Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 musical comedy film best known for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic performance and the song “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film
musical comedy film
basedOn Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) NERFINISHED
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (stage musical) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Anita Loos NERFINISHED
character Dorothy Shaw NERFINISHED
Lorelei Lee NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Harry J. Wild NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
costumeDesigner Travilla NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Howard Hawks NERFINISHED
distributedBy 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
editedBy George M. Arthur NERFINISHED
featuresSong Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend NERFINISHED
featuresSongPerformer Marilyn Monroe NERFINISHED
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre comedy film
musical
hasColor color film
hasFilmRating Approved (MPAA, original release)
hasIMDbId tt0045810
language English
musicBy Jule Styne NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation transatlantic ocean liner
notableFor Marilyn Monroe’s performance
musical number “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
portraysCharacter Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw NERFINISHED
Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee
producer Sol C. Siegel NERFINISHED
productionCompany 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1953-07-01
releaseYear 1953
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Charles Lederer NERFINISHED
setIn Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
starring Charles Coburn NERFINISHED
Elliott Reid NERFINISHED
George Winslow NERFINISHED
Jane Russell NERFINISHED
Marilyn Monroe NERFINISHED
Tommy Noonan NERFINISHED

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Marilyn Monroe notableWork Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sol C. Siegel notableWork Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
George Chakiris participatedIn Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
this entity surface form: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)