Arthur Miller the murder, postulating that part of the reason Miller took such an active interest (including supporting Reilly's defense and using his own celebrity to bring attention to Reilly's plight) was because he had felt similarly persecuted in his run-ins with the HUAC. He sympathized with Reilly, whom he firmly believed to be innocent and to have been railroaded by the Connecticut State Police and the Attorney General who had initially prosecuted the case. In 1964 "After the Fall" was produced, and is said to be a deeply personal view of Miller's experiences during his marriage to Monroe. The play reunited
Marilyn Miller representing famous theatrical professionals of the time. In 2013, after years of neglect, the building and statues were restored. One of the poems in Patti Smith's 1972 book "Seventh Heaven" is titled "Marilyn Miller". In 1949, a sanitized biopic, appropriately titled "Look for the Silver Lining", starred June Haver as Miller. She was also portrayed by Judy Garland in "Till the Clouds Roll By, "MGM's biopic of Jerome Kern. In 1978 the story of her tempestuous relationship with Ziegfeld was portrayed in the Emmy-winning made-for-TV biopic "Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women", starring Pamela Peadin as Miller, Paul Shenar as