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...businesswoman became apparent when Marilyn Monroe Productions, Inc. bought a property to serve as a starring vehicle for its president, M. Monroe The property was Playwright Terence (The Winslow Boy) Rattigan's The Sleeping Prince, a London stage hit in which Sir Laurence Olivier played the prince. Marilyn also bagged the playwright, and soon had another famed theatrical technician, Director John (The African Queen) Huston...
Arriving in Manhattan last week to go to work on the screen play, Playwright Rattigan told reporters: "I am eager to meet my employer." In London, Director Huston said he "hoped" to direct the movie. In Rome, Sir Laurence said: should be delighted to make the picture with Miss Monroe. I have never met her, but I saw her films. I regard her as an actress and a comedienne of the first order, wonderfully easy to look at . . ."As for the bid to play opposite Marilyn, Sir Laurence said, "Who would resist an approach from Miss Monroe...
...America seems to have cornered the musical market and with Williams, Miller, Wilder, and Inge to match against Fry and Rattigan, perhaps has the edge in straight drama as well. On the other hand, American actors cannot meet the English standard, and the competition gets more acute daily; outside the Old Vic, the poster announces The Merry Wives of Windsor and scribbled below by a fan "starring Princess Margaret...
...Deep Blue Sea (London Film; 20th Century-Fox), if not soap opera, is certainly no better than detergent drama. In this British movie, Playwright Terence (The Winslow Boy) Rattigan seems to be cautioning the middle-aged married woman about switching from a dull husband to a young lover: the change may only mean a painful, new set of harness sores...
...trouble with the work of Terence Rattigan, one of Britain's leading playwrights since 1936, is that he frequently says what he thinks is clever instead of saying what he means. The method works fairly well in blazer farce and weekend melodrama, but when it comes to hearing the human heartbeat of a situation, Rattigan might as well be hunting uranium with an ear trumpet. Moreover, in The Deep Blue Sea, the leading lady does little to help. The part is scored, though crudely, for the full cello notes of womanly anguish; Vivien plays it in the thin pizzicato...