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May 6, 2020 35 min

EP6 Lonely Escape Into Dreams

from Marilyn: Behind the Icon

Marilyn drives to Palm Springs to meet her father with a friend in early 1951. She recalls her early years living with her Mother and her childhood experiences escaping her lonely life at the local movie theater. Norma Jeane attends a movie premiere in 1933 at the Chinese Theater with Gladys and Grace. She begins to build an imaginary world to escape her harsh reality through the fantasy of the movies of the early 1930s. Flash forward to Marilyn meeting her childhood film idol, Clark Gable, the King of Hollywood, at a lavish Hollywood party after The Seven Year Itch is released. More at BehindtheIcon.com

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Marilyn attempts to meet her father in 1951, recalls living with her mother in the early 1930s and escaping her loneliness and the harsh reality of her daily life through movies and her imagination.

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