Past Imperfect (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Sir Laurence Olivier To redress the balance after the frightening Entertainer photo Below with Greer Garson on the set of Pride and Prejudice. The other leading actor of his day was Sir John Gielgud. They were very different: Sir Larry - physical, sexy and you could see and marvel at the wheels working, whereas Sir John was more ethereal, cerebral and not sexy. It always reminded me of...
Past Imperfect (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in John Osborne's The Entertainer.
My[confined]Space (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Proud cats with their pets. Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier + cats originally appeared on My[confined]Space on December 3, 2009.
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
... to begin lensing in June, 2010. My Week will be based on the diary of Colin Clark, an employee of Laurence Olivier, who looked after Monroe when she came to London to film Olivier's "The Prince and the Showgirl" in 1957. Although Colin was technically considered the third assistant director, his unofficial role was to keep Monroe out of Olivier's way"....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... described it as the book Lewis, previously best known for his biographies of Peter Sellers, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Burgess and Carry On actor Charles Hawtrey, was born to write. He has what publishers might call a word-of-mouth sensation on his hands, and it is already being reprinted. But when I eventually reach his home in the small town of Bromyard (station-less and a half-hour...
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Toby Stephens is to make an emotional debut at the theatre where his parents -Robert Stephens and Maggie Smith - performed as part of Laurence Olivier's original National Theatre company
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michelle Williams may be portraying blonde icon Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn . She is listed as “in talks” for the part, according to a Tweet from Production Weekly . The film peeks behind the scenes during the making of 1957’s The Princess and the Showgirl co-starring Laurence Olivier. The story is based on a diary and told from the perspective of Colin Clark, a personal assistant...
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Production Weekly is reporting this week that Michelle Williams ( Wendy and Lucy , Brokeback Mountain ) is in talks to play Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn . The project, which is under the helm of British TV vet Simon Curtis and producer David Parfitt, is based on the diary of Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier in 1957. He was tasked to look after Monroe when she...
Interval Drinks (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... itself is intentionally frantic with Lawrence playing some fifty roles including Sid James and Laurence Olivier. Director Paul Hunter (of Told by an Idiot ) moves events along at rapid pace; at one point he stages a conversation between three characters, Hawtrey, his mother and Madame Conti, forcing Lawrence to switch roles for almost every other line of dialogue. This she does by...
Daemon's Movies (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Michelle Williams has been asked to portray Marilyn Monroe on the big screen. The 'Brokeback Mountain' starlet has been lined up to play tragic screen icon Marilyn in movie 'My Week With Marilyn' - which will focus on the making of her 1957 film 'The Prince And The Showgirl' with Laurence Olivier. Although Michelle has [...]
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Michelle Williams has been asked to portray Marilyn Monroe on the big screen. The ‘Brokeback Mountain’ starlet has been lined up to play tragic screen icon Marilyn in movie ‘My Week With Marilyn’ – which will focus on the making of her 1957 film ‘The Prince And The Showgirl’ with Laurence Olivier. Although Michelle has been offered [...]
The Lead (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Those of a certain age may remember watching Anthony Quinn and Laurence Olivier face off as the fictional Pope Kiril I and Soviet Premier in the film version of The Shoes of the Fisherman . Armed with such images, we may be surprised to learn that the Russian Federation may soon enter into full diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Rocco Palmo, blogging at Whispers in Loggia , talks...
CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... to begin lensing in June, 2010. My Week will be based on the diary of Colin Clark, an employee of Laurence Olivier, who looked after Monroe when she came to London to film Olivier's "The Prince and the Showgirl" in 1957. Although Colin was technically considered the third assistant director, his unofficial role was to keep Monroe out of Olivier's way. Clark...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
"Michelle Williams has been asked to portray Marilyn Monroe on the big screen. The ‘Brokeback Mountain’ actress has been lined up to play tragic screen icon Marilyn in movie ‘My Week With Marilyn’ – which will focus on the making of her 1957 film ‘The Prince And The Showgirl’ with Laurence Olivier. Although Michelle has been offered the...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... Clark's book My Week With Marilyn. Clark was hired as the "third assistant director" on Laurence Olivier's The Prince and the Showgirl, who put him in charge of ...
