I found some parts to be very repetitious when referring to her drug use, but the book will really get your mind going about "what really happen"!!!


The Inside Look Into The Last Months Of A Legendary Icon.   February 1, 2003
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This book details the account of the final months of the legendary screen actress Marilyn Monroe. The Inside Power Struggles between her and 20th century fox studios. The studio that originally launched Marilyn into superstardom and enormous fame was now trying to ruin her career. Something's Got To Give was the film which caused so much tension between Monroe and the studio. She didn't even want to make the film, but Fox studios forced her to. This book also chronicles her diffuculties on the set with director George Cukor and other crew members as well.
Her Professionalism on the set despite all the headaches and unprofessional behavior by the studio. The controversy between Cleopatra and Something's Got To Give. Why Elizabeth Taylor was exonerated and Marilyn Monroe was shunned. Marilyn's 36th birthday celebration on the set, and why the crew members wouldn't let her have a party until she put in "a full day's work." Her devastating ordeal with "Tippy", and finally her public humiliation after being fired from the movie. Why The suicude theory is hard to believe because of all the evidence at her death scene. I even saw a picture of Marilyn after she died, and she looked terrible. She looked nothing like she had when she was alive. Her hair was all scraggly and she looked like she'd been beaten up. I have a very hard time believing that Monroe committed suicide, because she was planning on going back to work on Something's Got To Give at the time of her death. The Kennedy brothers were a big part of Marilyn's life. They eventually ended up tossing her aside like a used kleenex. Joe Dimaggio was the only person who seemed to have respect for Marilyn and her memory. He never desecrated her life or treated her like dirt as so many others had. Marilyn was truly one of a kind, and there has never been anyone like her before or since.


Fact or Fiction?   January 1, 2003
Man, i just love those murder theory books...one more outlandish than the next...and they are everywhere!!This Book is at it's best when it's talking about "something's got to give". The rest is based on some serious hear-say, dubious "mystery" sources and claims of second hand witnesses. The likes of Robert Slatzer and Jeanne Carmen pop up a lot in this....doesn't exactly inpire trust in the truth. This Book is sort of like reading "the national enquierer". It's entertaining, sure...but how much is inflated?