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Marilyn Monroe

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Marilyn Monroe

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 17 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Twice-signed DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, March 23, 1956. Document reads, in part: “Resolved, that Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc., borrow from Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., of Burbank, California…the sum of Seventy Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars, and such other sums as may, in the sole discretion of Marilyn Monroe or Milton H. Greene, be necessary for the acquisition of and payment for the literary property ‘The Sleeping Prince’ and a screen play based thereon, both written and to be written by Terence M. Rattigan.” Signed twice at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Monroe, and also signed twice by Milton Greene. Last page is also signed by directors Joseph Carr and Irving Stein. Lower edge of each page is also initialed by Stein. In fine condition, with mild edge toning, and filing and staple holes to left edges. Spurred by Monroe’s desire to have more control over the projects in which she appeared, the pair formed an independent film production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955. Marilyn Monroe Productions became involved in the making of such films as Bus Stop and The Prince and the Showgirl. The demise of Monroe’s and Greene’s personal and professional ties evidently began in the summer of 1956 with the filming of The Prince and Showgirl, during which Marilyn’s new husband, Arthur Miller, accused Greene of machinations to undermine Marilyn and to further his own financial interests. Greene sold his stock in the spring of 1957 for $100,000, officially severing his ties with Monroe and her company. Whatever the reasons behind the dissolution of the Greene-Monroe partnership, Greene cannot be faulted for the work he did on Marilyn's behalf. Bus Stop and The Prince and the Showgirl, both of which Greene personally selected for Marilyn, were finished within their budgets, and both films were considered critical and popular successes.
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