From her turbulent childhood when her mother vanished beyond the dark wall of mental illness, through her short stays at various orphanages and foster homes to her marriage at sixteen to James Dougherty. Relive Marilyn's first exposure during World War II as a calendar girl for the war effort, one of her first performances in Ladies of the Chorus, and acting debut in "Asphalt Jungle", then into the limelight as a glamorous Hollywood superstar: "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe", lifts the veil of intrigue and depicts the essence of the legendary Norma Jean Baker we grew to love as Marilyn Monroe.