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Gentlemen prefer blondes Cover Image DVD DVD

Gentlemen prefer blondes

Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 (Added Author). Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982 (Added Author). Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976 (Added Author). Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962 (Added Author). Russell, Jane, 1921-2011 (Added Author). Coburn, Charles (Added Author). Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966 Gentlemen prefer blondes. (Added Author). Loos, Anita, 1893-1981 Gentlemen prefer blondes (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (Added Author). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Added Author). Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, Howard Wendell, Steven Geray. (Cast).

Summary: Bachelorette showgirl singers Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee are sailing to Paris, courtesy of Lorelei's millionaire boyfriend Gus Esmond, Jr. They're also being shadowed--thanks to Gus Sr.--by private detective Ernie Malone. Lorelei gets embroiled in a contretemps involving Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman, outspoken Lady Beekman, and a tiara. Dorothy, meanwhile, becomes involved in a running flirtation with the detective. All's well that ends well, but everything plays second fiddle to the snazzy costumes and in-your-face attitudes sported by the showgirls. One of Howard Hawks' biggest commercial hits, this lush, garish, cynical, yet fun-filled fortune-hunter satire is based on a 1949 Broadway musical and has a wisp of a plot, serving merely to tie together the lavish musical numbers.

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  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2012.

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General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Based on the musical comedy by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, presented on the stage by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith.
Special features: Theatrical trailer (3 min.); Fox Movietone news: "Marilyn & Jane in Cement" (b&w) (1 min.); One sheet gallery [slide show]; Restoration comparison [text and video feature] (2 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Harry J. Wild ; film editor, Hugh S. Fowler ; music and lyrics by, Jule Styne and Leo Robin ; music and lyrics [of] "When Love Goes Wrong" and "Anyone Here for Love?" by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson ; choreography, Jack Cole ; musical direction, Lionel Newman ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright ; costumes designed by Travilla.
Participant or Performer Note: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, Howard Wendell, Steven Geray.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated CHV rating: G.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation (1.33:1); Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
In English or dubbed French with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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Genre: Musical films.
Romantic comedy films.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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