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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

75 %|Apr 19, 1986|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Ron Devillier
Executive Producer
Stephen Janson
Executive Producer
Leslie Mulkey
Editor
Brian Donegan
Executive Producer
Mara Marmorstein
Production Secretary
Pawel Wdowczak
Sound
Alan Brennecke
Assistant Camera
Victor Kanefsky
Supervising Editor

Cast

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Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
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Richard Widmark
Self - Narrator
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Lauren Bacall
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
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Scotty Beckett
Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)
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Eric Blore
Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)
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Clara Bow
Self (archive footage)
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Louis Calhern
Self (from The Asphalt Jungle [1950]) (archive footage)
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Charles Coburn
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
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Elisha Cook Jr.
Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)
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Bette Davis
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
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Joe DiMaggio
Self (archive footage)
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Tom Ewell
Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
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Clark Gable
Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage)
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Betty Grable
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
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Milton H. Greene
Self (archive footage)
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Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
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Darryl Hickman
Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)
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Taylor Holmes
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
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Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage)
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Jack Lemmon
Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)
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Dean Martin
Self (from Something's Got to Give [1962]) (archive footage)
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Groucho Marx
Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)
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Victor Mature
Self (archive footage)
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Gary Merrill
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
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Arthur Miller
Self (archive footage)
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Isidore Miller
Self (archive footage)
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Edward R. Murrow
Self (archive footage)
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Patricia Newcomb
Self (archive footage)
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Tommy Noonan
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
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Arthur O'Connell
Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)
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Laurence Olivier
Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [1957]) (archive footage)
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Jean Peters
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)
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Gregory Ratoff
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
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Jane Russell
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
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Robert Ryan
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
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George Sanders
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
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Max Showalter
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)
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Phil Silvers
Self (archive footage)
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Barbara Stanwyck
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
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Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
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David Wayne
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)