Austamerican. Director Larry Buchanan; Producer Larry Buchanan; Screenplay Lynn Hubert, Larry Buchanan; Camera Bob Sherry; Music Joe Beck
Misty Rowe
Terrence Locke
Patch Mackenzie
Preston Hanson
Marty Zagon
Andre Philippe
This is the story of Norma Jean Baker, who finds her body irresistible to men and uses it to fulfill her ambitions of becoming a movie star, Marilyn Monroe.
Starting in 1941, earlier she is raped by a motor cycle officer in lieu of a speeding ticket, which seemingly leaves her disliking sex. She works in a munitions factory, and wins a beauty contest.
Soon it becomes an endless succession of influential film men. Eventually a retired and ailing movie mogul, Hal James (Preston Hanson), takes a presumably platonic interest in her and grooms her into the Marilyn Monroe image.
Thesping is mostly sound with Misty Rowe, in the title role, giving a fine and sensitive performance, catching the star's own voice exactly.
(Color) Widescreen. Available on VHS. Extract of a review from 1976. Running time: 95 MIN.
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