Photos: Hollywood Museum remembers Marilyn Monroe
Scenes from the Hollywood Museum and the new Marilyn Monroe exhibition.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)The Hollywood Museum’s new “Marilyn Monroe Missing Moments” exhibition includes her personal accessories, costumes from such films as 1955’s “The Seven Year Itch,” her refrigerator and even medication that was found on her nightstand the night of her death Aug. 6, 1962.
A production picture of Marilyn Monroe from the 1953 film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” in which she sang “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” The sparkling gems were made of paste, and strong stage lighting gave the impressions of diamonds.
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A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1952 film “Monkey Business.”
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A cabinet holds memorabilia including figurines and flip-flops.
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Stephanie DeBar of Los Angeles checks out memorabilia in the Hollywood Museum show.
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A prescription bottle of Decadron Phosphate from Schwab’s Pharmacy in Beverly Hills.
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Face cream.
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A cabinet holds trading cards, bedsheets, a fan and a face cream.
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More from “Marilyn Monroe Missing Moments” at the Hollywood Museum.
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A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film “How to Marry a Millionaire.”
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Dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe in the film “The Seven Year Itch.”
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Family photos of Norma Jeane Baker, before her Marilyn Monroe days. From left: at 6 months, 2 years and 5 years old.
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Marilyn Monroe’s chair, used during the filming of the 1956 film “Bus Stop.”
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Marilyn Monroe’s original scripts for Twentieth Century Fox’s 1954 film “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” left, and the 1953 release “Niagara.”
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A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.”
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Marilyn Monroe’s prescription pill bottle for a diuretic, found on her bedside table.
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The cause of death for Marilyn Monroe, age 36, was documented on Aug. 5, 1962, as “acute barbiturate poisoning” with a question mark next to “suicide” on these papers labeled “Coroner, County of Los Angeles Case Report.”
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A selection of photographer Milton H. Greene’s never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe taken for magazines, Twentieth Century Fox and personal appearances.
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A dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1957 film “The Prince and the Showgirl.”
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Hollywood Museum founder and President and Donelle Dadigan, photographed in front of photos showing vintage Los Angeles and the Hollywood area.
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