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1926 play by Anita Loos and John Emerson
Gentleman Prefer Blondes is a 1926
play by
Anita Loos and
John Emerson, based upon Loos' 1925 international best-selling
novel of the same name.
In 1925 Loos published the novel,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady, a
comic novel. By the end of the year, there was discussion that the novel would be made into a play.
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[2] The play was produced by
Edgar Selwyn.
[3] The play premiered in Chicago on May 2, 1926 at the
Selwyn Theatre, and was received positively by the
Chicago Tribune.
[4] The play opened on
Broadway at the
Selwyn Theatre,
[5] on Tuesday, September 26, 1926, closing at
Times Square Theatre.
[6]
(Opening night cast as per ibdb.com
[7])
- Katherine Brook as Miss Chapman
- Grace Burgess as Lulu
- Grace Cornell as Ann Spoffard
- Roy Gorham]] as William Gwynn
- Grace Hampton as Lady Beekman
- William T. Hays as Old Spoffard
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Edna Hibbard as Dorothy Shaw
- Bruce Huntley as H. Gilbertson Montrose
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G.P. Huntley as Sir Francis Beekman
- Mrs. Jacques Martin as Mrs. Spoffard
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Frank Morgan as Henry Spoffard
- Edwina Prue as Dickie
- Vivian Purcell as Connie
- Ruth Raymonde as Gloria Atwell
- Georges Romain as Robert Broussard
- Adrian Rosely as Louis Broussard
- Arthur S. Ross as Gus Eisman
- Harold Thomas as Harry
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June Walker as Lorelei Lee
- Daniel Wolf as Leon
The
Daily News gave the play a positive review, although they felt it didn't perform as well as they expected.
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"Theatre Notes".
Daily News. December 26, 1925. p. 18. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Theatrical Notes".
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1925. p. 18. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Theatre Notes".
Daily News. November 27, 1925. p. 40. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Theater: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".
Chicago Tribune. May 3, 1926. p. 27. Retrieved June 27, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"This Week's Openings".
Daily News. September 26, 1926. pp. D15. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: About This Production". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from
the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Opening Night Cast". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from
the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; "Woman Disputed War Drama".
Daily News. September 29, 1926. p. 32. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.