Marilyn Monroe’s star remains as high today, as it did in 1954 when photographer Robert Shaw arranged a publicity shot for the film Seven Year Itch outside the Trans-Lux Theatre on Lexington Avenue, at around 2am.
Despite the late hour, crowds gathered to watch one of Hollywood’s most adored sex symbols cement her image. The photo is synonymous with Monroe’s image as a contemporary Aphrodite and an icon of beauty and glamor, but it proved too much for her then husband, Joe DiMaggio, who was there and became enraged with jealousy. They divorced weeks later.
