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A comic bauble full of romance, intrigue...and Marilyn Monroe.

When a dazzling American showgirl captures the monocled eye of an impetuous European monarch, it's clear proof opposites attract. And who could be more attractive than luminous Marilyn Monroe and suave Laurence Olivier (who also produced and directed) as The Prince and the Showgirl?

He's Prince Regent of Carpathia, an arrogant stuffed shirt visitig London for the 1911 coronation of King George V. She's Elsie Marina of Milwaukee, short on social graces but long on common sense, in London as a third-blonde-from-the-left Gaiety Girl. Their liaison is an eye-opener - and it soon gets hazy as to who's seducing whom. With Olivier's style, Monroe's radiance and the wit of Terence Rattigan's script (adapting his play The Sleeping Prince), your heart and funnybone truly recieve the royal treatment.

Director:

Laurence Oliver [1],

Starring:

Harold Goodwin [2], Laurence Oliver [2], Rosamund Greenwood [1], Aubrey Dexter [1], Jean Kent [3], Richard Wattie [1], Paul Hardwick [1], Andreas Melandrinos [1], Jeremy Spenser [2], Esmond Knight [9], Sybil Thorndike [3], Marilyn Monroe [20],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.85:1

Subtitles:

Arabic , Dutch , English , French , German , Italian , Romanian , Spanish

Language and Sound:

English Mono
French Mono
Italian Mono

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