"'I'm going to be a great movie star some day."

William Travilla’s original costume design sketches for Marilyn Monroe – in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) & The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Ladies of the Chorus (1949) dir. Phil Karlson

𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗅𝗒𝗇 𝖬𝗈𝗇𝗋𝗈𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖢𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗅 𝖡𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖭𝖸𝖢, 𝖥𝖾𝖻𝗋𝗎𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝟣𝟫𝟧𝟨

Marilyn Monroe at the Ray Anthony Party on August 3, 1952 photographed by  Bob Willoughby

The Seven Year Itch (1955) dir. Billy Wilder

“My one desire is to do my best, the best that I can from the moment the camera starts until it stops.”

Marilyn Monroe + Wally Cox Outtakes

Marilyn Monroe The Seven Year Itch (1955) dir. Billy Wilder

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) dir. Howard Hawks

Marilyn Monroe photographed in Laurel Canyon, LA, by Milton Greene. September 1953.

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Laszlo Willinger, 1947

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1952

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Gene Kornman, 1953 for “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”

Marilyn Monroe photographed by  Earl Theisen, 1951

Marilyn Monroe in a hair test for ‘Something’s Got to Give’, 1962

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Laszlo Willinger, 1948

“Some people have been unkind.If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say  I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh.Somehow they don’t expect me to be serious about my work” - Marilyn Monroe