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| [00:04.96]Marilyn did not stop struggling. [00:09.01]She next won a small part in a movie called"Love Happy." [00:13.58]It was a comedy starring the famous Marx brothers. [00:17.58]Critics said it was not one of their better efforts. [00:21.97]Marilyn,though,earned praise for simply taking a short walk in the movie. [00:28.03]The movie called for her to say,"Some men are following me." [00:33.46]Grouch Marx answered that he did not understand why. [00:38.03]As he said that, he watched Marilyn walk her famous walk. [00:42.81]His eyes opened very wide. [00:45.90]That short scene in the movie made many people in Hollywood talk about Marilyn Monroe. [00:53.42]Marilyn got her first major chance when director John Houston invited her to act in a movie called "The Asphalt Jungle". [01:03.56]Houston said her performance as a criminal's girlfriend was good. [01:09.46]It gained Marilyn her dream of a long,term agreement with 20th Century Fox, [01:16.83]the company that had dismissed her earlier. [01:19.80]Now its officials gave her a part in "All about Eve". [01:24.38]The movie, released in 1950, was about...a movie star. [01:31.12]She played a golden-haired woman who did not have much intelligence--a dumb blonde. [01:39.11]In 1952, Marilyn again appeared as a dumb blonde in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". [01:48.49]This performance at last won her widespread fame. [01:53.66]Marilyn Monroe was now a lead actress, a star. [01:59.43]Huge successes now followed. Between 1953 and 1959 she appeared in lead parts in many popular movies, [02:10.53]"How to Marry a Millionaire", [02:12.70]"The Seven-year Itch", "Bus Stop", [02:16.25]"Some Like It Hot". [02:18.00]Her part in "Some Like It Hot" showed that she as very good at making people laugh. [02:24.09]Marilyn's picture appeared on the front cover of many magazines and the front pages of many newspapers. [02:32.56]She began to earn more money. [02:35.43]Life should have been good. [02:37.81]But Marilyn was not happy. [02:40.16]She was being asked to repeat her part as a dumb blonde in movie after movie. [02:46.79]She wanted to be accepted as a good actress. [02:50.40]She went to the actors' studio school in New York City with many serious actors. [02:57.66]She thought she could change the way people thought of her. [03:01.73]But she did not succeed, People thought of Marilyn Mon,roe as "That blonde bombshell,'. [03:10.30]Few people thought of her as a serious actress, She also failed in her attempts at marriage. [03:18.61]She admitted that she got married the first time only to escape from being forced to live in a group home for children without parents, [03:28.56]In 1954 she married again. Her husband was the famous New York Yankee baseball player, Joe Di Magi. [03:39.95]They were together for only a few months. [03:43.16]Later, she tried again. [03:45.80]She married Arthur Miller, a famous writer of plays. [03:50.43]That marriage ended unhappily in 1961, after five years. [03:57.90]Marilyn returned to Hollywood. [04:00.25]But things were different now. [04:02.52]Friends said she was drinking too much alcohol. [04:06.05]They said she was taking too many drugs she seemed to always be in trouble with the movie company. [04:14.56]She had gained too much weight. [04:17.10]Or, she had, not learned what she was to say in the movie. [04:21.25]Or she had arrived late for the filming. [04:24.52]By 1962, Marilyn's problems were threatening her work in the movies. [04:31.44]She was to appear in the 20th Century Fox movie called "Something's Got to Give". [04:38.05]She lost weight for her part. [04:40.48]She tried to arrive on time for the filming. [04:44.08]She reportedly knew her part. [04:47.35]However, she became sick several times and missed work. [04:52.75]Fox company officials dismissed her. [04:56.46]On August 4,1962, Marilyn Monroe died alone in her home. [05:04.64]She was thirty-six years old. [05:07.46]Reports said taking too many drugs killed her. [05:12.22]But people who knew her said failed marriages,and the failure of her latest movie also led to her death. [05:21.12]Many people said Marilyn Monroe never escaped her past |
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