Essential Cinema: Technicolor Musicals
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Directed by Howard Hawks
USA, 1953, 1h 31min, DCP
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$15 evening / $12 matinee (available M-F for shows before 5 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
Accessibility
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Tough-guy director Howard Hawks may seem like an odd choice to direct a musical comedy, but the material, a novel by Anita Loos, is every bit as raw and individualistic as one of Hawks’ noirs or westerns. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell star as two friends who are looking for very different kinds of men. Eye-popping music and dance sequences by Jack Cole.
