Delos were with Marilyn and Arthur Miller’s father, who she adored. I watched from a nearby seat."