Working Girl
Monroe was willing to do whatever it took to get to the top, even if it meant doing some things she wasn't proud of. She frequented the offices of producers, changed up her look to be more "girl next door" and befriended gossip columnists to write about her. She also entertained male guests at Fox and became the "other woman" of Fox executive Joseph M. Schenck. She was signed to Columbia Pictures in 1948.
Johnny Hyde
Monroe began to work with Johnny Hyde, the VP of William Morris Agency. They began to sleep together and Hyde fell in love, proposing to Monroe not long after. She refused his affection. He paid for her to have cosmetic surgery on her jaw and nose, which landed her a small role in the Marx Brothers film Love Happy.