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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 442755" data-attributes="member: 7">So, I&#039;ve been digging into the production of SOMETHING&#039;S GOT TO GIVE, y&#039;know, just for kicks. Marilyn had signed a new contract with 20th Century-Fox in 1956 after returning from the Actors Studio in New York, which stated she&#039;d make four films for the studio over the course of seven years. She made BUS STOP (1956) and LET&#039;S MAKE LOVE (1960) as part of that deal, but in April 1961, the studio had summoned Marilyn to begin filming GOODBYE CHARLIE. But she flat refused the project, stating, &quot;I don&#039;t like the idea of playing a man in a woman&#039;s body, you know?&quot; Along with her dislike of the story, Marilyn also refused to make GOODBYE CHARLIE without George Cukor as director (he had directed her in LET&#039;S MAKE LOVE), so the entire production would end up sitting on the shelf until it was resurrected and finally released with a different cast in 1964. As time lingered on, Fox began pressuring Marilyn&#039;s agents and lawyers, insisting she owed them another film. After a lengthy negotiation process, she agreed to make SOMETHING&#039;S GOT TO GIVE as a co-production between Fox and Marilyn Monroe Productions (a company formed in 1955 to give Marilyn more &quot;creative control&quot; over the films she made). SOMETHING&#039;S GOT TO GIVE was to start filming in November 1961, with Frank Tashlin directing. Tashlin, as it were, disapproved of Marilyn&#039;s casting, having preferred the lead role go to Jayne Mansfield (Tashlin had directed her twice before). SOMETHING&#039;S GOT TO GIVE finally got off the ground in early 1962. George Cukor agreed to direct, but there was difficulty over the script and the casting of the leading man. Arnold Schulman and Nunnally Johnson both wrote drafts, before Walter Bernstein was hired to write the script that would be shot. Rock Hudson, Steve Forrest, Stuart Whitman, Robert Goulet, Jack Lemmon, and John Gavin were all considered to co-star with Monroe, but they all either turned the role down or were rejected by Monroe or Cukor. Dean Martin was cast in March 1962, and had a stipulation put in his contract that if Monroe were to be replaced then he had approval of his new co-star. Gardner McKay was approached to play Stephen in January 1962, but he declined the offer, even after Marilyn phoned him personally, asking him to reconsider. In April 1962, just before filming commenced, Steve Allen and Wally Cox joined the cast. Just some tidbits I learned. [ATTACH=full]59401[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 442755, member: 7"] So, I've been digging into the production of SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE, y'know, just for kicks. Marilyn had signed a new contract with 20th Century-Fox in 1956 after returning from the Actors Studio in New York, which stated she'd make four films for the studio over the course of seven years. She made BUS STOP (1956) and LET'S MAKE LOVE (1960) as part of that deal, but in April 1961, the studio had summoned Marilyn to begin filming GOODBYE CHARLIE. But she flat refused the project, stating, "I don't like the idea of playing a man in a woman's body, you know?" Along with her dislike of the story, Marilyn also refused to make GOODBYE CHARLIE without George Cukor as director (he had directed her in LET'S MAKE LOVE), so the entire production would end up sitting on the shelf until it was resurrected and finally released with a different cast in 1964. As time lingered on, Fox began pressuring Marilyn's agents and lawyers, insisting she owed them another film. After a lengthy negotiation process, she agreed to make SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE as a co-production between Fox and Marilyn Monroe Productions (a company formed in 1955 to give Marilyn more "creative control" over the films she made). SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE was to start filming in November 1961, with Frank Tashlin directing. Tashlin, as it were, disapproved of Marilyn's casting, having preferred the lead role go to Jayne Mansfield (Tashlin had directed her twice before). SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE finally got off the ground in early 1962. George Cukor agreed to direct, but there was difficulty over the script and the casting of the leading man. Arnold Schulman and Nunnally Johnson both wrote drafts, before Walter Bernstein was hired to write the script that would be shot. Rock Hudson, Steve Forrest, Stuart Whitman, Robert Goulet, Jack Lemmon, and John Gavin were all considered to co-star with Monroe, but they all either turned the role down or were rejected by Monroe or Cukor. Dean Martin was cast in March 1962, and had a stipulation put in his contract that if Monroe were to be replaced then he had approval of his new co-star. Gardner McKay was approached to play Stephen in January 1962, but he declined the offer, even after Marilyn phoned him personally, asking him to reconsider. In April 1962, just before filming commenced, Steve Allen and Wally Cox joined the cast. Just some tidbits I learned. [ATTACH type="full"]59401[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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