A home movie showing a relaxed Marilyn Monroe apparently¹ smoking marijuana has surfaced, retrieved² from an attic³ some 50 years after it was filmed.

日前，玛丽莲·梦露的一段被“雪藏”在阁楼50年的家庭录像曝光，从录像中可以看到玛丽莲·梦露貌似正吸食大麻，看上去非常放松。

A screegrab from a home movie shows Marilyn Monroe apparently smoking marijuana. The movie is dates to 1958 or 1959, based on her appearance.

The reel-to-reel silent, color film taken at a private home in New Jersey⁴ was recently purchased by collector Keya Morgan for $275,000 from the person who took the film, who has asked to remain anonymous（匿名的，无名的）.

Morgan and the person who shot the film gave Reuters permission to use it in shortened form. The copyright of the image will be put up for sale on eBay later this week, Morgan said.

At one point Monroe is passed a cigarette and takes a puff⁵（一阵喷烟） but does not appear to inhale⁶（吸入） deeply. The person who made the film confirmed that the cigarette contained marijuana（大麻）, saying: "I got it (the pot). It was mine. It was just passed around."

"It was not a party. It was just a get-together⁷. You know, come over and hang out," the person said.

Morgan, a collector of historical photos, manuscripts（手稿，草稿）, autographs and documents, is also working on a documentary on the death of Monroe in August 1962.

He learned of the film during his research and tracked down the owner, who kept it as part of an archive（档案文件） that was moved between various homes over the years. The Monroe film had been stored in an attic（阁楼） for three years before Morgan tracked it down.

The actress appears happy and relaxed at a small gathering⁸ of friends that Morgan dates to 1958 or 1959, based on her appearance.

"This is the late '50s so she is already very famous, but this is a personal side of her we've never seen before. People have never seen her in such a relaxed pose," Morgan said.