But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes director and Bob Waterfield (Russell's husband) with Robert Bassler as executive producer, from a screenplay by Mary Loos and Sale, based on the novel "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" by Anita Loos. Anita Loos was the author of the novel and play "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" which had been turned into a smash film with Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe in 1953. This film was not as well received as the earlier one. Anita Loos had entitled her book But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, but the studio dropped the first word from the title for the film. But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes But Gentlemen
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel) a wealthy man to buy it for her, and settles on Sir Francis Beekman, whom Lorelei calls ‘Piggie’. She is warned that he is a miser, but with flattery and the promise of discretion (as he is married), she manages to get him to buy the tiara for her. Meanwhile Dorothy takes up with an unemployed ballroom dancer named Gerry. They meet the Prince of Wales and Dorothy thinks it is divine; she is especially impressed with Coty, Cartier, and the ‘Eyeful’ Tower. While spends time with a French viscount, he spends hardly any money on her, leading her to