Rudy Vallée and 1940s, and by the time he began working with Preston Sturges in the 1940s, he had become a successful comedic supporting player. He appeared opposite Claudette Colbert in Sturges's 1942 screwball comedy "The Palm Beach Story". Other films in which he appeared include "I Remember Mama", "Unfaithfully Yours" and "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer". In 1955, Vallée was featured in "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes", co-starring Jane Russell, Alan Young, and Jeanne Crain. The production was filmed on location in Paris. The film was based on the Anita Loos novel that was a sequel to her acclaimed "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". "Gentlemen
Loos-en-Gohelle not until 1791 that the name of "Loos" was officially sanctioned. According to some, the name comes from the Germanic "Lôh" and Dutch "Loo" which mean "wood", but there is no archaeological evidence of what could have been a forest. According to others, the name derives from the Germanic "Laupo" which means marshy meadows, which, given the topography of the town, tends to support this theory. In 1937, after much confusion with Loos-lez-Lille (today Loos), it was decided to add the region’s name (Gohelle) to that of the commune. The oldest documents that specify the existence of Loos date from