Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn
Director: Howard Hawks
Writer: Charles Lederer, Joseph Fields, Anita Loos
Producer: Sol C. Siegel
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.
Trivia
- Director Howard Hawks had never before made a musical film, but he owed Fox one more film, so he agreed.
- The stage musical, starring Carol Channing, had already been running for two years on Broadway when Fox paid $250,000 for the film rights.
- The original intention was a vehicle for Betty Grable and Ginger Rogers; however, after the success of Monroe's appearance in Niagara (1953), the studio believed it had a more potent, and less expensive, sex symbol than Grable.
Previous Showings
8 Runs • 6 Festivals
10,066 tickets sold
Original Billings: 2 runs (March 21, 1928 - August 14, 1953)
Original Run: March 21 - 23, 1928 (Wednesday - Friday)
All runs on record (8):
- March 21 - 23, 1928 (Wednesday - Friday)Ruth Taylor
- August 14, 1953 (Friday - Saturday)Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell
- June 30 - July 6, 2000 · 2,203 ticketsSummer 2000w/ Singin' in the Rain
- August 26 - 27, 2004 · 889 ticketsSummer 2004w/ Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
- October 14 - 15, 2006 · 1,437 tickets20th Century-Fox 2006w/ How to Marry a Millionaire
- July 3 - 6, 2010 · 1,332 ticketsSummer 2010w/ Niagara
- June 15 - 17, 2012 · 1,861 ticketsHoward Hawksw/ Monkey Business
- July 17 - 19, 2026 · 2,344 ticketsSummer 2026 including the Films of Marilyn Monroew/ Singin' in the Rain