00:00This mistake was so good that the director left it in.
00:03From 1953 comes Gentleman Prefer Blondes, a movie musical starring Marilyn Monroe and
00:09Jane Russell. Now, if you've never heard of it, then you've at least heard of its most famous
00:12song, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. If you haven't, then quite frankly, what are you doing
00:16with your life? Whilst Monroe has obviously gone on to achieve megastar status, at the time it was
00:21Russell who was the more accomplished actor, and she lived up to her status as an icon when a scene
00:26by a swimming pool went horribly and hilariously wrong. The closing sequence for the number
00:30Ain't There Anyone Here For Love involved several muscular men in tiny trunks leaping over Russell
00:35as she sat by the edge of a pool. Unfortunately for her, one of these hunks was a little too
00:40beefy
00:40and clipped her in the back of her head with his leg and sent her crashing into the pool.
00:45Because Russell was an absolute pro, though, she carried on, emerging from the pool to finish the
00:49song. The blunder fit her character perfectly and is probably the best bit of the entire scene.
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