Anita Loos Rediscovered
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Anita Loos Rediscovered

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Anita Loos Rediscovered

About this book

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 This unique collection of previously unpublished film treatments, short stories, and one-act plays spans fifty years of her creative writing and showcases the breadth and depth of her talent.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 play Gigi, Anita Loos wrote almost every day for the screen, stage, books, or magazines. Film scripts include San Francisco, The Women, and Red-Headed Woman. The list of stars for whom she created unforgettable roles includes Mary Pickford, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Audrey Hepburn, and Carol Channing. 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. 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.

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Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2003
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780520926981
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video
NOTES
The 
principal 
source 
for 
this 
work 
is, 
of 
course, 
Anita 
herself 
and 
the 
papers
and 
manuscripts 
she 
left 
to 
her 
niece, 
Mary 
Anita 
Loos. 
For 
our 
own 
writing, 
and
for 
collaboration 
of 
certain 
facts, 
we 
depended 
on 
a 
variety 
of 
sources. 
First
and 
foremost 
are 
Anita’s 
own 
appointment 
books 
and 
her 
letters, 
ranging 
from
1912 
through 
the 
1970s.
We 
consulted 
various 
les 
and 
collections 
at 
the 
Margaret 
Herrick 
Library
of 
the 
Academy 
of 
Motion 
Picture 
Arts 
and 
Sciences, 
including 
the 
George
Cukor 
Collection, 
the 
Motion 
Picture 
Association 
of 
America/Production 
Code
Administration 
les, 
the 
Hedda 
Hopper 
Collection, 
lm 
production 
les, 
and
les 
on 
Anita 
Loos. 
We 
also 
reviewed 
the 
collection 
of 
Anita’s 
letters 
and 
les
at 
the 
Museum 
of 
Modern 
Art.
Interviews 
quoted 
include 
those 
with 
Mary 
Lea 
Bandy, 
chief 
curator 
of 
the
Museum 
of 
Modern 
Art; 
lm 
historian 
and 
lmmaker 
Kevin 
Brownlow; 
Carol
Channing; 
Peter 
Duchin; 
and 
James 
Frasher, 
longtime 
manager 
of 
Lillian 
Gish.
We 
also 
depended 
on 
information 
provided 
by 
Booton 
Herndon 
and 
Patricia
Eliot 
Tobias.
INTRODUCTION
1.
Paul 
Gant, 
Photoplay,
Dec. 
1917.
2.
Conversations 
with 
Mary 
Anita 
Loos.
283

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. ANITA LOOS AND HER STORIES FROM SAN DIEGO, 1888–1915
  8. HOLLYWOOD SUCCESS AND INTERNATIONAL FAME, 1915–1930
  9. RETURN TO HOLLYWOOD, 1931–1944
  10. NEW YORK AT LAST, 1944–1981
  11. MEMORIAL CELEBRATION OF ANITA LOOS’S LIFE, AUGUST 27, 1981
  12. Notes
  13. Works by Anita Loos
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Index
  16. Color Plates

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