Her musician
Strange that Marilyn never had Alfred Newman as her musical director but used Lionel Newman instead when she worked for Fox. Did she have problems working with Alfred?
shareNo problems. In the old studio days, everybody did what they were assigned to do--Lionel worked more with MM. Neither he or Alfred ever had an unkind word for her. In fact, Lionel said that she was totally cooperative, loved to sing and never, ever had to be dubbed. Not. One. Note.
He made these remarks many years after Marilyn's death, so he had nothing to gain. In MM world it was--and is--always more profitable to say how difficult she was. (This is not to say she wasn't difficult, but nobody who ever worked with her on music, saw that side.)