Overview
Marilyn Monroe is the defining icon of the American 1950s. A seemingly fairytale transformation of rags to riches, a shining example of the mythical American dream. However, as the decade continued, the myth of Marilyn Monroe and the American Dream seemed to crumble.
Director and cast
- Marilyn Monroe as Self (archival footage)
- Sherry Carter-Brownell as Narrator
- Mabel Ella Campbell as Self
- Suzie Kennedy as Marilyn Monroe
- Emmeline Snively as Self
- Harry Lipton as Self (archival footage)
- Lee Strasberg as Self (archival footage)
- Arthur Miller as Self (archival footage)
- Theodore Curphey as Self (archival footage)
- John Huston as Self (voice)
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