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    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Mal St. Clair, co-written by Anita Loos based on her 1925 novel, and released...
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    impermissible. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926 play) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928 film) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film) The...
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  • Anita Loos Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1926 play), a 1926 play based on the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928 film), a 1928 silent film adaptation of...
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    example, Anita Loos popularized this idea in her 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Blondes are often assumed to have more fun; for example, in a Clairol...
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    Anita Loos (category Women film pioneers)
    her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and her 1951 Broadway adaptation...
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    Howard Hawks (category Film directors from California)
    (1946), Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959). His frequent portrayals of strong...
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    Gold digger (section Film)
    inspiration for Lorelei Lee, the protagonist in Anita Loos’ 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes which holds gold digging as a central theme. Additionally, some...
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  • Bolváry, starring Ivor Novello and Evelyn Holt – (GB/Germany) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (lost), directed by Mal St. Clair, starring Ruth Taylor and Alice...
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    Judy Landon (category 1928 births)
    All of her film roles except for Prehistoric Women were in musical films, and all of her musical film roles, except in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), were...
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    Marilyn Monroe (category American film actresses)
    Niagara, which overtly relied on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which established her star image...
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    Rita Carewe (category American film actresses)
    the film world. A committee of 25 important people in the industry promoted Carewe for the role of Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928). The...
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    hugely popular Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. With the urging of friend Charlie Chaplin, Barton also made one movie, Camille. The short film featured such notables...
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    Emmaline Henry (category 1928 births)
    Banana, and later appeared in the film version of the show. She succeeded Carol Channing in the play Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Henry made her television debut...
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    lyricist Hello Yourself (1928), musical - lyricist Tattle Tales (1933), revue - contributing lyricist Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), musical - lyricist...
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  • Charles Lederer (category Film directors from New York City)
    Page (1931), the critically acclaimed His Girl Friday (1940), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), Ocean's 11 (1960), and...
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    Ruth Taylor (actress) (category American film actresses)
    1928. In 1927, Taylor's two-year contract with Mack Sennett expired. She was cast as Lorelei Lee in the original version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)...
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    Bringing Up Baby, Sergeant York (nominated for Best Director), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Rio Bravo. Author Todd McCarthy wrote in his book Howard Hawks:...
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  • Genevieve, starring Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall – (GB) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe...
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    Technicolor (redirect from 3-strip film)
    color-separation negatives photographed on black-and-white film in a special Technicolor camera (1928–2002, with differing gaps of availability after 1974,...
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    Frances Dade (category American silent film actresses)
    touring company of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. He gave her a contract, though she later went freelance. Her first film role was in 1928, when she had an uncredited...
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    rumored to have been killed in a U.S. bombing raid. The silent film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, based on the hit Anita Loos novel of the same name, was released...
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  • Howard Hawks filmography (category Films directed by Howard Hawks)
    was an American film director who made 40 films between 1926 and 1970. He is responsible for classic films in genres ranging from film noir, screwball...
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  • Eugene Borden (category American male silent film actors)
    (1925), directed by Scott R. Dunlap; and the original film version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928), directed by Malcolm St. Clair. During this time, Borden...
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  • 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 1921: Designed and produced the silver platter for The Davis Cup for the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association. 1928: Sold the...
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  • Gentlemen (2014) The Gentlemen: (1965 & 2019) Gentlemen Broncos (2009) Gentlemen of Fortune (1971) Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:...
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  • Mildred Boyd (category American film actresses)
    Vanities (1934) Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) Riley the Cop (1928) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) "Mildred Boyd, Los Angeles, 1940s - UCLA Library Digital...
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  • Hour April 24 – Tommy Noonan, 46, American actor, A Star is Born, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes May 5 – Albert Dekker, 62, American actor, The Wild Bunch, Kiss...
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    Mack Swain (category American male film actors)
    in Getting Acquainted (1914) With Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand in Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) Hunter, James Michael (2013). Mormons and Popular Culture:...
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    of Paris (1927) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928, Lost) The Sawdust Paradise (1928) The Docks of New York (1928) Three Weekends (1928) The Case of Lena...
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    Emily Fitzroy (category English film actresses)
    - Katherine Love (1927) - Grand Duchess Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) - Lady Beekman The Trail of '98 (1928) - Mrs. Bulkey The Case of Lena Smith (1929)...
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