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Author
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking book, Taraborrelli draws complex and sympathetic portraits of the women so influential in the actress' life, including her mother, her foster mother, and her legal guardian. He also reveals, for the first time, the shocking scope of Marilyn's own mental illness, the identity of Marilyn's father and the half-brother she never knew, and new information about her relationship with the Kennedys-- Bobby, Jack, and Pat Kennedy Lawford....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1962, Freddy O, a corrupt ex-cop, dope fiend and freelance extortionist, believes Marilyn Monroe's death and the kidnapping of a B-movie starlet are riddles only he can solve as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
515 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Last year J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote a bestselling book entitled The Secret Life of Marilyn. His is the most recent of dozens written since Marilyn's death in August of 1962 and yet the appetite for information about Marilyn is insatiable. No matter whether sensational or flawed, as most of these biographies have been, the fans always come out, in best-selling numbers. This time, with Lois Banner's An Uncommon Woman, Marilyn's fans won't be disappointed....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marilyn Monroe. Her beauty still captivates. Her love life still fascinates. Her story still dominates popular culture. Now, drawing on years of research and dozens of new interviews, this biography cuts through decades of lies and secrets and introduces you to the Marilyn Monroe you always wanted to know: a living, breathing, complex woman, bewitching and maddening, brilliant yet flawed. Charles Casillo studies Monroe's life through the context of...
13) Some like it hot
Language
English
Description
When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest and homeliest members of an all-female jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer falls for Josephine, an ancient playboy falls for Daphne, and a mob boss refuses to fall for their hoax! Well, nobody's perfect.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
x, 239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Marilyn Monroe's image is so universal that we can't help but believe that we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety, and the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. But what of the other Marilyn? Beyond the headlines, and the too familiar stories of heartbreak and desolation, was a woman far more curious, searching,...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Takes a look at Marilyn Monroe's happy time in the Big Apple, during which she took classes with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, befriended the greatest actors and writers of her day and broke her contract with Fox Studios to form her own production company, a groundbreaking move that revolutionized the entertainment industry, "--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
x, 114 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
A personal account by the author recounts his early days as a photojournalist and his friendship with Marilyn Monroe on the sets of "Let's Make Love" and the unfinished "Something's Got to Give.
20) Marilyn Monroe
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 464 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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