just saw this again the other day after many year and and be impress by monroe effortless upstaging of olivier and who give the most hammy and artificial performance of his career and unsurprising a he be direct himself . if you want to see what star quality mean and just watch their scene together . he be desperately try to act and eclipse her . all she have to do be just be there in shot . whenever they be on screen and it be always her that one eye be draw to and she give such a natural performance throughout it almost seem a if she isn not act at all . she also cop with some extremely tricky dialogue and give the lie to her inability to remember line . these be often do in a single take one scene in particular and early in the film a she be leave the house before olivier arrive home and talk rapidly to richard wattis a they walk down the long staircase and be outstanding . so and the film be worthwhile in show monroe a the great star she be and reveal olivier to only be capable of mere caricature ( that fake german accent be so awful ) without a strong director to rein him in .