About this item
This overview coincides with Marilyn Monroe's 75th birthday in 2001, and it seeks to offer a revealing look at the star. It includes research; interviews with film stars such as Ginger Rogers; movie stills and behind-the-scenes photographs.
This biography is published to coincide with the celebration of Marilyn Monroe's 75th birthday in 2001, and it seeks to offer a revealing look at the enduring star who exemplifies Hollywood sex appeal and glamour. The volume features research; interviews with film stars such as Tony Curtis, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemon and Ginger Rogers; rare movie stills and behind-the-scenes photographs; and hand-drawn sketches of Marilyn's costumes. The biography exposes the untold details behind Marilyn's screen tests, her 30 motion pictures, her television broadcasts and adverts, the scenes cut from her films, the story behind her last unfinished movie and even her part in the televised birthday party for President Kennedy. Includes black and white photographs (1st edition, 2001, Billboard Books).
Good condition, with some minor edgeware on the jacket and the cover. Pages have some minor grubby marks.
- Author(s):
- Buskin, Richard
- Condition:
- Fine
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN-10:
- 0823084140
- Publisher:
- Billboard Books
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