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At the time. >> he treated me as a human being, and he was very sensitive human being and treated me as a sensitive person also. >> it's obvious that she felt very protected by him. that he would take care of her. and it certainly looked like she adored him. >> marilyn ended the year with the same people she began the 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 ...

Was doing was groundbreaking, that that was revolutionary. >> back in hollywood, the news reaches fox studio boss daryl zanuck. >> he hasn't known 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, who would she be without 20th century fox? she owes us. that's it, boom. >> he was so used to being able to treat actresses as bodies and not have to deal with them having any sense of power or control at all. >> it was ludicrous to think that this dumb ...

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 she wants. instead, he threatens legal action. >> by this point, the anti-pathy between marilyn and daryl zanuck was very real. it ran deep, and they were both determined to win. so it was a battle of the wills and a battle to the death.

The first time i got up in front of him. and it was like he had an x ray machine in his eyes, and he just went in, now i'm sure that's the same thing that happened with marilyn. >> i think that might have been the bravest thing that she ever did. because the people in those classes, they actually looked down on hollywood stars. they saw the stars and the s starlets as very, very different than the real actors. >> lee strasburg. i think probably, he changed my life more than any other human being. >> not everyone welcomes the new marilyn. her last movie for fox is about to open. and darryl zanu...