Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Movie Review 1953

Amusing satire involving two show-business girls from Little Rock trying to make it big in Paris. Seeking rich husbands or diamonds, their capers land them in police court. Monroe plays Lorelei Lee, Russell is her sidekick. Despite an occasionally slow plot, the music, comedy, and performances are great fun. Film version of a Broadway adaption of a story by Anita Loos. Followed by (but without Monroe) "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes."

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, France, Adapted from a Musical, Satire & Parody, Sex & Sexuality, Women, Paris

Screenplay

Charles Lederer

Cast

Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow

Cinematography

Harry Wild

Director

Howard Hawks

Music

Leo Robin, Jule Styne, Lionel Newman

Other

Hugh S. Fowler

Producer

20th Century-Fox