Gentlemen Prefer Blondes had previously been adapted into a movie released in 1928, which is now considered a lost film. (It’s worth noting that neither the 1953 film or the 1949 stage musical were the first times the story had been adapted for either medium. The movie is closer to the stage musical adaptation, which debuted in 1949, but there are still plenty of differences between the stage musical and the film version. The 1953 film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a very loose adaptation of the original story. So, naturally, the book version had been on my to-read list for a very long time. But over the years, I also grew to appreciate the work of Anita Loos, who wrote the original story Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, first published in 1925. I first saw the movie pretty early on in my process of discovering classic Hollywood and instantly loved it for Marilyn and Jane Russell. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is certainly one of the first Marilyn Monroe movies I ever remember seeing and it remains one of my all-time favorite movies. Even if someone has never seen a Marilyn Monroe movie, they’re likely familiar with one of two images of her: the white subway dress scene from The Seven Year Itch or wearing the pink dress from the “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” scene from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
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