Lorelei (musical) two recordings, resulting in a definitive cast recording that includes all the songs from both. Lorelei (musical) Lorelei is a musical with a book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Jule Styne. It is a revision of the Joseph Fields-Anita Loos book for the 1949 production "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and includes many of the Jule Styne-Leo Robin songs written for the original. The 1974 Broadway production of "Lorelei", directed by Robert Moore and starring Carol Channing, ran for 320 performances. Subtitled "Gentlemen Still Prefer Blondes", it opens with the title
Anita Loos but thought Monroe was inspired casting. The success of "Blondes" the second time around meant Loos had a greater profile than ever before. She moved to a more spacious apartment at the Langdon Hotel and bought a car; she and her companion Gladys Tipton would travel to visit friends whenever the mood struck. In 1950, Loos began writing "A Mouse is Born", another novel, and when it was safely in the hands of the publisher she left for the continent, her first trip to Europe in 20 years. A "Mouse is Born" had a lukewarm reception, but by then Loos