The Prince and the Showgirl
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The prince of carpathia courts an american showgirl in london in 1910. The tape also shows a greedy for tweedy cartoon coming atractions for spirit of st louis and a newsreelStudio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 09/27/2005Starring: Laurence Olivier Marilyn MonroeRun time: 117 minutesRating: NrDirector: Laurence Olivier
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Destined to remain a curio in the careers of Marilyn Monroe and LaurenceOlivier, The Prince and the Showgirl is a good movie that might have beengreat. While's she's wonderful as a saucy showgirl with a knack for foreignrelations, Monroe's off-screen notoriety in 1957 made this a directorialnightmare for Olivier, who never bursts out of his stiff-collared finery as theCarpathian Prince Regent, who's smitten by Marilyn's innocent, unpolishedcandor. Of course, she's actually smarter than the monocled monarch, at least inher sensible handling of his stuffed-shirt diplomacy, so it's easy to forgiveTerence Rattigan's script (from his play The Sleeping Prince) forfavoring pomp over circumstance. The comedy percolates without bubbling over inthis tale of opposites attracting, but it's a top-drawer production anyway,blessed by Jack Cardiff's gorgeous Technicolor cinematography and by the charmof costars who successfully concealed their off-screen anxieties. --JeffShannon
The prince of carpathia courts an american showgirl in london in 1910. The tape also shows a greedy for tweedy cartoon coming atractions for spirit of st louis and a newsreelStudio: Warner Home VideoRelease Date: 09/27/2005Starring: Laurence Olivier Marilyn MonroeRun time: 117 minutesRating: NrDirector: Laurence Olivier
Amazon.com:
Destined to remain a curio in the careers of Marilyn Monroe and LaurenceOlivier, The Prince and the Showgirl is a good movie that might have beengreat. While's she's wonderful as a saucy showgirl with a knack for foreignrelations, Monroe's off-screen notoriety in 1957 made this a directorialnightmare for Olivier, who never bursts out of his stiff-collared finery as theCarpathian Prince Regent, who's smitten by Marilyn's innocent, unpolishedcandor. Of course, she's actually smarter than the monocled monarch, at least inher sensible handling of his stuffed-shirt diplomacy, so it's easy to forgiveTerence Rattigan's script (from his play The Sleeping Prince) forfavoring pomp over circumstance. The comedy percolates without bubbling over inthis tale of opposites attracting, but it's a top-drawer production anyway,blessed by Jack Cardiff's gorgeous Technicolor cinematography and by the charmof costars who successfully concealed their off-screen anxieties. --JeffShannon
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Rating: 
- Get it for Monroe
This is a very mediocre movie. If it did not have the divine Marilyn and sir Olivier in it, if others had played their parts, nobody today would remember this flick. As it is, Olivier does well playing an ultra stuffed-shirt aristocrat, as there is nothing more to the character than that. The only real virtue of the movie is Marilyn, who in this movie, even more so than many of her others, is. . . how should I put this . . . Totally HOT.
Rating: 
- Not as bad as they say... or as good as they say
... but then, that goes for most things - and people - in life.
**** SPOILERS AHEAD ****
The story is simple - and occasionally baffling - enough.
It is the year 1911. Elsie, an American showgirl performing in London - typically (or stereotypically?) "candid" and seemingly rough around the edges, but as cute as a button - gets to meet the Prince Regent of a fictitious small kingdom (one suspects the "model" might have been the Kingdom ... Read More
Rating: 
- Delectable
The cover of the DVD notwithstanding, this could be a testament to professionalism (Olivier's) and a force of artful nature (Monroe). I'm thrilled that Olivier didn't get his first choice of leading lady for this one; Vivien Leigh was entirely too British and refined to be convincing as a showgirl from Milwaukee. I'm not alone in thinking this was Monroe's best performance, Her timing alone was a miracle, no matter how many takes it took her to get there. How much Olivier might have spared himself ... Read More
Rating: - Rather slow and talky, but Marilyn is simply radiant
As a romantic comedy, "The Prince and the Showgirl" really isn't that funny; it's fairly slow and talky, and I found myself shifting around in my seat in some irritation hoping that something would happen (as Raymond Chandler once said, more or less, when things get slow, you should have somebody burst through a door waving a gun!).However, it's still quite watchable for the simple reason that Marilyn Monroe is at her loveliest and liveliest here. She looks purely fantastic in Edwardian-period dress ... Read More
Rating: - Not so great movie
This is a movie that was a waste of time for everyone.Marilyn is strained in her role and Sir Lawrence Olivier acts as though he would rather be having a root canal.Very, very dull.
- Get it for MonroeThis is a very mediocre movie. If it did not have the divine Marilyn and sir Olivier in it, if others had played their parts, nobody today would remember this flick. As it is, Olivier does well playing an ultra stuffed-shirt aristocrat, as there is nothing more to the character than that. The only real virtue of the movie is Marilyn, who in this movie, even more so than many of her others, is. . . how should I put this . . . Totally HOT.
- Not as bad as they say... or as good as they say... but then, that goes for most things - and people - in life.
**** SPOILERS AHEAD ****
The story is simple - and occasionally baffling - enough.
It is the year 1911. Elsie, an American showgirl performing in London - typically (or stereotypically?) "candid" and seemingly rough around the edges, but as cute as a button - gets to meet the Prince Regent of a fictitious small kingdom (one suspects the "model" might have been the Kingdom ... Read More
- DelectableThe cover of the DVD notwithstanding, this could be a testament to professionalism (Olivier's) and a force of artful nature (Monroe). I'm thrilled that Olivier didn't get his first choice of leading lady for this one; Vivien Leigh was entirely too British and refined to be convincing as a showgirl from Milwaukee. I'm not alone in thinking this was Monroe's best performance, Her timing alone was a miracle, no matter how many takes it took her to get there. How much Olivier might have spared himself ... Read More
- Rather slow and talky, but Marilyn is simply radiantAs a romantic comedy, "The Prince and the Showgirl" really isn't that funny; it's fairly slow and talky, and I found myself shifting around in my seat in some irritation hoping that something would happen (as Raymond Chandler once said, more or less, when things get slow, you should have somebody burst through a door waving a gun!).However, it's still quite watchable for the simple reason that Marilyn Monroe is at her loveliest and liveliest here. She looks purely fantastic in Edwardian-period dress ... Read More
- Not so great movieThis is a movie that was a waste of time for everyone.Marilyn is strained in her role and Sir Lawrence Olivier acts as though he would rather be having a root canal.Very, very dull.
