Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

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I have learned how to make noodles that don't come out of a package — and I bake bread very well." "Oh, come on now — you buy the mixes," I protested. "No, I don't — I don't like mixes. I use yeast and set my own bread. Have you ever read The Joy Of Cooking? It's a cookbook that gives fine recipes but it also emphasizes the actual happiness there is connected with cooking — and it can be a big pleasure in a woman's life, not a chore. I read it often and it makes me feel happy." I said, "Marilyn, here you sit looking like a poster girl and talking like a hansfrau with a dozen children under her feet!" "I wish there were," my beautiful friend said softly. Twice Marilyn had lost babies through miscarriages, the last one with great jeopardy to her own life, and her face saddens whenever she speaks of children. She wants one so very much. "And, I haven't given up hope," she said simply. "More than anything in the world I want a baby, lots of babies. And, God willing, for every baby I have — I'm going to adopt another one." That was a surprise! "Then, why don't you adopt one now?" I asked. '"They say it frequently happens that if a child is adopted, childless parents then are blessed with one of their own." Marilyn looked thoughtful, "I don't know whether Arthur would like for us to adopt one first. But I'm going to take your advice and talk to him about it. Meanwhile. I do not want to seem sad or depressed about it to him — I'm very grateful and happy with my life. It is very full. We are rich in our work and in our family and friends." "Just who do you and Arthur see the most often socially?" I put in. The Miller circle "I suppose our closest friends are Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rosten. He is the playwright-poet and he and Arthur have a lot in common. I like Mrs. Rosten very much, too. We also see Mr. and Mrs. Eitor Rella. He is also a poet and writes plays. Our little circle is rounded out by my husband's publishers and, of course, Paula and Lee Strasberg, dear and close personal friends of mine." We had been lucky that we had enjoyed such a long chat uninterrupted, but Marilyn was now being summoned before the cameras. Director George Cukor walked over to personally tell Marilyn they were ready. "Don't leave," she said to me, "I want Paula (Strasberg) to come and chat with you. You'll learn why I am so fond of her,"— and she beckoned for the famed woman-half of the dramatic coaching team to take her chair beside me. Mrs. Strasberg is indeed a likable person, animated, warm and understanding and she is devoted to her famous pupil. I told her, "I have never seen Marilyn as relaxed and as much at ease as she is today. Yet she still seems to have periods of illness and nervousness which keep her from working — why do you think this is?" Mrs. Strasberg answered, "I think my husband has the solution: he says that nervousness indicates sensitivity and that's what Marilyn has, great sensitivity. And then, Marilyn is still frightened, although she is overcoming it. Lee says, 'Show me an actress who isn't frightened and nervous and I will say she won't go far.' "Marilyn has God-given talent, really phenomenal talent. My husband says she is a combination of Jeanne Eagles and Pauline Lord. Like them, she is greatly misunderstood. Where Marilyn's work is concerned, she wants perfection and to achieve perfection in anything is well nigh impossible. But she constantly seeks it — even at the expense of her health and peace of mind." Time was getting late and I should be getting off. But I wanted to say good-bye to Marilyn after she completed her scene with Yves Montand. the fascinating French "one-man show' making his American debut with la Monroe. Coming from in front of the camera Marilyn said, "Yves is the most excitingnew male star of years." she laughed. "He's all male, too — a cross between Clark Gable and Marlon Brando. He's going to be a big success in American movies — watch and see." "Does he win you in Let's Make Love?" I prompted. "Yes, but he thinks I'm in love with Frankie Vaughn, the popular English singer also appearing in his first Hollywood movie. But that's all I'm going to tell you of the plot. Everybody will know what happens — and won't buy tickets," she lauehed. Marilyn linked her arm through mine and walked with me to the door of the stage where my car was waiting. I was grateful to her for seeing me on such short notice on a day when she was working and I told her so as I kissed her good-bye. "But you are my friend," she said, — as though that explained everything. 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