He may have been the only person in her life that didn't hurt her or try to profit off of her; he just wanted to take care of her and genuinely care for her.
Love how he emphasised she was a GOOD person. There's no doubt that this woman was rarest of the rare, she had an inner light that just glowed . We were very lucky to have this Goddess in our mist.
She was a human being like the rest of us. We're all flawed. Goddesses don't cheat on their husbands. Marilyn did cheat on Arthur miller apparently. I am a fan, but she was flawed, like all of us
@@normanrobson8654 she cheated on Arthur Miller after he emotionally abused her and stripped her of her self confidence. He did his best to let he know he felt she was stupid and was an embarrassment in front of his intellectual friends. So, perhaps the relationship was over by the time she cheated on that misogynist
James Dougherty seemed like a genuine, caring man = DATED Marilyn, respected her, respected himself, respected his community & mankind (police officer). I'm so glad I watched this interview.
Not just to be a sexy Hollywood starlet! At that time if a woman wanted a job as a secretary, nurse, teacher, etc. she was asked if she planned to get married. If she was married she would be questioned closely about plans for pregnancy. It was legal and just fine to fire a woman because she became pregnant. So, I have no trouble believing that the studio would demand that these young women whose careers were based on looks and sex appeal be single.
He has a lot of class. Doesn't have anything negative to say about anyone. My son is the same way, I'm proud to say. People have a lot to learn from people with this trait.
In all honesty, and i watched lot of these vids not one person had anything bad to say about Marilyn, well except one, Tony Curtis but I think it was because he resent her steeling the show from him in Some like it hot.
If Norma Jean had stayed with this honourable person, the world would never have heard of her... and we would never have seen the beauty that she became..fate is a such a mysterious thing..🤔
@Niranjan Rajesh that's quite selfish really, basically what you're saying is, you would rather her be miserable and then eventually die really young just so you could know who she is rather than her be happy and live a long life with loads of her friends and family around.
@Niranjan Rajesh ok, I just think that a soul is still a soul though many others also suffer, everyone's life still matters. And if no fame meant a nice life, and would prevent her from doing the things she did, I think that it would be well worth it. Sorry if this doesn't make sense I did not proofread it.
She looks so radiantly happy in that photo. Obviously, he loved her and wanted to care for her. So sad. I know Marilyn would have been a wonderful mother.
Everyone says she loved children and wanted one of her own so badly. Her life could’ve been so different if she and Jimmy had a baby and I think she would’ve been much happier in the long run. Comparing her to Clara seems unfair. Clara had mental illness in her family and a very traumatic family dynamic.
Irene Hernandez They’re talking about the many miscarriages Marilyn had. And how if she had kids her life would have been so different and that Marilyn probably would’ve been happier. Never in any of those comments did anyone say that she had to have kids. She wanted kids and she tried to and she wasn’t able to. And if people decide to give birth to children you have no right to call them selfish. They don’t have to adopt. I would love to adopt when I’m older and it’s a thing I want to do, but I’m not gonna tell someone that they’re selfish because they don’t want to adopt. Adopting is not a thing for everyone.
@@pneron2032 you're a naive little creature if you think almost everyone was articulate back then ... for example, I'm sure your ancestors were still drooling mouthbreathers
I like that him refers to her has Normal Jean. That's what she was. I think that's who she ever was. And who people loved. But she and the studio created Marylin.
What pissed me off how they laugh off this man‘s pain when he told the story about how she said that she wanted to have a piece of him in form of a baby.
And that Strasberg chick is annoying me with her theories on why Marilyn was happier becoming a star. Of course you're gonna talk like that when you and your entire family exploited the shit out of her both in life and death. I'm sure she loves the money made off of her. Of course they dont want to hear how happy Marilyn was with a simple kind man.
@@TabloulTauCanvas you have a point. Also Marilyn left her personal possessions to Lee Strasberg with a note saying to distribute her belongings amongst her friends in case she died. He didn’t he gave them to his spouse before his death instead, she then have them auctioned at Sothebys made millions from the auction.
Yes she is suffering from DID, split personality disorder, Norma Jean and Marilyn Monror are indeed different person, have you seen the movie split?, its a defence mechanism to cope with childhood trauma, its like 2 person in one body.
Arranged marriage at 16? Who knows what they want at 16 especially someone with a troubled past. That marriage wasn’t love and wasn’t what she needed. 16 years old is statutory rape in California today I might add.
So interesting how back then the only questions about her being a wife were about cooking and cleaning and being a housekeeper. She really proved she was more than that in her iconic career. What a legend💖
Well, that's what she was -- a housewife. Did you expect them to ask her about her ability to play hockey? If she had been a plumber, she would have been asked if she was a good plumber. Generally, smart people ask you about what you actually do.
Isn't it fascinating that women had to be single but engaged in countless relationships with the married men of Hollywood! What a sickening circle of pain! What a double standard!
It was better for the public to fall in love with single stars, from Hollywood's point of view. It's harder to daydream about a married one. Well, that was the thinking back then anyway. Even men were sometimes put in this predicament. Later on, even in the 70s and 80s, actors and musicians were told to keep girlfriends and marriages quiet, so they could continue to be the screen idol of teeny boppers and rake the money in for the studios or record companies.
Probably, but she wouldn't have become immortalized in the memories of billions of people. Her name will live on for generations to come. It's a double edged sword.
The comment they made at the end... "she wanted it desperately" "yeah, you have too".. you have to want fame and fortune so desperately that you will give your life for it, that's the way Hollywood has been set up since the beginning. Its scary
It was an arranged Marriage and Jim new the score. it was basically to keep Norma Jeane from going back to the Orphanage! Marilyn Monroe - Grace Arranged It( Marriage to Jim Dougherty) June 19th 1942
01:56 So this guy had to decide between the Queen of Santa Barbara Festival and Marilyn Monroe ... it sounds like he was very popular with the ladies ...
I kind of wish they would've stayed together (yes, I know it's none of my business lol). :/ Joe DiMaggio beat her while Arthur Miller was cruel and insensitive towards her. James genuinely seems like a nice guy- he was also the most attractive out of all her husbands.
Oh for the love of god folks, a baby cannot "change" a person's life in the way you're suggesting. Have a kid and everything will sprout roses and fairy dust, eh? You have so little understanding of the human mind and psychological suffering. If you have had a life like Norma Jean had, living in foster homes, being abandoned by her father, then her mother being mentally ill, you wouldn't say such a shallow thing. The poor woman grew up without roots, stability and parental love. You don't change all that loss, sorrow and abandonment and the ensuing difficulties with a god damned BABY! How fucking simple can you be? Plus, she had ambitions to become a model and an actress, so obviously motherhood to her was not an immediate priority at the time. She had goals and dreams that didn't include being a breeder. And good for her. Not every woman on this planet WANTS to be a mother. The fact is, it's a choice!!!
stregadisalem James didn’t want children with her because he felt that she was too young and it was during war time. She also had mixed feelings about it, from what I’ve read.
Yeah most foster parents (not all) but most are in it for profit. If you're going to have sex wrap it up or take a pill. Too many unwanted children in the world. Children need love if not many end up like MM
The only reason she married him was so she wouldn't have to go back to the orphanage .Not saying it to deride MM .That's just the way things were for women in those days .Very few options if you were in a difficult situation .Marrying was a way out .Her life at that time was from home to orphanage to home and back to orphanage .She never knew what a stable home life was like and he was her first experience with that . She spent the rest of her life longing for what she lacked as a child
Awww 3:20. I always knew Norma Jean so badly wanted a child but never knew she wanted one with James. Also, the way she said “I want a piece of you” when he was going to the service makes you realize she did indeed love James deeply. If she had a child with James, I don’t think we would’ve had Marilyn Monroe. Ultimately this would’ve been much better for her as well. Too bad, she didn’t have a child with James and she was perennially affected by depression which makes a person easily get bored and not feel content. That’s why she left her first husband to become the star we know and love today.
I love Marilyn but she made a stupid mistake of leaving James. He loved Norma the way she was and treated her kindly until she decided a Hollywood contract was worth ending the marriage, then later on married two abusive men. Sad story
Wow. He is awesome. That is exactly what happened. She did not commit suicide. It really was accidental. She only wanted to bring joy and happiness to the world. She would have despised this legacy.
Grace wanted rid of her once she was 16 as she wouldn't get paid to Foster her come 16, so she arranged the marriage. A cruel betrayal. They spent very little time together, as he joined the Navy shortly after marrying. She got modelling work soon after with Emmeline Snively's agency & the rest is history.
The pearls Susan strasberg is wearing here were given to her by Marilyn!! Mikomoto pearls. There is an incredible story behind Marilyn and the strasbergs. They inherited all of Marilyn's belongings and Susan's stepmother thought they wouldn't be worth anything. Alot of people believe the strasbergs used Marilyn and even their daughter Susan who was a big star on Broadway at the time. There is a great Vanity Fair article from 2003 which chronicles all that happened in the 50's when Marilyn attended classes at the actors studio.
Marilyn's kind hearted, empathic soul was taken total advantage of in her life after she left her first husband and could never be protected ever again.
Ok, people, you all need to stop! She was 16 when she got married. I know that times were different back then, but who the hell knows what they want at that age. She was still a child.
The level of maturity of a child from years back, like the 30's, 40's, even the 50's was much different than todays. Children were treated different back then, and were made to be self-reliant and independent, a lot of responsibility was laid on them from a very young age. A twenty year old person back then was already acting/behaving/thinking as a fully mature adult. Todays' 20 year old are incredibly immature and childish, even at 25 still are.
He looks like a nice guy and if she just stay with him she was probably the happiest woman that she deserves to be and doesn't have to be afraid of abusive Husband like Joe DiMaggio or Arthur Miller
There is an interesting aspect to the life of dear Marilyn, one that speaks to the psychology of women, being raised poor, and the absence of a parents love. Her first marriage by all accounts seemed to offer a life of contentment, and she fit well there, but this need, this desire to be more, achieve more is understandable. When someone says your beauty is exceptional, one rightfully, and humbly says, that’s great but what am I to do with it?!, For Marilyn this revelation began to be seen as a financial reward, beauty = money, security. But soon, the little foster child within her needed something more, and so she began to push the limits of this captivating thing called beauty, and sex appeal. Movies were a step up, to modeling, and a much more substantial way to affirm her identity, she would use what she could to open the doors to Hollywood, but would soon seek to attain something more tangible, from the beauty that brought her there. In the interim, Marilyn married, for love I suppose, but also to give her a sense of who she was, it was nice for loads of men to want her, desire to be with her, but the process, the experience of marriage itself, was hard. Mainly because men have egos, and even though we desire beautiful women, want beauty in our woman, too much adoration from other men, makes us long for someone who didn’t come with so much attention of other men, add to that Marilyn loved the attention. Through it she could affirm who she was, and erase the stigma of a little girl no one really wanted. Movies, much like marriages, were something Marilyn needed more from. She didn’t like the dumb blonde sex pot label, she didn’t like the coveted prize, kept on the shelf, that men sought from her when she married them. Eventually this desire and the failings that came with it, from Hollywood, from Marriage depressed her, why couldn’t things fall in place perfectly!?, she wandered. Sex is always a good outlet for stress, and Marilyn used it. The sex with powerful men helped affirm some things for her, because,they wanted her. So she obliged. Unfortunately in this quest to find herself, affirm that she belonged, and the added scrutiny of the press, the Woman, who’d just wanted a foundation to establish who she was, lost herself, and lost control. In the end, the bargain between the real consequences of just one more sleeping pill, and the harmlessness of pretending not to know you’d had to many, was won by the latter. Our dear Marilyn was gone. In the end her story is a story about parenting. All the admiration and fame the world can muster, will never replace the love of a parent. So parents hug your children, love them. It means everything!
You forgot to mention that she had to deal with governamental secret services, like Intelligence, CIA. Can you wonder how hard it was for her? She asked for this? You know, she had to keep in silence secrets from society, secret from things out of this planet like 👽👽 she knew things that humans in this time still have no idea that exists. Norma is real strong soul!
@@unite4peace88 That's why I think her death could not be a suicide, she was a happy woman! Had problems like anyone but the difference was her consciousness! She were smart and knew too much, this is not a thing who pleased the most powerful people from this planet--- The intelligence's people from secret's services, they are too powerful, they can kill even with their hair! And they're like ghosts! If people knew what they know, omg, they would be totally shocked. Lot of people would never know how to deal but she was dealing and very well, maybe because her high QI, QE, QS, a fenomenal knowledge in a body of a beautiful woman. You know, she were super admired even by her friend Einstein, media doesn't show nothing at all 🙌🏻
I love what you said here. There’s another theory about her death that has been discussed in other videos that tell of her connections to powerful men that used her and got rid of her in the end.
Good observation of Susan Strasberg! Marilyn -so gifted- needed to express and not bury herself in a marriage even a good one. Death is the price you often have to pay for it. RIP Marilyn!
I think she was a confident woman. She wasn't lonely, everyone wanted her. She preferred things in a certain way. I think she was happy like everyone she had issues that was magnified.
I read and watched a documentary that her first husband went to WAR and was a soldier. During the 2nd world war women went to work in major numbers, she also went to work at a factory. When her husband came back she had known that what made her happy was to be independent and to work. She no longer wanted to be settled down to being a house wife, as it was the custom. She then started to model and changed her appearance, so she also divorced because she felt she had to leave her old life to start a new one. I read also that this first husband was very jealous of her independence.
Marilyn and James- they both had come from different planets my friends. They simply and obviously didn't click, they were utterly different, had different interests, talents, possibilities and GOALS in life. Blessed with utterly different personalities , strictly decent, down-to-earth guy and charming, vulnerable girl with huge drive towards making a splash in a big world... They had to split... The rest is history...
Frankly I'm happy with her just being the bombshell calender pin-up that Earl Monroe immortalized from 1947-49. I have B&W photos of her modeling for him at that time. It's quite the story.
