![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Dorothy flirts with a group of olympic sportsmen ("I Love What I'm Doing (When I'm Doing It For Love)"). ![]() Lorelei is worried that Gus will find out about an old secret of hers and break off their engagement ("I'm Just A Little Girl From Little Rock"), and she is afraid to open a wire that she receives from him. On the ship, Lorelei has many admirers, including the rich Philadelphian Henry Spofford III, and an Englishman, Sir Francis (Piggy) Beekman. ![]() Lorelei and her boyfriend, Gus Esmond, are parting for a while ("Bye, Bye Baby") Gus is going to Little Rock, and Dorothy is Lorelei's chaperone. 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"). An adaptation called Lorelei (also starring Carol Channing) was performed on Broadway in 1974. The popular songs " Bye Bye Baby" and " Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" were introduced in this musical. It was made into a 1953 film of the same name, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The musical opened on Broadway in 1949 (running for 740 performances and introducing Carol Channing), a London production was mounted in 1962, and there was a Broadway revival in 1995. The story involves an American woman's voyage to Paris to perform in a nightclub. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling 1925 novel of the same name by Loos. ![]()
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