The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966)

A documentary about the life and career of 1950s sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, narrated by director John Huston (who worked with her on "The Misfits"). Included are interviews with friends, ... See full summary »

Director:

Terry Sanders

Writers:

Theodore Strauss, Terry Sanders

Stars:

John Huston, Marilyn Monroe, Gladys Baker

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Huston	...	Himself
Marilyn Monroe	...	Herself (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gladys Baker	...	Herself (archive footage)
Albert Bolender	...	Himself
Ida Bolender	...	Herself
Mable Ellen Campbell	...	Herself
James Dougherty	...	Himself
Jerry Giesler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Milton H. Greene	...	Himself
Tom Kelley	...	Himself
Harry Lipton	...	Himself
Robert Mitchum	...	Himself
Eunice Murray	...	Herself
Emmeline Snively	...	Herself
Lee Strasberg	...	Himself

Storyline

A documentary about the life and career of 1950s sex symbol Marilyn Monroe, narrated by director John Huston (who worked with her on "The Misfits"). Included are interviews with friends, cast and crew who worked with her and others who knew her, clips from her films and some scenes that were cut from her earliest movies and not seen for many years.

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Plot Keywords:

hollywood | actor | celebrity | public domain | film making | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 November 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marilyn Monroe - The Whole Story

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolper Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

53 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Some Like It Hot (1959)

User Reviews

Well done and sophisticated

Marilyn Monroe is shown in a not-so-larger than life, almost clinical light, yet without too much hype, and little embellishments, or conjectures. There are plenty of on camera interviews with those who knew her best-- several of whom admit hardly knew her at all. The structure of the script is excellent. It takes the viewer from her childhood be shuttled from one foster home to another, a brief "real" home with her own mother when she was 9 before her mother was committed to a mental institution and on through her brief marriage at the age of 16, the modeling career that lead her into the Hollywood life that confused and destroyed her. Naturally since this was made in 1964, some of what we know of her life today-- such as her affair with Kennedy and the alleged conspiracy that surround it were not covered, as well as the fact she was sexually abused as a child--but it is nonetheless thought-provoking and moving experience.