Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

USA, 91 min
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Basic facts

Original title Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Swedish release 1953-10-01

Cast

Jane Russell
Dorothy Shaw

Marilyn Monroe
Lorelei Lee

Charles Coburn
Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman

Elliott Reid
Ernie Malone

Tommy Noonan
Gus Esmond Jr.

George Winslow
Henry Spofford III

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Titles

Original title
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Swedish release title
  • Herrar föredrar blondiner

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Special Photographic Effects
Musical Arrangement
Conductor
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Wardrobe

Cast

Jane Russell Dorothy Shaw
Marilyn Monroe Lorelei Lee
Charles Coburn Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman
Elliott Reid Ernie Malone
Tommy Noonan Gus Esmond Jr.
George Winslow Henry Spofford III
Marcel Dalio domare
Taylor Holmes Gus Esmond Sr.
Norma Varden Lady Beekman
Howard Wendell Watson
Steven Geray hotelldirektören
Henri Letondal Grotier
Alex Frazer Pritchard
Leo Mostovoy Phillipe
George Davis Pierre, taxichaufför
Alphonse Martell hovmästare
George Chakiris dansare

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1953
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2008

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 82918
Date 1953-09-17
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2500 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 2503 meter
Length in minutes 91 min
Reels 10 reels


Original work

Original title Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Musical)
Author Joseph Fields
Anita Loos
Composer Jule Styne
Lyrics Leo Robin


Production location

(kompletteringar) 1953-02 1953-02
1952-11-17 1953-01

Release dates

World premiere 1953-07-01 Atlantic City, New Jersey USA 91 min
Other showing 1953-07-15 New York City, New York USA 91 min
Release in Sweden 1953-10-01 Park Stockholm Sweden 91 min
TV showing 1976-04-18 TV1 Sweden
1996-07-24 TV4 Sweden
DVD release 2008-11-14 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2015-11-02 Victoria Stockholm Sweden
2017-03-09 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Two Little Girls from Little Rock
Composer Jule Styne (1949)
Lyrics Leo Robin (1949)
Singer Marilyn Monroe
Jane Russell
kör


Original title When Love Goes Wrong, Nothing Goes Right
Composer Hoagy Carmichael
Lyrics Harold Adamson
Singer Marilyn Monroe
Jane Russell


Original title Bye, Bye, Baby
Composer Jule Styne
Lyrics Leo Robin
Singer Jane Russell
Marilyn Monroe


Original title Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Composer Jule Styne (1949)
Lyrics Leo Robin (1949)
Singer Marilyn Monroe
kör


Original title Anyone Here for Love
Composer Hoagy Carmichael
Lyrics Harold Adamson
Singer Jane Russell


Related films

Marilyn (1963) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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