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Box office. $5.3 million [3] 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. The film stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles ...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) [a] 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 "in the bathtub-gin era of American history." [1] Published the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby ...
- Anita Loos
- 1925
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid. Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
- Lechuguilla
- 3 min
- Howard Hawks
They also wrote two books, Breaking Into the Movies (1919) and How to Write Photoplays (1921), and on her own Loos wrote two plays for Broadway, The Whole Town’s Talking (filmed 1926) and The Fall of Eve (filmed 1929). In 1926, a year after its serialization in Harper’s Bazaar, Loos’s first novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, was published ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Directed by Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starred Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei and Jane Russell as Dorothy. The film rose to number one in the nation in August 1953 and generated more than $5 million for Fox by the end of the year. Monroe got second billing, earning less than one-tenth of Russell's $200,000 for her work on the film.
Sep 5, 2023 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady, a novel by Anita Loos, tells the story of Lorelei Lee, a beautiful blonde showgirl, famously played by Marilyn Monroe in the ...
In conclusion, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" weaves a tale of captivating characters who navigate the complexities of wealth, love, and personal growth. Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw, with their distinct personalities and aspirations, provide a vibrant and entertaining reflection of the era in which the novel is set.
