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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Name: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Director: Howard Hawks
Genre: drama film, comedy film, musical film
Rating: 7.1

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 Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Taylor Holmes and Norma Varden in supporting roles.

Directed by Howard Hawks · Shot by Harry J. Wild · Cut by Hugh S. Fowler · Music by Hoagy Carmichael, Jule Styne

Behind the scenes

How They Found Marilyn Monroe’s Missing Pink Dress from ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ — The Academy · 9 min

Elsewhere

More by Howard Hawks

A Little Princess — 1917
In Again, Out Again — 1917
Go and Get It — 1920
The Road to Glory — 1926
Fig Leaves — 1926
Paid to Love — 1927
Cradle Snatchers — 1927
The Air Circus — 1928
Fazil — 1928
A Girl in Every Port — 1928
Trent's Last Case — 1929
The Dawn Patrol — 1930
The Criminal Code — 1930
Scarface — 1932
Tiger Shark — 1932
La foule hurle — 1932
The Crowd Roars — 1932
Today We Live — 1933
The Prizefighter and the Lady — 1933
Viva Villa! — 1934
Twentieth Century — 1934
Barbary Coast — 1935
Ceiling Zero — 1936
Come and Get It — 1936
The Road to Glory — 1936
Sutter's Gold — 1936
Bringing Up Baby — 1938
Only Angels Have Wings — 1939
His Girl Friday — 1940
Ball of Fire — 1941

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