Chic seems". By contrast, in Anita Loos' novel, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1925), the diarist Lorelei Lee recorded that "the French use the word 'sheik' for everything, while we only seem to use if for gentlemen when they seem to resemble Rudolf Valentino" (a pun derived from the latter's being the star of the 1921 silent film, "The Sheik"). The Oxford Dictionary gives the comparative and superlative forms of "chic" as "chicer" and "chicest". These are wholly English words: the French equivalents would be "plus chic" and "le/la plus chic". "Super-chic" is sometimes used: "super-chic Incline bucket in mouth-blown, moulded glass". An
The Age of Adaline 5. On March 11, 2014 filming at the Hotel Vancouver commenced. Anamorphic lenses and minimal use of steadicams were employed to provide greater authenticity for scenes set in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The films "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "How to Marry a Millionaire" served as inspiration for the period color tone and saturation. While Rob Simonsen scored the film, Lana Del Rey contributed a song titled "Life Is Beautiful". The song is featured in the film's trailer but is not included in the soundtrack. On August 15, 2014, Lionsgate set the film for a January 23, 2015 worldwide release.