Wednesday, December 02, 2009

MARILYN SMOKED DOPE?


“Who? Me?”

While Marilyn has been on a protracted, but maybe much needed, furlough from her multi-dimensional Doc40 adventures, it turns out that maybe the blonde goddess was a stoner. Our pal Mark Haspam has already alerted us in a comment on yesterday’s “THEY SHALL NOT PASS” post in which he reports …

“A silent home movie allegedly showing Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe smoking marijuana has surfaced, retrieved from an attic some 50 years after it was filmed. The reel-to-reel silent, color film was recently purchased by collector Keya Morgan for $275,000 from the person who took the film, who has asked to remain anonymous. Morgan and the person who shot the film gave Reuters permission to use a minute of footage from the four minutes of Monroe on camera. According to Morgan, the footage shows a personal side of the tragic actress, rarely seen by the public after she achieved stardom. The copyright of the image will be put up for sale on eBay later this week, Morgan said. The claim that Monroe was smoking marijuana came from the photographer, who spoke only on condition of anonymity."

Click here for the clip (but you might have to verify your age.) The rare image was supplied by the marvellous Valerie. A similar BBC report comes from our homegirl Hipspinster. Click here.

The secret word is Muggles

6 comments:

Diamond Jim said...

In the company of a brace of stoned lesbians?

Cheryl said...

Coool.

Valerie said...

Any lip readers around?

Mark Haspam said...

recently posted rare footage of Robert Calvert live 1986 playing a song called "Online":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHEqZU4fxE

Diamond Jim said...

We seriously need someone who can read lips. Is there no one out there? I always thought The Deviants were a popular band among the deaf.

Mark Haspam said...

She seems to be commenting on the Dionysian High Command's decision to eliminate the Head Molemen without the French Homosexual's approval.

What else?