Anthology of excerpts from Marilyn Monroe's 20th Century-Fox output, narrated by Rock Hudson, and created as a cinematic eulogy to Monroe, who died the year before.Anthology of excerpts from Marilyn Monroe's 20th Century-Fox output, narrated by Rock Hudson, and created as a cinematic eulogy to Monroe, who died the year before.Anthology of excerpts from Marilyn Monroe's 20th Century-Fox output, narrated by Rock Hudson, and created as a cinematic eulogy to Monroe, who died the year before.
Marilyn Monroe
- Self
- (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall
- Schatze Page
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Anne Baxter
- Kit Dodge Jr.
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Cyd Charisse
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Charles Coburn
- Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Wally Cox
- Self (scene from "Something's Got to Give")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Dan Dailey
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Tom Ewell
- Self (scene from "The Seven Year Itch")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Betty Field
- Self (scene from "Bus Stop")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Mitzi Gaynor
- Katy Donahue
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Betty Grable
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
June Haver
- Self (scene from "Love Nest")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Celeste Holm
- Karen
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Hope Lange
- Self (scene from "Bus Stop")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
William Lundigan
- Self (scene from "Love Nest")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Dean Martin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- …
Ethel Merman
- Self (scene from "There's No Business Like Show Business")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFor almost 3 decades, this documentary contained all the clips from the unfinished film "Something's Got To Give" the public saw. It was said the film was 'unwatchable,' Marilyn's scenes were 'terrible,' and the colour had faded from the negatives. The only one of these true was the last - the colour had degenerated over time. One reason the film was kept from public view, was so it would go along with 20th Century Fox's long-held (fabricated) story of Marilyn being the (sole) cause of the film being shut down. In actual fact, Marilyn had been rehired by Fox - several days before her passing - at terms which were much fairer to an actor of her magnitude, and would also be the concluding film in Marilyn's Fox contract. Tragically, this film, never was, the truth was withheld for decades.
- Alternate versionsAlternate prints run 94 minutes, including additional sequences from There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), Bus Stop (1956) and Let's Make Love (1960).
- ConnectionsFeatures A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
Featured review
The clip of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend used in the doc is not an alternate CinemaScope take. It is the exact version lifted from the original Academy Ratio version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. However, the doc was released as a Scope movie, and they zoomed-in on the 1.33 image to create a faux Scope version. Wish it were an alternate version, but sadly it is not... That said, the documentary is a lot of fun, especially in light of Rock Hudson's known public history today compared to that of 1963. It's also interesting watching Rock being manly by smoking while watching the clips - looks terribly effected from today's perspective. It does contain the clips from her unfinished film which has been released on DVD a while back.
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- Die Welt der Marilyn Monroe
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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