Marilyn had never been in a subway. Wrapped in the camel’s hair coat, her famous hair subdued, she walked to the Grand Central stop of the IRT and down to the platform. Nobody recognized her. Eddie’s camera kept clicking while she stood straphanging on the uptown local. No heads turned.
Back up on the street, Marilyn looked around with a teasing smile. “Do you want to see her?” she asked, then took off the coat, fluffed up her hair, and arched her back in a pose. In an instant, she was engulfed, and it took several shoving, scary minutes to rewrap her and push clear of the growing crowd.
Apparently many other people have told similar stories.
Marilyn Monroe’s extraordinary attractiveness and magnetism was a skill that she could turn on and off.
There’s a story that a journalist told about Marilyn Monroe:
Apparently many other people have told similar stories.
Aella breaks some of this down in this video.