When Larry and I were doing ‘The Sleeping Prince’, on the stage there was talk of filming it. The idea at first was that we should appear in the film too.
“Then I saw Marilyn Monroe in ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’ and I thought, heaven help me, that she was very funny. I said to Larry : “This girl is wonderful in comedy. I suggested that she star in the film ‘The Sleeping Prince’ with him… and I added I thought I might be too old for the part.
“They believed me, and Terry Rattigan and Larry went crazy over Monroe and when I changed my mind and suggested I might play the part after all, they said : ‘Oh, but you’re too old’.
“Filming ‘The Sleeping Prince’ wore Larry out, and it was the time I lost my baby so it was a distressing period all round”.