Marilyn of Avalon

πš†πš˜πš›πš”πš’πš—πš πš‘πšŠπš›πš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš’πš—πš’πšœπš‘ π™³πšŽπšŠπš πš’πš— π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš: π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš•πš’πš— 𝚘𝚏 π™°πšŸπšŠπš•πš˜πš— πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš‚πšžπš—πšπšŠπš’'𝚜 π™»πš˜πš—πš π™±πšŽπšŠπšŒπš‘ πš‰πš’πš—πšŽ π™΅πšŽπšœπš. 𝟸𝟼 πš–πš’πš•πšŽπšœ 𝚝𝚘 π™²πšŠπšπšŠπš•πš’πš—πšŠ πšŠπš—πš 𝟼 𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 π™»π™±πš‰π™΅!

Marilyn of the Morgue

πšƒπš πš˜ πš›πš˜πš•πš•πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš’πš•πš– πšπšŽπšŠπšπšžπš›πš’πš—πš πš™πš‘πš˜πšπš˜πšœ 𝚘𝚏 π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš•πš’πš— π™Όπš˜πš—πš›πš˜πšŽ'𝚜 πš—πšŠπš”πšŽπš πšŒπš˜πš›πš™πšœπšŽ πš‘πšŠπšŸπšŽ πš›πšŽπš–πšŠπš’πš—πšŽπš πš‘πš’πšπšπšŽπš— πšπš˜πš› πš—πšŽπšŠπš›πš•πš’ πšœπš’πš‘ 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› πš‘πšŽπš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘. "πš‚πšŒπšŠπš—πšπšŠπš•πš˜πšžπšœ: πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™³πšŽπšŠπšπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš•πš’πš— π™Όπš˜πš—πš›πš˜πšŽ," 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚞-πšœπšŽπš›πš’πšŽπšœ πš™πš›πšŽπš–πš’πšŽπš›πš’πš—πš πš‚πšžπš—πšπšŠπš’, πšπšŽπšŠπšπšžπš›πšŽπšœ πšŠπš— πš’πš—πšπšŽπš›πšŸπš’πšŽπš  πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πš— 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš‘πš˜πšπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πšŽπš› πš πš‘πš˜ πšŒπšŠπš™πšπšžπš›πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš’πš–πšŠπšπšŽπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš πš’πšŒπš˜πš— 𝚊𝚜 πšœπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπš’ πš˜πš— 𝚊 πšπš›πšŠπš’ πš’πš—πšœπš’πšπšŽ 𝚊 π™»πš˜πšœ π™°πš—πšπšŽπš•πšŽπšœ πš–πš˜πš›πšπšžπšŽ.

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Orphans in the Moonlight

"I didn't feel like a married woman. The most important thing my marriage did for me was to end forever my status as orphan," Marilyn says in her autobiography, "My Story.” "Jim was a nice husband. He never hurt me or upset me - except on one subject. He wanted a baby." The thought of having a baby makes the hairs on Norma Jeane's arm stand on end. Can you blame a child bride for not wanting to bring a kid into this world? Daughtry - who she calls either Jimmie or Daddy - never truly β€˜gets’ Norma Jeane. "She was just a housewife," remembers Jimmie/Daddy, "We used to go down to the beach and have luaus on Saturday nights." The couple's favorite song is Glen Miller's "Moonlight Serenade." They listen to it together on the beach in Avalon and dreamily hold each other in their arms. If you haven’t held someone in your arms on Catalina, what are you doing with your life?

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Oh, Catalina...

At 16, Norma Jeane has two options: Ship off to another orphanage, or marry the boy-next-door and set sail for Catalina Island. According to Norma Jeane's then-husband, James Daughtry, the island paradise is where Marilyn Monroe is born. Dougherty states, β€œI would marvel at how she’d β€˜turn on’ when she was walking and knew men were looking at her. She’d do β€˜the walk’ seen later in millions of her films, but back then, she was just learning to do it, and she was very, very good at it!”

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