Jane Russell has always thought the
publicity campaign for the outlaw was
more controversial than the movie itself.
Nothing in the picture shocked me.
There was nothing in the picture that I
wouldn't have done in real life at all.
So I was very amazed at the publicity
campaign.
I went in to George Harrell's studio
and I he's well known for all
his glamor shots, you know, and I thought
it was going to be something like that.
And when I got there, here was a pile of
hay.
So it was just some more of the outlaw.
It was a public publicity
picture for a picture.
And that's a lot of what the picture
was about. But I didn't think it was
going to haunt me for the next 40 years.
When you saw the picture, what did you
think? I think she looks like a poor,
sick little calf,
and I didn't want it on the cover at
all that I lost.
So the famous outlaw photo is on
the cover of Jane Russell's newly
published autobiography.
But if Jane Russell could have chosen
something from her favorite movie, it
would have been from gentlemen prefer
blonds.
Well, I don't know about you guys.
I always sort of figured Lorelei would
end up with the secretary of the
Treasury.
Again, the publicity department tried to
promote a feud between Jane Russell and
Marilyn Monroe, but the two actresses
actually got along nicely when
I found out that she was a little nervous
about going out on the set.
I stopped by her dressing room
and I say, come on, Brando's time, go.
Where do you know?
And she said, Oh,
I'll write it up.
And we try it on the set together.
Gentlemen Prefer Blonds was Monroe's
first starring role.
She worked very hard.
She always knew her lines and she
was absolutely determined
to get ahead, as are a girl's
best friend.
Today at 64, Jane Russell
is not saying no to acting offers
as long as they don't interfere with her
marriage and her home life.
Bobbie Wygant, Channel 5
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