didn't want ella. was mostly a white's only club but when it did have black performers, they had to be spec the owner didn't care about ella's talent if she wasn't hot. >> marilyn read this in the paper and got very annoyed and called the manager and said hi, this is marilyn monroe and if you rebook ella fitzgerald i will come every night to hear her sing. both shows. >> this was the beginning of the civil rights movement where the ku klux klan was out, what was marilyn going to get out of that, being that visible a friend with ella fitzgerald? nothing. nothing. >> advocating for somebody like ella fitzgerald when she didn't have to and unpopular, this speaks to her principles.