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Miss Channing, creator of Lorelei Lee, gold-digging heroine of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," spent a half hour expressing her opinions on musical comedies in general and hers, in particular...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crowded Law Coffee Hour Hears Carol Channing on Musical Comedy | 5/2/1952 | See Source »

...What would your character, Lorelei Lee, think about Harvard Law students?" asked one spectator...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crowded Law Coffee Hour Hears Carol Channing on Musical Comedy | 5/2/1952 | See Source »

Asked whether she thought Lorelei a good or bad character, she said an actress should not think of her part as either good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crowded Law Coffee Hour Hears Carol Channing on Musical Comedy | 5/2/1952 | See Source »

Whatever her effect on the cast, Miss Channing does nothing to either the songs or scenery except improve them. With wiggling hips and dumb blonde's dialect, she creates a captivating Lorelei Lee in A Little Girl From Arkansas and Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. But only the expectation that Miss Channing will return supports the two-thirds of the show which grinds on without...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 4/23/1952 | See Source »

Swamp Girl (Frankie Laine; Mercury). An unintentionally hilarious song about a Lorelei who lives in a marsh and a fellow who can't help getting his feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Sep. 24, 1951 | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

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