Marilyn Monroe visited the American troops stationed in Korea in 1954 and she is seen here with one with a broken back and had to heal facing down.
Marilyn Monroe visited the American troops stationed in Korea in 1954 and she is seen here with one with a broken back and had to heal facing down. The budding model hit a tight spot financially as she had recently lost her contract with Fox. She was three months behind on rent living at Hollywood Studio Club, an apartment building for promising show business girls. She was desperate for money. She posed anonymously using variations of her name, like Jeane Baker, for now-famous calendar images. It was 1949 when Marilyn called up Tom Kelly, a photographer who had previously offered her an adult-only shoot, and said she was ready to take that job Tom Kelly happily photographed the unearthly beauty of the 19-year-old. He paid her $50 for the shoot. It was a simple job. She commented later that it is a lot quicker to undress than to dress for the camera. Kelly sold two of the photographs to the calendar publisher. One named “Golden Dreams” went for $500, and another called, “A New Wri...