joe dimaggio. she was suddenly on the front pages. oe was in japan for the start of the baseball season. >> mrs. joe dimaggio, marilyn monroe that is, arrives with joe in tokyo. >> he was really supposed to be the star of this trip. >> it's clear the japanese people want to see her much more than dimaggio. >> joe, he's the forgotten man, which is something in japan where baseball is so popular. >> joe dimaggio was quite old fashioned in his beliefs. he wanted a nice, old fashioned wife. and, you know, he didn't get one. >> i was married when i was 18, stupidly, and i said, well, i'm not going to do any cooking or cleaning. i'm working. i got berated that i was not a real woman. it seems clear that joe dimaggio expected marilyn to stop working. it is less clear that marilyn ever had any intention of fulfilling that expectation. >> on their second day in tokyo, marilyn gets an unexpected offer. >> in 1954, the united states still has 330,000 troops in korea. because they're concerned about containing the spread of the soviet sphere of in

the marriage of marlin monroe and joe dimaggio. >> after two years of dating, marlin and joe's marriaged a real relationship after that. it does seem to have been what happened. >> she has very too many respects. >> when he was young. he had a very difficult time. so he understand some things are him and some things are him. >> there is the fact it attracted a record san francisco court where the ceremony was performed. >> i can assure joe didn't tip them off. he hated all that stuff. >> the story was actually it was mar len who called up the journalist. she recognized this was an opportunity. >> she was very savvy about the media. she knew she needed the media and the media knew she needed them. >> now vaulgss, they're off on their honeymoon. >> mar len refuses to work until 20th century fox improves her pay and conditions. and now, she has more leverage. marlin was now mrs. dimaggio. she was certainly on the front pages. so it did her a lot of phases because the studios could not brush her under the carpet. >> joe was in japan for the start of the baseball season. >> mrs. joe dimaggio

the marriage of marilyn monroe and joe dimaggio. >> joe dimaggio felt that once they were married, hermarilyn monroe. >> and it's just like, oh, my god. >> i think she was playing with him. >> she stood up to the old hollywood guard. >> gee. >> women didn't make their own movies. are you crazy? >> i have director approval, and that is true. >> she got everything she wanted. >> that's very interesting. >> people think "some like it hot" is the greatest comedy of all time. >> she was at the height of her success, and all of a sudden, the curtain came down. it's like, wait a minute. the movie's not over. >>> it's hard to know where to start if you don't start with the truth. i was in debt. i got so far behind in rent, four weeks, tom kelly asked me to pose. >> it was an offer for artistic shots, which was a euphemism for nude photographs. >> modeling in the nude will pay double what regular models will. >> our world is a business of women's bodies, an

the marriage of marilyn monroe and joe dimaggio. >> joe dimaggio felt that once they were married --usband was playright arthur miller and they, too, separated. >> mr. president, marilyn monroe. >> and it's just like, oh, my god. i think she was playing with him. she stood up to the old hollywood guard. >> gee. >> we are not machines. we are not. >> women didn't make their own movies. are you crazy? >> i have director approval and that is true. >> she got everything she wanted. >> it's very interesting. >> people think "some like it hot" is the greatest comedy of all time. >> she was at the height of her success and all of a sudden the curtain came down. it's like, wait a minute. the movie's not over. ♪ ♪

marilyn monroe's life and legacy including her headline making marriage to new york yankees legend joe dimaggioe message. >> just because it was a publicity stunt doesn't mean they couldn't have had a real relationship after that. it does seem to be what happens. >> he has a very sensitive nature in many respects. when he was young, he had a very difficult time. so he understood some things about me, and i understood some things about him. >> there's no surprise in the fact it attracted a record crowd to the san francisco court where the ceremony was performed. >> there were hundreds of reports. i think we can assume that joe didn't tip them off because he hated all that stuff. >> the story was that it was actually marilyn who called up the journalists. she recognized that this was an opportunity. >> reframed, marilyn monroe premiers this sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. >>> coming up in "the situation room," my friend wolf blitzer will speak to the surgeon general dr. vivek murthy. that's ahead. see you tomorrow. avor-fullest? heck yes. panera. live your yes. now $1 delivery. i don't j