Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical) a film of the same name in 1953, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The popular songs "Bye Bye Baby" and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" were introduced in this musical. In the 1920s, Lorelei Lee, a blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, and her friend Dorothy Shaw board the ocean liner "Ile de France", to embark for France ("It's High Time"). Lorelei and her boyfriend (who is her "sugar daddy"), Gus Esmond, are parting for a while ("Bye, Bye Baby"); Gus is going to Little Rock, and Dorothy is Lorelei's chaperone. On the ship, Lorelei has many admirers, including
A Girl in Every Port (1928 film) then does the same to Salami. After thinking over all the fun they had together, however, he asks Salami if he betrayed him. When Salami says no, they become friends again. Howard Hawks went on to direct many notable movies, including, "Bringing Up Baby", "Sergeant York" (nominated for Best Director), "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Rio Bravo". Author Todd McCarthy wrote in his book "Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood", that "A Girl in Every Port" is considered by film scholars to be the most important film of Hawks's silent career because it is his first film to introduce many