Notes from a lifelong fascination with Marilyn Monroe comes this photo and comments by Eve Arnold. Eve came to my shop at Blackwell's in Oxford (Blackwell's Art & Poster Shop - the brainchild of Eliza Blackwell, wife of Nigel, who was tasked with bringing what had been Parker's book shop into the 20th Century) and she came and gave a talk and I did a window display with originals in the window she was kind enough to lend us. One print she clearly maintained she had never printed in colour before and I was shocked to realise she had printed some off especially for the display. However here it is her revealing the essence of Marilyn's personality that transfixed me. Truly a kind and giving, caring human being she is revealed by this insight. . . . . . . those who clearly delight in the joy of others are to be treasured
"There is one picture where you see the back of Gable and the front of Marilyn, and there’s a rubber tire somewhere. And she looks very happy and she’s hugging him and that was the moment when he told her he was going to be a father - I knew about it because he told me the day before - and she was so thrilled because there he was 63, expecting his first child, and as you know she’s had some bad luck herself so, she was just delighted with that."
-Eve Arnold [from Eve & Marilyn documentary]
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