QGeorge Cukor---What Did He Say About Marilyn?
AChicago Tribune, Tuesday, October 9, 1962:LOOKING AT HOLLYWOODEuropeans Are Curious About Marilyn Monroe: Quiz Directorby Hedda HopperHollywood, Oct. 8---Director George Cukor, who for three decades has been making glamor girls happy with their work [his only strikeout was with Marilyn Monroe in "Something's Got to Give"], returned home from a whirlwind European tour and tells me everywhere he went people asked about Marilyn: "They were having a Marilyn Monroe season in Beirut. In Paris I learned there was an epidemic of suicides and attempted suicides after her death. I'm not sure I pleased people with my answers to their questions. She was a girl fraught with crises. There was a crisis every day of her life, and perhaps one night was more critical than the others."________________________________
QMarilyn---Was She Ill During Production?
AChicago Tribune, May 2, 1962:LOOKING AT HOLLYWOODBig Array of Talent in Marilyn's Movieby Hedda HopperHollywood, May 1---Marilyn Monroe was just one week late reporting to work for "Something's Got to Give," but insists she was sick. At first she nixed the idea of having the news photogs record her return, then had a change of heart and let them all in. It's almost certain Phil Silvers will be playing an insurance man in the picture, and if Jack Benny can find time, he'll be a hotel manager. What with Dean Martin and Steve Allen already set, Marilyn is surrounded with talent. Incidentally, George Cukor should feel at home while directing this one. I'm told the set is an exact replica of the exterior of his home . . . .f________________________Chicago American, Thursday, May 10, 1962, p. 32, c. 2:DOROTHY MANNERSMarilyn Ill, Film Ceases[Louella O. Parsons is ill. Her column is being written by Dorothy Manners.]Hollywood, Cal.---Trying to move along on "Something's Got to Give" as fast as possible while Marilyn Monroe is still ill, Tom Tryon has been cast by Twentieth in a part Gardner McKay turned down.The studio finally has to throw in the towel and shut down the sound stage after co-stars Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse had shot as many scenes as possible without M. M.Everyone is sorry when an actress is ill. However, with their delays with Liz Taylor on "Cleopatra" and now Marilyn in Hollywood, who one can blame Twentieth much if their daily prayer is, "Give us just ONE glamor girl who does her setting up exercises and keeps healthy."_____________________________Chicago Tribune, Sunday, June 10, 1962:TOWER TICKERby Herb Lyon. . . . I'm told Marilyn Monroe is honestly a sick gal . . . .__________________________
QMarilyn---Was She Ever Tardy Coming to the Set?
AChicago Tribune, Wednesday, May 16, 1962:LOOKING AT HOLLYWOODBy Hedda HopperMarilyn Monroe squeezed in just under the wire. She reported for work on Somethings Got to Give on the 14th day. Had she delayed another day longer, she could have stayed home in bed. . ._________________ .Chicago Tribune, Thursday, May 17, 1962:LOOKING AT HOLLYWOODBy Hedda HopperM-G-M kindly gave Dean Martin until September to finish his picture with Marilyn Monroe. She came to the studio one day, had her picture taken, got world-wide publicity then left and didnt return for a week. . . .______________________________
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