Kirpianuscus
maybe, it is the film of its actresses, transforming the story in nice pretext for an impressive artistic duel between impressive names of old Hollywood. but this its source of seduction. and the basic motif for see it . ironic, fresh, seductive, beautiful, it is a film about success and money and jewels and stable situation and men as trophy. and one of the beautiful music moments. it is the film of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel. and Charles Coburn in a role who remains long time in memory. and, sure, it is the product of great musical industry, the actress and the song becoming one .
framptonhollis
With its bright, technicolor imagery, slight bawdiness, memorable music numbers, and iconic lead performances, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" has become something of a cinematic legend. Of course, it does not hold nearly the same legacy as a film like "The Godfather" or "Citizen Kane", but it is still among the most iconic and referenced classic film musicals of all time. This has much to do with the lovely Marilyn Monroe's memorable performance. She is certainly highly attractive in this movie, but her performance is memorable for more than just her looks. She's genuinely hilarious in this movie, and her character is so over the top at times that its obvious this film is (at least in part) meant to be highly satirical.While this movie is remembered more for the sex appeal of its leads, its still a great film. It has a sharp sense of humor, and these supposedly objectified women play their comical characters with the greatest timing and wit imaginable. The musical numbers are also fantastic. Hearing Jane Russel and Marilyn Monroe sing is more beautiful and heartwarming than is realistically conceivable.
weezeralfalfa
This was Marilyn's first musical comedy, and my favorite, partly because is includes Jane Russell as an equal, making a musical comedy team. Generally, when you have a comedy team, you want them clearly differentiated from each other, both physically and personality -wise, but not so different that they can't relate to each other. Here, their hair color is as different as can be, Jane is a little taller, has a more elongate face, and MM tends to often quint her eyes vs. Jane's round eyes. Jane tends to be forthright and loud. Marilyn tends to be more devious, often with a naïve little girl persona. This contrast is most vividly displayed in how they sing "Bye Bye, Baby". Jane is prancing around in front of a men's Olympic team, singing loud and up tempo. MM then sings it slowly, softly, sexily, with feeling, to her shy nerdy fiancé(Gus), who is prohibited by his father from sailing to France with Marilyn. Besides his father being rich, Marilyn feels comfortable with Gus because he's shy, brings her gifts all the time and is easily manipulated. Also, Jane's attitude in what she most wants in a husband superficially is as different from Marilyn's as their hair color. Marilyn is a gold-digger first. If they happen to be young, handsome and/or athletic, as Jane likes, that's an added bonus.The script has Marilyn traveling to Paris, as a showgirl. Jane, also a show girl, accompanies her as a sort of chaperone, charged with trying to keep her out of compromising situations, to satisfy Gus's father, who suspects she is just a dumb blonde gold digger, who doesn't love Gus. Gus's father secretly sends a detective(Mr. Malone) to check up on Marilyn's doings. Thus, Jane and Malone have opposite goals as relates to documenting some scandalous incident. At first, Jane hates him, but then she realizes she's attracted to him.Malone takes a seemingly compromising photo of Marilyn being embraced by an elderly monocled diamond mine owner(Charles Coburn, as Piggy). By trickery, the girls steal the roll of film and have the picture developed to show to Piggy, inducing him to give Marilyn his wife's expensive tiara(headpiece) to keep her quite about the apparent incident. Apparently, even without the photo, Malone communicates what he saw to Gus's father. As a result, his financial support of the girls is cut off and Gus tells Marilyn their relationship is finished. Well, Piggy's wife discovers her tiara missing, and assumes Marilyn stole it, because she was so impressed when shown it. In turn, Marilyn discovers it missing from her jewelry box....The rest of the story I leave for you to discover for yourself, except to say that there is a predictable happy ending.Despite the most memorable song being "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend", we might think of the theme song being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", since the pair sing it in the very beginning, before the title shows up, and again at the end. Marilyn sings "Diamonds are..." in a lavish stage production, dressed in flashy pink, as are the chorus dancers, Marilyn being surrounded by their male partners. This is later followed by Jane's very dynamic version in a courtroom, with blonde wig, to resemble Marilyn whom she was impersonating. This scene will probably be the comedic highlight of the film for you.The 3 songs I have mentioned in the above were composed by Jule Styne and Leo Robin for the prior stage version of this story. Two lesser songs were composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson for this film version: "When Love Goes Wrong", sung by Marilyn, and "Anyone Here for Love?", sung by Jane in the presence of the Olympic team.Malone asks J.R. how 2 girls so different in their attitudes toward men can be such good friends? I don't remember her response, but I will say they trust each other and don't compete for the same men.Marilyn is characterized as being ignorant about most things, but claims she tries to act dumb, because that's what men want.Available as part of the Marilyn Premier DVD Collection, as well as on it's own.The subsequent "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" I haven't seen, but is said to be a spoof of the musical comedy genre, with Jane sometimes trying to imitate Marilyn. It's rating is very low, but some reviewers say it is nonetheless quite entertaining.
Armand
fun for its time, ironic image of society, seductive, it remains charming. not only for inspired script or for the taste of a lost period. but for acting. and for science to be, again and again, a nice story with special glance. Marylin is herself and the nuances of role are pieces of splendid work. Jane Russell gives soul and spirit to a memorable character. and the lovely manner of Charles Coburn to do his role is good occasion to admire old fashion art.but it is something unique in this case who reflects Hollywood trend but, in same measure, represents a little revolution. a song, few words, adorable actresses and science to define comedy more than entertainment. that is all. and perfect excuse to enjoy it. again.
