Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Robert Osborne Introduces Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Robert Osborne introduces Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Dorothy (Jane Russell) catches Ernie (Elliott Reid) taking snaps of Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe) in private conversation with "Piggy" (Charles Coburn), the girls then plotting what to do, on the ship to Paris, in Howard Hawks' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Arguably more provocative than any of co-star Marilyn Monroe's numbers, Jane Russell as Dorothy at the ship's pool with the "Olympic Team," tune by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson, dance direction by Jack Cole, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei performing the famous number, by Jule Styne and Leo Robin, in the ocean liner lounge, costume by Travilla, set design by Lyle Wheeler, choreography by Jack Cole, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

Gentlemen prefer Marilyn Monroe preferring diamonds in her most famous musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) directed by Howard Hawks.