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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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 by Paramount Pictures. No copies are known to exist, and it is now considered to be a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GentlemenPreferBlondes1927.html 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' at silentera.com database][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5576/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'][https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted] ..Retrieved July 19, 2018 The Broadway version 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' starring Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee was mounted in 1949. It was remade into the film 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' with Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in 1953.
Plot
Blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy search for rich husbands.
Cast
*Ruth Taylor as Lorelei Lee
*Alice White as Dorothy Shaw
*Ford Sterling as Gus Eisman
*Holmes Herbert as Henry Spoffard
*Mack Swain as Sir Francis Beekman
*Emily Fitzroy as Lady Beekman
*Trixie Friganza as Mrs. Spoffard
*Blanche Friderici as Miss Chapman
*Edward Faust as Robert
*Eugene Borden as Louis
*Margaret Seddon as Lorelei's Mother
*Luke Cosgrove as Lorelei's Grandfather
*Chester Conklin as Judge
*Yorke Sherwood as Mr. Jennings
*Mildred Boyd as Lulu
See also
*List of lost films
References
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