I'M WITH MARILYN ... BITCHES!
One exciting night in 1952, Marilyn Monroe hung out till the wee hours of the morning at the Club 5-4 in South Central LA with her friend, costume designer William Travilla. And 20th Century Fox hated her for it! Slated to create Monroe's wardrobe for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Travilla was promptly fired for being a "bad influence." She said IF HE GOES I GO and he was promptly rehired. However, the studio was successful in pulling this photo out of circulation, and the relatively few times that it had been seen - the brotha was conveniently cropped out of the festivities.
Who wouldn't want to hang out with Marilyn? But judging from the dynamics captured in the photo, Travilla looks like he might dump her at any minute so he can hang with that brotha! And I can't say that I blame him!
Nice!
Posted by: Brandon | May 20, 2011 at 10:56 PM
This candid shot raises lots of questions. Who said what to make Marilyn and William smile? Why isn’t the man on the left smiling the same way they are? Why is he alone looking at the camera? And who is he?
But I think you have mistitled this photo, Corey. It shouldn’t be “Negroes Prefer Blondes,” but “Latinos Prefer Negroes.”
Posted by: Jim | May 22, 2011 at 03:33 PM
Interesting, very interesting.
Posted by: Mark | June 26, 2011 at 10:18 PM