‘Traffic judge fines Marilyn Monroe $56’, Sherboygan Press (1 March 1956).
‘Tragedy of a sex goddess’, San Francisco Chronicle (6 August 1962).
‘Twenty little working girls fete tomorrow’, Los Angeles Times (5 Jul 1936).
‘University appeals to Marilyn Monroe for book generosity’, Pottstown Mercury (6 December 1952).
‘Unmistakable aura of a star’, Oakland Tribune (8 August 1962).
‘Unseen Marilyn Monroe footage unearthed after 50 years in loft’, BBC Press Office (n.d.).
Vale, Richard, ‘What they don’t tell you about Marilyn Monroe’, Inside Story (May 1959).
‘Valentine shower to honor Miss Atkinson’, Los Angeles Times (14 February 1938).
‘Vegas Rebekahs honor assembly president’, Nevada State Journal (1 November 1936).
‘Victim of crash-in aimed at Marilyn Monroe tells story’, Bennington Evening Banner (20 March 1957).
Wandworth, James, ‘One man woman’, Motion Picture and Television Magazine (September 1953).
Walker, Derek, ‘It’s your fault Olivier’, Picturegoer (13 October 1956).
‘Warmth, real beauty are noted in the new, different Marilyn’, Appeal Democrat (24 October 1958).
‘Wayback Machine. Starlet wowed Salinas residents by Jim Albanese’, www.thecalifornian.com (15 March 2010)
‘We knew Marilyn extremely well’, Leader-Courier (n.d.).
‘Wedding announcement between Norma Jeane Baker and James Dougherty’, unknown newspaper, (n.d.).
Weller, Helen Hover, ‘Why Marilyn and Joe couldn’t wait’, Movie Stars Parade (May 1954).
Wells, Bob, column, Long Beach Independent (12 April 1957).
‘What’s wrong with American men?’, Look (30 November 1951).
‘When childish laughter rang in a garden’, Los Angeles Times (5 November 1935).
Whitcomb, Jon, ‘The new Monroe’, Cosmopolitan (March 1959).
‘Whitey Snyder interview’, All About Marilyn Magazine (January 1994).
‘Who’d marry me? By Marilyn Monroe’, Modern Screen (September 1951)
‘Wife he admits slaying found alive at home’, Los Angeles Times (8 February 1927).
‘Wife of boxer kills self after quarrel’, Independent (3 Jul 1928).
‘Will new love give her a baby?’, Untold Secrets (October 1961).
Willet, Bob, ‘The two faces of Marilyn Monroe by Yves Montand as told to Bob Willet’, Liberty (October 1960).
Wilson, Earl, column, Daily Intelligencer (25 January 1972).
Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (27 December 1953).
Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (4 July 1954).
Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (19 February 1956).
Wilson, Earl, column, Lima News (24 June 1956).
Wilson, Earl, column, Reno Evening Gazette (24 June 1961).
Wilson, Earl, column, Times Recorder (16 September 1954).
Wilson, Earl, ‘In defense of Marilyn Monroe’, Modern Screen (June 1955).
Wilson, Eric, ‘Julius Caruso obituary’, New York Times (14 August 2005).
Wilson, Earl, ‘Marilyn Monroe takes Whiteway by storm’, Lima News (15 March 1955).
Wilson, Earl, ‘Memories of Marilyn, Times Recorder (15 April 1973).
Wilson, Earl, ‘M-m-my M-m-m-m-marilyn’, Silver Screen (April 1952).
Wilson, Earl, ‘On again off again’, Motion Picture (January 1955).
Wilson, Earl, ‘Summit at Las Vegas’, Times Recorder (14 June 1961).
Wilson, Earl, ‘The things she said to me’, Photoplay (May 1956).
Wilson, Earl, ‘Yves Montand’s one-man show’, Lima News (23 September 1959).
Wilson, Liza, ‘The truth about me by Marilyn Monroe, as told to Liza Wilson, part 1’, American Weekly (16 November 1952).
Wilson, Liza, ‘The truth about me by Marilyn Monroe, as told to Liza Wilson, part 2’, American Weekly (23 November 1952).
‘Witnesses say Monroe visited the Tri-State’, Herald-Dispatch (n.d.).
‘Wolves howl for “niece” just like Marilyn Monroe’, Los Angeles Times (27 August 1950).
‘Woman escapes guard’, Los Angeles Times (21 January 1937).
‘Woman killed self is jurors’ verdict’, Reno Evening Gazette (3 July 1928).
‘Woman suicides’, Woodland Daily Democrat (3 July 1928).
Woodard, Eric, ‘History of the SGTG scripts’ (n.d.).
‘“Woo Marilyn Monroe”, for book collection’, Indiana Evening Gazette (13 December 1952).
Wrightson, Del, ‘I don’t owe Hollywood a thing’, Movie Secrets (August 1956).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Inez Melson interview’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (IV)’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (V)’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘Mystery of Marilyn Monroe (VI)’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The men in Marilyn Monroe’s life’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The riddle of Marilyn Monroe (I)’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The riddle of Marilyn Monroe (II)’, notes (n.d.).
Zolotow, Maurice, ‘The riddle of Marilyn Monroe (III)’, notes (n.d.).
In addition to the above, information was also gained from the following:
Prince and the Showgirl news items from the Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Sketch, Sunday Dispatch, Evening News, News Chronicle, Daily Record, Sunday Mail, Evening Standard (all 1956);
Ticket to Tomahawk news items from the Silverton Standard & Miner (1949);
Untitled articles from: Altoona Mirror (31 December 1959), Greeley Daily Tribune (25 November 1958), Huntingdon Daily News (20 August 1935), Lima News (15 June 1957), Los Angeles Mirror (27 June 1952), Monessen Daily Independent (7 June 1952), Movie Spotlight (August 1955), Nevada State Journal (6 September 1960), News (12 Apr 1956), Oakland Tribune (6 December 1953), Picture Week (2 April 1955), Portsmouth Herald (24 June 1959), Reno Evening Gazette (5 September 1960), San Mateo Times (1 June 1953), San Rafael Daily Independent Journal (20 May 1950), Time (18 October 1954 and16 January 1956), Traverse City Record Eagle (27 February 1956);
Several other articles on the subject of Stanley Gifford’s life in Hemet were given to me with no dates or titles. These items were useful in my research, though I am unfortunately unable to source them due to lack of information.
Index
Abbott, Allan 341–2
Actors Lab 92–3, 96
Actors Studio 205–6, 210, 214–15, 296, 297, 302, 313
Afton Place 15–16, 25
Ainsworth, Helen 77
Alan (pianist) 226–7, 230, 240, 245–7, 248–9, 253–4, 256, 259
All About Eve (film) 121
Allan, Rupert 302
Allen, Angela 288, 289
Allen, Gene 320
Allen, Lorraine 51
Alton, Robert 191
Amagansett 264–6, 267, 268, 269
American Airlines 71
Anderson, Daphne 241
Anthony, Ray 157
Antinora, Bart 190
Arbol Drive 16–17, 18, 19–21, 22
Archer, Frank Klein 159
Archwood Street 45, 57
Arden, Elizabeth 256
Arlen, Harold 211
Arliss, George 15, 21
Arnold, Eve 211
Arnow, Max 102–3
Arthur P. Jacobs agency 314, 315, 324, 328, 334, 340, 343
As Young As You Feel (film) 128, 131
The Asphalt Jungle (film) 120–1
Atchinson, Allis 60
Atchinson, Bryan and Lottie 37
Atkinson, George and Maude 15–16, 18, 19, 21–2, 26
Atkinson, Nellie 15, 21, 22, 26, 56
Avedon, Richard 277
Avon Street 98
Bacall, Lauren 172
Bacon, James 287
Baer, R
ichard 135–6
Baker, Ardry 2
Baker, Berniece (sister) see Miracle, Berniece Baker
Baker, Gladys (mother) 1–4, 5–6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13–14, 15, 16, 17–19, 21, 23, 24, 33, 39, 40, 57, 74, 83–4, 85–6, 89, 91, 149, 168–71, 203, 270, 295
birth of MM 6
Christian Science beliefs 17, 38, 84
marries Jasper Baker 2
marries John Eley 168–9
marries Martin Mortensen 4
mental illness 18, 23, 33, 169–71
MM lives with 14, 15–18, 85–6
MM pays treatment bills 170, 270
refuses to consent to adoption of MM 8, 23
tells MM who her father is 57
Baker, Jasper Newton 2–4
Baker, Robert (brother) 2, 17, 39
Baker, Roy Ward 140
Baloghy, Stephanie 264–5
Banas, Bob 283
Banner, Lois 170
Bara, Theda 277
Barbara Court 32, 33
Bardot, Brigitte 258
Barris, George 329, 330, 334
Barsocchini, Reno 180, 197
Baxter, Anne 118, 121
Beardsley, Mrs Gavin 71
Beaton, Cecil 215
Beauchamp, Anthony 122
Belmont, Beryl 253
Benny, Jack 176
Benson, Charles 152
Bernstein, Walter 321
Bessemer Street 58
Beverly Carlton Hotel 113
Blue Book Agency 70, 73
Bolaños, José 318, 319, 320, 322, 330, 344
Bolender, Ida and Wayne 6–7, 8, 9, 10–11, 12, 13–14, 24, 26, 42, 51, 169–70
Bolender, Lester 8, 11, 12–13
Bolender, Nancy 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24
Bond, Gordon 256–7, 258
Bow, Clara 277
Boyd, Steve 282
Boyle, Hal 264
Brand, Harry 198
Brand, Phoebe 92
Brando, Marlon 211, 280, 313
Brandon, Harry 290
Brennan, Pat 154
Briden, Harry W. 249–50
Brooks, Rand 104
The Brothers Karamazov (film) 112, 204, 254, 263
Brown, David 321
Brown, Kay 220
Buchwald, Art 232
Buka, Donald 117
Burton, Richard 306
Bus Stop (film) 215, 216–17, 218
Bush, Lee 68
Butch (parakeet) 273
Cahn, Dan 110
Cal-Neva Lodge & Casino 333–4
Calhern, Louis 120
Cardiff, Jack 233
Carey, Macdonald 135
Carnovsky, Morris 92
Carr, Joe 204
Carroll, John 95, 99, 101
Carroll, William 68–70
Carter, Glenn Thomas 318, 319, 330
Caruso, Julius 212
Casey, Kathleen 322
Cassini, Oleg 138
Castillian Drive 159
Catalina Island 17, 58–9
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital 144, 148, 276, 331, 332
Chakiris, George 163–4, 165–7, 191, 192, 349
Chambrun, Jacques 190
Chaplin, Charlie 133
Chaplin, Charlie, Jr 91
Chaplin, Sydney 91, 133
Charisse, Cyd 323
Charlie McCarthy radio show 159
Chekhov, Michael 139–40
Chicago White Sox 144–5
Chretien, Jeanne 80–1, 87, 94–5, 348
Christian Science 17, 37, 38, 57, 84, 90
Clark, Colin 243, 246
Clash by Night (film) 135–7
Clements, Colin 100
Clemmons, Sergeant Jack 339, 340
Clift, Montgomery 288
Cochran, Jack 285
Cohen, Harry and Lena 3
Cohen, Nelson 64
Cohn, Harry 102, 131–2
Colbert, Claudette 135
Cole, Jack 163–4, 165–6, 191
Collier, Constance 205
Columbia Pictures 32–3, 102–3, 104, 109
Conover, David 65, 66, 68, 70
Consolidated Film Industries 4
conspiracy theories 345
Conte, Richard 122
Cook, Gene 114
Cooper, Gary 142
copycat suicides 340
Corday, Dr Elliot 178
Cornthwaite, Bob 142–4, 147, 348
Cornwall, C. Norman 90
Cotton, Joseph 153
Coudert, Joe 196, 350
Cowan, Lester 116
Cowen, Charles 287
Crawford, Cheryl 205
Crawford, Joan 167, 168
Crosby, Bing 325
Cukor, George 308, 321
Curtis, Mark 291
Curtis, Tony 271, 272
Dailey, Dan 118, 119
Damiecki, Edward 267
Damiecki, John 268
Dangerous Years (film) 92, 289
D’Antonio, Henry 336–7
Davis, Bette 20, 121
Davis, Sammy, Jr 305
Day, Vera 221, 241, 250, 251
De Cicco, Pat 101, 130–1
de Dienes, Andre 73, 74, 117
DeFore, Don 117
Delaney, Frank 204
Delongpre Avenue 198
DePree Miller, Diane 64
Dewey, Sula 26–7, 30–1
‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend’ 163, 187
Dietrich, Marlene 271, 277
DiMaggio, Joe 144, 145, 146–7, 151–2, 157, 159, 162, 174, 176, 179–80, 187, 188, 190, 192–3, 195, 201, 288, 295, 296–7, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 309, 313, 320, 332, 333, 334–5
coaching trip to Japan 185–6
dislike of the film business 155, 178, 192
divorced from MM 199–200
feud with Natasha Lytess 159, 180, 182
first date with MM 145
marriage breakdown 195, 197–9
marries MM 182–4
and MM’s death 340–1, 342
reconciliation hopes 210–11, 304, 335
supposed abuse of MM 185, 192, 197, 198
‘Wrong Door Raid’ 200–1
DiMaggio, Joe, Jr 146–7, 337
DiMaggio, Marie 179, 180
DiMaggio, Tom 179
Don’t Bother to Knock (formerly, Night Without Sleep) (film) 137, 140–1
Dors, Diana 232, 252
Dougherty, Ethel 45, 46, 48, 61, 63, 66
Dougherty, Jim 45, 46–7, 48–9, 51, 52, 53, 54–6, 57, 58–9, 60–1, 65–6, 67–8, 73–4, 76, 77–8, 81–2, 86, 90–1, 110–11, 125
divorced from MM 90–1
first date with MM 46–7
in the merchant marines 58, 60–1, 66
marriage breaks down 77–8, 81–2
marries MM 51–2
and MM’s death 340
plans to start a family 59, 60–1, 66, 68
Dougherty, Marion 51, 52, 53, 56
Dougherty, Tom 53, 56, 57
Douglas, Paul 135
Drennen, Doris 45, 46, 52, 54, 55
Dubrow, Hilliard 267
Duggen, Betty 43, 44
East 57th Street 261, 269, 281, 294
East Palmer Avenue 37
Ebbins, Milton 338
Eldredge, Florence 304
Eley, Colonel John Stewart 168–9
Elizabeth II, Queen 257
Emerson Junior High 42–3
Engelberg, Dr Hyman 291, 323, 330, 334, 335, 337, 339, 340
England, trip to 221–60
Erickson, C. O. 285
Evans, Clarice 105
Evans, Peter 301–2
Evanson, Edith 321–2
Ewell, Tom 195–6
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr 236
Family Circle 78
Family Weekly 207, 293
Famous Artists Agency 173, 189
fans and fan mail 137–8, 185, 196, 206, 212, 217
Farr, Bob 71
FBI 317–18
Feldman, Charles
130, 131, 189, 203–4
Ferber, Edna 105
Field, Frederick Vanderbilt 317, 318
Fields, Gracie 253–4
Fields, Leila 32
Fifth Helena Drive 315–16, 320, 323, 332, 335–40
Finnegan, Nanciele 136–7, 141
The Fireball (film) 121
Fitzgerald, Ella 164–5, 292
Flanagan, Agnes 292
Fonteyn, Dame Margot 236, 256
Formby, George 254
Franklin, Joe 181
Fredenhall, Bill 28–9, 30, 31
French, Hugh 189
Freud, Anna 248, 262, 310
Frosch, Aaron 300, 302, 306
Gable, Clark 10, 97, 201, 203, 288, 290, 292, 293, 294, 298, 304
Gable, Kay 292, 294, 298, 302, 306
Gabor, Zsa Zsa 121–2
Garrison Malloy, Rita 177
Garroway, Dave 207
Gawthrop, Evelyn 13
Gaynor, Mitzi 192
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film) 122, 153, 159, 161, 162–7, 189
Gettliner, Franz 222, 225, 244
Gibbon, Margaret 252–3
Gielgud, John 236, 238
Gierasch, Stefan 205, 208, 214
Giesler, Jerry 197, 198
Giffen, Elsie and Harvey 22–3, 26
Gifford, Charles Stanley (father) 4–5, 6, 9, 10, 57–8, 133, 151, 152, 304–5
Gifford, Charles Stanley, Jr 6, 305
Gifford, Lillian 4, 6
Gifford, Mary 151
Gilmore, John 130–1, 172
The Girl in Pink Tights (film) 178, 180, 184, 189
Glaeg, James 60, 99, 102, 275, 341
Glamour Preferred (play) 99–100
Goddard, Eleanor ‘Bebe’ 33, 34, 37, 42, 43, 46, 64, 173, 176, 177
Goddard, Ervin 24, 34, 42, 45–6, 47
Goddard, Grace (née McKee) 4, 7, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24–5, 26, 32–3, 34, 37, 39–40, 42, 43, 44, 45–6, 47, 48, 49, 57, 60, 63–4, 126, 138, 169, 170, 173–4, 176–7
Goit, Charlie 209
Goodman, Ezra 102
Gosman, Dicky 264
Gough, Jim 173, 316, 349
Grable, Betty 123, 163, 168, 172–3
Graham, Dora 84
Graham, Sheila 122, 123, 147
Grainger, Charles 1, 6
Grant, Cary 142, 143, 144
Grant, Johnny 97, 112–13, 148
Grasko, Natalie 115
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre 16, 97, 120, 174
Graves, Lyle Arthur 1
Greco, Buddy 333
Greene, Amy 197, 203, 207, 222, 243
Greene, Milton 176, 197, 201, 203, 204, 207, 209, 218, 222, 245, 249, 256, 262, 263, 322
Greenson, Daniel 310, 325
Greenson, Dr Ralph 285, 299, 300, 303, 309–10, 311, 312, 321, 323, 327–8, 334, 337, 339–40, 343
Griffin, Judge Charles J. 215–16
Gris, Henry 311
Guilaroff, Sydney 273
Guinness, Alec 236