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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 207089" data-attributes="member: 7">In early January 1954, Twentieth Century-Fox had assigned Marilyn Monroe to star in The Girl in Pink Tights as her follow-up to the Western film River of No Return. Apparently, she was assigned to play the leading character named Jenny, and the story was a reworking of the 1943 Betty Grable musical comedy Coney Island. This when the drama or the "beef" between Monroe and Fox really started brewing. She was originally suspended from the studio on January 4, 1954 for failing to report to work on The Girl in Pink Tights. In an official statement, issued by Fox on January 20, the studio was instructing Monroe to report to Sol Siegel's office on January 25 to discuss the film and handle all necessary pre-production activities. There was an indication at the bottom of said statement that asked for Monroe to acknowledge the instructions as aforementioned. She did not sign the acknowledgement. Lawsuits were brought forth against Marilyn, but she did not seem concerned whatsoever. On January 14, she married baseball superstar Joe DiMaggio, and the two flew to Korea for their honeymoon. When the reaction from Monroe's fans concerning her marriage proved enthusiastic, Fox decided to lift her suspension. Their intention was to get her into The Girl in Pink Tights role as soon as possible, but she still refused the part. The studio then hired Broadway actress Sheree North to replace Monroe in the film, but ultimately the production was scrapped entirely. Monroe entered contract re-negotiations with Fox shortly thereafter. While she was thankful that The Girl in Pink Tights died before the cameras ever rolled, she still under-appreciated by her home studio. She campaigned for a $3,000-a-week salary, which the studio eventually agreed to only on the assurance that Monroe would take a top role in Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business. The latter movie had an excessive budget, and ended up barely breaking even at the box office.  <img src="http://themarilynmonroecollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Marilyn-Monroe-Letter-Pink-Tights.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://themarilynmonroecollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Marilyn-Monroe-Pink-Tights-News-Clip.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sheree North, the actress hired to "threaten" Marilyn in 1954. She was tested in Monroe's own studio wardrobe for her roles in The Girl in Pink Tights and Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business. She stayed with Fox until 1958, during which time she appeared in several commercially successful movies.<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/-MZ4uOPWJ_yMGj0nY52ZzxCmW3M7dcKyDgfjuFzdaCvxxroBN_JJt08uSSNqOzoX3G4fHAuf7vPksma_XF5c4iypUY6U4NXlKnE" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Marilyn performing "After You Get What You Want" in Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business. <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/c9/04/49c9049f83480a849a72a8238c0a128f.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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