Young Marilyn: Becoming the Legend, by Haspiel, James
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Young Marilyn: Becoming the Legend, by Haspiel, James. Hyperion: New York, 1995. Edition: First American Edition, stated, with full number line.. ISBN: 0786860774. Hardcover, 9 by 11.5 inches, 168 pages. Quarter bound in yellow over black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Liberally illustrated with black and white and color photographs.

Condition: Very Good in a Very Good jacket. Spine ends bumped and light wear along jacket margins, otherwise Fine.

Contents: From the jacket

. . . A breathtaking collection of 150 rare photographs of the star as she went through her transformation from Norma Jeane Dougherty to Marilyn Monroe. Most of these incredible photos have not been previously published or seen and Haspiel, who was a friend of Monroe's for many years, has managed to keep these rare originals carefully preserved over the past several decades, fifty of them in glorious color.

These lavish photographs were all taken during Marilyn's golden years, beginning with her arrival in Hollywood at age nineteen and climaxing seven years later when she achieved her dream of star billing -- in NIAGARA and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS at age twenty-six.

From struggling starlet to international movie star, YOUNG MARILYN shows all of the steps she made along the way: through unpublished stills from her first screen auditions, candid shots by fans, tests of her stunning costumes (some of them considered too revealing by the studio bosses for 1950s audiences), her most alluring glamour shots, and many more photographs of her in private and in public, many exclusive to this book. Haspiel explains each photograph in detail and puts them in context with an authoritative introduction on Monroe's early life and work containing information that has managed to escape earlier biographers.