Loos, Anita (1893-1981)
Although known primarily as a screenwriter who authored more than 150 screenplays over three decades—beginning in 1912 and ending with her retreat from Hollywood in 1953...
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Anita Loos (1893-1981) is most famous for her satirical short story collection Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, which became a film phenomenon starring Marilyn ...
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"I started life clutching in my childish fist a front-row ticket," wrote Anita Loos, "to that great melodrama, the Twentieth Century." Her first piece was published in the second year of the century, ...
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Anita Loos, one of the century's most gifted humorists, was the author of over 150 screenplays. Spanning three decades, her screenwriting career accompanied her success as a novelist and playwright. L...
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While Anita Loos is best known for her comic novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady (1925), her work includes many stage plays, screenplays, and memoirs of her...
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