Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Documentary
Release Date
April 19, 1986
Duration
60 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
Self - Narrator
Richard Widmark
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)
Scotty Beckett
Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)
Eric Blore
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow
Self (from The Asphalt Jungle [1950]) (archive footage)
Louis Calhern
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
Charles Coburn
Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage)
Elisha Cook Jr.
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)
Joe DiMaggio
Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage)
Tom Ewell
Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self
Clarke Gordon
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
Betty Grable
Self (archive footage)
Milton H. Greene
Self
Amy Greene-Andrews
Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage)
Darryl Hickman
Self
Celeste Holm
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
Taylor Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage)
Jack Lemmon
Self
Joshua Logan
Self (from Something's Got to Give [1962]) (archive footage)
Dean Martin
Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage)
Groucho Marx
Self (archive footage)
Victor Mature
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
Gary Merrill
Self (archive footage)
Arthur Miller
Self (archive footage)
Isidore Miller
Self
Robert Mitchum
Self
Don Murray
Self (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow
Self (archive footage)
Patricia Newcomb
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
Tommy Noonan
Self
Sheree North
Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)
Arthur O'Connell
Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [1957]) (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)
Jean Peters
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
Gregory Ratoff
Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
Jane Russell
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
Robert Ryan
Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)
George Sanders
Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)
Max Showalter
Self (archive footage)
Phil Silvers
Self
John Springer
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
Self
Susan Strasberg
Self (archive footage)
Rudolph Valentino
Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage)
David Wayne
Self
Laszlo Willinger
Self
Shelley Winters
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