Marilyn monroe drinking a coke and jane russell fixing her makeup during a break while filming gentlemen prefer blondes. I cant believe the movie was based on this book which wasnt funny or cute. Circa promotional photo for gentlemen prefer blondes starring marilyn monroe and jane russell. Gentlemen prefer blondes, anita loos old story from the 1920s about a pair of single women in search of husbands, gets a makeover in howard hawks 1953 musical. Find great deals on ebay for gentlemen prefer blondes jane russell. Jul 5, 2019 marilyn monroe and jane russell in gentleman prefer blondes 1953. This ring was worn on screen by marilyn monroe in the 1953 classic, gentlemen prefer blondes. Lorelei lee marilyn monroe and her friend dorothy shaw jane russell are a pair of showgirls, dorothy the sassy one looking for true love, lorelei the blonde hoping to marry a millionaire, with her sights set on gus esmond, a wealthy nerd stuck under his fathers thumb. The movie with marilyn monroe and jane russell was so funny and cute. Marilyn monroe and jane russell in gentleman prefer.
It was remade into the film gentlemen prefer blondes with jane russell as dorothy shaw and marilyn monroe as lorelei lee in 1953. Marilyn monroe in gentlemen prefer blondes duration. Ultimately, however, director howard hawks uses the nature of the material and the glossy stars to an interesting, paradoxical effect. Gentlemen prefer blondes by howard hawks howard hawks. Do gentlemen really prefer blondes bodies behavior and. Gentlemen prefer blondes vhs, 1998 for sale online ebay. Marilyn monroe and jane russell on the set of gentlemen prefer blondes 1953 brigitteritajayne. Gentlemen prefer blondes the 1953 release gentlemen prefer blondes, directed by howard hawks, was a favorite of russell s, and is among her best films. Based on anita loos novel and its broadway version, the film focuses on two golddigging showgirls played by monroe and jane russell. With jane russell, marilyn monroe, charles coburn, elliott reid.
Jane russell television show with some comments from susan strasberg. Gentlemen prefer blondes region free english audio. The broadway version gentlemen prefer blondes starring carol channing as lorelei lee was mounted in 1949. She and costar marilyn monroe played showgirls in search of love and. Marilyn monroe left and jane russell strutting their stuff in gentlemen prefer blondes 1953. I didnt even know it had been a book until i saw a stray comment about it in bill brysons one summer.
Originally published in 1925, gentlemen prefer blondes was a bestseller decades before marilyn monroe and jane russell starred in the now morefamous screen adaptation. Jane russell, marilyn monroe, charles coburn, elliott reid, tommy noonan, george winslow, marcel dalio, taylor. While niagara made monroe a sex symbol and established her look, her second film of 1953, the satirical musical comedy gentlemen prefer blondes, cemented her screen persona as a dumb blonde. Fixated by her pneumatic figure, hollywood sold her as a smouldering sexpot.
Pin by april larue on i just like these in 2020 jane. Jane russell and marilyn monroe played showgirls looking for love in all the wrong places in the sparkling musical comedy, gentlemen prefer blondes 1953, based on the stage musical adapted. Lee monroe and witty maneater dorothy shaw jane russell. Jane russell on marilyn monroe diva on diva youtube.
Published on jul 27, 2018 in a series of interviews, jane russell remembers her gentlemen prefer blondes costar, marilyn monroe. Anita loos was the author of the novel and play gentlemen prefer blondes which had been turned into a smash film with jane russell and marilyn monroe in. On the surface, gentlemen prefer blondes is a brassy, garish, colorful musical comedy featuring two rather lightweight actresses, marilyn monroe and jane russell. Marilyn monroe and jane russell in gentlemen prefer blondes im going to keep it marilyn monroe video archives. The 1953 release gentlemen prefer blondes, directed by howard hawks, was a favorite of russell s, and is among her best films. See more ideas about gentlemen prefer blondes, marilyn monroe and jane russell.
Even if youve never seen gentlemen prefer blondes, itd be nearly. Directed by howard hawks with marilyn monroe, jane russell, charles coburn. Marilyn monroe and jane russell in gentlemen prefer blondes im going to keep it marilyn monroe in a scene from her 20th movie appearance gentlemen prefer blondes 1953. In the final double wedding scene of gentlemen prefer blondes, marilyn monroe and jane russell walk up the aisle in matching dresses, created by costume designer travilla. Marilyn monroe and jane russell in gentlemen prefer. The film follows showgirls and best friends lorelei lee marilyn monroe and dorothy shaw jane russell. Marilyn monroe is at her absolute best playing the ditzy blonde especially during the diamonds are a girls best friend performance thats just brilliant and jane russell playing the ballsy brunette seems way ahead of its time. Gentlemen prefer blondes is bubbly and smart, like marilyn monroe. Russell played dorothy shaw in the hit film gentlemen prefer blondes 1953 opposite marilyn monroe for 20th century fox. Interestingly, the book was adapted into a silent film, a broadway. Anita looss famous novel and play gentlemen prefer blondes was done as a. Jane russell, the actress whose buxom figure often hid her talent for comedy in movies such as gentlemen prefer blondes with marilyn monroe, has died. When youre feeling down in the dumps, a movie like gentlemen prefer blondes 20th century fox, 1953 is a sure cure, especially when its got two cheery gals like marilyn monroe and jane russell in it to make you forget your troubles.
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Jane russell, marilyn monroe 1953 in 2020 marilyn monroe. This second motion picture adaptation was filmed in technicolor and featured marilyn monroe as lorelei and jane russell as dorothy. Marilyn monroe sings bye bye baby gentlemen prefer blondes, the jack benny show and in korea marilyn monroe singing bye bye baby in gentlemen prefer blondes. But there was so much more to jane russell than that, writes kira cochrane. Keep reading for all about jane russell, marilyn monroe, and the friendship that formed behind the scenes.
A sideline exchange of conversation, tossed off early in gentlemen prefer blondes, the new twentieth centuryfox musical with jane russell and marilyn monroe as its stars, gives a pretty fair. Jane russell and marilyn monroe gentlemen prefer blondes recorded directly from the sound track of the 20th centuryfox technicolor musical. Everyone loved gentlemen prefer blondes for so many reasons. Marilyn monroe january 1953 in top hats and showgirl outfits, monroe and jane russell get ready for the stage in one of hollywoods most famous films, gentlemen prefer blondes. Jane russell singing diamonds are a girls best friend.
Boldly inscribed and signed on upper right hand corner by jane russell. Marilyn monroe in gentlemen prefer blondes howstuffworks. But the pair hits rocky waters when a manipulative detective, an overaged, over sexed millionaire charles coburn and the entire mens olympic team try to put an. Marilyn also singing bye bye baby on the jack benny show in 1953 and rare footage. So marilyn soon got the secretary as balled up as she was, and she ended up waiting on the secretary.
The women, as made abundantly clear by marilyn monroe and jane russell. In a quest for true love, lorelei marilyn monroe and her gold digger pal dorothy jane russell set sail on a luxuryliner bound for france. Gentlemen prefer blondes marilyn monroe jane russell ebay. It is a reprint produced from a highresolution scan of the original. Et by 1955s gentlemen marry brunettes, costarring jeanne crain. Jane russell interviewed about marilyn monroe and gentlemen prefer blondes 1992.
Though she is the titular blonde of the film, she actually played support to the movies brunette, jane russell. Favourite marilyn monroe movie ever jane russell is hilarious. Hollywood sex symbol jane russell was a godfearing. Marilyn monroe and jane russell from gentlemen prefer blondes.
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