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>> it was ludicrous to think that this dumb blonde could possibly be in charge of her own productions or choose her own directors or her own scripts. >> there is a tremendous sense that she is david against goliath, that she cannot fight 20th century fox. that she shouldn't even try. >> but marilyn has a plan. >> tonight we'll be going first to western connecticut where photographer milton greene and his wife and her friend and house guest marilyn monroe will be waiting for us. >> edward r. murrow was far and away the most respected journalist in america. if you went on murrow, you were there ...

Monroe productions speculated that marilyn would be a failure. that she was a joke. >> women didn't do that. women didn't make their own movies. are you crazy? >> it was really unfair and very sexist of the press to not give her the respect, that what she was doing was groundbreaking that that was revolutionary. >> back in hollywood, the news reaches fox studio boss darryl zanuck. >> he hadn't shown her much professional courtesy, so she left him to find out about it in the papers the next day. >> basically, he was the last to know, and he wasn't happy about that. >> he felt, i made her a star...

♪ a popular broadway new york theater, ready-edged glamour for the sneak preview of "the seven-year itch" and the star, the incomparable marilyn monroe. >> as the battle with 20th century fox rages on, marilyn attends the premiere with her estranged husband, joe dimaggio. they had separated eight months earlier, before she left hollywood. >> here she was in the middle of evolving and experiencing this new life, and now she's on the arm of her soon-to-be ex-husband. it felt so artificial, and marilyn hated that feeling. she hated a lie. >> what few realize is that marilyn's appearance with ...

Year with, and those were milton and amy greene. and she and milton still don't know if marilyn monroe productions is going to actually take off or not. they don't have any real movie deals. they don't have any real funding. >> the struggle with zanuck and fox had dragged on for a year. and marilyn was nearly out of funds. in fact, the lawyers said they could have gone bust without making a picture. >> marilyn had no idea if this entire experiment was going to end in complete humiliation and disaster. finally, on new year's eve, marilyn receives a letter from fox. >> marilyn twirled me around ...

Power move on her part to show zanuck, here i am being interviewed. i'm still here, and i'm not backing down. >> she was a fighter in a really big way. >> what's basic reason for this corporation? >> primarily to contribute to help making good pictures. >> would it be fair to say that you got rather tired of playing the same kind of roles all the time and wanted to play something different? >> it's not that i object to doing musicals or comedies. in fact, i rather enjoy it, but i would like to do also dramatic parts, too. >> marilyn refuses to return to fox, unless zanuck gives her the control...