ISBN: ?
Details: Color. Approx. 50 minutes. Released in 1990.
Distributor: FoxVideo Inc. / Twentieth Century-Fox.
Narrator: Henry Schipper.
Format: VHS.
This is an excellent, well-researched and well-presented documentary about the making of Marilyn's last, unfinished movie. Very highly recommended.
Footage:
Stage 14 at Twentieth Century-Fox: the Twentieth Century-Fox lot: premier for Some Like It Hot: interview from around the time of Let's Make Love: on the set of the Misfits: home in Brentwood: George Cukor directing: singing "Happy Birthday": Funeral.
Interviews:
Joan Greenson Aebi: Gene Allen (associate producer): Walter Bernstein (screenwriter): David Bretherton (film editor): Alexandra Heilweil (child actor): Evelyn Moriarty (stand-in): Christopher Morley (child actor): Marjorie Plecher Snyder (costumer): Whitey Snyder: Henry Weinstein (producer).
Movie footage (scenes from the unreleases Something's Got to Give):
Marilyn entering courtyard: Nude swim sequence: talking with Wally Cox: costume test (in black and white print dress): costume test in bathing suit and robe: hair test in black jacket: seeing kids for the first time: talking to her kids: with "Tippy" the dog: impersonating Swedish maid.
ISBN: ?
Details: Color / B&W. 53 minutes. Released in 1991.
Distributor: Start Audio & Video. UK.
Narrator: Mark McDowell.
Format: PAL.
Footage:
Blue Book Modeling Agency test: screen test with Richard Conte (complete): Royal Triton ad: meeting reporters in Washington D.C. during Arthur Miller's trial: kicking ball at Ebbets Field: breaking ground for Time-Life building: arriving at premier of Call Me Madam: promoting Monkey Business (parade and evening arrival): signing sidewalk at Grauman's: premier of How to Marry a Millionaire: premier of Some Like It Hot: after marriage to Joe DiMaggio: entering elevator in Japan amid crowd of press: visiting troops in Korea: signing autograph in car: arriving at premier of East of Eden: arriving in the U.S. back from Korea with Joe DiMaggio: announcing divorce from Joe DiMaggio: press conference upon return to Hollywood for Bus Stop: in lobby of her apartment, announcing plan to marry Arthur Miller: coming down some steps with Miller around the time of the UK trip: with Arthur Miller, announcing marriage and trip to London: filming The Prince and the Showgirl: being presented to Queen Elizabeth: arriving at Heathrow to film The Prince and the Showgirl: leaving New York's Doctor's Hospital after miscarriage: leaving New York's Polyclinic: leaving Cedars of Lebanon hospital: Leaving Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: arrival at Idlewild to make The Seven Year Itch: costume test for Something's Got to Give: singing "Happy Birthday" to JFK: waving to fans out of Seven Year Itch apartment window.
Interviews:
Movie footage:
Full trailer for How to Marry a Millionaire: part of trailer for River of No Return: part of trailer for Some Like It Hot: part of trailer for Let's Make Love: swimming scene from Something's Got to Give.
C.B.
ISBN: 1-57119-508-4.
Details: Color / B&W. 100 minutes. Released in 1996.
Distributor: Brentwood Video / Passport International. USA.
Narrator: John Christopher Hyke, Trudi Jo Marie Keck.
Format: VHS.
This two-cassette video should not be confused with the other poor-quality releases from Passport International and Brentwood video. This one has much higher production values and includes some very rare footage. The narration is a bit flat, but if you can look beyond that I think you'll find it a worthwhile purchase.
Footage:
Filming The Seven Year Itch: at the Ray Anthony party: Grauman's Chinese Theater: at the beach as a teenager: different clip at the beach as a teenager: modeling for Leo Caloia: modeling for Blue Book: the Twentieth-Century Fox lot: Person to Person with Edward R. Murrow: Royal Triton ad: lighting firecracker at publicity event: screen test with Richard Conti: at Ebbetts Field: Monkey Business parade: visiting children at hospital or orphanage: Monkey Business premier: How to Marry a Millionaire premier: signing the sidewalk at Grauman's: on The Jack Benny Show: receiving second Photoplay award: in court to testify about falsified photos: at the Waldorf-Astoria for a charity event: going into apartment in NYC: after marriage to Joe DiMaggio: boarding plane to/from Japan: press conference in Japan: touring in Korea: singing in Korea: visiting soldiers in the hospital in Korea: at Idlewild Airport: footage of DiMaggio's restaurant in San Francisco: at the premier of The Seven Year Itch: Arlene Hunter in bogus "Marilyn" stag flick: riding elephant at Madison Square Garden: in court to obtain divorce from Joe DiMaggio: announcing divorce from Joe DiMaggio: announcing trip to England with Arthur Miller: arriving to accept award at Italian consulate: with Arthur Miller boarding/leaving plane: impromptu interview in D.C.: arriving in England: press confernence with Olivier to formally announce The Prince and the Showgirl: press conference upon arrival in London: being presented to Queen Elizabeth: filming The Prince and the Showgirl: filming Some Like It Hot: Some Like It Hot premier: leaving hospital after miscarriage: leaving hospital after surgery: filming The Misfits: at baptism of Clark and Kay Gable's son: leaving hospital, hiding face in coat: leaving Columbia Presbyterian: getting into a car with Arthur Miller: on the beach with Joe DiMaggio: costume tests for Something's Got to Give: singing Happy Birthday to JFK: the house in Brentwood: removal of body from Brentwood house: police and other activity after death: funeral.
Interviews:
Ray Ward Baker: Jeanne Carmen: Robert Cornthwaite: Jim Dougherty: Hugh Hefner: John Huston: Tom Kelley.
Movie footage:
Hometown Story: Love Happy: Ladies of the Chorus: The Fireball: Asphalt Jungle: All About Eve: As Young as You Feel: Love Nest: Clash by Night: We're Not Married: Don't Bother to Knock: Monkey Business: O. Henry's Full House: Niagara: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: How to Marry a Millionaire: River of No Return: The Seven Year Itch: There's No Business Like Show Business: Bus Stop: Some Like It Hot: Let's Make Love: The Misfits: Something's Got to Give.
