figures and archetypal Hollywood movie stars. Marriages and relationships James Dougherty Monroe married James Dougherty on June 19, 1942. In The Secret Happiness of Marilyn Monroe and To Norma Jeane with Love, Jimmie, he claimed they were in love, but dreams of stardom lured her away. In 1953 he wrote a piece called "Marilyn Monroe Was My Wife" for Photoplay, in which he claimed that he left her. In the 2004 documentary Marilyn's Man, Dougherty made three new claims: he was her Svengali and invented the "Marilyn Monroe" persona, studio executives forced her to divorce him, and that he was her only true love. He remarried in 1947. The August 6, 1962 New York Times reported that, on being informed of her death, he replied "I'm sorry," and continued his LAPD patrol. He did not attend Monroe's funeral. His sister wrote in the December 1952 Modern Screen Magazine that Dougherty left Monroe because she wanted to pursue modeling
It's one way to distinguish good from bad advice. M e n t o r s sometimes disappoint the heroes who have admired them during apprenticeship. In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Jimmy Stewart learns that his Mentor and role model, the noble Senator played by Claude Rains, is as crooked and cowardly as the rest of Congress. Mentors, like parents, may have a hard time letting go of their charges. An overprotective M e n t o r can lead to a tragic situation. T h e character of Svengali from the novel Trilby is a chilling portrait of a M e n t o r who becomes so obsessed with his student that he dooms them both. MENTOR-DRIVEN STORIES Once in a while an entire story is built around a Mentor. Goodbye, Mr. Chips, the novel and film, is a whole story built on teaching. M r . Chips is the Mentor of thousands of boys and the hero of the story, with his own series of Mentors. T h e movie Barbarossa is a wise and funny look at a M e n t o r relationship sus
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