Marilyn Monroe Marriage to Joe essays

Marilyn Monroe Marriage to Joe essays On January 14, 1954, Marilyn married baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco's City Hall. Unfortunately, Marilyn's worldwide fame and sexual image became a theme that haunted their marriage (Haberman 1). The marriage was unrelieved hell. She thought he did not care enough about her career; that he was jealous and discouraged by her willingness to play the national bimbo (Epstein 2). Nine months later on October 27, 1954, Marilyn and Joe divorced. They attributed the split to a "conflict of careers," and remained close friends. I married Joe with love. I thought I was going to have a good life. I thought we were going to have a decent marriage. I thought we were going to have a relationship as a husband and as a wife. And all the things that are entailed in a good marriage. And Ive discovered that the man is absolutely obsessed with jealousy and possessiveness. . . . He doesnt want to know about my business. He doesnt want to know about my work as an actress. He doesnt want me to associate with any of my friends. He wants to cut me off completely from my whole world of motion pictures, friends, and creative people that I know" (Oates 151) Marilyn Monroes divorce from Joe DiMaggio, there was many events that were potential threats to both her sanity and her life. After the divorce, she moved to New York City to pursue a serious career in acting. She studied under the great Lee Strasberg at his Actors' Studio. In the summer of 1956, two things happened. Marilyn married playwright Arthur Miller, and also Marilyn returned to Hollywood to film another movie, "Bus Stop." During this time in her life Marilyn was also forming her own production company with longtime friend Milton Greene. With the money she earned from previous movie roles, Marilyn started her own motion picture company, Marilyn Monroe Productions. Marilyn Monroe Productions would only make one film, 1957's "The Prince and the S...