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
Matt Mattox qualities developed during the barre are visible within his own detailed and polished style. Mattox had a higher profile as a specialty dancer in Hollywood musicals. His best-known film role is Caleb Pontipee in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", but he was also a principal dancer in, among others, "Yolanda and the Thief", "The Band Wagon" (Cyd Charisse's partner in the ballet sequence), "Till the Clouds Roll By", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", and "There's No Business Like Show Business". In addition, Mattox was a regular guest on television variety shows, for which he choreographed as well as performed, including "The Patti