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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and written by Charles Lederer.The film is based on the 1949 stage musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Anita Loos.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling 1925 novel of the same name by Loos. The story involves an American woman's voyage to Paris to perform in a nightclub.
American actress and singer Marilyn Monroe performed the song in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.Monroe's character, Lorelei Lee, has been followed on a transatlantic ocean liner by a detective hired by her fiancé's father, who wants assurance that she is not marrying purely for money.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady [a] (1925) is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos.The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flapper named Lorelei Lee during "the bathtub-gin era of American history."
Anita Loos authored the 1925 novel and 1926 play Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which had been adapted into the highly successful 1953 film of the same name, starring Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The studio attempted to repeat the formula, with Russell returning but Jeanne Crain stepping in for a presumably otherwise engaged Monroe (both women played ...
Ryan Gosling performs ‘I’m Just Ken’ at the Oscar on pink stairs, the stairs and costumes were a tribute to Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Diamonds’ performance in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.’
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a 1928 silent film adaptation of the novel, presumed lost, starring Ruth Taylor; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1949 stage musical based on the novel, starring Carol Channing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a 1953 film adaptation of the stage musical, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe
In 1953, Hawks made Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which famously featured Marilyn Monroe singing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend". The film starred Monroe and Jane Russell as two cabaret performing best friends; many critics argue that the film is the only female version of the "buddy film" genre.