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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jane Russell | ... | Dorothy Shaw | |
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Lorelei Lee | |
| Charles Coburn | ... | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman | |
| Elliott Reid | ... | Ernie Malone | |
| Tommy Noonan | ... | Gus Esmond Jr. | |
| George Winslow | ... | Henry Spofford III | |
| Marcel Dalio | ... | Magistrate | |
| Taylor Holmes | ... | Mr. Esmond Sr. | |
| Norma Varden | ... | Lady Beekman | |
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Howard Wendell | ... | Watson |
| Steven Geray | ... | Hotel Manager | |
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Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Based on the Broadway musical based on the novel. Written by Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>
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$2,260,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
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Lorelei Lee: Just equal parts of scotch, vodka, brandy, and gin.
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When the ship is shown docking, the tops of the funnels have a wide red band but, seconds later, when the whistle is shown blowing, they are entirely black. See more »Quotes
Ernie Malone: What are you girls made of? What was that?Lorelei Lee: Just equal parts of scotch, vodka, brandy, and gin.
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Anyone Here for Love?(1953)
Music and Lyrics by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson
Performed by Jane Russell (uncredited) and the Olympic Team
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Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are so terrific in their musical comedy roles that they make the men (Elliot Reid and Tommy Noonan) look even more pallid than they are. But let's fact it. Nobody's watching them anyway when the spotlight is on Monroe and Russell as just "two little girls from Little Rock".
Fox knew what to do with the two lovelies when they cast them as the gold diggers aboard a ship bound for France with nothing on their minds but the pursuit of men with money. Jane has a wonderful song-and-dance routine with Olympic hopefuls in "Ain't There Anyone Here For Love?" and Marilyn gets to do a now-classic routine with "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend". Charles Coburn has some amusing moments as an old-timer with a yen for Marilyn who has a yen for his wife's tiara. "I just love finding new places to wear diamonds", she says in that sweetly innocent Monroe voice. And Russell tops everything off with an imitation of Monroe in a courtroom that's guaranteed to draw chuckles.
It's all done up in vivid technicolor. The girls wear eye-popping costumes and look ultra glamorous together (exact opposites), and the songs aren't bad either. Pure escapist entertainment of the '50s kind with enough humorous moments to keep you entertained by the silly shenanigans. Fans of Monroe and Russell will love this one.
One of the funniest moments: Monroe stuck in a ship's porthole while a little boy holds a blanket around her as she makes small talk with Charles Coburn.