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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.

Director

Emma Cooper

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

N/A

Production

Empress Films,Library Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81216491

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Billy Wilder

John Dandoff

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Reed Wilson

Richard Sherman

Joan Greenson

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News Reporter

Natalie Jacobs

Hildi Greenson

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John F. Kennedy

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Robert F. Kennedy

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Sydney Guilaroff

Danny Greenson

Nick Arden

Milton Greene

Gloria Romanoff

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Fred Otash

Mauro Montuschi

Harry Hall

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Patricia Newcomb

Isabelle Steers

Peggy Feury

Jason Rudenskaya

Dorothy Shaw

Jeanne Martin

Victoria Scowcroft

Jane Russel

Billy Woodfield

Daniel Stockton

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Anthony Summers

Al Rosen

John Huston

Brian James Twiddy

John Sherlock

Henry Rosenfield

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A queen in her own realm of entertainment. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

A queen in her own realm of entertainment.

Tony, I have often said
that I could put together - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Tony, I have often said that I could put together

But I never talk
to the press ever, ever, ever. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

But I never talk to the press ever, ever, ever.

- Marilyn Monroe. I knew her very well.
- You did? - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

- Marilyn Monroe. I knew her very well. - You did?

Well, I was... Al Rosen Agency was
one of the top agencies in the business. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Well, I was... Al Rosen Agency was one of the top agencies i...

But, you see,
the history of this business is - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

But, you see, the history of this business is

...every casting director,
every studio used to have a black book, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

...every casting director, every studio used to have a black...

So, every girl, you know, I'm talking
about kids that were breaking in, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

So, every girl, you know, I'm talking about kids that w...

Calling all girls!
Calling all girls! - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Calling all girls! Calling all girls!

Pride. Adventure. Ambition. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Pride. Adventure. Ambition.

Well, my husband knew her first,
early '40s. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Well, my husband knew her first, early '40s.

You know, a generous girl,
warm girl, really rather lovable. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

You know, a generous girl, warm girl, really rather lovable.

She was very much on the restaurant scene
and the club scene. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She was very much on the restaurant scene and the club scene...

- But at Romanoff's.
- Yeah. Enormous fun. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

- But at Romanoff's. - Yeah. Enormous fun.

It had a real mélange of people, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

It had a real mélange of people,

So young is Hollywood - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

So young is Hollywood

- She was always very much at his house.
- Yeah. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

- She was always very much at his house. - Yeah.

Johnny Hyde, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Johnny Hyde spoke to me
about her first - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Johnny Hyde spoke to me about her first

And, um we talked to her
and gave her a script. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And, um we talked to her and gave her a script.

She went away
and came back a day or two later, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She went away and came back a day or two later,

Only once in a decade
does the screen come up with - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Only once in a decade does the screen come up with

She would reach down
and pull something out of herself - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She would reach down and pull something out of herself

She found things
about womankind in herself. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She found things about womankind in herself.

It was only Marilyn,
but she was Marilyn plus. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

It was only Marilyn, but she was Marilyn plus.

An award to the popular new star. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

An award to the popular new star.

It's Marilyn Monroe,
skyrocketing to new dramatic heights. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

It's Marilyn Monroe, skyrocketing to new dramatic heigh...

Marilyn Monroe,
all the moviegoers of America voted you - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Marilyn Monroe, all the moviegoers of America voted you

A Hollywood incident
that marks another salute - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

A Hollywood incident that marks another salute

And now here comes
a young lady who has - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And now here comes a young lady who has

Take it from me, I've known her
a long time, Miss Marilyn Monroe! - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Take it from me, I've known her a long time, Miss Maril...

She was very bright,
and she wanted to learn - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She was very bright, and she wanted to learn

And every night after work,
she would go to the coach. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And every night after work, she would go to the coach.

...the camera went on, it was like a whole
electric light went on in the, you know... - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

...the camera went on, it was like a whole electric light we...

I just felt like I was
on the outside of the world, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I just felt like I was on the outside of the world,

I said, "Gee, what happened?" - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I said, "Gee, what happened?"

I want to do the best
that I can do in that moment. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I want to do the best that I can do in that moment.

That moment
I want to be... perfect. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

That moment I want to be... perfect.

I'll tell you, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

By now she was dressed
to the T's, and she'd become the... - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

By now she was dressed to the T's, and she'd becom...

The sex symbol of this country. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

The sex symbol of this country.

And it wasn't...
It wasn't just a sex thing at all. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And it wasn't... It wasn't just a sex thing at all...

There was something deeply moving
about Marilyn, always. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

There was something deeply moving about Marilyn, always.

We were close during the picture, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

We were close during the picture,

She didn't go back
and seek out any of the people - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She didn't go back and seek out any of the people

Something you felt - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Something you felt

Well, I hated Hollywood.
My family knew enough Hollywood people. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Well, I hated Hollywood. My family knew enough Hollywood peo...

You know, I had, at times,
met movie stars at parties - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

You know, I had, at times, met movie stars at parties

My notion was these people were...
were phoneys and narcissistic characters. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

My notion was these people were... were phoneys and narcissi...

So when I heard
that Dad was seeing Marilyn, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

So when I heard that Dad was seeing Marilyn,

He was seeing her at home.
I thought, "What a bunch of bullshit." - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

He was seeing her at home. I thought, "What a bunch of ...

I mean,
there was something about Marilyn - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I mean, there was something about Marilyn

But there were times, you know, that
I would pick her up in my Hillman Minx, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

But there were times, you know, that I would pick her up in ...

Marilyn without makeup and a scarf
over her hair and just sitting there, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Marilyn without makeup and a scarf over her hair and just si...

There was an at-homeness
with her body - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

There was an at-homeness with her body

To be sort of almost animallike - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

To be sort of almost animallike

You know, beautiful
and very, in a sense, poetic. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

You know, beautiful and very, in a sense, poetic.

And I'm not calling myself an orphan. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And I'm not calling myself an orphan.

In all the years
he'd been doing that, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

In all the years he'd been doing that,

He never treated anybody
as unorthodoxly as he was treating her. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

He never treated anybody as unorthodoxly as he was treating ...

His feeling was that because of who
she was, she could never be hospitalized. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

His feeling was that because of who she was, she could never...

So given that he couldn't do that, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

So given that he couldn't do that,

That's how a sort of more
of a friendliness then came about. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

That's how a sort of more of a friendliness then came a...

And that would be where the sort of
predinner conversation would go on. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And that would be where the sort of predinner conversation w...

She had a... a mind that searched - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She had a... a mind that searched

It must have been
somewhere along the line - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

It must have been somewhere along the line

And it was in that particular setting
that I slowly but surely got to know her, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

And it was in that particular setting that I slowly but sure...

Within that family,
I was the new arrived left-winger. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Within that family, I was the new arrived left-winger.

So, but we'd get into these conversations, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

So, but we'd get into these conversations,

I began to like her and to recognize
that there was more to this person - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I began to like her and to recognize that there was more to ...

Well, Marilyn told me that
there was a new man in her life. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Well, Marilyn told me that there was a new man in her life.

- Neat.
- And he was really neat - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

- Neat. - And he was really neat

She said that this person was so important
that she wouldn't tell me who it was. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She said that this person was so important that she wouldn&#...

Calling him "the general." - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Calling him "the general."

You know, it was real peculiar that
here I'm sitting with Marilyn Monroe. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

You know, it was real peculiar that here I'm sitting wi...

We're talking about boyfriends, and
I'm meeting some schlub at art school. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

We're talking about boyfriends, and I'm meeting so...

I know that she's talking about somebody
that's very big in the government. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I know that she's talking about somebody that's ve...

So I didn't know whether
it was Bobby or the president. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

So I didn't know whether it was Bobby or the president.

I mean, I don't even remember
the guy I had a crush on back then, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I mean, I don't even remember the guy I had a crush on ...

There was more
to this person than met the eye. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

There was more to this person than met the eye.

Joe DiMaggio!
Smacked one out of the park! - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

Joe DiMaggio! Smacked one out of the park!

It's just that - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

But I think she was
quite taken with DiMaggio. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

But I think she was quite taken with DiMaggio.

I saw him for around a year
and a half, two years, and we married. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I saw him for around a year and a half, two years, and we ma...

He understood
some things about me, and... - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

He understood some things about me, and...

We based our marriage on it. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

We based our marriage on it.

The only thing that I have to complain
about is I haven't seen much of Marilyn. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

The only thing that I have to complain about is I haven'...

She is making a trip to Korea, - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

She is making a trip to Korea,

I mean, I really don't think
they had a lot in common. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I mean, I really don't think they had a lot in common.

I think she was very touched
by his genuine concern for her. - The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

I think she was very touched by his genuine concern for her.

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Explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.

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Director: Emma Cooper

Writer: N/A

Production: Empress Films,Library Films

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 38/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 Apr 2022

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81216491