Marilyn Monroe Smokes Weed
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"People have never seen her in such a relaxed pose."
Monroe, who died in 1962, is seen relaxing with friends at a home in New Jersey in the film.
Marilyn Monroe smokes pot, kicks back in newly uncovered home movie clip
By Stephanie Gaskell
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A video still from a home movie shows Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana. The movie is believed to be from 1958 or 1959.
Some like it pot.
ITwould take five more years for Sterling Cooper’s glass-ceiling-nudging star copywriter to toke away her burning curiosity, but by the late 1950s, the most recognizable woman in the world had already dove headlong into the deep waters of Reefer Falls. This home movie of Marilyn Monroe kicking back with friends, laughing, and smoking a joint has been sitting in a New Jersey attic for 50 years.
A never-before-seen home movie of Marilyn Monroe smoking a joint at a friend's house in New Jersey 50 years ago is up for sale. The silent film was shot by an unidentified friend of the iconic movie star and had been sitting in an attic for years.
Of the weed, the filmmaker who sold the footage to a collector for $275,000 said,
“I got it. It was mine. It was just passed around. It was not a party. It was just a get-together. You know, come over and hang out.”