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Marilyn's last words : her secret tapes and mysterious death / Matthew Smith.

LIBRA - Special PN2287.M69 S57 2004
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Smith, Matthew.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962.
Monroe, Marilyn.
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962--Death and burial.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Genre:
Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 327 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
[First Carroll and Graf edition].
Place of Publication:
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers : [Distributed by Publishers Group West], [2004]
Summary:
Looking back at thousands of documents, many never before published, and interviewing dozens of sources, Smith argues strongly for a startling new version of events surrounding Marilyn Monroe's death.
Contents:
Foreword / by Donald O'Connor
Introduction / by Robert F. Slatzer
Collision course
Busy days
Curious behavior
Feverish activity
Murderers! Murderers!
Ambulances, motives, and hush money
The autopsy
The miner memorandum
The media machine
Blanket of secrecy
Not to be opened
Definitely not
The testimony of Mrs. Murray
The listeners
Dalliances
Too many questions
The last days
No damn way
No touch of silk, no hint of finesse
Lawford and "Mr. O"
The secret tapes of Marilyn Monroe
The secret tapes: sex, literature, and daddy's little girl
The secret tapes: the Olivier impact
The secret tapes: husbands, friends, and others
The secret tapes: Jack and Bobby
The secret tapes: hidden implications
Two-act tragedy
Big Joe D
The shadow
Montage
In search of a family
The patient
Marilyn and the mob
Marilyn and the FBI
Knocks and hard knocks
The red diary
Consequences
Reactions
Persona non grata
Cursum perficio.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-315) and index.
Local Notes:
Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
ISBN:
0786713801 :
9780786713806
0786715596
9780786715596
OCLC:
55804428

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