Remus In Furs

Inside Marilyn Monroe’s Home (Part 1): Beverly Carlton Hotel 1951.

After reading a quote in which she told Look Magazine she did not want to be shot inside her and Arthur’s Long Island home, I was inspired to do a mini series on the homes she did allow to be photographed in.

To start, I’ll be doing an in-depth look into her 1951 bedroom at the Beverly Carlton Hotel.

She converted her sofa into a very-comfy makeshift bed with satin/silk bedding. She’s sitting in comfy pajamas reading The Poetry and Prose of Heinrich Heine (1948). Beside her foot is a script, likely for Clash by Night or Don’t Bother to Knock.

The far left table has art books like Michelangelo and Albrecht Dürer, a trinket dish, and a 1949 Year Book with magazines. Taped to the mirror above her is Pieter Bruegel’s “Portrait of an Old Woman” (1593), Amedeo Modigliani’s “A Woman” (1910’s), and Paul Cézanne’s “Card Players” (1890s).

To the right is a framed photo of Eleonora Duse, an Italian actress whom she admired. In the middle rests a standing clock, Anna Karenina on top of Charlie Chaplin, a painting, and a bouquet of flowers. She was known to always have fresh flowers in her home as it gave her a homey feel. A glass of champange with more book rests beside; above is a painting of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam.

On the bottom is a row of books. At the time, amongst her collection, was How to Develop Your Thinking Ability by Keith Keyes Jr., The Loyalty of Free Men by Alan Barth, Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, an Albert Einstein book, An Enemy of the People by Arthur Miller, and more.

Interestingly, in front of her radio, along with more books, is a framed photo of a man that looks like Miller. The two did meet in 1951 but despite their future romance, they were just friends then. She has another clock which was recently auctioned by Juliens. They described it as “a beige metal with a ribbed plastic retractable cover by Westclox.” Beside that is a phone, which she once said, “Do you know who I’ve always depended on? Not strangers, not friends. The telephone! That’s my best friend.”

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