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Series analysing the public image of ten world icons. This programme explores the ways in which Marilyn Monroe used photography to gain a sense of control over her life.

Marilyn Monroe is known primarily as a movie star, but she always preferred being photographed. Faced with the pressure and chaos of the film set, she was often anxious and full of self-doubt. One-on-one with a photographer, she felt at ease and in control.

Whenever the pressures of Hollywood threatened to overwhelm her, she always turned to photographers for the reassurance and intimacy she craved.

This programme explores the ways in which Marilyn Monroe used photography to gain a sense of control over her life, as well as to further her career.

29 minutes

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Thu 14 Mar 2019 06:00
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:04

    Johnny Mercer, The Pied Pipers & Paul Weston Orchestra

    Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

  • 00:05

    Betty Hutton

    Hit The Road To Dreamland

  • 00:13

    Lou Donaldson

    The Blues Walk

  • 00:15

    Horace Silver

    Song For My Father

  • 00:16

    Horace Silver

    Song For My Father

  • 00:22

    Jackie Gleason

    But Not For Me

Credits

Director Deborah Lee
Series Producer Chris Granlund
Executive Producer Kim Thomas

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