Chris Holmes, wife of a Texas millionaire, and the mother of two children, she has an established place in society,” Miss Dahl sent her a letter in defense of her action, one sentence of which, at least, is as sad as it is revealing. But Arlene is an established actress and a syndicated columnist. If so-called starlets and models who have no place to go but up want to go in for these “nudie” pictures, well, that’s their problem and heaven knows they have nothing to lose. When columnist Suzy of the New York Mirror chided her by writing, “But what I don’t understand is why Arlene posed this way at all. And is not this one of the few possible explanations for Arlene Dahl’s recent posings in the nude?.Is not this one of the few possible explanations for Marilyn Monroe’s statement, made shortly before her death, as she posed very saucily and scantily clad before photographer Bert Stern: “Not bad for a girl of thirty-six, huh?” An established actress, consciously or unconsciously feeling that her career may be slipping or that age is beginning to creep up on her, permits naked photos of herself to be shot to boost her own morale and to rekindle public interest in her attractiveness.This was before Hollywood “discovered” her, and she had to have rent and food money for herself and her infant son.) I had to have the money.” (A similar need-money-drove Stella Stevens to pose without clothes for a national magazine, but she was paid $3,000. Later when the calendar flooded the country, Marilyn explained: “I was a week behind in my rent. Such a need drove Marilyn Monroe to pose for that famous nude calendar (she was paid $50).
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