Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 film by Howard Hawks
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, produced by Sol C. Siegel, and written by Charles Lederer. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell and is based off of a 1925 novel by Anita Loos. The film's cinematography was done by Harry J. Wild; it was edited by Hugh S. Fowler; and the music was composed by Hoagy Carmichael, Jule Styne, Eliot Daniel, and Lionel Newman. In the film, Monroe performs the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" in a pink dress, both of which solidified her presence as an icon and went down in history as two of her defining factors.
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | |
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| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Written by | Charles Lederer |
| Based on | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) by Anita Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (stage musical) by Joseph Fields, Loos |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | Marilyn Monroe Jane Russell |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Hugh S. Fowler |
| Music by | Hoagy Carmichael Jule Styne Eliot Daniel Lionel Newman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | July 1, 1953 (Atlantic City) July 15, 1953 (New York) |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5.3 million |
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