Gentlemen prefer blondes

DVD 2012

Bachelorette showgirl singers Dorothy Shaw and Lorelei Lee are sailing to Paris, courtesy of Lorelei's millionaire boyfriend Gus Esmond, Jr. They're also being shadowed--thanks to Gus Sr.--by private detective Ernie Malone. Lorelei gets embroiled in a contretemps involving Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman, outspoken Lady Beekman, and a tiara. Dorothy, meanwhile, becomes involved in a running flirtation with the detective. All's well that ends well, bu...

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Description:

1 videodisc (91 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital monophonic
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome
NTSC

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating : G

Other Title:

Title on container: Howard Hawks' Gentlemen prefer blondes
Gentlemen prefer blondes (Motion picture : 1953) [DVD]

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
Based on the musical comedy by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, presented on the stage by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith
Special features: Theatrical trailer (3 minutes); Fox Movietone news: "Marilyn & Jane in Cement" (black and white) (1 minutes); One sheet gallery [slide show]; Restoration comparison [text and video feature] (2 minutes)
Director of photography, Harry J. Wild ; film editor, Hugh S. Fowler ; music and lyrics by, Jule Styne and Leo Robin ; music and lyrics [of] "When Love Goes Wrong" and "Anyone Here for Love?" by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson ; choreography, Jack Cole ; musical direction, Lionel Newman ; art direction, Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright ; costumes designed by Travilla
Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, Howard Wendell, Steven Geray
DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation (1.33:1); Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital monophonic
For private home use only
In English or dubbed French with optional English or Spanish subtitles
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

2413154

UPC:

024543826729

Other Authors:

Coburn, Charles
Fields, Joseph A., 1895-1966. Gentlemen prefer blondes. [DVD]Videorecording
Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977
Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976
Loos, Anita, 1893-1981. Gentlemen prefer blondes [DVD]Videorecording
Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962
Russell, Jane, 1921-2011
Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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