When Marilyn Monroe's Skirt Becomes An Iconic Scene In Today's History September 15, 1954
JAKARTA - On September 15, 1954, actress Marilyn Monroe was shooting a film called The Seven Year Itch. There is a scene where he is standing on the railing of the subway divider. But unexpectedly, when the train passed, a wind came from below which made the dress that Marilyn Monroe was wearing lifted. Monroe laughed as she tried to hold her skirt up. The scene has become iconic to this day.
Citing Biography, in the film's script, Monroe and co-star Tom Ewell exit the cinema and the breeze from the subway passing below lifts Monroe's dress. Instead of rushing to cover her legs as women of that era did, Monroe exclaimed, "Isn't it delicious?" The scene angered her husband, Joe DiMaggiodan. The couple divorced soon after.
The dress that Monroe wore when the iconic scene occurred was designed by William Travilla. She won an Oscar for her work in The Adventures of Don Juan in 1948. In 1952, while she was still one of the many costume designers at 20th Century Fox, Travilla began working with Monroe on her film, Don't Bother to Knock.
Travilla designed clothes for Monroe in eight of her films. In 1955, while Travilla's wife was on vacation, she designed a white dress worn by Marilyn Monroe. The dress became her most famous work and had a style that was popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
The dress had a bodice that had a flowing neckline and was made of two pieces of soft fabric that went together at the back of the neck, making the wearer's arms, shoulders, and back clearly visible. In 2018, there was an auction of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia and it brought in over $1.6 million. Marilyn Monroe's white dress sold for $120,000.
Marilyn Monroe statue in England (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Citing a VOI article entitled The Birth of the Iconic Actress Marilyn Monroe in History Today June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe dyed her natural brown hair blonde when she started her career. After a brief role in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim in 1947, she managed to land a number of minor roles before finally getting a place in John Huston's thriller The Asphalt Jungle in 1950.
In the same year, she also attracted attention in All About Eve. Her true appearance, however, was in Niagara (1953), a thriller in which Monroe plays an unfaithful young wife who conspires with her lover to kill her husband.
After starring in Gentleman Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, Monroe topped Hollywood's A list. Monroe's acting received positive reviews for the films Bus Stop (1956), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) and in particular Some Like It Hot (1959).
In 1961, problems in Monroe's personal life caused her emotional vulnerability to increase. In that year, he was twice hospitalized for psychiatric observation and rest. His last film was The Misfits (1961), written by Miller and co-starring Montgomery Clift and Clark Gable. In June 1962, Fox fired Monroe after repeated absences.
Monroe died at her Los Angeles home on August 5, 1962, at the age of 36. An empty bottle of sleeping pills was found near his bed. There has been some speculation that he may have died from being murdered, but the cause of death is officially declared to be an overdose.
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