Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words by Barris George

Marilyn: Her Life In Her Own Words by Barris George

Author:Barris, George [Barris, George]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780806536569
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2012-08-04T23:00:00+00:00


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country, an instant success. I never even received a thank-you from all those who made millions off a nude Marilyn photograph. I even had to buy a copy of the magazine to see myself in it. A copy of the nude calendar was bought and given to me by a friend. Years later I gave it to my then husband, Joe DiMaggio.

I admitted it was me who posed for that nude calendar even when the Fox executives became nervous and believed this would cause the ruination of any films I would appear in and also the end of my movie career.

Of course they were wrong. The fans, my public, cheered when I admitted it was me, and that calendar and that Playboy first-issue publicity helped my career. Stories appeared in all the newspapers. The calendar picture of me was finally considered a work of art. At first the U.S. Post Office refused [to permit] the calendar to be sent by mail. It was classified as pornographic, and even some states put a ban on it being sold there.



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