Rent Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
3.6 of 5 from 131 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Featuring Marilyn Monroe's legendary rendition of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", this fun musical comedy is a knockout. Marilyn and Jane Russell star as two showgirls who set sail on a luxury liner bound for France. Hijinks on the high seas ensue as Lorelei (Monroe) and Dorothy (Russell) discover they're being tailed by a private detective hired by the father of Lorelei's landlocked boyfriend. By the time the ship reaches Paris, a missing diamond tiara lands the girls in hot water, but by following their hearts, they'll get out of trouble and on to the altar.
- Actors:
- Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, Howard Wendell, Steven Geray, David Ahdar, Alex Akimoff, Aladdin, Patricia Barker, Virginia Bates, Kip Behar, Steve Benton, Wallace Bickmore, Eumenio Blanco
- Directors:
- Howard Hawks
- Producers:
- Sol C. Siegel
- Narrated By:
- Don Wilson
- Writers:
- Charles Lederer, Joseph Fields, Anita Loos
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance
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- Release Date:
- 23/07/2012
- Run Time:
- 87 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0, Russian DTS 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English Close Captioned, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Fox Movietonews: Marilyn and Jane in Cement
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- More Monroe Movie Trailers
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Musical Frou-Frou. - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes review by Steve
Musical version of Anita Loos' durable 1925 novel, via the Broadway stage. It's updated from the jazz age to the 1950s. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are two showgals from Little Rock, Arkansas. Monroe is a gold-digger, Russell a sort of she-wolf. They sail to Paris with the red blooded boys from the US olympics team, and an elderly gent (Charles Coburn) who owns a goldmine.
Predictable chaos ensues. Neither Monroe nor Russell were dancers and they kind of wiggle and sway through the scenes in synchronicity, singing half a dozen pretty good musical numbers, including the legendary showstopper, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.
There's a very funny script by Charles Lederer, heavy with innuendo, and Howard Hawks is a legendary comedy director. But the film shines because of the two stars. They make dazzling, glittery magic, particularly Monroe, playing a sort of distorted femininity. Its look probably influenced the future of drag more than mainstream chic.
It's completely weightless, and its values are materialistic, mercenary and soulless. But it is hilarious, irreverent and unique. It made Monroe a major star as the good time blonde. What she does here, I'm not sure it's acting at all, or even sexy. But as far as the Hollywood comedy is concerned, she heralds the hedonistic, consumerist '50s.
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