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Marilyn Monroe : the private life of a public icon / Charles Casillo.
"Based on new interviews and research, this groundbreaking biography explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe's public façades."--Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250096869
- ISBN: 1250096863
- Physical Description: viii, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-3464) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: A broken girl. Mama ; Struggle for survival ; Be a good girl ; The world became friendly ; "A stray little kitten" ; Rising ; Important meetings ; The talk of Hollywood -- Part 2: The preferred blonde. Melting the screen ; Dissatisfactions ; "Elegant vulgarity" ; Marilyn Inc. ; New York actress ; "A different suit" ; Innocent monster ; Marriage ; Marilyn gets hot ; Truth ; Making love ; An unfit misfit ; A woman alone ; Nightmare ; Manic-depressive ; Age three five ; Doctor-patient relations -- Part 3: Close to Camelot. Compartmentalization ; "Negated sex symbol" ; Starting something ; Mass seduction ; Is Marilyn finished? ; Elizabeth and Marilyn ; Last sittings ; Sleepwalking ; Anger and despair ; Miscommunications ; "We've lost her" -- Epilogue: Lingering radiance. |
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| Subject: | Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962. Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography. |