Tag Archives: The Prince and the Showgirl

Re-Reading ‘My Week With Marilyn’

Posted on November 25, 2011 by marina72

Colin Clark’s two memoirs have been reissued in a single volume to tie in with today’s movie release. In a review for the Daily Mail, Tom Cox says that the first part (The Prince, the Showgirl and Me) as ‘delightfully … Continue reading →


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Vera Day Remembers Marilyn

Posted on November 22, 2011 by marina72

Vera Day, who played Marilyn’s friend Betty in The Prince and the Showgirl, has spoken to The Daily Beast about the challenge of acting alongside the world’s famous star. “I thought Marilyn was just beautiful. I used to gaze at her … Continue reading →


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Marilyn’s English Adventure

Posted on November 16, 2011 by marina72

Writing for London’s Time Out magazine, Wally Hammond investigates the true story behind Marilyn’s visit to England in 1956.  ”Marilyn’s transcendent, radiant quality is inimitable. And it would be fair to say that Williams’s performance in ‘My Week with Marilyn’ copies but … Continue reading →


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When Marilyn’s Strap Snapped

Posted on November 13, 2011 by marina72

The New York Times recounts a press conference at the city’s Plaza Hotel on February 9, 1956, held by Marilyn and Sir Laurence Olivier to announce their upcoming film, The Prince and the Showgirl. When the strap on Marilyn’s dress broke, … Continue reading →


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Colin Clark on Marilyn

Posted on October 30, 2011 by marina72

An extract from Colin Clark’s My Week With Marilyn - reissued to tie in with the new film adaptation – is published in today’s Mail on Sunday. (As I’ve mentioned here before, I don’t believe Clark was intimate with Marilyn, though … Continue reading →


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Opening Shots: Bus Stop

Posted on September 18, 2011 by marina72

A further extract from Richard Dyer’s Heavenly Bodies, considering Marilyn’s first scene in Bus Stop. Screencaps by likeabalalaika “The first shot of Monroe, as so often in her films, is a point-of-view shot. But it is not Beau, the hero’s, point … Continue reading →


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‘Showgirl’ Screens in Walsall

Posted on July 7, 2011 by marina72

  The Prince and the Showgirl will be screened at the Forest Arts Centre on July 8 at 2pm, preceded by a short presentation by local author Ian Payne on Marilyn’s co-star, Richard Wattis, who was born in Staffordshire. There … Continue reading →


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BFI to Honour Jean Kent

Posted on June 29, 2011 by marina72

Actress Jean Kent – who appeared alongside Marilyn in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) – will be honoured by the British Film Institute at 6.10 pm today (her 90th birthday), at the National Film Theatre on London’s Southbank. Former … Continue reading →


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MM Film Season in NYC

Posted on June 26, 2011 by marina72

Fourteen of Marilyn’s films will screen next month at New York’s BAM Rose Cinema, reports the New York Post July 1: The Asphalt Jungle, Don’t Bother to Knock July 2: The Seven Year Itch July 3-4: Some Like it Hot July … Continue reading →


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‘A Queen in Her Own Realm’

Posted on March 30, 2011 by marina72

I’ve written a guest post for British Pathé Blog, focussing on archive footage of Marilyn Monroe.


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