Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 31m
Overview
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Norma Varden, Howard Wendell, Steven Geray, David Ahdar, Alex Akimoff, Aladdin, John Alban, Gordon Armitage, Virginia Bates, Mary Ellen Batten, Harry Baum, Mary Bayless, Kip Behar, Eumenio Blanco, Herman Boden, Jack Boyle, Paul Bradley, Tex Brodus, William Cabanne, Peter Camlin, Harry Carey, Jr., Steve Carruthers, Albert Cavens, George Chakiris, Spencer Chan, Jack Chefe, Beulah Christian, John Close, Robert Cole, Joan Collenette, Paul Cristo, Roy Damron, Drusilla Davis, George Davis, Jean De Briac, Josette Deegan, Jean Del Val, Bobby Diamond, Deena Dikkers, Jack Dodds, Dan Dowling, Joe Evans, Adolph Faylauer, Bess Flowers, George Ford, Robert Foulk, Alex Frazer, Raoul Freeman, Joel Friend, Robert Fuller, Ed Fury, Kay Garrett, Kenneth Gibson, Joe Gilbert, June Glory, James Gonzalez, Herschel Graham, Bennett Green, Stanley Hall, Sam Harris, John Hedloe, Bill Hickman, Chuck Hicks, Stuart Holmes, Casse Jaeger, Dorothy Kellogg, Colin Kenny, Larry Kert, Tommy Ladd, Richard LaMarr, Judy Landon, Joan Larkin, Henri Letondal, Carl M. Leviness, Shirley Lopez, Robert Locke Lorraine, Herb Lurie, Warren Mace, John Marlin, Alphonse Martell, Matt Mattox, Bert May, Frank McLure, Russell Meeker, Buzz Miller, Harold Miller, King Mojave, Ray Montgomery, Alvy Moore, Roger Moore, Donald Moray, Leo Mostovoy, Fred Moultrie, James Moultrie, Noel Neill, Julie Newmar, Robert Nichols, Ron Nyman, William H. O'Brien, Monty O'Grady, Gayle Pace, Alfred Patix, Stephen Papich, John Pedrini, Ralph Peters, Hamil Petroff, Foster H. Phinney, Joe Ploski, José Portugal, Frank Radcliffe, Fred Rapport, Ellen Ray, Steve Reeves, Barry Regan, Jack Regas, Suzanne Ridgway, James H. Russell, Loretta Russell, Paul Russell, Rolfe Sedan, Bernard Sell, Harry Seymour, Peggy Smith, Buddy Spencer, Ray Spiker, Norman Stevens, Roberta Stevenson, Robert Street, F. Philip Sylvestre, Charles Tannen, Lee Theodore, Arthur Tovey, Blaine Turner, Tyra Vaughn, Ray Weamer, John Weidemann, Dick Wessel, Leo Wheeler, Marc Wilder, Max Willenz, James Young
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)
Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc
But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.
From cbc:
I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.
Director: Howard Hawks
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)
Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc
But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.
From cbc:
I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
2025 Sony 4K Blu-ray
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
Director: Ken Hughes
MGM Blu-ray's stereo track.
MGM's 7.1 track is a remix with a few flaws and much worse fidelity. Capelight's stereo and 7.1 track are both from the remix.
The movie was originally premiered as a roadshow release, with a a 70mm 6-Track Stereo mix. This mix, unfortunately has not been released on home video.
The closest thing to that mix, is the stereo track included on the 2010 Blu-ray. It sounds great, with high fidelity and little filtering. It's lossy, but that doesn't matter very much.
Both the DVD 5.1 and the Blu-ray 7.1 tracks (identical on both discs) are a new remix, rather than a repackaging of the original mix. The 7.1 track sounds quite muffled, though not evenly so. The Capelight Blu-ray's lossless stereo track uses the same remix, but with higher fidelity than the surround tracks, sounding significantly less muffled. Compared to the original, this remix sounds wider and more "cleaned up". The remix contains a handful of errors, for example the intermission cue fades out, rather than ending correctly.
Comparison samples
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