GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES Screens February 23rd – 25th at Webster University

“You know I think you’re the only girl in the world who can stand on a stage with a spotlight in her eye and still see a diamond inside a man’s pocket.”

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES  screens Friday February 23rd through  Sunday February 25th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts each evening at 7:30pm.

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES is the sparkling 1953 musical comedy based on the Broadway musical that made Carol Channing a star and here does the same thing for another blonde…namely Marilyn Monroe. Monroe shines in the ultimate dumb blonde role: Lorelei Lee, who along with best pal Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) are a couple of showgirls being tailed by a private detective hired by the father of Lorelai’s latest beau, to get the goods on her. The razor-thin plot is so not the issue here. The issue is the performances by the film’s stars that absolutely light up the screen. Monroe, in particular, found the role of a lifetime here as Lorelei Lee, the seemingly dim-witted gold digger with a nose for diamonds and rich men, who has no shame about using her obvious physical assets to get what she wants.

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES is based on the Broadway musical that was based on the novel, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady” and features the song “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.”

$6 for the general public
$5 for seniors, Webster alumni and students from other schools
$4 for Webster University staff and faculty

Free for Webster students with proper I.D.

Advance tickets are available from the cashier before each screening or contact the Film Series office (314-246-7525) for more options. The Film Series can only accept cash or check.

The Webster University Film Series site can be found HERE

http://www.webster.edu/film-series/