To the British press, which looks down its nose at the excitability of American reporters, the time had clearly come when it was permissible to throw off all restraint: Marilyn Monroe had landed in England. As she walked into the London Airport lounge, waiting ranks of straining newsmen swept forward, flung aside a police contingent and sent the cinema star flying disheveled behind a counter alcove for refuge. Reporters called hoarsely, hats and notebooks fell underfoot, cameramen jostled, someone bellowed: "Call out the riot squad." Finally, protected by a bar and a police bodyguard, Actress Monroe answered a few questions. But...
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