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Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. business check (Bankers Trust Company of New York), 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Marilyn Monroe, payable to her secretary, Pearl Moskovitz, for $100.100, May 5, 1961. In fine condition. Encapsulated and graded by PSA/DNA as “MINT 9.”
Monroe met Milton Greene in September 1953 when the latter was a photographer on assignment for Look magazine, and the two quickly became friends. Spurred by Monroe's desire to have more control over her career, the pair formed an independent film production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955. After making Bus Stop in 1956, the Prince and the Showgirl was the company's second project. However, Monroe's cordial relationship with Greene soon dissolved, and Marilyn Monroe Productions folded after making only two films.
The year 1961 proved to be a difficult one for Monroe, whose divorce from Arthur Miller was finalized in January, a month before the premiere of her final feature film, The Misfits. Monroe’s increasing dependence on alcohol and prescription medications began to take a toll on her health. By the time she checked out of the Polyclinic Hospital in July, following surgery on her gallbladder, the procedure marked her fifth hospital stay in a span of 10 months. A month later, Joe DiMaggio unsuccessfully asked Marilyn to remarry him in an attempt to save her.
