This was probably posted a long time ago.
The story of this photo, as Travilla and Bill Sarris tell it, is that he and Marilyn spent the evening at an almost exclusively black club in Los Angeles - something that just wasn't done in 1952. The studio was outraged, especially after her nude photograph scandal in March of that year, and the fact that she had just been on the April cover of Life magazine and hailed as 'The Talk of Hollywood.' As a result of being 'caught on camera,' they fired Travilla from the film they were working on. But Marilyn - one of Travilla's closest friends - stood up and said 'If he goes, I go.' And of course, they let him stay, but they were successful in keeping this picture out of the press." Until 2009 when it was found in Travilla's old possessions.
The studio objected to their star being photographed with a black man. This was photographed in the 5-4 Club in South Central Los Angeles, an all-black club.
Marilyn, William Travilla and an unidentified Black man. The mystery of course is who was the Brotha?
The look on the Brothas face is priceless.
Marilyn Monroe was fearless it seemed.