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Mama -- Struggle for survival -- Be a good girl -- The world becomes friendly -- A stray little kitten -- Rising -- Important meetings -- The talk of Hollywood -- Melting the screen -- Dissatisfactions -- Elegant vulgarity -- Marilyn Inc -- New York actress -- A different suit -- Innocent monster -- Marriage -- Marilyn gets hot -- Truth -- Making love -- An unfit misfit -- A woman alone -- Nightmare -- Manic depressive -- Age 3-5 -- Doctor-patient relations -- Compartmentalization -- Negated sex symbol -- Starting something -- Mass seduction -- Is Marilyn finished? -- Elizabeth and Marilyn -- Last sittings -- Sleepwalking -- Anger and despair -- Miscommunications -- We've lost her -- Epilogue: Lingering radiance