Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) first film version, which is now lost, was released in 1928 and starred Ruth Taylor and Alice White. Better known is the 1953 film version of the musical, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. The novel's characters were licensed for use in a daily newspaper comic strip series that ran from April to September 1926. The comic strip was not an adaptation of the novel, but used the novel's characters in new gag situations. Although the writing was credited to Loos, it was presumably ghosted by the artists, Virginia Huget and Phil Cook. The original series was
A Girl in Every Port (1928 film) then does the same to Salami. After thinking over all the fun they had together, however, he asks Salami if he betrayed him. When Salami says no, they become friends again. Howard Hawks went on to direct many notable movies, including, "Bringing Up Baby", "Sergeant York" (nominated for Best Director), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Rio Bravo". Author Todd McCarthy wrote in his book "Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood", that "A Girl in Every Port" is considered by film scholars to be the most important film of Hawks's silent career because it is his first film to introduce many