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Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Tommy Noonan: Gus Esmond Jr.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Tommy Noonan credited as playing...

Gus Esmond Jr.

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  • [Dorothy is admiring some athletes]
  • Gus Esmond: Dorothy Shaw. I want you to remember you're supposed to be the chaperone on this trip.
  • Dorothy Shaw: Now lets get this straight, Gus. The chaperone's job is to see that nobody else has any fun. Nobody chaperones the chaperone. That's why I'm so right for this job.
  • Gus Esmond: [as she tries on the diamond ring he's just given her] Is it the right size?
  • Lorelei Lee: Well, it can never be too big. Do you think that's too small, Dorothy?
  • Dorothy Shaw: [whistles] Looks like it oughta have a highball around it.
  • Lorelei Lee: Dorothy. Mr. Esmond and I are getting married.
  • Dorothy Shaw: To each other?
  • Gus Esmond: Of course to each other. Who else to?
  • Dorothy Shaw: Well, I don't know about you Gus, but I always figured Lorelei would end up with the Secretary of the Treasury.
  • Gus Esmond: [trying to have a serious talk with Lorelei, but she is bouncing up and down on the bed] Dear... dear... dear, stop that! It's most distracting.
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: Dorothy Shaw, I'm counting on you to keep those athletes to yourself.
  • Dorothy Shaw: What a coincidence! That's my plan too.
  • Lorelei Lee: Where's Dorothy?
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: Oh, I don't know. Someone whistled at her and she disappeared.
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: I hope she's not going to be a bad influence on you.
  • Lorelei Lee: Oh, no, lover. Dorothy's not bad. Honest! She's just dumb. Always falling with some man just because he's good-looking. I keep telling her, it's just as easy to fall with a rich man as a poor man. But, she says, "Yes, but..." If they're tall, dark and handsome, she never gets around to vital statistics until it's too late. That's why I'm her best friend, I guess. She really needs somebody like I to educate her.
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: Yes, dear. But very few girls have your - wonderful willingness to learn.
  • Lorelei Lee: I suppose that's true.
  • Lorelei Lee: I want to kiss you goodbye.
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: Very well.
  • Lorelei Lee: No, no. Not in front of everybody. Come on in, Daddy darling.
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: Lorelei, I want to talk to you.
  • Lorelei Lee: Sure.
  • [sits down and starts bouncing up-and-down on the bed]
  • Gus Esmond Jr.: Dear, I want to tell you something... I want to remind you of something... Very... Stop that! Please. It's most distracting.

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