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
Rachel York Lake in the Ogunquit Playhouse production of "Spamalot". In 2011, she starred as Billie Burke in the musical "Ghostlight" Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre. She then played Anna in the 2011 Walnut Street Theatre production of "The King and I". She starred in Encores! concert series production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" as Dorothy Shaw, which earned her and the production rave reviews. The live concert lasted May 9–13, 2012 and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. York played the role of Reno Sweeney in the national tour of the 2011 Roundabout Theatre Broadway revival of "Anything Goes", which began