This Year's Blonde (1980)

Directed by

John Erman

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This TV movie dramatizes the early years of Marilyn Monroe's career. It shows her relationship with agent Johnny Hyde, who helped her become a star.

historicaldramaticglamoroussadintimatenostalgiccharacter-focused

What happens

This Year's Blonde is a 1980 American television film directed by John Erman and starring Constance Forslund as Marilyn Monroe, Lloyd Bridges as Johnny Hyde, and Norman Fell. Based on the Garson Kanin novel Moviola about Monroe, the film was presented as part of a three-night TV special event on NBC titled Moviola: A Hollywood Saga. This Year's Blonde was the first of two TV movies about Monroe in 1980; the second was Marilyn: The Untold Story, starring Catherine Hicks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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