Charles Casillo Marilyn Monroe fanpage. Author of the bestselling "MARILYN MONROE: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A PUBLIC ICON" and the novel "THE MARILYN DIARIES."
Marilyn Monroe in "River of No Return," 1954. She didn't like the script and didn't want to do it, but it turned out to be an entertaining movie--and a big hit.
Marilyn Monroe putting her hands and footprints in cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in 1953 Recent fictions would have you believe she hated her work, but she had dreamed of becoming a movie star since she was a child and her career was the most important thing to her
Marilyn Monroe posed in bed probably more than any other star. She loved the bed and yet, ironically, had so much trouble sleeping. (photo by Milton Greene)