Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Starring:
- Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, (more)
- Director(s):
- Howard Hawks
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Second-billed Marilyn Monroe is the blonde in question in this second film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Miss Lorelei Lee, whose philosophy is "diamonds are a girl's best friend." Together with her best human friend Dorothy (top-billed Jane Russell), showgirl Lorelei embarks upon a boat trip to Paris, where she intends to marry millionaire Gus Esmond (Tommy Noonan). En route, the girls are bedeviled by private detective Malone (Elliot Reid), hired by Esmond's father (Taylor Holmes) to make certain that Lorelei isn't just another gold-digger. When Dorothy falls in love with the poverty-stricken Malone, Lorelei decides to find her pal a wealthier potential husband, and that's how she gets mixed up with flirtatious diamond merchant Sir Francis Beekman (Charles Coburn) and precocious youngster Henry Spofford III (George "Foghorn" Winslow). Most of the Leo Robin-Jule Styne songs from the Broadway show remain intact, including Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend," a production number later imitated by pop icon Madonna. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 97 mins
Complete Cast of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Jane Russell - Dorothy Shaw
- Charles Coburn - Sir Francis Beekman
- Tommy Noonan - Gus Esmond
- Marcel Dalio - Magistrate
- Norma Varden - Lady Beekman
- Steven Geray - Hotel Manager
- Leo Mostovoy - Phillipe
- George Davis - Cab Driver
- James Moultrie - Boy Dancer
- Jean de Briac - Gendarme
- Harry Carey, Jr. - Winslow
- Ray Montgomery - Peters
- Robert Nichols - Evans
- Jimmy Young - Stevens
- John Close - Coach
- Jack Chefe - Proprietor
- Robert Foulk
- Jimmy Saung - Dancer
- Harry Seymour - Captain of Waiters
- Max Willenz - Court Clerk
- Marilyn Monroe - Lorelei Lee
- Elliott Reid - Det. Malone
- George Winslow - Henry Spofford III
- Taylor Holmes - Gus Esmond, Sr.
- Howard Wendell - Watson
- Henri Letondal - Grotier
- Alex Frazer - Pritchard
- Alphonse Martell - Headwaiter
- Fred Moultrie - Boy Dancer
- Peter Camlin - Gendarme
- Jean del Val - Ship's Capt
- Alvy Moore - Anderson
- Charles Tannen - Ed
- Charles de Ravenne - Purser
- William Cabanne - Sims
- George Chakiris - Dancer
- Ralph Peters - Passport Official
- Rolfe Sedan - Waiter
- Alfred Paix - Pierre
- Director(s):
- Howard Hawks
- Writer(s):
- Charles Lederer
- Producer(s):
- Sol C. Siegel
- Categories:
- Romance, Comedy, Music & Performing Arts
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