Hello, Norma Jeane : the Marilyn Monroe you didn't know /
Jordan, Elisa,
Hello, Norma Jeane : the Marilyn Monroe you didn't know / Elisa Jordan. - ix, 427 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Marilyn's Los Angeles -- Marilyn 101 -- Marilyn's family -- Marilyn Monroe : what's in a name? -- The influence of the movies -- Like a rolling stone : Marilyn lived in a number of homes in her 36 years -- School days -- Rosie the riveter -- Radioplane Company -- Emmeline Snively, blue book models and a bridge to show business -- Creating Marilyn -- Cooking -- Diet and exercise -- Body of evidence -- Studios -- The calendar that almost stopped time -- A life devoted to movies -- The updated fox contract -- Something's got to give, Cleopatra and fox-a disaster waiting to happen -- The coaches -- The method -- Television : the medium of a new generation -- Theatre life -- Milton Green -- The men in Marilyn's life -- The Hook and On the waterfront -- Mr. Miller goes to Washington : a playwright, an actress and HUAC -- Korea -- The wrong door raid -- See you in court -- Other houses in Marilyn's life -- On the town : restaurants, bars and nightclubs -- Animal companions -- Religion -- Goodbye, Norma Jeane : Marilyn's funeral -- Health, doctors and medical -- Inner circle -- Making myths -- Public schedules : the trouble with getting two icons in a room -- Robert Slatzer and Jeanne Carmen : they never knew Marilyn -- Death myths -- Police reports -- Final days -- Birth of a conspiracy : the pen is mightier than the sword.
"This accessible and comprehensive guide reveals the human being behind the legend of cinema's brightest star"--
9781493053957 1493053957
2023010691
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Hello, Norma Jeane : the Marilyn Monroe you didn't know / Elisa Jordan. - ix, 427 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Marilyn's Los Angeles -- Marilyn 101 -- Marilyn's family -- Marilyn Monroe : what's in a name? -- The influence of the movies -- Like a rolling stone : Marilyn lived in a number of homes in her 36 years -- School days -- Rosie the riveter -- Radioplane Company -- Emmeline Snively, blue book models and a bridge to show business -- Creating Marilyn -- Cooking -- Diet and exercise -- Body of evidence -- Studios -- The calendar that almost stopped time -- A life devoted to movies -- The updated fox contract -- Something's got to give, Cleopatra and fox-a disaster waiting to happen -- The coaches -- The method -- Television : the medium of a new generation -- Theatre life -- Milton Green -- The men in Marilyn's life -- The Hook and On the waterfront -- Mr. Miller goes to Washington : a playwright, an actress and HUAC -- Korea -- The wrong door raid -- See you in court -- Other houses in Marilyn's life -- On the town : restaurants, bars and nightclubs -- Animal companions -- Religion -- Goodbye, Norma Jeane : Marilyn's funeral -- Health, doctors and medical -- Inner circle -- Making myths -- Public schedules : the trouble with getting two icons in a room -- Robert Slatzer and Jeanne Carmen : they never knew Marilyn -- Death myths -- Police reports -- Final days -- Birth of a conspiracy : the pen is mightier than the sword.
"This accessible and comprehensive guide reveals the human being behind the legend of cinema's brightest star"--
9781493053957 1493053957
2023010691
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
Biographies.