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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Written by | Garson Kanin (novel) James Lee (teleplay) |
Directed by | John Erman |
Starring | Constance Forslund Lloyd Bridges Norman Fell Vic Tayback |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | May 18, 1980 |
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.