Marilyn Monroe “Neighborhood Champion” Laces Up Roller Skates For Monkey Business

Hollywood press hoopla at work here.

This is the improbable news slug originally accompanying this publicity photograph:

SET TO SKATE
Assistant Director Paul Holmick relays final instructions to Marilyn Monroe as she prepares for a skating sequence in the 20th Century Fox comedy, “Monkey Business”, in which she co-stars with Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers. Marilyn, who was a neighborhood champion as a child, proves adept on the rollers. photo: 20th Century Fox 1952

In the dozens of biographies that I have read about Marilyn Monroe, not one mentions her skill on roller skates.

But hey, publicity is publicity whether it is true or not.