The Prince and the Showgirl

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1957. Vintage one sheet poster for the US release of the 1957 British film.

Based on screenwriter Terence Rattigan's 1953 play "The Sleeping Prince," about the visiting prince of a small (fictional) Balkan nation who falls in love with an American showgirl while in London. A notoriously difficult production, which forms the basis for two behind-the-scenes memoirs by Marilyn Monroe's personal assistant, Colin Clark, "The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me" (1996) and "My Week with Marilyn" (2000), the later sharing the title of the 2011 film based on the memoirs, directed by Simon Curtis, and starring Michelle Williams as Monroe.

Set and shot in London.

27 x 41 inches. Very Good plus, with restoration at the folds. Archivally backed on linen and rolled.

[Book #120919]