Anita Loos Rediscovered Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Name: Anita Loos Rediscovered Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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ISBN: 9780520228948

ISBN-10: 0520228944

ISBN-13: 9780520228948

Edition: 2004

Authors: Anita Loos, Cari Beauchamp, Mary Anita Loos

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Anita Loos (1888-1981) was one of Hollywood's most respected and prolific screenwriters, as well as an acclaimed novelist and playwright. This unique collection of previously unpublished film treatments, short stories, and one-act plays spans fifty years of her creative writing and showcases the breadth and depth of her talent. Beginning in 1912 with the stories she submitted from her San Diego home (some made into films by D. W. Griffith), through her collaboration with Colette on the playGigi,Anita Loos wrote almost every day for the screen, stage, books, or magazines. Film scripts includeSan Francisco, The Women,andRed-Headed Woman.The list of stars for whom she created unforgettable…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/10/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 322
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Born in California, Anita Loosnbsp;(1893-1981) was herself a celebrity of the Jazz Age that produced Lorelei Lee. She began writing movie scripts by the time she was twelve, and before her death in 1981 she had written an enormous number of stories, screenplays, and more. She was also the author of an autobiography, A Girl Like I.



Plates follow page


Foreword



Introduction



Anita Loos and her Stories from San Diego, 1888-1915


The School of Acting


The Highbrow Plagiarism


The Man Who Looked Up


By Way of France Jane Wins


Out A Ride with Billy


Hollywood Successs and International Fame, 1915-1930


The Heart That Has Truly Loved Play for Mr. Fairbanks


All Men Are Equal


Where Does Annie Belong?


The Moving Pictures of Blinkville


My First Memories of Aunt Anita



Return to Hollywood, 1931-1944



Suggestion for Keaton Story Evelina


Women in Uniform


Aunt Anita's Romances and Friendships



New York at Last, 1944-1981


It Pays to Advertise One More Heroine



Travels with Aunt Anita



Anita Loos's Memorial Service, August 27, 1981


Notes


Works by Anita Loos


Acknowledgments


Index