Did a young British third assistant director have a brief affair with Marilyn Monroe during the making of
The Prince and the Showgirl? If you believe what the Oscar-nominated
My Week With Marilyn suggests and the autobiographies of Colin Clark then, well, yes. But those who question the story include Sarah Churchwell, professor of American Literature at the University of East Anglia in England and the author of
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. She asserts that most of the film's historical data rings true, but points out that only Clark knows the truth about their relationship, and since he wrote two books after everyone else had passed away, there's not many who can dispute Clark's claims. "He waited some 40 years after the fact to publish them," said
Churchwell, "which does make one think, you know, having read all of these biographies, that he capitalized on her fame and her familiarity and wrote a couple of books claiming a little bit more than happened." And since Clark died in 2002, no one can give him the third degree. Clark also reveals intimate details about Monroe's personal life in the book (i.e. having a miscarriage), but these can be found in other writings about Monroe, according to Churchwell. Regardless of the facts, the acting rings true. Both Michelle Williams as Marilyn and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Lawrence Olivier earned Academy Award nominations for their accurate portrayals of these legendary stars. An interesting story about Monroe's provocative 'bra-strap snapping' photo op to announce the making of
Prince can be found
here.
Did a young British third assistant director have a brief affair with Marilyn Monroe during the making of The Prince and the Showgirl? If you believe what the Oscar-nominated My Week With Marilyn suggests and the autobiographies of Colin Clark then, well, yes. But those who question the story include Sarah Churchwell, professor of American Literature at the University of East Anglia in England and the author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe. She asserts that most of the film's historical data rings true, but points out that only Clark knows the truth about their relationship, and since he wrote two books after everyone else had passed away, there's not many who can dispute Clark's claims. "He waited some 40 years after the fact to publish them," said Churchwell, "which does make one think, you know, having read all of these biographies, that he capitalized on her fame and her familiarity and wrote a couple of books claiming a little bit more than happened." And since Clark died in 2002, no one can give him the third degree. Clark also reveals intimate details about Monroe's personal life in the book (i.e. having a miscarriage), but these can be found in other writings about Monroe, according to Churchwell. Regardless of the facts, the acting rings true. Both Michelle Williams as Marilyn and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Lawrence Olivier earned Academy Award nominations for their accurate portrayals of these legendary stars. An interesting story about Monroe's provocative 'bra-strap snapping' photo op to announce the making of Prince can be found here.
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