Tag Archives: The Prince and the Showgirl

Jean Bray Remembers Marilyn

Posted on March 8, 2012 by marina72

Jean Bray, who was hired as a publicist during production of The Prince and the Showgirl, has spoken to the Gloucestershire Echo about her memories of Marilyn:  ”I was not allowed on the film set because of the unions. But my … Continue reading →


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Rare Photos From Snyder Estate

Posted on March 6, 2012 by marina72

 Photos taken on the set of various Monroe movies – including Niagara, River of No Return, and The Prince and the Showgirl – are being sold by the estate of Marilyn’s make-up artist and friend, Allan ‘Whitey’ Snyder. The colour slides … Continue reading →


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Monroe Dress Display in Reading, PA

Posted on January 17, 2012 by marina72

WFMZ-TV reports on a screening of My Week With Marilyn last night at GoggleWorks in Reading, Pennsylvania, was followed by appearances from local film historian Robert P. Metzger (author of the 1988 book, Reagan: American Icon), and Monroe collector Gene London, … Continue reading →


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‘Weekends With Marilyn’ in Nashville

Posted on January 15, 2012 by marina72

If you’re going to Nashville anytime soon, don’t miss this Monroe retrospective at The Belcourt Theatre. Don’t Bother to Knock screens today, with Clash by Night, River of No Return, The Prince and the Showgirl, Some Like it Hot and … Continue reading →


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Celebrating Marilyn in Palm Springs

Posted on January 12, 2012 by marina72

Marilyn, a regular visitor to Palm Springs, will be remembered at its International Film Festival with a screening of The Prince and the Showgirl at 1pm this Saturday, January 14, at the Palm Canyon Theatre, reports My Desert. Susan Bernard will … Continue reading →


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Marilyn at the Cinematheque

Posted on January 5, 2012 by marina72

A double bill of Monroe classics – The Prince and the Showgirl and Some Like it Hot - will be screened at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, L.A., preceded by a book-signing with Susan Bernard, author of Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, … Continue reading →


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An Eternal Icon of Hollywood

Posted on December 22, 2011 by marina72

Last weekend’s ‘Icons of Hollywood’ auction, hosted by Profiles in History, featured several interesting Monroe items which, of course, sold for high prices. Highlights included this photo-booth snapshot of a young Norma Jeane ($4,612.50); various negatives, transparencies and prints; clothing … Continue reading →


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Marilyn’s Method Approach

Posted on December 15, 2011 by marina72

Vanity Fair‘s Bruce Handy re-evaluates Marilyn’s performance in The Prince and the Showgirl: “The film is a classic example of Hollywood’s most prevalent genre: the awful movie made by talented people. The culprit isn’t Monroe’s neuroses, but rather a creaky, silly screenplay … Continue reading →


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Pinewood Revisited

Posted on December 2, 2011 by marina72

Michelle Morgan, author of Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, recounts her visit to Pinewood – where Marilyn filmed The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956 – for the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph. “Pinewood Studios is like a huge industrial estate and to … Continue reading →


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A ‘Prince and the Showgirl’ Fact File

Posted on December 2, 2011 by marina72

 A look at the facts behind the making of The Prince and the Showgirl (as opposed to Colin Clark’s ‘fairy tale’ version), from Gary Susman at Moviefone. “‘The Prince and the Showgirl’ was to be the first movie made by Marilyn … Continue reading →


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