Anita Loos

  • American

Anita Loos was a notable American author, playwright and screenwriter. - AsNotedIn

Loos was a very valuable asset for MGM, because the studio had so many femmes fatales - Garbo, Crawford, Shearer and Harlow - that we were always on the lookout for shady lady stories. But they were problematic because of the censorship code. Anita, however, could be counted on to supply the delicate double entendre, the telling innuendo. Whenever we had a Jean Harlow picture on the agenda, we always thought of Anita first.
MGM producer Samuel Marx


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1923/02/00 As Zelda and Anita Loos dine at Great Neck, a drunken Scott Fitzgerald throws a wine cooler, a lighted candelabra, a water carafe and a leg of lamb at them screaming "Now I'm going to kill you!" The ladies flee to Ring Larder's house. Life F Scott Fitzgerald Home North Hempstead
1925/11/00 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos is published by Scribner. Author Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book)
1932/00/00 Anita Loos writes a saucy, candid comedy from "Red-Headed Woman". MGM production chief Irving Thalberg brought her onto the project because he wanted her to have fun with the sexual element of the story, as she did in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Screenwriter Red-Headed Woman (film)
1939/11/17 "Another Thin Man" is released. Writer Another Thin Man
1945/02/28 "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" is released. Contributor A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (film)

2 Creative Works by Anita Loos »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (book) Author Novel 1925/11/00
  • 1100 or so Notable Novels and Novellas
Red-Headed Woman (film) Screenwriter Film 1932/00/00

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