The prince, the showgirl, and me : six months on the set with Marilyn and Olivier /

"Leaving college in the 1950s, Colin Clark got a job as a gofer on the London set of a new motion picture called The Prince and the Showgirl. It was no ordinary production: Uniting Britain's premier classical actor, Sir Laurence Olivier (also the director), with Hollywood's ultimate s...

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Main Author: Clark, Colin, 1932-2002
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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