Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953
Cast:
Jane Russell .... Dorothy Shaw
Marilyn Monroe .... Lorelei Lee
Charles Coburn .... Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
Elliott Reid .... Ernie Malone
Tommy Noonan .... Gus Esmond
George Winslow .... Henry Spofford III
Marcel Dalio .... Magistrate
Taylor Holmes .... Mr. Esmond Sr.
Norma Varden .... Lady Beekman
Howard Wendell .... Watson
Steven Geray .... Hotel Manager
Henri Letondal .... Grotier, the Prosecutor
Leo Mostovoy .... Ship's Captain
Alex Frazer .... Pritchard
George Davis .... Cab Driver Pierre
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Director: Howard Hawks
Screenplay: Charles Lederer
(based on the play by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields)
Music Director: Lionel Newman
Song Score: Leo Robin and Jule Styne
Additional Songs: Harold Adamson and Hoagy Carmichael
Choreography: Jack Cole
Art Directors: Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright
Special Effects: Ray Kellogg
91 minutes
Songs:
A Little Girl from Little Rock (Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell);
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (Marilyn Monroe);
Bye Bye Baby (Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell);
Ain't There Anyone Here for Love (Jane Russell);
When Love Goes Wrong (Nothin' Goes Right) (Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell);
Definitely No; You're in Love
Marilyn is Lorelie Lee a naive blonde who loves men...as long as they are rich, because her first love is the diamond in any form she can get her hands on it! She works with her bestfriend Dorothy ( Jane Russell) as a top musical act and has sung and danced her way into the heart of a young millionaire. On his dime the two girls are on their way to Paris though he can't join them on the cruise. But his even richer daddy thinks that Lorelie is just a money grubber and is determined to prove it.
Dorothy can't find the right man to love, but it's not for lack of trying. Even with the olympic team on board she falls for the wrong guy: the private investigator sent to spy on Lorelie. She'll go through most anything to save her friend from her own stupidity though.
