Marilyn Monroe : the private life of a public icon

Casillo, Charles (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781250096869 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
viii, 360 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Mama -- Struggle for survival -- Be a good girl -- The world becomes friendly -- A stray little kitten -- Rising -- Important meetings -- The talk of Hollywood -- Melting the screen -- Dissatisfactions -- Elegant vulgarity -- Marilyn Incorporated -- 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 -- 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.