The scene ended up on the cutting room floor.
Taylor, who was still hopeful the scene would make the final cut, had it fully edited and prepped for viewing.
But working overtime, Taylor earned more than twice that amount.
The next morning I got a phone call.
By 1961, Monroe was under the constant care of her psychiatrist and lived as a recluse in her Brentwood, California home.
Photojournalist Lawrence Schiller, who was on set documenting the moment, is remembering the film icon on what would have been her 94th birthday.