Brand New Read the stories behind her first marriage (and why she kept it secret when she started modeling), her early roles with the studios (and the one exec who thought she didn't have "it"), and her life as a budding actress that include humble anecdotes (at one point, she was so poor that she and a roommate shared one pair of high heels--and whoever had a date that night got to wear them). Along with the stories are fabulous rare photographs and reproductions of frameable memorabilia, such as: • Birth and marriage certificates • Handwritten letters • Certificate of conversion to Judaism before her marriage to Arthur Miller • Screen Actors Guild membership card • Picture of Marilyn sketched by Jane Russell • Watercolor Marilyn painted for JFK • Childhood photos • Shots and ads from her earliest modeling days • Wedding photos • Images of those who knew her, including Groucho Marx, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and so many more • Marilyn's favorite image of herself, taken in 1956