George Zimbel was there on the street among several photographers to document what would become Marilyn Monroe's most lasting image: a blowing white halter dress. More than the dress or the scene, Zimbel remembers a Joe Dimaggio that couldn't take all the bright lights that night: leaving Monroe all alone in a white halter dress.

Leif-Erik Nygards' one photograph of Marilyn Monroe. When he met her, Nygards was an assistant to photographer Bert Stern. Following a shoot, Nygards asked if he could take just one picture for himself: he got more than he asked for.

A relationship in pictures: Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.

David Geffen’s far-reaching influence — as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist — has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. Notoriously press and camera-shy, Geffen reveals himself for the first time in the new two-hour documentary; premiering nationally on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 on PBS (check local listings).

A silent short: Marilyn Monroe's 'Ballerina' outtakes.

A silent short: developing a Marilyn Monroe photograph.

How Milton Greene photographed Marilyn Monroe... Greene was one of many photographers in and out of Monroe's life. But, they were closer than most. Monroe even lived with his family for a short time. More than anything, Greene shot her in such a prolific way. The 'Black Sitting' is just one of their many sessions.

Marilyn Monroe still surrounds us: store windows, building sides, restaurants, art.

In 1959, Rod Serling, a New Yorker turned Hollywood screenwriter, was the brooding type: a man that could not be satisfied. It was in his own darkness--of having achieved acclaim as well as fame, only to have TV sponsors and executives pull the rug out from under him--where he dreamed up The Twilight Zone. See and hear Serling in an interview with Mike Wallace just before the The Twilight Zone's first broadcast.