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BASEBALL QUOTE
Quote by Oscar Levant
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Background for the quote:
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In 1951, Joe DiMaggio saw a picture of Marilyn with two Chicago White Sox players, but waited until after he retired from baseball to ask the PR man who arranged the stunt to set them up on a date. But she did not want to meet him, fearing him the stereotypical jock.
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Their January 14, 1954 elopement at City Hall in San Francisco was the culmination of a two-year courtship that had captivated the nation.
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The union was complex, marred by conflicting personalities, his jealousy and her casual infidelity. DiMaggio biographer Richard Ben Cramer asserts it was also violent.
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One incident allegedly happened after the skirt blowing scene in The Seven Year Itch was filmed on New York's Lexington Avenue before hundreds of fans; director Billy Wilder recalled "the look of death" on DiMaggio's face as he watched.
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When she announced she would seek a divorce - just 274 days after the wedding - (on grounds of mental cruelty), she was quoted as telling 20th Century Fox that "our careers just seemed to get in the way of each other."
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THE PAYOFF:
Oscar Levant quipped it proved no man could be a success in two pastimes.
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