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[1] about Monroe, the film was presented as part of a three-night TV special event on NBC titled Moviola: A Hollywood Saga.[1]

This Year's Blonde
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Based onMoviola
by Garson Kanin
Teleplay byJames Lee
Directed byJohn Erman
StarringConstance Forslund
Lloyd Bridges
Norman Fell
Vic Tayback
Music byElmer Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time100 minutes
Original release
ReleaseMay 18, 1980 (1980-05-18)

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.

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  1. ^ a b Jeanette M. Berard; Klaudia Englund (2009). Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992: A Catalog of the American Radio Archives Collection (Thousand Oaks Library). McFarland & Company. p. 390. ISBN 9780786454372. Retrieved December 29, 2011.
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