Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
6 reviews
Documentary
1h
1986
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled...
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Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars.
- DirectorSuzette Winter
- Release19 April 1986
- GenreDocumentary
- Duration1h
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate6 reviews
- Productions
Wombat Productions, DeVillier Donegan Enterprizes, Cinemax, Janson Media
Cast

Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)

Richard Widmark
Self - Narrator

Lauren Bacall
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

Scotty Beckett
Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)

Eric Blore
Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)

Clara Bow
Self (archive footage)

Louis Calhern
Self (from The Asphalt Jungle [1950]) (archive footage)

Charles Coburn
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Elisha Cook Jr.
Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)

Bette Davis
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Joe DiMaggio
Self (archive footage)

Tom Ewell
Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)

Clark Gable
Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage)

Betty Grable
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)

Darryl Hickman
Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)

Celeste Holm
Self

Taylor Holmes
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage)

Jack Lemmon
Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)

Joshua Logan
Self

Dean Martin
Self (from Something's Got to Give [1962]) (archive footage)

Groucho Marx
Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)

Victor Mature
Self (archive footage)

Gary Merrill
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Arthur Miller
Self (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum
Self

Don Murray
Self

Edward R. Murrow
Self (archive footage)

Tommy Noonan
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Sheree North
Self

Arthur O'Connell
Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)

Laurence Olivier
Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [1957]) (archive footage)

Jean Peters
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)

Gregory Ratoff
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Jane Russell
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Robert Ryan
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)

George Sanders
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

Max Showalter
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)

Phil Silvers
Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)

Susan Strasberg
Self

Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)

David Wayne
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)

Shelley Winters
Self
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