Vintage Souvenir Book for: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
1950WRCLIT70799New York: Kal Efron 1950. 20pp. Quarto. Stiff two-color pictorial wrappers cover art by Al Hirschfeld. Numerous black & white photo illustrations and essays about principal actors. Wrappers a bit sunned lightly rubbed very good. Delightfully illustrated with production stills and principal portraits and there is a lengthy article by Ms. Loos describing "The Further Adventures of Lorelei Lee" replete with spelling errors intended as a parody of Ms. Lee's voice."Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was performed on stage version in 1926 and as a film in 1928 prior to this Broadway production by John C. Wilson. Featuring lyrics by Leo Robin and music by Jule Styne this mid-century revival played 740 performances at the Zeigfeld Theatre followed by road engagements starring Carol Channing Yvonne Adair Rex Evans and Anita Alvarez et al. Enduring songs from this play include "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" and "I'm Just a Little Girl from Little Rock." Kal Efron unknown books
