Cinema: Go Easy

Like many another woman getting ready for a party, Marilyn Monroe felt last week that she didn't have a thing to wear. So she asked her employer, 20th Century-Fox, if she might borrow, just for the evening, a gown she is wearing in her new picture, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The sleek, skintight gold lame dress was designed to make the most of Marilyn's natural talents. Fox agreed to the loan, and glittering in her gold sheath, Marilyn was off to the party.

It was not a particularly lively party until Marilyn rose and threaded her way to the microphone to receive...

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