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The Prince and the Showgirl (originally titled The Sleeping Prince) is a 1957 British romantic comedy film starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier, who also served as director and producer. The screenplay written by Terence Rattigan was based on his 1953 stage play The Sleeping Prince.
- Terence Rattigan
- $4.3 million
- 1953
- The Sleeping Prince, 1953 play, by Terence Rattigan
The Prince and the Showgirl: Directed by Laurence Olivier. With Richard Wattis, David Horne, Laurence Olivier, Jeremy Spenser. An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
- Laurence Olivier
- 68
- 2 min
In 1956, two icons — Marilyn Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier — got together in London to make a movie, The Prince and the Showgirl. It was a comedy about the lonely Prince Regent of...
A traveling party of royals from central Europe arrives in England in 1911, as the host country prepares to celebrate the coronation of a new king. But when the visiting Regent (Laurence Olivier ...
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- Marilyn Monroe
- Laurence Olivier
- Comedy
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American showgirl Elsie (Marilyn Monroe) awakens at the Carpathian embassy in London, having passed out on vodka the night before, now feeling receptive to the hesitant romantic overtures offered by the regent (Laurence Olivier, who also directed), posing new problems, in The Prince And The Showgirl, 1957.
Summaries. An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her. Among the dignitaries from the Balkan State of Carpathia in London for the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in June 1911 is the Regent, His Serene Highness the Grand Duke Charles.
