Business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Monroe, as president of Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc., payable to Pandick Press, Inc. for $93.94, July 3, 1958. Accompanied by a lovely unsigned color glossy 8 x 10 photo. Monroe and Milton Greene (1922–1985) formed an independent film production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955. The smashing success of The Seven Year Itch (which Marilyn had shot for Fox the year before) earned Marilyn—and her company—a new measure of clout and respectability. Marilyn Monroe Productions became involved in the making of such films as Bus Stop and The Prince and the Showgirl. The demise of Monroe’s and Greene’s personal and professional ties evidently began in the summer of 1956 with the filming of The Prince and Showgirl, during which Marilyn’s new husband, Arthur Miller, accused Greene of machinations to undermine Marilyn and to further his own financial interests. Though at one point Greene refused a $500,000 buyout offer for his minority interest, he finally sold his stock in the spring of 1957 for $100,000, officially severing his ties with Monroe and her company. In fine condition, with staple hole to top left, bank stamp over beginning of signature, and a typed line under signature. RRAuction COA.
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