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Jan 22, 2015Nursebob rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
When gold-digging showgirl Lorelei (Marilyn Monroe showing us the star she could have been) and her stage partner Dorothy (an ample Jane Russell) embark on a trans-Atlantic cruise the suspicious father of Lorelei’s millionaire fiancé hires a private eye to tail her. Onboard complications ensue when Dorothy tries to date the entire men’s olympic team before falling for the undercover detective and Lorelei sets her sights on an elderly diamond tycoon much to his dour wife’s displeasure. But when the two women find themselves alone and penniless on the streets of Paris a series of lucky breaks and mistaken intentions soon put them back in the driver’s seat again. A laugh-out-loud spoof on sexual politics which sees a background cast of virile all-American guys play second fiddle to two strong female leads while Marilyn’s “dumb blonde” winds up outsmarting every man in the house. A solid script provides an endless stream of comebacks and double-entendres while the lively song & dance routines, filmed in romantic technicolor, are highlighted by Miss Monroe’s iconic rendition of “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”. But for my money Russell practically steals the show with “Who’s For Love” sung in a gymnasium full of glistening half-naked men pulling a series of Rockettes moves. “Camp” doesn’t even come close…