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The Prince and the Showgirl - Watch Movie

An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.

Type:

Movie

Genre:

Comedy, Romance,

Release Date:

Jun 13, 1957

Director:

Laurence Olivier,

Writer:

Terence Rattigan (Screenplay),

Cast:

Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Jeremy Spenser, David Horne, Harold Goodwin, Gladys Henson, Jean Kent, Charles Victor, Daphne Anderson, Vera Day, Gillian Owen, Esmond Knight, Paul Hardwick, Rosamund Greenwood, Andreas Malandrinos, Margot Lister, Aubrey Dexter, Maxine Audley, Dennis Edwards, Paul Beradi, Carole Gray, Aileen Lewis, Dido Plumb,

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CinemaSerf 08/03/2026

Luckily Queen Elizabeth II allowed some of her own Coronation footage from 1953 to double up for her grandfather’s forty-odd years earlier and so provide a backdrop for this unlikely romance between a visiting prince regent and a theatrical type who might well have piqued the interest of Edward VII. The fastidious prince (Laurence Olivier) is attending the ceremonies with his mother-in-law, the deaf as a post Queen dowager (Dame Sybil Thorndike) and his teenage son, the king (Jeremy Spenser) and staying at their embassy under the watchful eyes of the Foreign Office’s finest “Northbrook” (Richard Wattis). It’s the latter man who has to arrange entertainments for his guest so organises a visit to the theatre where he takes a liking to the plain speaking American “Elsie” (Marilyn Monroe). When she is invited back for a candlelit supper, she knows all too well what he has in mind and so begins a cleverly constructed cat and mouse game that sees her soon get used to the vodka, champagne, caviar and machinations of her host. Meantime, the young King is getting fed up playing second fiddle to his father and so is doing some plotting of his own - some scheming that soon involves “Elsie” in a little unexpected familial peacekeeping duties. It’s a sumptuously staged costume drama for which I felt both Olivier and Monroe ideally suited. His direction allowed himself to effortlessly become the foil for a Monroe who is on entertaining form throughout with a performance that might have impressed George Bernard Shaw. The pacing is a little uneven, with Olivier also keen to include some lengthy ceremonial imagery (and music) which does rather call an halt to proceedings towards the end, and I could also have done with a bit more from Dame Sybil and from the scene stealing Wattis but in the end I felt this as much a meeting of acting styles and generations as it was a period drama and despite my initial reservations, I did quite enjoy it.

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