Filming The Prince and the Showgirl

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
15 July 1956 in London

Planet News photograph titled 'Marilyn's away...Sir Laurence gets down to work in the Foreign Office courtyard'. Caption on back reads: Sir Laurence Olivier, who will film "The Sleeping Prince" with Marilyn Monroe, went to work on the first scenes yesterday. He is shown (left) in costume for his part as Grand Duke Charles, watching from the camera a rehearsal in the Foreign Office quadrangle. But where was Marilyn? Spending her first Sunday morning in England with husband, Arthur Miller, at their Surrey honeymoon home.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/30207
Materials:
ink, paper (fibre product), paint and wax
Measurements:
overall: 202 mm x 251 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Daily Herald Archive, National Media Museum, Bradford