![]() I could not have written this account while Marilyn was alive. During those days something happened that was impossible to include in my normal entries. But nine days during the middle of filming were missing from my account. But Monroe was determined to proveįrom my first day as third assistant director I kept a journal that was later published as The Prince, the Showgirl and Me. Monroe’s new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, dealt with her like a difficult child, and Milton Greene (her business partner in Marilyn Monroe Productions) was desperate to retain control of ‘his’ star by giving her prescription drugs. Olivier, the best-known classical actor of his generation, patronised Monroe – who before then had played only strippers and chorus girls – and treated her like a dumb blonde. I had just finished university and was only there because my parents were friends of Olivier andįilming on The Prince and the Showgirl went badly from the beginning. In the summer of 1956 I worked on the set of a film starring Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn lounges on a sofa in The Prince and the Showgirl ![]()
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