{"product_id":"the-marilyn-encyclopedia","title":"The Marilyn Encyclopedia","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brilliant combination of visual-book glamour and meticulous scholarship  the most comprehensive study of Marilyn Monroe ever published  Marilyn Monroes status as one of the most recognizable icons of the twentieth century is undisputed--her life was both glorious and tragic  and her legacy is still pondered by everyone from film scholars to pop culture mavens. Now  with The Marilyn Encyclopedia  Adam Victor has assembled all the information a Marilyn fan could ever want  and written a virtual Encyclopedia Britannica of Marilyns extraordinary legend and legacy. Fans and scholars finally have easy access to specific information on Marilyns life and times  including complete information about her films  quotes from reviews  anecdotes  gossip  and famous sayings; entries touching on all of Marilyns relationships (husbands  lovers  family members  directors  co-stars); catalogs of her clothing; and complete information on her recordings. Times  dates  and places; surgeries  Kennedys  and conspiracy theories--simply everything is here.  Through astute research and crisp writing  Victor traces Marilyns inexorable path to iconhood  creating a compelling anatomy of fame in our century. The book also includes an up-to-date bibliography  a list of fan clubs  web sites  and--of course--hundreds of photos and illustrations  many of them rare  some simply never seen before. Marvelously stylish and incomparable in scope and depth  The Marilyn Encyclopedia will satisfy even her most ravenous fans.  Which Marilyn do you know?  Clark Gable on Marilyn:  \"Shes a kind of ultimate  in her way  with a million sides to her  each one of them fascinating  completely feminine  and femininity without guile. Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman  strange and exciting  from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso.\"  Jean Negulesco  directing Marilyn in How to Marry a Millionaire  \"Marilyn  dont try to sell this sex thing  you are sex! You are the institution of sex.\"  Milton Greene (photographer) on Marilyn:  \"I thought Id seen them all. . . . But Id never seen anyone with that tone of voice  that kindness  that real softness. . . . Later I was to find out that she was schizoid--that she could be absolutely brilliant or absolutely kind  then  the total opposite.\"  Betty Grable on Marilyn:  \"Why  Marilyns the biggest thing thats happened in Hollywood in years. The movies were just sort of going along  and all of a sudden  Zowie  there was Marilyn. Shes a shot in the arm for Hollywood.\"  Marilyn on Sex:  \"No sex is wrong if theres love in it. But too often people act like its gymnasium work  mechanical.\"  Marilyn on Clark Gable:  \"The place was full of so-called men  but Clark was the one who brought a chair for me between the takes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953357090869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0879517182","price":63.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780879517182.jpg?v=1770464380","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-marilyn-encyclopedia","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}