Carl Rollyson Quotes

#1. January 21: Marilyn returns to New York and visits Lee Strasberg.

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#2. January 15: Columnist Bob Thomas publicizes Marilyn's doubts about the Something's Got to Give script.

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#3. February 5: Laurence Olivier, his agent Cecil Tennant, and playwright Terence Rattigan arrive in New York to discuss with Marilyn a film of The Sleeping Prince, to be produced in London with Olivier and Marilyn in the starring roles.

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#4. January 26: Marilyn is invited to attend the Foreign Press Association's First Annual International Film Festival at the Club Del Mar in Santa Monica and creates a sensation by wearing an Idaho potato burlap bag designed for her by Billy Travilla.

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#5. April 25: Billy Wilder sends a telegram to Marilyn expressing his delight that she will appear in Some Like It Hot. She is to receive her usual $100,000 fee, plus 10 percent of the profits. She is photographed signing a contract with the film's producer, Walter Mirisch.

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#6. June 27: Sidney Fields is the first columnist to write about Marilyn, commenting in the New York Mirror: "Marilyn is a very lovely and relatively unknown movie actress. But give her time; you will hear from her.

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#7. April 2: Marilyn purchases a stuffed toy tiger from the San Vincente pharmacy for $2.08.

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#8. May 21: Marilyn reports to Fox for color and wardrobe tests for Niagara.

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#9. February 27: Pre-production work begins on Bus Stop.

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