<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $4.3 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Prince and the Showgirl (originally called The Sleeping Prince) is a 1957 British - American romantic comedy film starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier . Olivier also served as director and producer . The screenplay by Terence Rattigan was based on his 1953 stage play The Sleeping Prince . It was filmed in London . </P> <P> The film is set in London in June 1911 . George V will be crowned king on 22 June and in the preceding days many important dignitaries arrive . Among those arriving are the 16 - year - old King Nicholas VIII of Carpathia, with his Prince Regent father, Charles (Laurence Olivier), a secondary Prince of Hungary and widower of the Queen of Carpathia . </P>

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