1963 Original Vintage American
Poster “MARILYN MONROE”
Date: 1963
Size: 26 ½ x 39 inches (69 x 104 cm)
Linen backed
This is the original
American poster for the 20th Century Fox documentary on Marilyn Monroe.
Directed by Henry Koster in 1963, the film features Rock Hudson narrating a
compilation of clips from Marilyn's most celebrated movies.
The documentary traces her early
studio beginnings to her final screen moments in the unfinished
"Something's Got To Give".
About Marilyn Monroe: "In 1926 a girl was born in the charity
ward at the Los Angeles County Hospital who would become one of the most
celebrated and enduring icons of all time – Marilyn Monroe. Norma Jeane
Mortenson’s childhood was volatile as she was passed from family members to
family friends and frequently stayed in orphanages because of her mother’s
mental health.
To avoid another orphanage
stay a family friend orchestrated a marriage proposal when she was sixteen
years old. When her husband was sent to the Pacific with the merchant marine,
Norma Jeane began working on an assembly line at an aeronautical plant.
In 1945 a photographer took
a snapshot of the stunning brunette while at the factory and within months she
became a successful model securing dozens of magazine covers and a screen test
with 20th Century Fox.
Studio executives,
directors and photographers immediately recognized her ability to capture and
hold the attention of anyone on the opposite end of a camera lens.
By the end of 1946 her hair
had become a platinum shade of blonde and her name was changed to Marilyn
Monroe." (from marilynmonroe.com)
This poster is in good
condition with minor traces of restauration and former folds.