Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | |
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1928 lobby poster, with Ruth Taylor and Holmes Herbert.
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Directed by | Mal St. Clair |
Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
Written by |
Anita Loos and John Emerson (scenario) Anita Loos and Herman Mankiewicz (titles) |
Based on |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos |
Starring |
Ruth Taylor Alice White |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Jane Loring William Shea |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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75 minutes 7 reels (6,871 ft) |
Country | United States |
Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1928 silent film directed by Mal St. Clair, co-written by Anita Loos based on her novel, and released by Paramount Pictures. No copies are known to exist, and it is now considered to be a lost film. The Broadway version Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee was mounted in 1949. It was made into the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953.