Since beginning in 2014 in Adelaide, South Australia, the Marilyn Jetty Swim has raised an incredible $167,000 to help beat cancer and in true Marilyn style, grabbed national and international headlines.
To find out more about this wonderful cause, simply head here: http://www.themarilyns.org/
Remembering Clark Gable, the King of Hollywood, born on this day in 1901. Marilyn & Clark starred together in The Misfits, the last completed film for both of them. As a child Norma Jeane would fantasize that he was her father.
Marilyn spoke about her time working with Gable on the set of The Misfits:
“The place was full of so-called men, but Clark was the only one who brought a chair for me between takes. He never got angry with me once for blowing a line or being late or anything — he was a gentlemen. The best.”
After Clark’s death on Novemeber 16th, 1960, Marilyn was quoted as saying:
“Clark Gable was one of the finest men I ever met. He was one of the most decent human beings anyone could have encountered anywhere. He was an excellent guy to work with. Knowing him and working with him was a great personal joy. I send all my love to and deepest sympathy to his wife, Kay.”
Happy Birthday Clark, forever the King of Hollywood.
Happy 97th birthday to the legendary Carol Channing. Carol played Lorelei in the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes but is probably remembered more for her iconic portrayal of Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly.
Donald O’Connor on working with Walter Lang, the Director of “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”
“He was a strange guy.. His claim to fame was that he wasn’t a good Director, but all of his pictures made money. To tell you what he was like, we were doing the sequence where Marilyn is rehearsing with the band. Thanks to her bouffant hair and high heels she looked taller than me — even though she was about five-foot-five and I’m five-nine– So Lang came over to me and asked if I’d stand on an apple box. I said ‘Why don’t you ask her to take off her shoes?’ and he said ‘I’m afraid to.’ I went to Marilyn and I said ‘Marilyn, this idiot’s afraid to ask you to take off your shoes, but I’d feel very strange working with you, standing on an apple box.’ She said, ‘Oh Christ! the guy’s nuts..’ So, she kicked off her shoes and everything was fine.”
Source: “Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe” by Richard Buskin.
