Driving Miss Marilyn

3/19/07 UPDATE!!

CACHEPAL AND MISS MARILYN -- REUNITED AT LAST!! (See 3/17 note below for details.)
After a few weeks of rest at home, she'll be on her way again -- starting in Hollywood!

1. MARILYN'S IMMEDIATE GOAL: GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD for two photos - see "ABOUT THIS ITEM" below.
2. MARILYN'S SECOND GOAL: BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL AND THE BOW RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA!! - see "ABOUT THIS ITEM" below.
After these goals are met -- stay tuned for more!!

Cachepal

3/19/07 UPDATE!!

CACHEPAL AND MISS MARILYN -- REUNITED AT LAST!! (See 3/17 note below for details.)
After a few weeks of rest at home, she'll be on her way again -- starting in Hollywood!


1. MARILYN'S IMMEDIATE GOAL: GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD - right on Hollywood Boulevard.
(A) Take photo of Miss Marilyn next to her own foot-&-handprints made 50 years ago - to promote her first smash hit, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953). Note that she shared the session with her co-star, Jane Russell.
(B) Take a photo next to Clark Gable's prints. He was her first screen idol, and co-starred in her last film, 'The Misfits'(1961).

2. MARILYN'S SECOND GOAL: BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL AND THE BOW RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA!! In 1953, Joe DiMaggio proposed to Marilyn at the Banff Springs Hotel, while she was there filming "River of No Return," co-starring Robert Mitchum, directed by Otto Preminger. So we need a picture of Marilyn at that hotel. THEN she needs to 'return' to the BOW RIVER, which flows through Banff National Park -- this IS the "River of No Return," where she actually broke her foot during the shoot! There was some heavy rafting on the river, so if you want to pose her in a raft.... but I'll settle for a shot of her with the river in the background.

Thanks.

Cachepal


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ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (2003):

Miss Marilyn's been stuck in L.A. for 41 years.
Flat on her back.
Now she'd like a change of scenery, and she's ready to travel! She hasn't lost her beauty, and is all set for some photo shoots!
As you see, she's got a dog-tag and a driver's license (or a reasonable facsimile thereof!)
She wants to visit a few places that have meaning for her.

ITINERARY:
Please take a snapshot of Miss Marilyn in front of:
1. THE ACTOR'S STUDIO -
432 West 44th Street
New York City
(where she was first taken seriously as an actress)

2. YANKEE STADIUM -
River & E. 161st Street
Bronx, New York
(Home base of her one true love, Joltin' Joe DiMaggio)

3. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -
(to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of 'Niagara' - one of her first big hits - in 1953)

4. Then it's back to Tinsel Town for a two-shot session at GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE on Hollywood Boulevard.
(A) Take photo of Miss Marilyn next to her own foot-&-handprints made 50 years ago - to promote her first smash hit, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953). Note that she shared the session with her co-star, Jane Russell.
(B) Take photo next to Clark Gable's prints. He was her first screen idol, and co-starred in her last film, 'The Misfits'(1961).

Once these destinations have been reached, we'll update Miss Marilyn's Itinerary.

Please take good care of Miss Marilyn -- I'm really going to miss her.

Cachepal 2003