Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Introduction

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

      Le Maire, Charles

    Make-up:

    • Makeup Artist

      Ben Nye

    Film processing:

    • Colour by

      Technicolor

    Music:

    • Music and Lyrics by [from Original Stage Show]

      Jule Styne

    • Music and Lyrics by [from Original Stage Show]

      Leo Robin

    • Music and Lyrics by [Composed for the Film]

      Hoagy Carmichael

    • Music and Lyrics by [Composed for the Film]

      Harold Adamson

    • Musical Direction

      Lionel Newman

    • Vocal Direction

      Eliot Daniel

    • Orchestration

      Spencer, Herbert

    • Orchestration

      Earle Hagen

    • Orchestration

      Bernard Mayers

    Choreography:

    • Choreography by

      Jack Cole

    Sound:

    • Sound

      E. Clayton Ward

    • Sound

      Roger Heman

    • Sound System

      Western Electric