Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Story of the pursuit of money and marriage by two show girls.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Dorothy Shaw Jane Russell
- Lorelei Lee Marilyn Monroe
- Sir Francis Beekman Charles Coburn
- Ernie Malone Elliott Reid
- Gus Esmond Tommy Noonan
- Henry Spofford III George Winslow
- magistrate Marcel Dalio
- Gus Esmond Sr. Taylor Holmes
- Lady Beekman Norma Varden
- Watson Howard Wendell
- hotel manager Steven Geray
- [Grotier] Henri Letondal
- [Philippe] Leo Mostovoy
- [Pritchard] Alex Frazer
- [Winslow] Harry Carey Jr
- [cab driver] George Davis
- [Louie, headwaiter] Alphonse Martell
- [boy dancer] Jimmie Moultrie
- [boy dancer] Freddie Moultrie
- [.] Jean De Briac
- [dancer] George Dee
- [policeman] Peter Camlin
- [ship's captain] Jean Del Val
- [Peters] Ray Montgomery
- [Anderson] Alvy Moore
- [Evans] Robert Nichols
- [Ed] Charles Tannen
- [Stevens] James Young
- [purser] Charles de Ravenne
- [coach] John Close
- [Sims] William Cabanne
- [steward] Phil Sylvestre
- [.] Jack Chefe
- [.] John Hedloe
- [Pierre] Alfred Paix
- [court clerk] Rex Willenz
- [waiter] Rolfe Sedan
- [passport official] Robert Foulk
- [passport official] Ralph Peters
- [dancer] Jimmy Saung
- [dancer] George Chakiris
- [man] Robert Fuller
- [captain of waiters] Harry Seymour
- [athlete] Jamie Russell
- [dancer] Matt Mattox
- [dancer] Ralph Beaumont
- [old spectator] Sam Harris
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Howard Hawks
- Assistant Director Paul Helmick
Production
- © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Produced and Released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Produced by Sol C. Siegel
Writing
- Screen Play by Charles Lederer
- Based on the musical comedy by Joseph Fields
- Based on the musical comedy by Anita Loos
- [Play] Presented on the stage by Herman Levin
- [Play] Presented on the stage by Oliver Smith
Photography
- Director of Photography Harry J. Wild
- Technicolor Colour Consultant Leonard Doss
Special Effects
- Special Photographic Effects Ray Kellogg
Editing
- Film Editor Hugh S. Fowler
Design
- Art Direction Lyle Wheeler
- Art Direction Joseph C. Wright
- Set Decorations Claude Carpenter
Costumes
- Costumes Designed by Travilla
- Wardrobe Direction Charles Lemaire
Make-up
- Makeup Artist Ben Nye
Film processing
- Colour by Technicolor
Music
- Music and Lyrics by Jule Styne
- Music and Lyrics by Leo Robin
- Musical Direction Lionel Newman
- Vocal Direction Eliot Daniel
- Orchestration Herbert W. Spencer
- Orchestration Earle Hagen
- Orchestration Bernard Mayers
Choreography
- Choreography by Jack Cole
Sound
- Sound E. Clayton Ward
- Sound Roger Heman
- Sound System Western Electric