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My Week with Marilyn (Paperback)

by Colin Clark (Author)
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  • Paperback: 159 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (21 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006531792
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006531791
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 556,256 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In 1956, fresh from Eton and Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (younger son of "Lord Clark of Civilisation", younger brother of notorious maverick Tory MP and diarist Alan) worked as a humble "gofer" on the set of "The Prince and the Showgirl", the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier (directing) with Marilyn Monroe, on honeymoon with her new husband, the playwright Arthur Miller. Nearly 40 years on, his diary account, was chosen as a "book of the year", but one week was missing, and this is the story of that week: an idyll in which he escorted a Monroe desperate to get away from the pressures of working with Olivier and all the people with a vested interest in her. Her new husband Arthur Miller had gone to Paris, and the coast was clear for Colin to introduce her to some of the pleasures of British life.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars everyday bloke meets Goddess!!, 22 Nov 2000
This review is from: My Week with Marilyn (Hardcover)
This account of Marilyn is one of the finest I have read, along with Trumen Capote's 'beautiful child.

It is told by an everyday, inexperienced young director, desperate to make it big in the film business. He meets Marilyn and, like everyone else, is instantly besotted.

Over the next few days he gets to know the 'real' Marilyn, without the facade of film-star goddess. He gets to know her fears, her joys, and her sorrows.

This is a deeply personal and thoughtful account of the friendship which grew between the two of them. It is moving and gives us a better understanding of the Goddess that Marilyn truely was.

A thourally enjoyable and interesting read, which must be read by Marilyn fans (like me!) who wish to get to know the thoughts behind the beautiful face.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is golden!, 13 Jun 2006
By J. Dellow (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Week with Marilyn (Hardcover)
I've always put myself down for being a slow reader: in school I felt stupid, and a novel would take me a couple of months to read! However when I read this book it made me realise for the first time I was wrong - I just need amazing books to be able to read them! On my train journeys, I read this in less than 2 weeks, that's just about a record for me. This book is wonderful. You feel like you're in it, there watching and getting to know Marilyn yourself. I could never wait to see what happened next and the book is so vividly written that I really feel as though I've been there. Read it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Week with Marilyn, 20 Nov 2003
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This review is from: My Week with Marilyn (Hardcover)
I really enjoyed reading Mr. Clark's book while he worked on the set of the "Prince and the Showgirl", with its stars, Sir Lawrence Olivier and the memorable Marilyn Monroe. It was interesting to find the many problems and personal situations that sprang up during its production / filming. What I found of interest was the very private and emotional side of Miss Monroe, that many biographers fail to write about. Mr. Clark's previous book entitled, "The Prince, The Showgirl and Me", an equally interesting read, did not include of course the missing 9 days from his personal diary that he left unchecked for over 40 years. Through careful review of those notes that he set aside all those years he was able to reanimate a long gone era of a memorable time and a most memorable and lovely persona that was Monroe. I've been a avid fan of Miss Monroe for many years, and am still very fascinated by this wonderfully beautiful woman of the 20th Century who has become a true "Icon" of that era, that to this day, as we live in the 21st Century, has very few if any peers.
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