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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARK GABLE
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARK GABLE

Remembering Clark Gable, the King of Hollywood, born on this day in 1901. Marilyn & Clark starred together in The Misfits, the last completed film for both of them. As a child Norma Jeane would fantasize that he was her father.

Marilyn spoke about her time working with Gable on the set of The Misfits:
“The place was full of so-called men, but Clark was the only one who brought a chair for me between takes. He never got angry with me once for blowing a line or being late or anything — he was a gentlemen. The best.”

After Clark’s death on Novemeber 16th, 1960, Marilyn was quoted as saying:
“Clark Gable was one of the finest men I ever met. He was one of the most decent human beings anyone could have encountered anywhere. He was an excellent guy to work with. Knowing him and working with him was a great personal joy. I send all my love to and deepest sympathy to his wife, Kay.”

Happy Birthday Clark, forever the King of Hollywood.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROL CHANNING

Happy 97th birthday to the legendary Carol Channing. Carol played Lorelei in the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes but is probably remembered more for her iconic portrayal of Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly.

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MEMORIES OF MARILYN: DONALD O’CONNOR

Donald O’Connor on working with Walter Lang, the Director of “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”

“He was a strange guy.. His claim to fame was that he wasn’t a good Director, but all of his pictures made money. To tell you what he was like, we were doing the sequence where Marilyn is rehearsing with the band. Thanks to her bouffant hair and high heels she looked taller than me — even though she was about five-foot-five and I’m five-nine– So Lang came over to me and asked if I’d stand on an apple box. I said ‘Why don’t you ask her to take off her shoes?’ and he said ‘I’m afraid to.’ I went to Marilyn and I said ‘Marilyn, this idiot’s afraid to ask you to take off your shoes, but I’d feel very strange working with you, standing on an apple box.’ She said, ‘Oh Christ! the guy’s nuts..’ So, she kicked off her shoes and everything was fine.”

 

Source: “Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe” by Richard Buskin.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID WAYNE

Happy Birthday David Wayne! (January 30th 1914 – 9th February 1995.)

David Wayne was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Marilyn fans will recognise him as being her most frequent co-star, sharing the billing with Marilyn in no less than 4 of her movies:
“As Young As You Feel”
“We’re Not Married!”
“O Henry’s Full House”
“How To Marry A Millionaire”

With little or no screen time shared in “As Young As You Feel” and “O Henry’s Full House,” they were on screen lovers in “We’re Not Married!” and “How To Marry A Millionaire.”

Wayne was quoted as saying (on her performance in “How To Marry A Millionaire”)
“Negulesco (the Director) was very good with her and handled her beautifully. Of course she was always late, but I don’t think either Betty Grable or Lauren Bacall minded her. They were tough old pros and knew their business. There again, I also recall Marilyn being quite capable in her scenes with the other two girls. I wasn’t necessarily in the scene with them, but I’d sit next to Negulesco and watch the three of them work and by that time I thought that Marilyn had got a little technique under her belt.”

Happy birthday David!