Marilyn Monroe was Hollywood's archetypal dumb blonde. She was also one smart cookie. That's the twist in Lois Banner's richly researched biography "Marilyn: the Passion and the Paradox." The passion ...
The brightest stars of the 1950s — including the likes of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, the Kennedy brothers, Lana Turner and Judy Garland — often hid the darkest secrets. Over 60 years later, people ...