How to marry a millionaire/Become Marilyn: special Monroe evening on Arte

How to Marry a Millionaire will be followed by the captivating documentary Becoming Marilyn.

2022 marked 60 years since the disappearance of Marilyn Monroe. A sad anniversary, which had put the star more than ever in the spotlight. Arte then shared a captivating documentary on his career entitled Becoming Marilyn. He will come back later this evening How to marry a millionaireone of the star’s successes.

In 1953, this film, also starring Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable, was even an event: it was one of the first to be shot in Cinemascope, and this width of image, highlighted from its exceptional intro scene, had amazed the audience.

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Michèle Dominici, who had already signed a captivating feminist documentary for the channel (The forgotten history of housewives), then tells how, at 12, the teenager discovered that she was 17 and that she attracted the attention of men.

Dreaming of becoming an actress, this abandoned child, already terribly lucid, will gradually transform into another person. Norma Jeane will gradually fade away, to the rhythm of fashion photos, then blonde dyes and painful surgical operations, giving way to Marilyn, who will become a myth. An undeniable male fantasy.

But at what cost ? This is the question posed by this documentary, whose power comes above all from the strong words of the young woman, illustrated by archive images from the time, but also sometimes from extracts from more recent films which demonstrate the impact still important that this actress’ career in Hollywood had.

Becoming Marilyn will be visible for free on Arte.TV until June 2014.

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