In 1953, the dazzling, showstopping and glamorous musical spectacle Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was released in theaters. It followed showgirls Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell ...

In this shot, Marilyn Monroe tests out one of her costumes for the film. The chalkboard on the left has her character’s name, Lorelei, along with information about the scene she would wear the costume ...

She shared the screen with Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Frank Sinatra and outlived all of them, but the incredible life of Jane Russell came to an end on Monday. Jane burst onto the Hollywood scene ...

Here’s one path Hollywood stardom can follow. A receptionist in a chiropodist’s office is signed to a contract by a film producer. That producer, Howard Hughes, makes her the centerpiece of a movie.

An uncredited scribe in the June 23, 1953, issue of Newsweek described Howard Hawks’s “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953) as an essay in “erotic anthropology”: “Hollywood’s censors require that bumps be ...

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2008 file photo, actress Jane Russell arrives at the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. A family member on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 said Russell, stunning ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" movie star Jane Russell, who became a controversial Hollywood sex symbol, died on Monday at the age of 89, her family said. Russell, best known as ...