The Prince and the Showgirl

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DVD Features:

Rated: Not Rated
Closed captioning available
Run Time: 1 hours, 57 minutes
Video: Color
Released: April 3, 2012
Originally Released: 1957
Label: Warner Home Video
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: Announcement Newsreel
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:

English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Japanese, Spanish

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Marilyn Monroe & Laurence Olivier
Performer:		Sybil Thorndike, Jeremy Spenser, Esmond Knight, Paul Hardwicke, Rosamund Greenwood & Maxine Audley
Directed by		Laurence Olivier
Edited by		Jack Harris
Composition by		Richard Addinsell
Cinematography by		Jack Cardiff
Story by		Terence Rattigan
Produced by		Laurence Olivier

Entertainment Reviews:

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Aug 4, 2012

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Feb 19, 2008

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Aug 6, 2012

Product Description:

Laurence Olivier is the Carpathian prince visiting England for the coronation of George V. Marilyn Monroe is Elsie Marina, an American actress doing a musical review at a nearby theater. When an old flame of the prince's turns out to be Elsie's boss at the theater, their paths cross--and Elsie's determined not to let them uncross. After the prince confirms her worst fear--that he's interested only in a quick seduction--she nonetheless finds herself falling for him. As his mother-in-law takes a shine to Elsie, she finds herself attending every official function of the coronation--to the chagrin of the prince and her jealous boss. The crusty prince must decide whether to let love into his duty-bound life, and Elsie must decide if happily-ever-after ever really comes true. Olivier shines in his dour, bumbling straight-man role, while Monroe is at her charming, luminous, naive best.

Plot Synopsis:

This modern Cinderella story teams Marilyn Monroe with Laurence Olivier in an unlikely story of romance between a visiting European potentate and a lowly but attractive British showgirl. The English government, anxious to please the influential leader, helps push the two together--despite the beautiful young woman's confusion and protests in the early stages of the courtship.

Keywords:

Romance | Vintage | Royalty | Theatrical Release | Relationships

Production Notes:

The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in London.
Tension abounded on the set. Monroe was nervous and insecure at working with the legendary British actor; Olivier found her unprofessionalism and neediness tiresome; and Olivier's then-wife, Vivien Leigh, was consumed with jealousy throughout the production.
Monroe spends most of the film in a form-fitting, borderline-too-small white evening dress completely anachronistic to the period. (The film is set in 1911.)
In 1975, Britain's equivalent of the Tony awards were named the Oliviers.