It was Christmas Eve, 1959, in New York City, when a 33-year-old
blonde business woman took one of her company checks, placed her
signature onto it, and then, most likely with a smile, wished her
personal secretary a "Merry Christmas," and sent her on her merry way to
take her check to the bank before the holiday officially kicked off.
This
business woman was none other than one of the most famous movie stars
of all time, Marilyn Monroe, and the transaction took place with her
personal secretary, May Reis, who, was likely to have typed the $104.72
check up for Marilyn on a Marilyn Monroe Productions check, before
Marilyn autographed it into infamy.
And my items are part of a
larger display in New York through New Year's Eve at a free Marilyn
Monroe Exhibition, "To Marilyn, With Love," from the collection of Ted
Stampfer/Brentwood, GmbH, at Erno Laszlo's The Institute, located at 382
West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Streets.
Dr. Erno
Laszlo, a dermatologist, first launched his institute in Hungary in
1927, where he hailed from, catering to the European rich and famous. In
1939, he brought his expertise to New York, where he guided American
elites in a private atmosphere, how to care best for their skin. Known
as "the hands that launched a thousand famous faces," Dr. Laszlo
provided counsel and care to the likes of Grace Kelly, Katharine
Hepburn, Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn (who said she owed 50 percent of
her beauty as coming from her mother,The oreck XL professional air purifier, and 50 percent to Erno Laszlo), and of course, Marilyn Monroe.
This
year, Dr. Laszlo's brand has experienced a rebirth, with the new "The
Institute," where clients can find the Erno Laszlo Brand, and, the
personal, private, and individualized attention to skincare that he
specialized in. Here at The Institute, clients can find year-round
consultations, and treatments, with The Institute Membership, from a
Skin Therapist.
Marilyn Monroe was naturally beautiful, and she
believed in the importance of good skincare, even in her youth before
she was famous.
The Erno Laszlo Brand was an important part of
her skincare routine, obviously so integral to it, that a jar is seen in
photos taken of her bedside at a devastating time; when the iconic
beauty was found lifeless in her bed at age 36 in 1962. Click here for
Erno Laszlo's page, and look in 1962, to learn more.
Ted
Stampfer, who is a well-known Marilyn Monroe collector, and friend of
mine for a number of years (I have also collaborated with him on a
number of projects with him already, and studied a prescription that is
in his collection, and was a focal point of an article I wrote: the
article I wrote, which is featured in The Alternative Press, "Was
Phenergan Marilyn Monroe's Silent Killer...". click here for the article
in its entirety) is the main collector whose items are featured at this
event. This is the United States premiere of The Ted Stampfer/Brentwood
GmbH Collection.
Ted has items on display from all facets of
Marilyn Monroe's private life, from clothing and accessories, to books,
and mementos, and more. You will see such famous items as Marilyn
Monroe's black checkered pants and black sweater (which she was
photographed in frequently), her sunglasses, her bathrobe, some of her
fan mail, her hats, and more.
Ted is from Germany, and, one of
the other collectors, Christine Krogull, is from there as well.
Christine has some unique items of Marilyn's, including an item from
before she was famous, a gift to a young Norma Jeane, her given name,
her Christian Science Hymnal. This cherished item has an inscription in
it in the star's own childhood handwriting.
As I mentioned, I
have a check of mine in there, and I also have a book of Robert Burns'
poetry, that had once been in Marilyn's personal library, and a receipt
for Dom Perignon, her favorite brand of champagne.
Anyone who
has a chance to visit the exhibition will be wowed by the items on
display, which give a honest glimpse into the real Marilyn Monroe, who
held dear many of life's simple things, like her books, some special
trinkets, or a pair of black checkered pants, which she wore as a
starlet, and later as a great movie star.
Although not noted in
the exhibit under my items, I have also entered my items in in honor of
Marilyn Monroe Family, in tribute to the legacy of Marilyn Monroe left
behind through her relatives. Her cousin, Jason Kennedy, I had the
chance to get to know as a result of writing the article about her.
Little did I realize, he was on a similar quest for truth about Marilyn
Monroe, and especially her sudden and untimely death, as I researched
from my end about the Phenergan prescription from Ted Stampfer's
collection. I found Jason's Marilyn Monroe Family Facebook Page, and
learned of his research into her death with the "Surgeon Story,"
something he was the first to interpret as something very sinister
behind his cousin's death.
Speaking of the subway, while in New
York, Marilyn Monroe photos can be found on display at the 42nd Street,
Bryant Park Station at the B, D, F, M, and 7 subway lines, for a MTA's
Arts For Transit program, of photos taken by photographer Sam Shaw. One
of Shaw's images on display is the famous photo of her taken over the
subway grate on Lexington Avenue during the filming of "The Seven Year
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and other products." The other photos by Shaw show Marilyn enjoying her
time in New York City. Although Marilyn Monroe died in California, she
maintained a residence at 444 East 57th Street by Sutton Place and
Sutton Park, was officially a New York resident at the time of her
death,Posts with indoor tracking
system on TRX Systems develops systems that locate and track personnel
indoors. and said she planned to retire in Brooklyn. Some of the photos
on display were taken by her home, in Central Park, and other places
throughout the city. The exhibit at the Bryant Park Station are said to
be on display for the next year.
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Their
plans to sell alcohol, as they did at their former location, are on
hold because 40 residents in the condo are challenging the licence
application. The condo has nearly 70 units.
The Pottingers have building permits to fix up the empty 2,000-square-foot space, which would hold as many as 92 customers.
But
the residents have written to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of
Ontario claiming the sale of alcohol will cause problems for the
building, primarily noise.
The province’s Licence Appeal
Tribunal must now decide whether permitting the Real Jerk to sell booze
is “in the public interest.’’
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