What happened between Marilyn Monroe and Chaplin’s son?
Marilyn Monroe did not have a simultaneous relationship with Charles Chaplin Jr. and Edward Robinson Jr., as shown in the movie “Blonde”, which is based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oate. The Netflix production used licenses to complement the fiction that represented Monroe.
In the book Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe written by Anthony Summers, portraying the biography of the Hollywood star, It is said that “Cass” Chaplin invited Marilyn to his house, so that she can meet her family, especially her famous father, Charles Chaplinwho had been amazed by the blonde actress and who recommended that his son not fall in love.
In the book, he points out that the alleged relationship between them would have lasted several months and that the only proof was that Marilyn’s visit to the Chaplin home.. Cass himself slides, in my fatherhis autobiography, that both would have dated but that a relationship as a couple did not happen and they continued with a friendship.
After five years, Marilyn meets Edward G. Robinson Jr. There was also an attraction between them that faded into a friendly relationship, according to the story in Summers’ book.
Marilyn Monroe did not have a simultaneous and consensual relationship for the three with Charles Chaplin Jr. and Edward Robinson Jr., but they would have been two fleeting stories between those mentioned, without reaching something more serious. In this way, it is a narrative license of Blonde.