Second Take on..."MY week With Marilyn" MOVIE

I'VE  NOW  READ  THE  REAL  STORY  BY  COLIN  CLARK  ON "MY WEEK  WTH MARILYN" - MADE  INTO A MOTIONS  PICTURE  RECENTLY.

MADE  WITH  SIR  LAURANCE  OLIVIER - A BAD  TEMPERED,  IMPATIENT  STAGE  ACTOR,  WHO  WAS  BRILLIANT  AT "CHARACTER" PEOPLE ACTING,  BUT  HOPELESS  AT  BEING  A  NATURAL  FILM  STAR, AND  MANY THOUGHT  IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND FOR  MARILYN.  SHE  HAD  A  NACK  WHEN  ON  FORM,  OF  TAKING  A SCENE  AND  DOMINATING  IT,  WHERE  YOUR  EYES  WERE  ONLY  ON  MARILYN, OF  COURSE  HER  BEAUTY  WAS  PART  OF  MAKING  THAT SO.

I  CAN  THINK  OF  ONE  OTHER  FILM  STAR  THAT  COULD  HAVE  BEEN  ANOTHER MARILYN  MONROE....JUST  AS  PRETTY,  WITH  A  VELVET  VOICE  THAT  YOU  COULD  SAY  WAS  SEXY....AND  THAT  WAS  THE  WELSH  GAL,  GLYNIS JOHNS.....ONE  OF  THE  PRETTIEST  FACES  EVER  TO  BEEN  ON  SCREEN,  WITH  EYES  THAT  WERE  EVEN  MORE  GORGEOUS  THAN  MARILYN  MONROE...AS  A  YOUNG  LADY  AT  LEAST  AS  BEAUTIFUL  AS  MARILYN.  I   FIRST   SAW   HER  AT ABOUT  AGE 7 OR 8  AND  I  REMEMBER  MY  MOTHER  ASKING  ME "WHAT  DID YOU  THINK  OF  HER" AND  I  ANSWERED  "SHE  HAS  A  BAY  FACE." I  ALWAYS  CALLED  HER  "BABY  FACE"   FROM THAT  TIME  ON.   LOOK  UP  SOME  OF  HER PHOTOS ON  THE  INTERNET  SOME  TIME,  AND  YOU  WILL   SEE  WHY  I   SAY SHE HAD  ONE  OF  THOSE  CAPTIVATING   FACES, JUST  AS  MARILYN  DID.  SHE  STARED  WITH  DANNY  KAY IN "THE  COURT  JESTER"  WHICH  SHOWED  THE  GREAT  TALENT  OF  DANNY  KAY  AND  THE  BEAUTIFUL  FACE  OF  GLYNIS  JOHNS.

BACK  TO  MARILYN  AND  OLIVIER  AND  THE  RECENT  MOVIE  "MY  WEEK  WITH  MARILYN"  MOVIE.  WELLLLL......AFTER  READING  THE  BOOK  BY  COLIN  CLARK  AND  HIS  ACCOUNT  OF  THAT  WEEK,  SAD  TO  SAY  THE  MOVIE [THOUGH  WONDERFULLY  DONE  BY  MICHELLE  WILLIAMS  AS  MARILYN]  ABOUT  20  PERCENT  WAS  DONE  WRONG,  OR  DID  NOT  GET  THE  FACTS  STRAIGHT  AS  TO  CERTAIN  THINGS  AS  THEY REALLY  TRANSPIRED.

AND  SAD  TO  SAY  THEY  MISSED  OUT  SOME  OF  THE  TALKS  COLIN  CLARK  HAD  WITH  MARILYN,  THAT  REALLY  HELPED  HER.  HE  WENT  OUT  OF  THE  WAY  TO  EMOTIONALLY  BE  HER  FRIEND,  AND  SUPPORT,  AND  JUST  HELPED  HER  TO  SEE  SHE  WAS  A  NATURAL  BEHIND  THE  CAMERA.  THEY  HAD  IT  WRONG  THAT  MARILYN  WENT  INTO  THE  LAKE  NAKED.  SHE  WAS  ALREADY  IN  THE  WATER  WHEN  COLIN  GOT  IN  AND  YES  HE  DID  SAY  SHE  WAS  NAKED FROM  THE  TOP  UP,  AND  YES  SHE  DID  KISS  HIM  AND  FELT  HER  BARE  BREASTS  TOUCH  HIS  CHEST.  HE  WAS  WEARING  SWIMMING  TRUNKS,  THE  BODY  GUARD  WAS  SENT  TO  BUY  FOR  HIM.  MARILYN  FOUND  THE  NOTES  OF  ARTHUR MILLER  HER HUSBAND ON  THE  KITCHEN  TABLE,  AND  WAS  CRYING  OVER  THEM  WHEN  THE  MAID  CAME  IN,  AND  NOT  AS  DEPICTED  BY  THE  MOVIE. COLIN  AS  A  YOUNG  MAN  WITH  BUBBLING  HORMONES  WAS  EXTREMELY  GOOD  OF  HIM,  WHEN  YOU  CONSIDER  HOW  CLOSE  THEY  BECAME  FOR  A  WEEK.  FOR  COLIN  IT  WAS  AN  UNBELIEVABLE  WEEK  IN  HIS  LIFE  THAT  HE  NEVER  EXPECTED,  AND  OF  COURSE  NEVER  FORGOT,  AFTER  ALL  MARILYN  WAS  AT  THE  TIME  THE  MOST  FAMOUS  WOMAN  IN  THE  WORLD. FOR  MARILYN  IS  WAS  PROBABLY  ONE  OF  THE  BEST  WEEKS  IN  HER  ENTIRE  LIFE,  FREE,  RELAXED,  HAPPY,  JOYFUL,  MAYBE  HER  LIFE  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN  MUCH  BETTER,  MUCH  HAPPIER  IF  SHE'D  MARRIED  SOMEONE  LIKE  COLIN  OR  EVEN  COLIN  HIMSELF. 

WELL YES  A  LOT  THEY  GOT  RIGHT  IN  THE  MOVIE,  BUT  SOME  WAS  OUT  OF  PLACE,  AND  DID  NOT  HAPPEN  AS  SHOWN,  THOUGH  THE  WINSOR  CASTLE  TOUR  WAS  CORRECT.  MARILYN  HIDING  UNDER  A  COVER  IN  THE  BACK  SEAT  OF  A  CAR  TO  GO  OUT  AND  BE  WITH  COLIN  WAS  CORRECT.  THEY  DID  NOT  SHOW  THE  PART  WHERE  MARILYN  CALLED  FOR  COLIN  IN  GREAT  PAIN ONE  NIGHT  AND  WHERE  SHE  WAS  TAKEN  TO  THE  HOSPITAL  AND  LOST  HER  BABY  IN  A  MISCARRIAGE.

IT  JUST  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN  NICE  TO  HAVE  HAD  IN  THE  MOVIE,  SOME  OF  THE  INSPIRING  TALK  COLIN  GAVE  TO  MARILYN,  THAT  REALLY  DID  HELP  HER  IN  DOING  THE  FINE  PERFORMANCE  SHE  FINALLY  DID  DO.

COLIN  WAS  THE  BEST  THING  THAT  COULD  HAVE  HAPPENED  FOR  MARILYN  DURING  THE  MAKING  OF  THAT  MOVIE  "THE  PRINCE  AND  THE  SHOWGIRL"  -  MILLER  HER  HUSBAND  JUST  COULD  NEVER  BE  THE  MAN  SHE  REALLY  NEEDED,  THOUGH  SHE  DID  REALLY  LOVE  HIM,  AND  WANTED  SO  BADY  TO  MAKE  THE  MARRIAGE  WORK,  AND  HAVE  CHILDREN.  THEIR  MARRIAGE  WAS  OVER  BEFORE  IT  BEGAN.

AS  SIR OLIVIER  DID  SAY,  SHE  HAD  TAKEN  ON  HOLLYWOOD,  AND  BEAT  THEM,  WHICH  HE  THOUGHT  WAS  ONE  OF  HER  GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS  IN  HER  TUMULTUOUS  LIFE,  WHICH  CONSISTED  OF  AN  HORRENDOUS  CHILDHOOD,   A  MENTALLY  ILL  MOTHER,  AND  TWO  MEN  SHE  SHOULD  HAVE  NEVER  MARRIED.

SO  IF  INTERESTED  GET  THE  BOOK  "MY  WEEK  WITH  MARILYM"  BY  COLIN  CLARK,  AND  GET  THE  TRUE  FACTS  AS  TO  HOW  THAT  WEEK  REALLY  DID  GO DOWN  WITH  THEM.

OH  YES  THERE  WAS  NO  SEXUAL  RELATIONS,  JUST  A  KISS  OR  TWO  FROM  MARILYN  AND  SOME  WINKS  AT  COLIN  ON  THE  SET  WHEN  OLIVIER  WAS  SHOUTING  AND  SCREAMING  AT  HER.  OLIVIER  WILL  GO  DOWN  IN  ACTING  HISTORY  AS  AN  IMPATIENT, BAD  TEMPERED  ENGLISH  SNOB,  THAT  WILL  BE  EVENTUALLY  FORGOTTEN.  WHILE  MARILYN  WILL  BE  REMEMBERED  FOR  EVER.
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