Marilyn Monroe she founded a film production company in late 1954; she named it Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). She dedicated 1955 to building her company and began studying method acting at the Actors Studio. In late 1955, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in "Bus Stop" (1956) and the first independent production of MMP, "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957). Monroe won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in "Some Like It Hot" (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed
Death of Marilyn Monroe documentary "Marilyn: Say Goodbye to the President" (1985), and in a 26-minute segment produced for ABC's "20/20". The "20/20" segment was never aired, as the channel's news executive Roone Arledge decided that the claims made in it required more evidence to back them up. In retaliation, Summers alleged that Arledge's decision was influenced by pressure from the Kennedys. In the 1990s, two new books alleged again that Monroe was murdered: Peter Brown and Patte Barham's "Marilyn: The Last Take" (1992) and Donald H. Wolfe's "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe" (1998). Neither presented much new evidence but relied extensively on