Marilyn Monroe’s Personal Script
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Marilyn Monroe’s personal script for the classic comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Twentieth Century Fox, 1953). The 118-page script is contained within a light blue paper cover that is marked final and dated October 22, 1952. Marilyn’s handwritten notes in pencil are on the backs of several pages, and the name of her character Lorelei is circled a few times throughout the script. The back page of the script is pink and typewritten with a note to secretaries and the name “Marilyn Monroe” is written in ink on the upper right of the page.