Marilyn Monroe1953
It featured Monroe in the role of a naive model who teams up with her friends to find rich husbands, thus repeating the successful formula of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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It featured Monroe in the role of a naive model who teams up with her friends to find rich husbands, thus repeating the successful formula of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The second film of the year, musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, established her star image as a "dumb blonde". Monroe starred in three films released in 1953, emerging as a major sex symbol and one of Hollywoods most bankable stars.
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