Warner Bros
Directed by Laurence Olivier
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Marilyn Monroe is the ditzy blonde actress picked up after the show one night by a slumming British royal. She is whisked off to the palace where she manages to stay for the next couple of days despite continually being brushed off by her would-be suitor. She is befriended by the Queen and made handmaiden for a day, allowing her to attend the coronation of King George. Later, she gets invited to the coronation ball. These events take up much of the running time, with the camera lingering on details of historical, if not always narrative, interest. Laurence Olivier, who stars and directs, also lets the camera linger a little too long on Marilyn's bum, by which he seems fascinated.
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