Unabridged Marilyn Author:Randall Riese Want to find out what Marilyn's favorite color was? Or how many movies she appeared in? What foods she ate? Who Marilyn's favorite Powerpuff Girl was? Chances are one'll find three of the four and much much more in The Unabridged Marilyn A-Z, which is an encyclopedia, a Marilyn matrix at one's fingertips. — The entry featuring lis... more »ts are painstakingly detailed, thanks to the duo of Randall Riese and Neal Hitchens. Firsts, for example, lists that her first LIFE cover was the April 1952 one, that her first date was Jim Dougherty, later to become her first husband, or that her first screen test was on 19 July 1946.
Other entries range from individual movies, people who played parts in her life, be they crucial, trivial, or peripheral, such as photographers, directors, and other performers. For example, there's a short entry on Audrey Hepburn because the part of Breakfast At Tiffany's Holly Golightly was originally written by Truman Capote with MM in mind. Selected movie reviews, the coroner's report, LAPD police report, list of quotes, comprise other entries.« less