The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me. The Colin Clark Diaries
signed first edition
1995 · London
by [MONROE, MARILYN] CLARK, COLIN
London: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition. Signed by the author Colin Clark. Illustrated. The diaries of Colin Clark, a young man who worked on the troubled set of the film, The Prince and the Showgirl, and had a first-hand view of the conflicts between Marilyn Monroe, Sir Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Arthur Miller, and Paula Strasberg. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of aging. Mr. Clark later went on to become the personal assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier, a theatrical stage manager, and a documentary film director. This book is the basis of the 2011 film Marilyn directed by Simon Curtis, starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark, Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh, and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier. (Inventory #: 22116E)