BARRYVILLE/MILFORD: It never took Marilyn Monroe long to make a big impression, even before she was famous. One such impression is explored in “Three Minutes of Marilyn”, a YouTube video featuring Milford author, John DiLeo. It examines Marilyn’s three minutes of screen time in “All About Eve,” which went on to win the 1950 Best Picture Oscar.

DiLeo explains, “Marilyn has inspired more ‘rescue fantasies’ than any other actress. We all wish we could have saved her, and we wonder what she might have accomplished if not for her tragic death.”

The entire world seems to have an endless fascination with Marilyn. She’s been the subject of countless songs, plays, documentaries, and essays.

Was she talented or just sexy? A flirt or a feminist? A dumb blond or a deep thinker? The most truthful answer may have come in a line she delivered in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”: “I can be smart when it’s important, but men don’t like it.”

“Three Minutes of Marilyn” is based on just one of one-hundred profiles in DiLeo’s new book, THERE ARE NO SMALL PARTS: 100 OUTSTANDING FILM PERFORMANCES WITH SCREEN TIME OF 10 MINUTES OR LESS, and is playing now on YouTube at this link: https://youtu.be/hSJ8bYYN2Ds.

The book is available for pre-order on Amazon and other online bookstores.