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Episode 349: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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- Movie Night Extravaganza
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- Sep 17, 2026
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- 6856
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Summary
Forrest, Kristina Oakes, and Conan Neutron talk about Howard Hawk's 1953 musical comedy 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' Based on a 1925 Anita Loos comic novel and the 1949 Broadway Musical of the same name, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was Howard Hawks last film with Fox Starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell as two showgirls on a boat to Paris who get into various misadventures involving men. Howard Hawks had never directed a musical, and relied on the choreographer Jack Cole who later thought he should have gotten a directing credit. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes followed by How To Marry a Millionaire in 1953 catapulted Marilyn Monroe to stardom. #GentlemenPreferBlondes #marilynmonroe #howardhawks #jackcole #janerussell #1953 #1949 #howtomarryamillionaire #paris #france #film #movies #movie #classichollywood #hollywood #fox #howtomarryamillionaire #verticallive #vertical