July 19, 1946

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1946 Norma Jean Baker acted in her first screen test. The assistant director, Ben Lyon of Fox Studios, who reviewed her wrote, “Nice legs and a pretty smile, but no one will pay to see a movie with a pretty blonde girl with big boobs. Right, just joking. Sign the girl up immediately, but have her change her name to something more Hollywood, like Marilyn or Monroe or Marilyn Monroe.”

About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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