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Model is wearing a bright two toned brassiere, with a matching skirt by Robert Sloane, 1960.
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Marilyn Monroe’s Motion Picture Magazine Interview, January 1954
Q: Is it true you dress for men?
MM: Don’t most women dress for men? Isn’t it true that men and women have mutual appreciation of each other?
Q: Why do you wear low cut gowns?
MM: I haven’t really noticed.
Q: What do you do in your spare time?
MM: When an actress is building her career in pictures, as I am, there is very little spare time. What little there is I spend in reading and studying.
Q: In Niagara, were you clad only in a sheet when you were lying in bed, or were you wearing other clothes underneath?
MM: I always wear clothes appropriate to the occasion.
Q: What is your description of the ideal man?
MM: Someone who is gentle and considerate - but I’ve never thought of one ‘ideal man’. I doubt if there is such a person.
Q: How do you feel about being the sexiest girl in Hollywood?
MM: Isn’t that a ‘loaded question’?
Q: What do you do to keep your body so beautiful?
MM: I walk, exercise and study body control.
Q: What do you think of girls in pictures who try to imitate you?
MM: This is a free and democratic country and no-one has a monopoly on anything.
Q: What is your age, birthplace and nationality?
MM: I was born in Los Angeles on June 1st. I’m an American.
Q: How many different boyfriends do you have a week?
MM: I think you’ve been reading too many gossip columns.
Q: Are you happy being the type you are, or would you rather be more like Ann Blyth or Jeanne Crain?
MM: I am content to be Marilyn Monroe, to the best of my ability. Being one’s self is a twenty-four hour a day job anyway isn’t it?
Q: What is your worst fault?
MM: I probably have many, but my worst is my difficulty in remembering that there are only 60 minutes in an hour. I’m variably late, but I can’t break myself of it.
Q: Do you like to dress up and go out at night to formal affairs?
MM: No. I don’t go to many formal affairs, and when I do I usually go by myself because I want to, or else with someone from the studio. These formal affairs are in the line of duty, anyway.
Q: Do you think it is rude, or do you like it when men whistle at you?
MM: Any girl who resents whistles should live on a desert island.
Q: What are your measurements?
MM: Bust 37, waist 23.5, hips 37.5 - or so they tell me.
Q: Is it true that you really posed for calendar pictures?
MM: Yes.
Q: Do you act the same off screen as you do on?
MM: When I work I act; when I’m home I don’t act. Do you do the same things at home as when you’re working at your job as secretary, salesgirl, teacher, clerk or whatever? Why bring your work home with you?
Q: What is your favourite pastime?
MM: Walking. I can walk alone for hours and enjoy it.
Q: Were you popular at school?
MM: I won no popularity awards, but I did have a number of good friends.
Q: How many dates do you have a week?
MM: When I’m working in a picture I have no time to go out. Besides, I don’t think in terms of dates per week, that’s silly. If someone asks me to go out, and I find his company enjoyable, I go out with them. If not then I’d rather stay home.
Q: If you weren’t an actress, what would you want to be?
MM: It’s funny, but I’ve never thought of being anything but an actress.
Q: Do you walk in real life the way you did in Niagara?
MM: I never think about the way I walk. But since I was playing a certain type of girl in the picture who was not myself, and since the way I walked helped emphasize her, I walked as I did. I’m sure my real life walk is not exactly the same.
Q: Are you happy with the type of publicity you get or would you rather be known for something else besides your figure?
MM: I want to be known as a good actress.
Q: Who was your first love?
MM: No-one you would know.
Q: Are you sultry and sexy by nature and do you enjoy being this type?
MM: What is a type? I am myself - Marilyn Monroe.
Q: What are your favourite hobbies?
MM: Swimming, collecting records, reading and dancing, when I have time.
Q: What is the truth about your romance with Joe DiMaggio?
MM: Mr DiMaggio is a good friend and a gentleman I greatly admire.
Q: Have you a temper, and what makes you lose it?
MM: I have a little temper, and I really lose it when people write untruths about me.
Q: What attracts you first to a man, his looks or personality?
MM: It depends on the man, but I’d say that personality means more. However, a sense of humour is a wonderful help as far as I’m concerned in sizing up a man’s personality.
Q: Who is your best girlfriend?
MM: I don’t have a best girlfriend, but I do have many good friends whose companionship is worth much to me.
Q: Was there friction between you and Jane Russell when you were making Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
MM: None whatsoever. I don’t know why this rumor sprang up unless people just can’t believe that two women can work together in harmony. I consider Jane to be one of the sweetest persons I’ve ever met, and I’m happy to call her my friend.
Q: What’s your idea of a good time when dating?
MM: I like a quiet evening with someone whose personality and conversation intrigues me.
Q: How do you feel about criticism of your low cut gowns?
MM: I don’t like unfair criticism at any time. Do you? I feel that some of the criticism has been unfair.
Q: What kind of man do you want to marry?
MM: How can I say? I’m not thinking of marrying at the moment. I do want to get married and have children some day, that’s for sure, but I’ll cross the career-marriage bridge when I get to it.
Q: What kind of life did you live before you became a star?
MM: There were some difficult days and some pleasant ones. I went to school, held down a number of jobs, looked for openings in pictures all the time, had many disappointments which were very crushing and finally reached some small measure of success.
Q: Do you ever want to play something besides a siren on the screen?
MM: Certainly. I want to play a variety of roles. I don’t think it’s good to be typed.
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Irina Brandler, a Russian immigrant and owner of Sugar and Spice Bake Shop in Bronx, NY, headed a team of four bakers to make a gingerbread house for Baba Yaga, a witch-like character from Russian folklore who lives in the forest in a hut that stands on chicken legs. Irina’s version of the house stood more than two feet tall and featured a roof covered in shredded wheat cereal and Necco Wafers, pretzel fences and ladder, a trail formed with Boston Baked Beans candy, and Christmas trees made of frosted ice cream cones and pretzel rods. Three domes on the top of the house were all shaped out of fondant—one dome made of a Hershey’s chocolate kiss melted and had to be replaced.
