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Saturday Cinema 2: The Prince and the Showgirl

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Marilyn Monroe Laurence Olivier Among the royal visitors for the Coronation of 1911 are the Regent of Carpathia, his son, King Nicholas, and his mother-in-law the Queen Dowager. For diplomatic reasons, the Foreign Office is eager to gratify the Regent's every whim even to the extent of arranging a secret romance with a beautiful American chorus girl, Elsie Marina. ...
Screenplay by TERENCE RATTIGAN from his own play
Produced and directed by LAURENCE OLIVIER
0 FILMS: page 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Marilyn Monroe
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Elsie Marina.
Unknown:
Terence Rattigan
Directed By:
Laurence Olivier
Elsie:
Marilyn Monroe
Regent:
Laurence Olivier
Queen Dowager:
Sybil Thorndike
Northbrook:
Richard Wattis
King Nicholas:
Jeremy Spenser
Col Hoffman:
Esmond Knight
Major-domo:
Paul Hardwick
Maud:
Rosamund Greenwood
Ambassador:
Aubrey Dexter
Source: Radio Times

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