![]() But the day took an ugly turn.Ī press car carrying reporter Mara Scherbatoff, 48, crashed into a tree on Gladmine Road near the farm, while in pursuit of the car in which Miller and Monroe were riding. ![]() ![]() Miller promised a press conference on June 29 and on the scheduled day, the press descended on the property. Members of the press set up camp at Miller's Roxbury farm. Miller was in the midst of a House Un-American Activities Committee hearing and that, coupled with the upcoming wedding to blonde bombshell Monroe, made for perhaps the biggest news story that summer. "She was the operator who took the emergency call when one of their cars hit a tree."Īccording to newspaper accounts from 1956, in June of that year, Miller, who had a home in Roxbury at the time, and his fiancee, Marilyn Monroe, were in the midst of a paparazzi feeding frenzy with reporters and photographers relentlessly following them - waiting to catch the upcoming wedding. "I remember my mother telling me about how reporters were driving at breakneck speed over the twisty roads here, pursuing Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe one day," Nora said Saturday. You don't give it a second thought."īut the famous have not always had such privacy and anonymity in Roxbury. He died in 1985 at age 71.A runner from Cornwall, who just gave her name as Nora, said that "growing up in the area, you're used to it (seeing celebrities). He also worked with Elizabeth Taylor, Ingrid Bergman and Marlon Brando. Monroe famously passed away at age 36 in 1962 from a reported drug overdose.Īccording to Artnet, Dienes’s work was featured in Vogue, Esquire and Life magazine. She starred in “Niagara,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and “How to Marry a Millionaire.” Andre de Dienes / Nate D. That year was an explosion for Monroe’s career. SanderĪnother set of shots up for auction were taken in 1953 at the Bel Air Hotel and show Monroe in pinup shorts and a bra top. They were taken right before her breakout acting role in 1950’s “Love Happy.” Andre de Dienes / Nate D. Later shots from 1949 in the collection feature Monroe in a buxom bathing suit on the beach on Long Island. Though she was born with the last name Baker, Monroe adopted the last name Dougherty from her first husband James, who she wed in 1942 at age 16 and divorced four years later. ![]() Back then she was known as Norma Jean Dougherty and was a redhead. The oldest photos up for auction are from Monroe’s first modeling job in 1945 when she was 19 years old. In 1992, he paid $75,000 to be buried next to her crypt in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Monroe graced the front cover of the inaugural Playboy issue in 1953, but Hefner never met her. Bidders will have to shell out at least $4,000 to own that work of art, by photographer Earl Moran.Īlthough the photo was taken in 1946, it wasn’t published in Hefner’s Playboy magazine until 1987, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Monroe’s death, according to ONGallery. “They are gorgeous images of Monroe becoming an emerging star and are highly coveted by collectors.”īidding starts at $1,000 for the glamour shots, except for one extra special pic: an early topless photo of the “Some Like It Hot” star, signed by the one and only Hugh Hefner. “Andre de Dienes’ original photos of Marilyn Monroe in a large quantity are rare,” Sanders said in a statement. Sanders, the auction ends May 28 at 5 p.m. The Hungarian photographer was known for his work with the bombshell actress and sex symbol. Most of the pictures were taken by André de Dienes beginning in 1945. Revealing early photos of screen legend Marilyn Monroe are up for auction.
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