My post the other day with the Bill Mitchell-provided photo of the Statue of Liberty (above) led me to find out more about the original shot of Marilyn on the subway grate.
Among other tidbits, check out this one that made me further confirm that Joe Dimaggio had absolutely no business to have ever hooked up with someone like Marilyn.
The combination of Monroe’s exhibitionism and the crowd’s loudly libidinous response resulted in reams of publicity for the film, helping to make it the biggest box office hit of 1955. But it also spelled the end of Monroe’s brief marriage to Dimaggio, who was more than unhappy at what he perceived as a public transgression of the bounds of decency and decorum.
Here is more info than you probably ever cared to know about the photo click here.