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Cowboys, Creatures and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures
Jane Russell was a dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 Western The Outlaw inspired producer Howard Hawks to challenge the power and strict morality of Hollywood’s production code. Her provocative performance in the film – and the studio publicity shots posing her in a low-cut blouse while reclining on a stack of hay bales – marked a turning point in moviedom sexuality. She became a bona fide star and favorite pinup girl of soldiers during World War II. Troops in Korea named two embattled hills in her honor.
Born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell on June 21, 1921, the stunning, talented actress would turn her sexy image to comic effect in films with Bob Hope, Marily Monroe and other major stars. Among her better films are The Paleface in which she plays the spirited Calamity Jane opposite Hope’s feckless dentist in a spoof of The Viriginian, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a musical in which she is brunette gal pal Dorothy to Marilyn Monroe’s gold-digging Lorelei Lee. In the latter, the two stars perform a razzle-dazzle production number of the Jules-Styne-Leo Robin hit song “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.”
Some of the other Westerns she starred were Son of Paleface, Montana Belle, and The Tall Man.
Russell was a Christian who made several appearances on the Trinity Broadcast Network discussing her faith in Jesus Christ. She passed away on February 28, 2011, at the age of eighty-nine.
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