Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film) is too, a lack of grasp in Howard Hawks' handling, which is scrappy and uninventive." On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Anchored by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell's sparkling magnetism, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is a delightfully entertaining 1950s musical." German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder declared it one of the ten best films ever made. Monroe and Russell were accorded the honor of putting their hand and foot prints in cement in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) extravagance was faked: Every jewel she bought was paste and it was a test of his love. She says he fell into the trap and should be ashamed of himself. Remorseful, Spoffard vows to marry her and finance Montrose’s movie. Lorelei gets everything she wants, but says she is simply happy to make everyone else happy. "TIME" headed its review of the book "Moronese" and compared it to "The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1764-65" by Cleone Knox. The book was filmed twice and made into a Broadway musical in 1949 starring Carol Channing. The