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In simpler recountings of the tale, Hughes supposedly noticed Norma Jeane because she appeared on 4 or five journal covers in a single month, prompting him to track her down. Over all I like it, however one thing bothers me--out of the four finalists, just one's a girl? Shamroy later stated, "This girl had one thing I hadn't seen since silent pictures. She had a type of implausible beauty like Gloria Swanson . . . she acquired sex on a chunk of film like Jean Harlow. . . . She was displaying us she could promote feelings in photos." The Harlow comparability would surface once more within the years to come. Lyon supervised her display screen check, which was shot by veteran cinematographer Leon Shamroy. Actually not more than an beginner screen check, the footage exhibits a smiling, curly-haired young mannequin with the title "Norma Jean Dougherty" in block letters beneath her. Women difficult their feminine roles was a gadget more easily accepted than males challenging masculine ones. A major number were aimed toward men. Norma Jeane posed for quite a lot of photographers who offered their work to pinup magazines. |
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