Editing Michael Wilding (section)

===Hollywood===
MGM made an offer for Wilding to appear opposite [[Greer Garson]] in ''[[The Law and the Lady (1951 film)|The Law and the Lady]]'' (1951);<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27568980 |title=Studio Gossip |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=35,252 |date=14 December 1950 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the film was not a success. He returned to Britain for ''[[The Lady with a Lamp]]'' (1951), a biopic of [[Florence Nightingale]] with Neagle and Wilcox. It was popular in Britain, though less so than their earlier collaborations.

So too was ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952), the last Neagle–Wilding collaboration. Wilcox tried Wilding with a new star, [[Margaret Lockwood]], in ''[[Trent's Last Case (1952 film)|Trent's Last Case]]'' (1952), a minor hit. In 1952 British exhibitors voted him the fourth most popular star at the local box office.<ref name="townsville">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63397098 |title=Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |date=29 December 1951 |access-date=9 July 2012 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In May 1952, Wilding signed a long-term contract with MGM.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57696286 |title=Wilding signs U.S. contract |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] Sunday Magazine |volume=42 |issue=2,086 |location=Adelaide |date=31 May 1952 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He turned down a role in MGM's ''[[Latin Lovers (1953 film)|Latin Lovers]]'', and the studio put him under suspension.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168007869 |title=No Lana -No Pay |newspaper=[[Truth (Sydney newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=3277 |location=Sydney |date=16 November 1952 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In Hollywood, Wilding supported Joan Crawford in MGM's ''[[Torch Song (1953 film)|Torch Song]]'' (1953). 20th Century Fox borrowed him to play a pharaoh in its big-budget spectacular, ''[[The Egyptian (film)|The Egyptian]]'' (1954), which was a box-office disappointment.

At MGM, he was Prince Charming to [[Leslie Caron]]'s Cinderella in ''[[The Glass Slipper (film)|The Glass Slipper]]'' (1955), and Major [[John André]] in ''[[The Scarlet Coat]]'' (1956).