573 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
573 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Originally bought by Fox as a vehicle for 'Betty Grable' (qv), however, after
the success of "Niagara (1953)" (qv) (which featured 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv)),
the studio believed they had a more potent and far less expensive sex symbol
than Grable (who was earning around $150,000 per picture vs. Monroe's
$18,000). Monroe kept insisting on retakes despite approval of takes by the
director. When Fox asked director 'Howard Hawkes' (qv) how production could
be sped up he retored: ``three wonderful ideas: Replace Marilyn, rewrite the
script and make it shorter, and get a new director.''
- Monroe wears a gold lame evening dress previously worn by
'Ginger Rogers' (qv) in "Dreamboat (1952)" (qv).
- In the ``Ain't There Anyone Here For Love'' sequence, 'Jane Russell' (qv)'s
fall into the pool was an accident. When director 'Howard Hawkes' (qv) saw
the dailies, he kept it in the film.
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