Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe

Published the same year as Marilyn Monroe's 75th birthday, Richard Buskin's Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe provides full coverage of Monroe on the silver screen, including plot summary, behind-the-scenes facts and opinions, reviews, public reaction, photographs and cast lists for each of her films. Along with an introduction by the late Jack Lemmon, the book includes interviews with Ginger Rogers, Jean Peters, Billy Wilder and others, and covers not just films and screen tests, but television appearances on shows and in ads. 50 color and 50 b&w illus. (Oct)