Web Page No 2332
31st December 2016
Top Picture: Earl portrait of Marilyn
Forth Picture: The last photo 1961
St. Monica beach
Happy
New Year to you all
Marilyn Munroe 1955
One of the biggest
stars of 1955 was Marilyn Monroe and to look at her wishes for New Year that
year might reveal a few surprises.
She stated that she
didn't want a better figure or skin — she just wanted to become a
better actress
The iconic
starlet's 1955 New Year's resolution surfaced
online a short time ago and they give us a glimpse into the
then 29-year-old's thinking as she sought to move away from her blond bimbo model
persona and to become a recognised actress.
If you’re like most people, now is the time
of year when you’ve taken a hard look at yourself and tried to determine what,
if anything, could improve your life. Whether those resolutions come in the
shape of a formal list or not, they’re usually populated by the same handful of
vague promises. But in 1955 Marilyn Monroe, already a rising star had a very
specific and detailed idea of how she could improve her life and it all had to
do with honing her craft.
Though
she sometimes gets unfairly pegged as
merely a Hollywood sex symbol, any amount of digging reveals a young woman very
determined to be taken seriously in her chosen profession. That’s why, despite
her high-profile 1954 celebrity marriage to Joe DiMaggio she pursued Lee
Strasberg at the esteemed Actor’s Studio in March of 1955. It would be the
beginning of a relationship that
would heavily influence her for the rest of her too-short life and
looking at the list of resolutions she wrote in her address book at the time,
you can see why. Here are the resolutions she
wrote for herself
By this time she
had already appeared in the films "All About Eve," "Gentleman
Prefer Blondes" and "The Seven Year Itch," and had been accepted
into the Actors Studio that year, and her to-do list for the year largely
focused on honing what she called "her instrument”.
Yet within this document there are
also glimpses into the actress' troubled side, as she refers to working on
"problems and phobias" that have arisen, as she put it, "out of my past." And the list ends
on a particularly grim note, with her vowing "to enjoy myself when I can -
I'll be miserable enough as it is."
As it turns out, 1956 ended up being
a landmark year for the actress. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for her
role in "Bus Stop" and married playwright Arthur Miller in June.
Marilyn Monroe's
1955 New Year's Resolutions were as follows:-
Go to acting classes - my own always
and without fail
Go as often as possible to observe Strassberg's (he
was her teacher) other private classes. To never miss actor's studio sessions.
To work whenever possible - on acting class assignments - and always
keep working on the acting exercises
Start attending Harold Clurman’s
lectures (he was a lecturer in acting and theatre technique) - also Lee
Strassberg's directors lectures at theatre wing – I must enquire about both
Keep looking around me - only much
more so - observing but not only myself but others and everything - take things
for what they are worth.
I must make a stronger effort to work
on my current problems and phobias that have risen out of my past – I must make
much much much more more more more more effort in my analysis. And be there
always on time - no excuses for being ever late.
If possible - take at least one class
at university in literature
Follow RCA thing through, RCA
critisied her as not being a rounded actress
I must try to find someone to teach
me creative dancing.
I must take care of my instrument -
personally & bodily this must involve more exercise.
I must try to enjoy myself when I can
after all I'll be miserable enough as it is.
Keep in touch
Peter
On
this Day 31st December 1960-1965
On this Day 31st
December 1960-1965
On 31/01/1960 the number one single was Starry Eyed - Michael Holliday and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was not listed and the box office smash was North by Northwest. A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Burnley were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1
champions. The big news story of the day was Boeing 707s to be tested by UK pilots.
On 31/12/1961 the number one single was I Love You - Cliff Richard & the Shadows and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was The Russ Conway Show (ATV) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division
1 champions.The big news story of the day was Millionth Morris Minor produced.
On 31/12/1962 the number one single was Moon River - Danny Williams and the number one album was Another Black & White Minstrell Show -
George Mitchell Minstrels. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A
pound of today's money was worth £12.89
and Ipswich Town were on the way
to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day
was Pope ex-communicates Castro.
On 31/12/1963 the number one single was The Next Time/Bachelor Boy - Cliff Richard & the Shadows and
the number one album was Black &
White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels. The top rated TV show
was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's
money was worth £12.64 and Everton were on the way to becoming
the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 31/12/1964 the number one single was I Want to Hold Your hand - The Beatles and the number one album was With the Beatles - The Beatles. The
top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A
pound of today's money was worth £12.24
and Liverpool were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 31/12/1965 the number one single was I Feel Fine - The Beatles and the number one album was Beatles For Sale - The Beatles. The
top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's
money was worth £11.69 and Manchester United were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
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