. >> billy wilder directs her in "some like it hot" which arguably her greatest role.ible what she does in that. >> the role of sugarcane is very much the type of a dumb blonde. >> my mother is a piano teacher and my father was a conductor. >> where did he conduct? >> baltimore and ohio. >> this woman is so dumb she doesn't realize her two best friends are men in drag. >> what's the matter with you anyway? >> but marilyn transforms this very two-dimensional dumb blonde character into three dimensional. >> spending it on other things and betting on horses. >> marilyn was able to make her character so relatable, even though they were apped, you could identify with them. >> by this time in her career, marilyn was always making suggestions and it said she suggested that there be a blast of steam as she came out on the train station. >> the fact she asks wilder to kind of shoot steam at her as he did in the "seven year itch" is interesting. it shows that marilyn has a real self-awareness of her image and how to play with it. >> the last thing you will ever hear is the idea

billy wilder shot the scene 80 times.eparate the image of self possession and beauty from feeling like she was getting eaten alive by the press. and that is the pain of our business. you become a commodity to the world. >> i was standing next to joe. after about the tenth the skirt going up he began to tremble. and i put my hand on his arm and said, joe, it is just a movie. it's not real. and he said, i realize that but it's my wife showing off her panties. joe turned around and left. we don't know what happened. no one was in her hotel room. it was just joe and marilyn that night. >> there are stories about dimaggio beat her. those charges have never been proven one way or the other but it is important to say that, but the stories that were told are certainly plausible. >> three weeks later their marriage is over. >> let me know when you get the speed up. >> miss monroe will have nothing to say this morning. all i can say as her attorney is that this is what we would say of a conflict of careers. >> the tears are just st

the last thing you will ever hear is the idea marilyn contributed to the comedic genius of billy wilder. >> she's never given credit for being deliberate ri funny. >> billy wilder was not the easiest of directors. he just wanted the actors to do what he wanted them to do. marilyn was a perfectionist. she wanted many takes. and would ruin a takement if she didn't like what had been done. >> her style of acting didn't go well with the highly efficient time driven, money driven studio system. and wilder famously said it was hell. he said it was hell. >> this is not cheap even in those days. the shooting. it's like $20,000. you just say my god who is going to have a nervous break down. me. >> i cannot help but think about the ways that men are allowed to have a lot of lee way in ways women aren't. >> the way we talk about this male actor is passionate. a method actor. this actress is a crazy bitch. who is difficult onset. i have heard that time and time again. that'sth language used. it's gendered. >> as ever the story is more complicated than the versions we get. and when she was happy wit

. >> immortalized in billy wilder's sunset boulevard, schwab's drugstore is a hollywood hangout everyp. they would handle mail for people. people could leave messages for each other. >> we were young and struggling. we used to sit in schwab's drugstore and fantasize about the future, having a glorious career. >> marilyn was at schwab's one day kind of waiting for a break, and somebody told her that groucho marx was casting for a new movie. she ran to the phone booth and got on the phone, found the producer, and said, i hear you're casting. i want to get a chance at this part. >> groucho marx said that he wanted an actress who could make my elderly libido rise. he tested three different actresses. >> come in. >> then marilyn fit the bill. >> she entered the room with so much awareness of her sexuality and willingness to have it out there. >> her role is seconds, and her job is to make everyone's jaw drop. >> is there anything i can do for you? >> what a ridiculous statement. >> mr. grunion, i want you to help me. >> what seems to be the trouble? >> some men are following me. >> really?

billy wilder shot the scene 80 times to get one shot. >> there is more and more chich cheering and reportersen alive from the press. >> that's the pain of our business. you become a commodity to the world. >> i was standing next to joe. after about the tenth skirt going up, he began to tremble and i put my hand on his arm and said joe, it's just a movie. it's not real. he said i realize that but it's my wife showing off her panties. >> joe turned around and left. we don't know what happened. no one was in her hotel room. it was just joe and marlyn that night. >> there are stories that he beat her. those charges have not been proved one way or another, it's important to say that but the stories told are certainly plausible. >> three weeks later, their marriage is over. >> let me know, fellas, when you got the speed up. >> ms. monroe has nothing to say this morning. all i can say as her attorney this is what we'll say with the conflict of careers. >> the tears are just streaming down her face. somebody says she's a good actress, no, no, no, those are real tears. >> if domestic violence played