The Dostoevsky Blues

Blonde, well-rounded Marilyn Monroe is admired (or deplored) the world over as the sexiest little number in the movies. But Marilyn herself would prefer to be remembered by posterity as a dramatic actress. Fed up over her salary (a stark $1,500 a week) and the "commercial" attitude of her boss, 20th Century-Fox, Marilyn began a revolt in Manhattan: she called a press conference.

First of all, she announced, she has organized Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. Her associates: a magazine photographer named Milton Greene and her new attorney, Manhattan Lawyer Frank Delaney. "I am going to do some pictures and TV and things," said Marilyn, fluttering her lashes above a low-cut white satin dress. "I want to expand, to get into other fields, to broaden my scope . . . People have scope, you know, they really do." Sipping a glass of sherry ("Its so good for your stomach"), Marilyn disclosed that she would like "to play some strong dramatic parts . . . like Grushenka, in The Brothers Karamazov . . . I don't know [how to spell it]. I only hope I can act in it."

In Hollywood last week Marilyn got a brusque reminder that she is firmly under contract to the studio until 1958. Fox issued a white paper: "20th Century-Fox is very satisfied with both the artistic and financial results from the pictures in which Miss Monroe has appeared . . . 20th Century-Fox has no intention of granting Miss Monroe's request that she play in Brothers Karamazov."

But Marilyn already has a strong ally in fun-loving Director Billy (Sabrina) Wilder, who insists that he would like to see Marilyn play in The Brothers Karamazov. After that, he grinned, he would be delighted to direct her in such Holly-woodish sequels as Seven Brides for the Brothers Karamazov, All the Brothers Were Karamazovs, The Brothers Karamazov Join the WACs, and, of course, The Brothers Karamazov Meet Abbott & Costello.

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