GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

In Howard Hawks’ wicked musical romp, best-friend lounge singers Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) and Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe), “Two Little Girls from Little Rock,” board a cruise ship bound for Europe. Dorothy is on the prowl for a handsome hunk; Lorelei is engaged to marry fiancé Gus Esmond Jr. (Tommy Noonan) once they reach Paris but tends to get distracted at the sight of bling. Getting an eyeful of diamond magnate Sir Francis Beekman’s (Charles Coburn) rocks has her singing “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” in the famous, and famously referenced, showstopping number. The movie version adds songs by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson to the stage musical’s originals by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. DIR Howard Hawks; SCR Charles Lederer, from the musical by Joseph Fields, Anita Loos, Leo Robin and Jule Styne, based on Loos’ novel; PROD Sol C. Siegel. U.S., 1953, color, 91 min. NOT RATED

Run Time: 91 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, August 07, 2026

Genre: Musical romance

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