Marilyn-Spotting on the Streets of Banff

First posted here on January 16, 2014

This rare candid photo has a ‘meet-cute’ story behind it, as explained by blogger Posh Todd …

“Never-before-seen photo of Marilyn Monroe, taken in Banff, Alberta, in 1953 when she was filming Otto Preminger’s River of No Return. The gentlemen in the photo is Norm Charach, the beloved late father of my jeweler, Marty Charach, of Broadway Jewelers, 943 West Broadway. Norm was waiting to use a pay phone to phone his wife Evelyn, who was then pregnant with Marty. Marilyn was waiting her turn to use the pay phone to call Joe DiMaggio, and Norm and Marilyn struck up a conversation, and voila, history was made.”

UPDATE: A colour photo of Marilyn with another Jasper resident. Sandy Robinson, has surfaced – possibly taken on the same day (more info here.)