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Actor: A & E Biography-Great Entertai
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 100 minutes
Release Date: 1999-04-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Studio: A&E Home Video

VHS Movie Reviews of Biography - Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess [VHS]

Movie Review: Mortal Goddess
Summary: 3 Stars

This vhs is a pretty good video biography. Basically most of the tape is her friends being interviewed (including her 1st husband) still photographs of Marilyn, and short clips from her films, and even shorter clips of some of the rare footage that the press captured (like her and Jane Russell putting their hands and feet in cement to honor the sucess of "Gentlemen prefer blondes", her marriage to Joe DiMaggio, her announcing her divorce from DiMaggio, the announcement of her engagement to Arthur Miller, her coming out of the hospital after a miscarriage, her being released from the mental hospital, the infamous "Happy Birthday Mr. President" performance, etc.) and those clips were around 10-30 seconds at the most; I wish they would have been a lot longer! This is a SIMPLE biography to add to your collection, it does not reveal anything new & it doesn't go deep into her personal life. One of the best things about the tape is they included some footage from "Somethings got to give", Marilyn's last movie (but again, not enough!) Overall, its not the BEST Marilyn video biography, but it definitely wasn't a waste of time! I recommend renting it to see if you would like to purchase it! Enjoy!

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Summary of Biography - Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess [VHS]

"She was, quite simply, the most captivating star in Hollywood history. Yet this celebrated icon was a carefully crafted character a show-biz concoction that could never quite hide the real-life vulnerability of a thrown-away child desperate for love and intimacy. Marilyn Monroe was a disarming beauty with undeniable allure and universal appeal. But she was also the vulnerable girl who was Norma Jean. And though she became one of Hollywood's greatest stars, Marilyn often found herself relegated to playing a supporting role in her own life the ironic prisoner of her hyper-sexual screen persona. BIOGRAPHY; employs never-before-seen home movies, newsreels, trailers and classic clips to explore her Jekyll and Hyde life. Get an intimate look at the woman and the legend through interviews with Gloria Steinem, Hugh Hefner, Susan Strasberg, first husband James Dougherty and friends James Bacon and Evelyn Moriarity. This feature length BIOGRAPHY; is the definitive portrait of Norma Jean, Marilyn Monroe and the greatest Hollywood legend of all."

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