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Marilyn Monroe singing “Diamonds are a Girls Bestfriend” in film ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (1953)? #oldhollywood #goldenage #marilynmonroe #gentlemenpreferblondes #actress
♬ original sound - FiftiesdailyFor the performance, Monroe wore a gorgeous, floor-length strapless pink gown designed by William Travilla and matching opera-length satin gloves, with the number accessorized by sparklers around her neck and wrists. She danced around a stage and tuxedoed men, with every shimmy accentuated by the dress hugging her curves.
The whole performance was a display so dazzling that it perfectly captured her character Lorelei Lee’s tongue-in-cheek philosophy that diamonds—and the men who can afford them—are a girl’s best friend. The spectacle became so synonymous with Monroe that it’s easy to forget the song was already a hit.
In 1949, Channing became a star overnight playing the ditzy star of the Loos-Fields play. As Lorelei Lee, Channing was the very first person to sing the showstopping number, using her trademark wide-eyed naivete and raspy vocals to turn the tune into a cultural phenomenon.
Penned by the legendary songwriting team Jule Styne and Leo Robin, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” became one of the era’s most enduring popular songs of film’s golden age. Their other iconic songs included “A Little Girl From Little Rock,” “Bye Bye Baby,” and “You Say You Care.”
The to-die-for combination of Travilla’s hot-pink number, Cole’s hyper-stylized staging, Styne and Robin’s enduring pop hit, and Monroe’s legendary moxie all combined to create an iconic sequence that lives on through homage, from Madonna’s “Material Girl” to Margot Robbie in “Birds of Prey” decades later.
She may have left at 36, but more than seven decades after she slipped into that hot-pink stunner, Monroe is still singing, and the world is still watching.
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