Directed by:
Gene FeldmanScreenplay:
Gene FeldmanCast:
Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Robert Mitchum, Celeste Holm, Shelley Winters, Joshua Logan, Don Murray, Sheree North, Lauren Bacall, Eric Blore, Clara Bow (more)Plots(1)
The platinum blonde actress and singer Norma Jean Baker, a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), is primarily known as a sex symbol. The photograph in which she is pictured with a white dress that is blown up by the wind made many hearts beat faster and is still famous worldwide. However, the film Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend does not concentrate on her physical qualities, neither does it dwell on her weaknesses or personal tragedies. Gene Feldman sheds light on her talents, especially those with respect to movie acting. Based on unique archival footage, extracts from her films and interviews with friends and colleagues (including Joshua Logan, her director for Bus Stop), the film portrays a remarkable woman, who was much more than just a pretty and alluring figure. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Marilyn Monroe
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
All About Eve (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Richard Widmark
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Night and the City (1950)
Robert Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Dead Man (1995)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Celeste Holm
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Joshua Logan
USA
Don Murray
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Advise and Consent (1962)
Sheree North
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Charley Varrick (1973)
Lauren Bacall
USA
Best movies:
Misery (1990)
Dogville (2003)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Eric Blore
UK
Best movies:
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Top Hat (1935)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Clara Bow
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
It (1927)
Children of Divorce (1927)
Louis Calhern
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Charles Coburn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Kings Row (1942)
Elisha Cook Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Killing (1956)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Bette Davis
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Tom Ewell
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Clark Gable
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Betty Grable
USA
Best movies:
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Jean Harlow
USA
Best movies:
City Lights (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Hell's Angels (1930)
Darryl Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Network (1976)