 Between films, she appeared in several plays in London including "The Seventh Veil" (1952), "Jassy" (1952), "Claudia and David" (1954), and "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1954), as well as a UK tour of "The Praying Mantis" (1953).In 1954, Collins was chosen by American director Howard Hawks to star as the scheming Princess Nellifer in a first international production, "Land of the Pharaohs".The lavish Warner Brothers historical epic was unsuccessful upon release but has been lauded by Martin Scorsese and French critics supporting the auteur theory for numerous elements of its physical production.