MOVIE · 1953

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

ComedyMusicalRomance91 min

Lorelei Lee is a showgirl engaged to wealthy Gus Esmond, but his disapproving future father-in-law sends a private detective after her when she sails for France with her best friend, Dorothy Shaw. Marilyn Monroe is Lorelei, whose taste for diamonds only adds to the family suspicion, while Jane Russell's Dorothy is the wiser, steadier half of the duo. Onboard the luxury liner, courtship, money, and appearances get tangled as the detective watches for anything that might derail the marriage. Howard Hawks’s 1953 musical comedy builds around the friendship between the two women as they sing, flirt, and maneuver through a ship full of interested men.