The book is presented as the diary of Lorelei Lee, a beautiful and charming but somewhat naive blonde woman who is determined to marry a wealthy man. Mary Anita Loos is an author and co-editor of Anita Loos Rediscovered.Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a comedic novel written by Anita Loos, first published in 1925. She writes for Vanity Fair and a variety of other magazines. The material is colorful and well-integrated.' - New York SunĪnita Loos (1888-1981) was one of Hollywood's most respected and prolific screenwriters, as well as an acclaimed novelist and playwright.Ĭari Beauchamp is an award winning historian and documentary filmmaker. ' An intriguing selection of previously unpublished film treatments, one-act plays, and short stories written over the course of career. She provides a picture of Anita Loos that helps related the writer’s life to her work.' - Journal of Film & Video Mary Anita Loos’s memoirs about her aunt are loving but honest. Beauchamp’s comments are enlightening but never intrusive, useful for helping readers to develop their own conclusions about Loos’s life and work. ' Editors Beauchamp and Loos have done tremendous work, both in making their selections and in conducting the numerous interviews that have filled out their understanding of Anita Loos and her time. She was an indomitable, wise-cracking prodigy who not only helped create Hollywood, but managed to survive it.' - John Sayles ' This book celebrates a character as memorable as any Anita Loos created in her writing. Their essays are laced throughout the volume, introducing each section and giving previously untold insights and behind-the-scenes stories about Anita – her life, her friendships, and her times.

This collection has been selected by Anita's niece and close friend, the best-selling author Mary Anita Loos, together with the acclaimed film historian Cari Beauchamp. She's mostįamous for creating Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, but the list of stars for whom she created unforgettable roles includes Mary Pickford, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn, and Carol Channing.

Film scripts include San Francisco, The Women, and Red-Headed Woman. Griffith), through her collaboration with Colette on the play Gigi, Anita Loos wrote almost every day for the screen, stage, books, or magazines. Beginning in 1912 with the stories she submitted from her San Diego home (some made into films by D. This unique collection of previously unpublished film treatments, short stories, and one-act plays spans fifty years of her creative writing and showcases the breadth and depth of her talent. Short timelines, she could crank out a script herself or doctor someoneĮlse's.

For producers, especially Irving Thalberg, she was indispensable: given Anita Loos was an acclaimed writer – of screenplays as well as novels and plays.

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