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49

I can’t trust: MM in MG2 III, 5, p. 39.

50

At first: MG2 II, 3, p. 17.

 

Chapter Four:
November 1937–June 1942

52

destitute and in need: Olive Brunings Monroe, Petition No. 434981 submitted to the State of California in accordance with Sections 1570–1573 of the State Welfare and Institutions Code.

52

I remember: Ida Mae Monroe Masciello to RT, 1984.

53

The world: MG2 II, 4, 34.

54

Later, I thought: MG2 XI, 4, unpaginated.

55

sexually assaulted: Sam Shaw and Norman Rosten,
Marilyn among friends
(London: Bloomsbury, 1987), p. 95.

57

She was very: Eleanor Goddard to DS, Feb. 21, 1992.

57

She changed: Quoted in Zolotow, p. 34.

58

Talk about marriage: MG2 VI, 2, 40.

58
n
3

The controversy about: B. R. Wilson, “Christian Science,” in the
Encyclopœdia Britannica
, 15th ed., 1983: vol. 4, p. 564; and the same author’s monograph, “The Origins of Christian Science: A Survey,”
Hibbert Journal
, vol. 57 (1959): 161–170.

60

but nothing did: MG2 VIII, 3, p. 46.

60

Los Angeles was: Gladys Phillips Wilson to DS, Feb. 14, 1992.

61

She was very much: Mabel Ella Campbell, in Wolper,
Legend
.

62

I was very: MG2 VI, 3, p. 3.

62

She was neat: Ron Underwood to RT, Dec. 2, 1986.

62

she always seemed: Marian Losman Zaich to RT, Dec. 16, 1986.

62

You used to have: MM to BH, 3.

63

Suddenly, everything:
Life, art. cit
., p. 33.

66

We danced: MG2 XII, 4, p. 37.

67

the smiling and beaming:
The Emersonian
, vol. 5, no. 15 (June 20, 1941): n.p.

68

After tabulating: “What Is Your Favorite Type of Girl?” in
The Emersonian
, vol. 5, no. 15 (June 20, 1941): n.p.

69

and I’d say: Often—e.g., Belmont, p. 15.

69

A for Ambitious:
The Emersonian
, as above.

70

You couldn’t support: James E. Dougherty,
The Secret Happiness of Marilyn Monroe
(Chicago: Playboy Press, 1976), p. 18.

70

a dreamboat: MG2 XII, 61, unpaginated.

70

she was: Quoted in Robert L. Heilbroner, “Marilyn Monroe,”
Cosmopolitan
, vol. 134, no. 5 (May 1953): 42.

70

What a daddy: Quoted by Eleanor Goddard to DS; similarly in MG XII, 61.

70

I noticed: James Dougherty, in the unedited, unpublished portion of the interview for
Photoplay
, preserved in a transcription: Jane Wilkie Papers (hereinafter JWP I), pp. 1–2.

71

expertly maneuvering: Dougherty,
op. cit
., pp. 19–20.

71

extra close:
Ibid
., p. 22.

71

She very neatly:
Ibid
., p. 24.

72

her respect: James Dougherty to DS, June 20, 1992.

73

she was loud: Tom Ishii to RT, 1985.

73

The dialogue is from JWP I, p. 2; cf. also Wolper,
Legend
.

73

so that she wouldn’t: Elia Kazan,
A Life
(New York: Knopf, 1988), p. 404.

74

Grace McKee arranged: Belmont, p. 16.

74

but not have: JWP I, p. 2.

76

liked the winding:
Ibid
., p. 9.

76

never let go: Dougherty, p. 30.

 

Chapter Five:
June 1942–November 1945

77

I’m the captain: James Dougherty, “Marilyn Monroe Was My Wife,”
Photoplay
, March 1953, pp. 47–85.

78

there were never: Dougherty,
Secret Happiness
, p. 37; see also Dennis Rowe, “Shattered: The Myth of Frigid Marilyn,” in the
Sunday Mirror
(London), May 30, 1976.

78

I wouldn’t: Rowe,
art. cit
.

78

My marriage didn’t: MG2 XII, 4, p. 12.

78

I really didn’t: MG2 IX, 3, p. 34.

78

She was so sensitive: JWP I, p. 5.

79

She called me:
Ibid
., p. 13.

79

She loved them all: Eleanor Goddard to DS, Feb. 20, 1992.

79

she couldn’t cook: JWP I, p. 4.

80

You ought to:
Ibid
., p. 5.

80

Our life was:
The Listener
(U.K.), Aug. 30, 1979, p. 272; see also
People
, vol. 5, no. 21 (May 31, 1976): 38.

80

“Pull off the road” Dougherty,
Secret Happiness
, p. 46.

80

anything Jim did: Quoted in Kazan.

80

Of course I: MG2 XII, 10, p. 22.

81

I used to stay out: Dougherty, p. 46.

81

Her mentality: JWP I, p. 8.

81

an enchanting idea: In Wolper,
Legend
.

81

terrified: MG2 XII, 10, p. 23.

81

I insisted: James Dougherty to DS, June 20, 1992.

82

Your old lady: Earl Wilson,
The Show Business Nobody Knows
(Chicago: Cowles Book Co., 1971), p. 281.

82

very shy and sweet: Robert Mitchum in Feldman/Winters documentary
Marilyn: Beyond the Legend
.

82

She was just: Nelson,
art. cit
., p. 62.

82

because she wore: Rowe,
art. cit
.

83

She was a perfectionist: JWP I, p. 4.

83

Just her presence: Dougherty,
Secret Happiness
, p. 53.

84

We got along: JWP I, p. 1.

84

There was a scarcity: Quoted in the
Sunday Express
(London), Aug. 9, 1987.

85

I’ll admit:
Ibid
. Same source for the ensuing dialogue between the Doughertys.

86

She begged me: James Dougherty to DS, June 20, 1992.

88

she had developed: Eleanor Goddard to DS, Feb. 21, 1992.

90

In her rational: Dougherty,
Secret Happiness
, p. 80.

92

There was a luminous: David Conover,
Finding Marilyn
(New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1981), p. 12.

92

What happened:
Ibid
.

92

Mom froze: JWP I, p. 6.

92

93

a white bathing: Robert Stack, with Mark Evans,
Straight Shooting
(New York: Macmillan, 1980), p. 84.

93

all this business: Quoted by Dougherty in JWP I, p. 7.

93

As far as: MG2 XII, 3, p. 25.

94

too curly: Emmeline Snively in the
Los Angeles Daily News
, Feb. 4, 1954, p. 14.

94

perfect teeth: from the Blue Book application card filled in by an unknown staff member for “Norma Jean [
sic
] Dougherty,” dated August 2, 1945.

94

dance a little:
Ibid
.

95

I don’t think: Quoted in Ted Thackrey in the
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, Aug. 7, 1962; Snively also spoke on camera for Wolper.

95

The problem: MG2 III, 2, p. 20.

95

96

When you stop: MG2 III, 2, p. 22.

96

very serious: Lydia Bodrero Reed to DS, June 19, 1992.

 

Chapter Six:
December 1945–August 1946

98

We got along: JWP I, p. 1.

98

She was: JWP II, p. 7.

99

she still seemed: Quoted in Thackrey,
art. cit
.

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