Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawkes, 1953, 91 min)

In memoriam of Jane Russell (1921-2011)
Effortlessly amusing and slyly intelligent on screen, Russell’s signature role was as Dorothy Shaw, the raven-haired friend of Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” The statuesque actress for whom Howard Hughes engineered a cantilevered brassiere and who enjoyed a 10-year movie career as a “good-natured mantrap,” died on Monday February 28th, 2011 at her home in Santa Maria, California.

Come join us for the film described as:
“A splashy musical comedy specializing in costumes so purposely skimpy that it garnered a condemnation by the Catholic Legion of Decency.”
"Rainer Werner Fassbinder ranked it sixth in a list of his ten favorite films”