Laurence Olivier was one of the greatest actors in history, but also a difficult man who hated many of his co-stars with a passion, such as Marilyn Monroe.

In 1956, two icons — Marilyn Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier — got together in London to make a movie, The Prince and the Showgirl. It was a comedy about the lonely Prince Regent of Carpathia ...

How Marilyn drove drab 1950s Britain Monroe-mad, enraged Laurence Olivier and even made the Queen her No1 fan during four-month visit. Her four month visit was a blaze of stardust in a drab post ...

Marilyn Monroe vs Laurence Olivier. Tension arose in The Prince and the Showgirl, where she starred opposite Laurence Olivier. It was a clash of worlds—Monroe, ...

When it comes to Marilyn Monroe movies, we often think of classics like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Some Like It Hot (1959). But did you know there is another ...

Kenneth Branagh on Playing Laurence Olivier in ‘My Week with Marilyn’ (Audio) Branagh has been compared with Olivier for over three decades; now, at the age of 50, he is playing the man ...

In theater, films and television, Olivier commanded the stage and screen in everything from “Hamlet” to “The Prince and the Showgirl” with Marilyn Monroe.

Actor and director Kenneth Branagh took on the role of playing Olivier opposite Michelle Williams in "My Week With Marilyn." Branagh specifically looked to the period in Olivier's life when he was ...

Marilyn Monroe, America's most famous sex symbol, met the British monarch in 1956. At the time, she was filming "The Prince and the Showgirl" opposite Laurence Olivier.

Kenneth Branagh playing Laurence Olivier? In some ways, it seemed perfect match. Both were consummate Shakespearean actors who broke out into movie stardom; Branagh received Oscar noms for two ...

Everyone remembers his first job, Colin Clark tells us at the beginning of this film. Very few of us, though, have so memorable a first job as Clark had: working with Laurence Olivier and Marilyn ...