Rare pencil notations written entirely in the hand of Marilyn Monroe, unsigned, one page, lightly lined, 8 x 12.5, no date but circa 1956, seldom-seen "MMM" letterhead. The notes consist of a section dialogue for the character of Lorna Moon from Act 1, Scene 4 of Clifford Odet's 1937 play Golden Boy, which Monroe writes out twice for memorization, in full (grammar retained): "Don't Tokio know what he's talking about Don't Tom Joe listen be a fighter Show the world—if you made your fame and fortune—and you can—you'd be anything you want—Do it—Bang your way to the middle-weight crown—get a bank account—hire a great doctor with a beard—get your eyes fixed / —Excuse me I stand corrected, you get mad all the time.” Monroe writes out the same set of dialogue below, with the exception of the line, “you get mad all the time.” In fine condition, with a tear to the bottom edge touching two words of text. Not long after her marriage to Arthur Miller, Monroe began using the moniker 'Marilyn Monroe Miller,' the basis for the "MMM" letterhead. Around this same time period Monroe had become determined to improve herself as an actress, studying and training under Lee and Paula Strasberg while living in New York City. Her performance in the 1956 film Bus Stop earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
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