Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Recommended by Rabbi Lionel Blue, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #80 in 1920S

If any American fictional character of the twentieth century seems likely to be immortal, it is Lorelei Lee of Little Rock, Arkansas, the not-so-dumb blonde who knew that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Outrageous, charming, and unforgettable, she’s been portrayed on stage and screen by Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe and has become the archetype of the footloose, good-hearted gold digger, with an insatiable appetite for orchids, champagne, and precious stones. Here are her “diaries,” created by Anita Loos in the Roaring Twenties, as Lorelei and her friend Dorothy barrel across Europe... more

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Rabbi Lionel Blue Well, first of all it makes me happy. I had to go into hospital to have one of those X-rays that people have. Everyone else got dismissed and was told they were fine, but I was told to come back at two o’clock and not be late, so I came back rather apprehensively as nobody had told me anything about what was happening or what was wrong and I tut-tutted, and finally I grabbed the nurse and said: ‘What’s wrong?’ He said: ‘Well, there’s a big, black something or other on your lung.’ I said: ‘Well, is it cancer?’ He just rushed off and about three quarters of an hour later they told me I could go... (Source)


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