But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes is a 1927 novel written by Anita Loos. It is the sequel to her 1925 novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" follows the further adventures of Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw and is illustrated by Ralph Barton. As a sequel to the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", the 1955 film "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" used only the book's name and starred Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain playing characters who were the daughters of Dorothy Shaw. Originally published in 1927, "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" is the sequel to Anita Loos' "Gentlemen Prefer
Anita Loos unfair reimbursement and was subsequently replaced. The new assistant director had eyes for Loos, who had filed for divorce from her estranged first husband. Emerson proposed marriage. They were married at the Schenck estate on June 15, 1919. Loos was among the first to join Ruth Hale's Lucy Stone League, an organization that fought for women to preserve their maiden names after marriage. Hale, wife of playwright Heywood Broun had struggled to get a U.S. passport issued in her birth name. The couple moved into a modest Murray Hill apartment and cut back to two films a year in order