Stanley Hall (dancer) "Carmen". The movie was never completed, but Hall stayed on to dance in many well-known Hollywood musical films, including the “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” segment from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Hall enjoyed a successful career as a dancer in Hollywood movies, Broadway musicals, television specials, and live touring shows with Betty Grable, Jane Russell, and Liberace. While in California, Hall broadened his dance skills with studies in modern dance with Bella Lewitsky and jazz with Jack Cole. He also worked with a small ballet company in Long Beach, CA, where he began directing and choreographing. Hall’s friends, the ballerina
Aileen Pringle and Valentino, of which Mencken wrote an account, some weeks after Valentino had died. Mencken does not name her but describes her as "discreet as she is charming." Ralph Barton, American artist, was also a devoted friend and used her as the model for "Dorothy" in his illustrations for "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos. Another admirer was George Gershwin who met her in Hollywood and wrote much of the Second Rhapsody at her Santa Monica, California, home. Her wit, keen intellect and sparkling personality made her a sought-after companion. After her 1926 divorce from Charles Pringle, Aileen Pringle further