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From the gentleman at the bar, sir.

Again, Phyllis?

How long has he been there?

Almost two hours.

Mr. DiMaggio?

Who the hell would keep Joe DiMaggio?

Would you mind?

Baseball isn't the same since you hung him up.

Thank you.

So never around, would you?

It's nice to meet you, Joe.

Marilyn.

Please.

Paula Dom. Yes, sir. Right away.

Ross, you know I drink champagne.

Well, I know a lot about you.

Good things, I hope.

I stuck around.

Was I late?

Oh, thank you.

You look wonderful yourself.

I hope you'll forgive me, but... Well, I don't know a thing about football.

I would have thought you were a steel magnate.

Or a congressman.

I, uh... I haven't seen any of your pictures.

That's sweet, isn't it?

We can start from scratch.

Well, the first time I saw my name on a marquee, I... Well, I was driving down

Oliver Boulevard.

I had to pull over, you know, to take it all in.

I thought somebody had made a mistake.

But there it was.

Am I talking too much?

I always do that when I get nervous.

What are you nervous about?

You get... You get nervous in front of the camera?

When I'm in front of the camera... Yes,

I get nervous, but... Well, when we start rolling, it just all kind of melts

away.

Do you get nervous before you go out on the field?

I'm retired.

But you're still young.

I couldn't play like I used to, you know.

I just didn't want people to see me like that.

Oh.

Where'd everybody go?

It's ten after one.

Is it?

Oh.

The night flew.

I, uh... Well, I have to be in makeup by six.

I'm at the Knickerbocker.

You think you could give me a lift?

You really thought he played football?

Can you believe it?

No, I can't. I'm so used to being around movie stars.

Always showing off.

But Joe didn't have to.

Good afternoon, Mrs. Goddard.

Just let me rest a bit.

Me too.

Has Joe said anything to you about marriage?

I think he's gun-shy.

Do you love him?

I do.

What is it, Aunt Grace?

I'm just a bit exhausted, sweetheart.

Something's wrong.

Can you get me a glass of water? Selena?

Can we get a glass of water, please? Thank you.

Something's wrong. You're not telling me.

It's cancer.

No.

No, we'll fight this.

I'll get you the best doctor.

It's God's will.

Do you believe that pain and illness are not of God?

They are not of God.

And you have no belief in pain.

I have no belief in pain.

You see what God can do?

Do you know how happy you've made me?

If I'd been your own mother, I could've been more proud.

I have a premiere to go to next month.

I'll buy you a gown.

Something...

You look so beautiful.

No one will look at me.

You steal the show.

She killed herself.

with an overdose of barbiturates.

After all those years in Christian science, she used medicine to kill

herself.

How did you feel about that?

Well, my other foster mothers went away, but my mother didn't.

She stayed.

But how did you feel?

Like I always did.

Alone, angry, guilty.

But then I felt proud.

She made the choice.

Why go on living if the point of life is gone?

Is there a point to life?

Certainly.

But tomorrow will be better.

Didn't believe that I couldn't keep... How was Joe during all of this?

That couldn't have been sweeter.

Joe, I'm so... The director kept making idiotic changes.

We were shooting out in the middle of nowhere.

I couldn't find a phone.

I know I spoiled the dinner.

Daddy, I did everything I could.

Marry me.

From the moment I saw you,

Christ, you were what I wanted.

The minute I laid eyes on you, I loved you, Mary.

Great. Marry me. What do you say?

You really... You want to really marry me?

All I want to do is make you happy.

All right, if you give me half a chance, I promise you... Oh, God, you do.

Like no one ever.

But we're different.

Oh, we're so different. No.

No, we're not different, Marilyn.

We want the same things. We both want a family, a life together.

This, this crap, this is, this is nothing.

And we both know that.

I want a home.

I want a real home with you.

Will you let me give you one?

Yes.

Yes. Yes?

Yes.

Thank you.

So... Did you say afternoon?

Oh, my call time.

I'm supposed to be at the studio.

Hey.

Don't worry. I called Zanuck.

I told him you were sick.

But I'm not.

It'll be fine.

No, they'll say I'm unprofessional. No, they better not.

It's my job, Joe.

They're awake. Working you like a dog.

You shut off my alarm.

You had no right.

Marilyn, you're exhausted.

That's what the pills are for.

You don't need the pills.

You need someone that loves you, that will take care of you.

And that's what I'm here for.

I can't just... What did

Zanuck say?

He asked me for an autographed baseball.

No!

All right, we'll be down in five minutes for the car.

Thank you.

Wow, look at you.

What do you say we drive out to Malibu?

I have to see my mother.

She doesn't know about him, Grace.

I'll go with you. I want to meet her.

No, I... I don't think that's a good idea.

It's the right thing to do. I mean, after all, she's about to become my

mother-in-law.

She doesn't do well with strangers.

Sometimes she doesn't even know who I am.

All right. I tell you what, I will introduce you.

I want to meet her.

Joe, please.

But now.

It'll be great.

So Grace is dead.

I'm glad.

Mother, you don't mean that. She was always trying to make you love her

instead of me.

Well, that's not true.

I'm always talking about the...

picture-making business and putting all these foolish notions into your head

that you could actually earn a living.

But I am.

I'm doing very well.

You are?

Yes, I have my footprints at Grauman's.

Don't you remember when he used to take me?

That was Grace.

Spilt milk.

Young man, you played baseball professionally.

Yes, he's my Joe. The Yankee Clipper. The greatest of all time.

Oh, Babe Ruth is greatest.

She's right.

Sit down.

So... Joe...

What are your intentions?

I want to marry her.

Do you believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior?

Absolutely.

All right, you have my permission.

Thank you, Mother.

Oh, we have to go now.

But there's something I feel compelled to tell you about her. Oh, no, no, we

have a very important meeting.

If you're going to get married, he has to know.

What if we have... She is absolutely hopeless with money.

If you don't keep her on a tight leash, she won't have anything to show for her

endeavors.

It's true.

I'm tight enough for both of us.

All right, then.

Excuse me. I have to make my rounds.

I'll see you soon, Mother.

Oh, and, um, did you tell him that you can't have children?

You know that, right?

Is that true?

I mean, I've had problems, but I might be able to.

But you might not.

Are you planning on telling me, Marilyn?

Of course.

It just... Oh, it just happened so fast.

It doesn't change anything, Joe.

Tell me it doesn't.

I can't sleep.

I don't know what's wrong with me Joe.

I need to sleep. No, damn it, no.

God damn it!

I don't know what it's like to not be able to sleep.

I have to be prepared.

What?

Those awful terrors of the night.

Oh, how painful for you, darling.

Have you had the dream before?

And now I'm afraid to sleep.

I just want it out of my head.

As difficult as it is, an artist must use painful moments to build character.

I want to forget it.

You must not.

You must store it and draw upon it whenever a line or a scene calls for it.

You want her to suffer?

No, she didn't mean it that way.

You want her to store it?

So I can be a better actress.

You don't need this, Marilyn.

You don't need her.

Joe!

He doesn't know what he's saying.

The sooner you get rid of her, the better.

Perhaps it's best if I leave. No, don't go!

Let her go.

I'll call you.

Joe.

Don't you ever do a thing like that again.

She's hurting you.

She cares about me.

And she cares about my career.

And what about us?

From day one, you have spent more time at that studio than you have at home.

Is that how it's gonna be?

I'm home now?

And for what?

Honey, how are we gonna talk about this?

Or is this how it's going to be?

Sweetheart? Marilyn!

I pumped it out of her.

She'll sleep off and on for a day or so.

Has she tried anything like this before?

Tried anything?

It was an accident.

I don't think so.

It's the studio, all right? They have her hooked. They're giving her things to

stay awake, to go to sleep, and this goddamn acting coach has her so she

doesn't know which way is up.

Where is her mother?

What does that have to do with it?

Well, Marilyn was fairly incoherent, but she kept mumbling that she was afraid of

her, of what her mother had done to her.

She's in an institution in Pasadena, but Marilyn is fine.

Has she ever undergone psychiatric evaluation? It was an accident, Lou.

There is nothing wrong with Maryland that can't be fixed by getting out of

this goddamn town.

Girl in Pink Tights, I developed it special for you.

That's wonderful, Mr.

Zanuck.

I'd love to read it.

What for?

So I could decide whether or not I'm going to do it.

Just show up and say the lines. You don't have script approval.

Oh, I'd like to discuss that.

No.

Girl in the Pink Tights was already a Broadway play that flopped.

I knew it would develop for Betty Grable, and she turned it down.

What the hell do you know about it?

You think you know everything?

I know I'm tired of the same old sex roles, Mr. Zanuck.

I want to do better things.

People have scope, you know.

People?

What people?

When's the last time you looked at your contract, Miss Monroe?

I also know that my pictures gross $42,700,000 for this studio.

Your pictures?

Yeah, and I think that I'm entitled to have a say in which ones I'd like to

make. No, you're not.

I'm not chattel.

You'll make any damn picture I say.

Chattel is exactly what you are. Please.

Come on, Joe.

Let's get out of here.

Let's go up to San Francisco.

I want to meet your family.

And I want to start one of our own.

Let's get married up there.

All right, what about work?

I told Zanuck I'm not going to work.

What did he say?

I thought he was going to choke on a cigar.

I just want to be with you.

Santa called every day when I was in San Francisco.

And I wouldn't take his calls.

My agents were going crazy.

You realized you had power.

And I was going to use it to get respect.

But I didn't care if he didn't like me.

Without respect, you're nothing.

And I knew what was good for me and what wasn't.

You know, it takes a smart brunette to play dumb blonde.

Did you consider what might have happened if your power play didn't work?

I knew it would.

Look,

Daddy. I made it myself.

That looks amazing.

Everybody,

we're going to say grace now.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

Bless us, O Lord, for these, thy gifts, which we are about to receive through

thy bounty through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Mangiamo!

He sent me the script for Pink Tides.

He said he wasn't going to, but he did.

Christ, Marilyn, I thought you were through with that.

With what?

He told me you were ready to get out of L.A., Hollywood.

Oh, sure, for a few weeks.

So all this, you coming here with me, that was just so you could get Zanuck to

send you a script.

Oh.

Not all, Joe.

What, did you think I was quitting?

Everything about starting a family, making babies, that was all just sort

of... You don't know I want them.

How, Marilyn? Tell me how.

How are you gonna be a mother and take care of them when you can't stop

working?

You know who I was when you married me.

I just figured you were gonna quit.

When you retired, you were on top.

What's that got to do with it? I haven't gotten there yet.

But I'm close.

And no one's gonna stand in my way.

Joe, what do you expect of me?

You want me to stay here and clean house and make lasagna like your mother?

That was the first time.

And then the last.

Marilyn.

Marilyn!

You read it.

Every cliche.

I'll have it rewritten.

It's no good.

I'll double your salary.

You don't understand.

Who do you think you are? Everything you think I'm not. Consider yourself

suspended. Oh, I could use the break.

Without pay.

I've been poor before.

A thousand Marilyn Monroe's get off the bus every day.

No. A thousand Norma Jean's get off the bus.

Joe wants me to quit acting.

I know one day I'll be fat and wrinkled and... No, you should never let yourself

go, dear. Look at me.

How are the Yankees doing?

Well... Joe's retired, Mother.

Well, there you go. That's the problem right there.

Because Anik put me on a film.

It's called The Seven-Year Itch. Billy Wilder's directing, I'm starring.

And Joe just doesn't understand why it's so important to me. Does he love you?

Yes. Do you love him?

Yes.

Have a baby.

Look, I just don't want to mess everything up.

Please, Mother, what do you think I should do?

I think that you should stop coming to see me because you never ask me how I'm

doing. You never do anything for me. All you do is talk about yourself. I don't

know how I had such a selfish child.

Didn't you just love the picture?

I did.

But I just felt so sorry for the creature at the end.

Sorry for the creature?

What did you want him to do?

When do you leave for New York?

Day after tomorrow.

I'd like to go with you.

Didn't you just love the picture?

I did.

But I just felt so sorry for the creature.

At the end.

Sorry for the creature?

Would you want him to marry the girl?

Oh, he was kind of scary looking.

But he wasn't really all bad.

I just think he craved a little affection.

You know?

The sense of being loved and needed and wanted.

That's a very interesting point of view.

Oh, do you feel the breeze from the subway?

Isn't it delicious?

Sort of cools the ankles, doesn't it?

Well, what do you think would be fun to do now?

Not so much cut, not so much air from the subway.

And then get another pair of underwear.

You can see everything.

You embarrass me in front of all those people!

They all think I married a whore.

Which I did.

We're about to shoot the scene in Mr. Sherman's apartment, where you first

realize the true nature of his intentions.

Give me a couple red speeches.

He could have killed you, Marilyn.

We must reach for the emotional foundation of the scene.

Beneath every comedic moment is a dramatic conflict.

Hey, Whitey.

Joe?

I took care of the hotel guy.

He won't say anything to the reporters.

What, you think they don't know?

Everybody knows.

What will the Hall of Fame committee think?

Well, maybe you'll get the sympathy vote.

Because your wife's a whore.

It won't happen again.

I know it won't.

I called Jared Geisler.

When I get back to L.A., I'm filing for divorce. Marilyn.

I warned you once.

Can't we just talk about this?

It's too late.

Nobody uses me as their punching bag.

I know that.

I know.

It's my fault.

It's all... It's all been my fault.

because, Marilyn,

it's just because I love you.

That's all. I just, I just love you so much.

I will tell Mr. Wilder that you cannot work today.

He can't expect you to be funny. Not after this.

I'll be funny.

I'll be the funniest bitch they ever saw.

It's all very complicated with Joe.

I never stopped sleeping with him, you know.

How were you able to have sex with a man who abused you?

Well, he didn't abuse me when I stopped being his wife.

Martha Miller, he was a true intellectual.

And he talked to me, and he listened to me, and he was proud of my work.

I've rewritten this 12 times.

You want me to read it?

Well, I'm going for a light comedy kind of thing, and...

It's not what I'm known for.

You do it better than anyone else.

Thank you, darling.

I want you to be honest.

If it's stilted or desultory, don't sugarcoat it.

Critics never do.

Well, I'll tell you what I think.

Hello.

Oh, hi, Natasha.

Yes, I have to call you back.

Well, I'm helping Arthur with his work.

As soon as I can.

Okay.

Bye.

She never gives you a moment's peace.

Well, I wouldn't be where I am without her.

You've got that backwards.

You don't need her.

You've outgrown her.

So, you never saw Natasha again?

What is that wrong with me?

I sometimes feel badly.

The way I did it.

Well, people with abandonment issues will often abandon others in a similar

fashion.

It wasn't easy, you know.

I just... stopped growing with her.

And I decided I was only gonna do one picture a year anyways.

I started my own company.

Marilyn Monroe Productions.

Oh,

we did Bus Stop.

I love that one.

You're really wonderful on screen.

And Arthur, he started writing a screenplay.

The Misfits.

And he got stuck.

The more he got stuck, the less we talked.

Why is it that nothing good seems to last?

Well, your movies will last.

But they're not real.

Children are real.

I wanted to concentrate on my marriage to Arthur.

And the children.

Arthur!

Arthur,

you've got to hear this.

Monroe shows a real sense of comedy and can command a laugh with her walk or

with an expression.

Pretty good, huh?

I'm not surprised. Damn it.

Well, put it in the scrapbook.

Or whatever you do with that crap.

Yes, this is Mrs. Miller.

Are you sure?

There can't be any mistake.

Yes.

Yes, no.

I can't wait to tell my husband.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

What is it?

What?

Marilyn.

You look so happy.

What is it?

If it's a girl, you pick the name.

But if it's a boy... I can do it!

Don't you just love it?

I saw it in the window at FAO Schwartz, and I said, that's for my baby.

Wait, let me help you with that. Oh, no, I've got it.

I had to stick its head out of the window of the care.

People were waiting.

And I said, well, I was just back from safari.

Oh, and I bought the most adorable sheets and towels from Sex.

$200?

Don't tell my husband.

He'd have a fit.

Where is he?

Lunch at Sardi's with his agent.

I'm too busy.

Don't you think?

I'm going to have him redone.

Dr. Spock says too much visual stimulation leads to emotional stress.

So no paper.

Just paint.

Pale yellow.

But what do you think, Mary?

Would you like to lie down, Mrs. Miller?

You've been on your feet all afternoon.

I'll get you a nice cup of tea, put your feet up and just relax.

She's going to know she's loved from the very first moment.

And that she'll always have a home.

She'll be all right, Mary, won't she?

Oh, she'll be perfect.

There won't be anything wrong with her, will there?

No, why would anything be wrong with her?

Well, they said there could be.

Who said?

Because of me.

They said that she could be damaged because of me.

Oh, you know how they would know?

Well, my mother would tell them.

She would tell them it was all my fault.

My own mother.

I couldn't stand it.

Mrs. Miller.

No, I just couldn't stand it, Mary.

Please tell me she's going to be all right.

Please tell me she's going to be all right.

Please tell me.

She will.

She'll be perfect.

Perfect.

Yeah.

I, uh... I don't need any tea right now, Mary. Thank you.

dinner at John Huston's.

He'll be back soon.

Are you alright, Mrs. Millard?

Marilyn, listen to this.

Gable's gonna do the misfits.

Drinking before we even get to dinner.

Go without me.

Houston wants to see you.

Tell him to go to the movies.

I only have Gable if Houston directs.

And Houston won't cast you unless you pull yourself together.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Cast me in what?

All you do is tear paper out of a typewriter and crumple it up.

There is no script.

It's not me who needs to pull herself together.

It's 20 after 8!

For God's sakes!

Okay.

I'm not stupid.

I'm not someone to be pitied.

I've never asked for pity in my life.

He was a coward.

He was afraid to divorce me.

And that's why he left it there.

So I would find it, and I would read it, and I'd be the one to file.

Why didn't you?

Another thing I don't understand is why can't people be more generous with each

other?

Because everybody's too busy thinking about themselves.

Oh, what do you think about me, Dr. DeShields?

Certainly you must have formed an opinion by now.

I think you've had a hard life.

And that you're sad.

Misfits was supposed to be this thing that I'd been searching for for so, so

long.

A great drama.

But Arthur said he wrote it as a gift.

It's a gift to me.

Does he want more rewrites?

I want them.

It was beautiful once.

Now it's bleak and bitter.

It's growing.

It's evolving.

You just can't let go of the past, Marilyn.

That's your biggest problem.

I'm an actress.

I don't want to play myself.

You promised me a great role.

And you've got it. No!

What I've got is a caricature of my life for everyone to see.

What, a divorce from a man who beat me?

I make, uh, Gaylord go crazy, and he suffers for it?

Oh, you don't think people are gonna thank your Gaylord and I make your life

miserable?

It is my life, Arthur.

And I am entitled to protect it.

The audience... Is entitled to a performance.

That's all.

I expected a little loyalty from the man that I'm married to.

This script... It's about people with no future.

I have a future.

I like some runny.

Another runny.

They wake the baby.

They wake the baby.

I warned

you.

You have no one to blame.

No one to blame but yourself.

Where is she?

I told Mary not to... not to take her without telling me where she was going.

Mary's gone.

You fired her.

So she kidnapped her?

Out of revenge?

She always hated me. She was afraid of you.

She kidnapped our baby.

Our baby is dead.

Three months ago.

You've been in the same night count for a week and a half.

Did you hold her?

Her eyes blew.

She never opened them.

She couldn't get what she needed to live.

She never had a chance.

Are you blaming me?

Nobody wanted that baby more than I did.

You think I killed her.

Well, if you think so, then just say it!

Say it!

Yeah. You killed her.

She starved!

Or you gorged yourself on pills and booze!

You murdered her.

And your weapon was your own weakness.

Please, please stop.

You murdered my child, Marilyn.

And if there's any justice in the world,

you'll never have another one.

They'll just be that.

Little voice in your head.

The voice that you deprived of life.

I like to stay informed.

You always interested in politics?

Not always.

It's all part of the journey.

Are you a Democrat?

I voted for Kennedy.

I met him when he was still a senator.

Through his sister.

She lives with her husband in Malibu, Peter Lawford.

Oh, I love Pat.

She's all I ever wanted to be.

What's the occasion?

I've missed you.

Aw. It's been six months since we've seen each other.

I saw it on a window.

It's a Dutch for pet.

Oh, thank you.

Wow. I can't even imagine how much this... What's money for?

Ignore him.

He's not good for you.

Oh, boy, here we go.

It's just a hello and a goodbye.

You haven't been seeing him, have you?

Well, how are you, Joe?

This is Pat Lawford.

My brother's Jack Kennedy.

My folks ask about you all the time.

I'll send them my love.

Thank you.

Joe could be mean, but he wasn't mean-spirited.

I never knew what deliberate cruelty could be until Arthur.

But you stayed.

Tell me why. I'm curious.

Let's hear something.

Well, I think you stayed after the miscarriage because... even his cruelty

seemed more of a comfort than isolation.

Because you didn't want to swing at the third strike.

Because you thought the misfits would finally bring you respect as a serious

actress.

There were new pages every day.

I couldn't prepare.

And they blamed me for being late.

He was trying to destroy me.

When I was working with Clark Gable.

When I was at the orphanage, I had a picture of Clark Gable next to my bed.

And I told the other children that he was my father.

Two weeks after I stopped shooting and he died

So you finished the misfits

and divorced Arthur January 20th last year

Morris I picked it on purpose Inauguration day

I got my divorce decree while every reporter across America was glued to

their sets.

That's very clever.

Well, that's me.

I outsmarted everyone.

This is for the drive down to the desert.

And this is... Oh, this is for cocktails with the president.

I read profiles in Courage.

and why England slept, and all of his speeches in the congressional record.

I have so many things to talk to him about.

I don't think going down to meet him is such a good idea.

And this little number.

Well, this is for the pool.

I know my brother.

This is for Saturday night.

What is it, Pat?

Hmm. You look pale. Can I get you anything?

Saltines.

Oh, I was gonna wait to tell you. I didn't want you to be upset.

Upset?

It's wonderful.

How far along are you?

Ten weeks.

Oh, and this is the last one.

Not you again. I think I'm a snoop.

But all those pills.

The cabinet was open, and I just... They get me going in the morning. They put me

out at night. From six different doctors?

Marilyn.

I want to talk to Jack about the civil rights agenda.

Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Peace Corps.

Marilyn, he won't talk shop.

Especially with...

Well, he won't talk shop with anyone.

He's there to relax.

Well, then over drinks.

After he's relaxed.

Having Hollywood reach out to underprivileged communities.

Government grants to colleges.

Inviting foreign filmmakers.

Miss Monroe?

Oh.

If you'll follow me, the president is just finishing a call.

Well, are your boys going to frisk me or something?

I, uh... I think you're just fine.

You know, I think you gentlemen are very brave protecting the president.

It must be very stressful for your families.

It has its moments.

He likes to get out among the people.

That's why everybody loves him.

Marilyn. I've been looking forward to this, Mr. Britton.

You know, Jack and I had this immediate connection.

I hadn't felt anything like it since I met Joe.

And he did want my opinions.

Well, I spoke with him yesterday, Marilyn.

He never mentioned that you were there.

Of course not.

That was our agreement.

Even I have to be careful.

You know they're listening.

White House phones are the most secure.

Oh, not his phone, silly.

Well, he'll be listening to yours and just between you and me.

He's going to divorce Jackie.

Jack said that? Or I want a woman who appreciates him.

A woman he can discuss things with.

And I don't think she's ever read one of his speeches.

He's going to stay with her until he's re-elected.

And then you and I are going to be much more than just friends.

He has to be in Sisters.

When will the president be available?

Mrs. Lincoln, I left four messages yesterday.

And last week I... Oh, could you just...

let him know that I hope his trip goes well.

And that I'll be praying for him.

the other thing.

Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and

skills. Because that challenge is one that we're willing to accept.

Why didn't you tell me this was here?

This is from my mother.

Are you hiding it from me?

They opened it.

They read it.

Who?

I have this kind of poison.

They can put it in a letter.

And if you open it... My who, Madeline?

Any of them.

J. Edgar Hoover.

Zanuck.

Jackie.

It had to be Jackie.

And she's fusing my mother.

I go back to New York.

But I spoke to my lawyer.

If anything happens to me,

I could have the place booked.

I could be listening.

Yes, that's the way they work.

If anything happens to me, then you'll be taken care of.

Oh, I would go too.

Oh, no.

These are people who... Well, they'll stop at nothing.

I hate to leave you, but it's easier for me to hide in New York alone.

He is a very important man.

And I know that if I can reach him, that he will help me.

Well, I can't tell you who he is.

But that's for your own protection.

In case they come and question you.

But in the meantime, Mother...

I could feel myself falling.

What stopped you?

Marilyn.

What stopped you?

I would have taken care of my mother.

She'd be alone.

You needed help.

Who was there for you?

I had a doctor in New York.

Dr. Chris.

She said I needed rest.

And I trusted her.

star Marilyn Monroe was taken by ambulance from her New York City hotel

and was admitted to the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic.

The actress, who has a history of drug and alcohol use, is being confined to

the maximum security wing of the clinic for her own protection.

Neither Fox Studios nor Ms. Monroe's representatives could be reached for

comment.

It's all right.

You know who I am?

Take it easy.

I have to get out.

The doctor will be here in a minute.

I need you to make a phone call.

I can't.

I don't belong here.

Do whatever you want.

It's against regulations.

It's time to take your medication, Miss Muro.

I don't want you to release my wife.

You know who I'm talking about.

Sir, I need authorization to... Then get it.

Now. Mr. DiMaggio, her admitting physician's not on duty... Now.

If you don't release her to me, I will tear this goddamn building apart, piece

of wood by piece of wood.

But she's my mother.

Why wasn't I called?

That's no goddamn excuse.

I'll be there in the morning.

I'll go with you. I'm going alone.

No, I won't let you.

Who the hell asked you?

I know what you're trying to do. I'm trying to help you. No, you're on their

side.

Poor, screwed up Marilyn.

She's going nuts, and she's not responsible.

I'm sick of being treated like one! Marilyn, you need to... No!

We'll keep her sedated for the next 48 hours.

She should make a full recovery.

This was in her room.

No, she cannot report for work today.

Bronchitis and a fever.

I do know how many days she's been unable to.

What? It's a chronic condition.

And she's so sorry for the inconvenience she's causing the studio.

Ask him if he knows what guilt feels like.

I'll call you later, Al.

They're gonna shoot around you.

My mother looked so tiny in that bed.

Like she was the child.

Don't blame yourself for what happened.

She did because of me.

So I'd be free of her.

I don't want to talk to anyone.

Hello?

One moment, please.

Ken O'Donnell.

Hi,

Kenny.

Oh, I'd love to.

Yes, I'll... Thank you.

Okay, I'll talk to you soon.

They're having a gala.

for Jack May 19th, Madison Square Garden.

And I'm going to sing happy birthday.

So sorry.

I'll, uh, I can get more.

That's okay, sweetie.

I just hope I told them the right key.

It's a joke.

They're making fun of me because I'm always late.

They really shouldn't do that.

Oh, it's okay.

I'm letting them.

You keep a good thought for me.

Sure.

Fired? Fired for doing my patriotic duty for our commander-in-chief.

Suing for damages.

What are you going to do?

Well, you would have thought I would have at least heard from him.

I sent him a watch.

A gold Rolex.

And I had his initials engraved in it. He doesn't wear fancy watches. Well, he

could have at least acknowledged it.

I mean, you know, I get he's too busy to talk, but I mean... So send a note, pal.

Just send a note. What do you want from him?

Huh?

Well, I mean, is that how you treat somebody that you love?

Pat, I just... Well, I'm just looking for a little respect.

Stop living in the dream world.

Well... No, you were with him for a weekend. That was it.

It's no different than the hundreds of girls he's had before you and the

hundreds he'll keep on having. He doesn't love you.

He doesn't now. He never has and he never will. He told me.

It's all in your head.

And the sooner you understand that, the sooner you can go on living your life.

Quit the booze and quit the drugs.

It's driving the people who do love you crazy. Do it, Marilyn.

Do it, Marilyn, or I'm quitting you.

Hey!

Look, if he told you he doesn't love me, it's because he's keeping it from

Jackie!

Where is she?

Oh, uh, oh.

Get rid of those pills and clean this place up.

She's like a child.

You listen to me.

If you can't do it, I'll find someone else that can.

Clean it up.

Joe and I are going to Florida next week.

So you're back together?

Oh, we'll see.

But first, I... Well, my agents patched things up at Fox.

I just signed a two-picture deal for a million bucks.

I only put something that's got a give back on track.

Well, sounds like things are looking up.

I want them to get even better.

Do you think you can help me?

Do you think I can?

You're different from Dr. Crinson.

You don't tell me what to do.

You just listen.

And you don't judge me.

I like that.

I want to continue with you.

I want to continue with you, too.

So, Tuesday, 3.30, my office.

And, Marilyn, don't be late.

Goodbye, Dr.

DeShields.

Goodbye.

Okay.

Do you remember I bought you an ice cream cone here once?

You got it for free.

But it's a thought that counts.

Do you remember how we used to... No, stop, stop.

You know, remembering is what made us both so unhappy.

Don't think about the past. The past is over. It's done.

Don't think about the time that we've lost. We're here now.

And I want you to get better.

Does that mean you love me?

Do you love me just a little? From the very first minute.

I saw a house for sale, a little cottage, kind of a fix-me-upper.

And, uh, but it has room for horses and a garden.

Can I see it? Of course you can. You're the one with all the money, baby.

Oh, we could fix it up together.

Mm-hmm. And at night, we'll see the stars. We can count them.

Yes.

We're gonna count the stars.

Yes.

My sweet Norma Jean.

I love you, Mother.

I love you, baby.