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Marilyn Monroe Leading Expert Outraged: Marilyn Did Not Stink!
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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Douglas Kirkland in 1961, a number of
months after she filmed The Misfits with Clark Gable. She does not
appear dirty or unhygienic in this photo unlike how she is described
in the new book on Clark Gable by David Bret. According to Douglas
Kirkland's book Marilyn Monroe was absolutely beautiful, well-kept,
clean and sensational.
Marilyn Monroe photographed by Douglas Kirkland in 1961, a number of
months after she filmed The Misfits with Clark Gable. She does not
appear dirty or unhygienic in this photo unlike how she is described
in the new book on Clark Gable by David Bret. According to Douglas
Kirkland's book Marilyn Monroe was absolutely beautiful, well-kept,
clean and sensational.
2007-07-11 09:39:41 - By Jennifer J. Dickinson
Marilyn Monroe has been getting beaten up in the news by cruel
headlines because of untrue rumors being circulated that her hygiene
was poor. These rumors are generated by tabloid type stories such as
by Lena Pepitone and Christopher Lawford. The most recent rehashing of
these untrue details comes from the newest book about Clark Gable by
David Bret.
Mr. Bret's book indicates an affair never took place between Clark
Gable and Marilyn Monroe because Marilyn Monroe had very poor hygiene
and Clark Gable would have never accepted her for that reason. First,
Marilyn Monroe did not suffer from poor hygiene. Mr. Gable and Ms.
Monroe never had an affair because their relationship was that of
mutual respect and adoration, similar to that of a father and
daughter. Ms. Monroe as a child actually kept a photograph of Mr.
Gable with her, because she envisioned that her father, who she never
met, would look like Mr. Gable.
This topic of discussion has been extremely upsetting to me and my
colleagues. One of them is Mark Bellinghaus, the world's leading
expert and authority on Marilyn Monroe, and the owner of the world's
largest and most comprehensive collection of the late star's items.
Being the owner many of her personal belongings including her
clothing, there is no indication of
hygiene issues with her clothing. Her clothing would be an indication
of her hygiene and all of her clothing items, and in fact all of the
items that he owns which once belonged to Ms. Monroe, are clean. The
only dirt accumulated on the clothing in Mr. Bellinghaus' collection
or odor was due to the effects of the storage of these items for over
forty years, thanks to Anna Strasberg and first, Lee Strasberg, who
was assigned to distribute the items after Marilyn Monroe's death and
never did.
Mark Bellinghaus along with Ernest Cunningham, author of the sellout
book, 'The Ultimate Marilyn-, are both outraged by the latest
sensational and false stories about Marilyn Monroe. They are upset by
how the news media is feeding off of these negative stories, which are
found on online news sources from India to Ireland. They are not
surprised however, that Mark Roesler of CMG Worldwide and Anna
Strasberg of Marilyn Monroe LLC have done nothing about these
repetitive attacks against the legacy of Marilyn Monroe, whom they
often refer to as a 'product- rather than a person.
My opinion? Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable both would have been
appalled, hurt and upset by these recent stories because of their
esteemed friendship and adoration of one another.
Responsible journalists who are generating this negativity need to
check their sources first. As shown on both Clark Gable's and Marilyn
Monroe's Wikipedia pages, there are no notations of an affair between
either: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Gable and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Marilyn_Monroe . This is also not mentioned on the film's Wikipedia
Site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Misfits_%28film%29 .
Kay Gable, Clark Gable's widow, also invited Marilyn Monroe to the
christening of their son John Clark Gable, four months following his
death from a heart attack (his death was also reportedly blamed on
Marilyn Monroe, but this was later debunked). Obviously if there was
any question of an affair, Mrs. Gable would have never invited Ms.
Monroe to this sacred family event.
The latest hygiene rumor was started by earlier books, including one
by Lena Pepitone, a maid of Ms. Monroe's who also claimed to be her
friend and confidante, although she wrote her book with William
Stadiem with the help of an interpreter. According to Ernest
Cunningham's book, this book was rated as 'tabloid trashy'exploitative
and vulgar- by 'The Unabridged Marilyn-.
Christopher Lawford was another one who contributed to this story
claiming his father, Peter Lawford, also rejected Marilyn Monroe for
her hygiene. Once again, many reputable sources list Mr. Lawford never
as a lover of Ms. Monroe's but as a close friend only.
And here comes this latest book which claims Mr. Gable to be a hygiene
fanatic. Interestingly enough, Vivian Leigh complained of kissing Mr.
Gable while filming 'Gone with the Wind- because of problems with his
breath.
These stories only add to the sensationalism and untruths about the
life of Marilyn Monroe.
To view the most dramatic scene in the movie, 'The Misfits- which
starred Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, please click the video below.
Mark Bellinghaus states about this scene, "This following scene is not
only the best acting moment of Marilyn Monroe's career--it certainly
is one of the BEST MOVIE SCENES--EVER! If John Huston just had done
some close-ups....it would have been wonderful!"
Mark Bellinghaus also states about this scene, "This is Marilyn's
purest moment and most brilliant acting scene and the best scene in
movie history."
To read a previous article on this topic, please click here:
www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-and-the-gable-fable-r168198.htm
To learn more about the truths behind Marilyn Monroe, please click
here to see this debunking blog by The World's Leading Expert and
Authority on Marilyn Monroe, Mark Bellinghaus:
truemarilynmonroelegacy.blogspot.com/
To learn more about Marilyn Monroe and the defense of her legacy,
please read: blog.ourmarilyn.com
(Aside: How is it that in 2007, 45 years after 1962, a man born in
1963 is the LEADING Monroe (1926-1962) expert? I have personally
spoken with several people who had chance or incidental encounters
with Monroe, and in two of those incidents the people remarked that
she did indeed have an apparent hygiene problem. Neither was
particularly interested in Monroe one way or the other, they had
simply in one case ran into her in NYC and in the other worked on the
set of "Let's Make Love". Another person on that set, in fact a
slightly famous man in his own right-a pioneering rock guitarist in
fact- told me that she looked fantastic and smelled pleasantly of
perfume and seemed well groomed and attired. So we can infer she
occasionally stunk. I think we all do-it doesn't detract from her IMO.
-Bret)