Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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. 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