At the movies

**MacLowlife** · 6th November 10, 07:26 AM

I was watching Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence Olivier in THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL ( 1957) recently and saw, dressed for a coronation, a gent in the "loud" MacLeod tartan and Prince Charlie. I am guessing it was a PC, it could have been a Regulation, as he was sitting down.

**Bugbear** · 6th November 10, 10:55 AM

I don't recall ever watching that movie, MacLowlife.

Were you able to see if his hose were diced or tartan?
Was Marilyn in the scene?

**MacLowlife** · 6th November 10, 09:51 PM

They are at Westminster Abbey- Marilyn has just had her second lucky break in a long series and yes, she is in the scene.You can't see his hose- I'll bet they are white.

not.

**Bugbear** · 6th November 10, 11:08 PM

I used to watch Audrey Hepburn movies, though not all of them. I didn't really watch a lot of Monroe movies.

I'm trying to remember if there were any kilts in a Hepburn movie.

I think I watched Love in the Afternoon, with Hepburn, Gary Cooper, and the gypsy musicians, at least ten thousand times.

**MacLowlife** · 7th November 10, 09:44 AM

I saw l.i.t.a. once. There may be some similarity, as the "Carpathian" embassy does include musicians on staff, used for similar purposes. . MM's character is wise, but game. I'd like to see more Gary Cooper movies, after hearing Tony Soprano rave about him.

There is a parade in The Prince and the Showgirl and you hear pipes, but you don't see them.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 7th November 10, 10:48 AM

Check out Cooper in THEY CAME TO CORDURA, then read the novel by Glendon Swarthout.

**Hamish** · 7th November 10, 11:42 AM

I have 'The Prince and the Showgirl' on DVD - yes, I admit it! - although I do not think I have viewed it since seeing the film in the cinema donkey's years ago. It was made in 1957 I think, and is set in London in 1911 at the time of the coronation of HM King George V. I'll make a point to playing it this coming week.

Take care,
Ham.