Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

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.

Marilyn Monroe

(Self (archive footage))

Richard Widmark

(Self - Narrator)

Lauren Bacall

(Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage))

Scotty Beckett

(Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage))

Eric Blore

(Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage))

Clara Bow

(Self (archive footage))

Louis Calhern

(Self (from The Asphalt Jungle [1950]) (archive footage))

Charles Coburn

(Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage))

Elisha Cook Jr.

(Self (from Don't Bother to Knock [1952]) (archive footage))

Bette Davis

(Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage))

Joe DiMaggio

(Self (archive footage))

Tom Ewell

(Self (from The Seven Year Itch [1955]) (archive footage))

Clark Gable

(Self (from The Misfits [1961]) (archive footage))

Clarke Gordon

Betty Grable

(Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage))

Milton H. Greene

(Self (archive footage))

Amy Greene-Andrews

Jean Harlow

(Self (archive footage))

Darryl Hickman

(Self (from Dangerous Years [1947]) (archive footage))

Celeste Holm

Taylor Holmes

(Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage))

Buster Keaton

(Self (archive footage))

Jack Lemmon

(Self (from Some Like It Hot [1959]) (archive footage))

Joshua Logan

Dean Martin

(Self (from Something's Got to Give [1962]) (archive footage))

Groucho Marx

(Self (from Love Happy [1949]) (archive footage))

Victor Mature

(Self (archive footage))

Gary Merrill

(Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage))

Arthur Miller

(Self (archive footage))

Isidore Miller

(Self (archive footage))

Robert Mitchum

Don Murray

Edward R. Murrow

(Self (archive footage))

Patricia Newcomb

(Self (archive footage))

Tommy Noonan

(Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage))

Sheree North

Arthur O'Connell

(Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage))

Laurence Olivier

(Self (from The Prince and the Showgirl [1957]) (archive footage))

Jean Peters

(Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage))

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

(Self (archive footage))

Gregory Ratoff

(Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage))

Jane Russell

(Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage))

Robert Ryan

(Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage))

George Sanders

(Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage))

Max Showalter

(Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage))

Phil Silvers

(Self (archive footage))

John Springer

Barbara Stanwyck

(Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage))

Susan Strasberg

Rudolph Valentino

(Self (archive footage))

David Wayne

(Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage))

Laszlo Willinger

Shelley Winters