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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790753126
ISBN: 079075312X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 08, 2002
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 22853
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 13, 1957
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Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
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.
Rating: - The Prince and the Showgirl
This is a lighthearted movie about a mid-European prince & an American showgirl in 1912 London during coronation season. No, the showgirl doesn't get the prince at the end. Shadows of impending World War I are already looming. Tunes in this film are captivating. Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike ham it up beautifully, Richard Wattis is fabulous as the languid Foreign Office official assigned to this mission. Marilyn Monroe because she was so much a creation of the screen & somewhat overdone fits ... Read More
Rating: - Monroe Acts Olivier Off The Screen
This film was a particular highlight in Marilyn Monroe's career. It was the first - and unfortunately, only - film made by her production company Marilyn Monroe Productions and was also the first time she had made a film abroad. The film is set in London and Monroe stars opposite the great Laurence Olivier - who also directed the film - in one of her best comic roles. She plays a chorus girl named Elsie Marina who is spotted one night by the Prince Regent of Carpathia who is in London on political business. ... Read More
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