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CAST OF THOUSANDS, ANITA LOOS, 1ST ED. BK, ILLUS, MOVIES, 1978 - $50 (Jarvis Street & Front Street E., Toronto, Ontario)
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Contents: 1. Origins; 2. The Silent Years; 3. The Girls; 4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; 5. M.G.M; 6. Women to Remember (Helen Hayes, Colette, Audrey Hepburn, Gladys Tipton Turner (her housekeeper, constant companion), Gypsy Rose Lee, Paulette Goddard); 7. Men to Remember (Erich Maria Remarque, Edwin Hubble, Moe Berg, Aldous Huxley, Ernst Lubitsch, H.G. Wells, Henry Sell, John Emerson. George Cukor, Rouben Mamoulian, Mortie Gottlieb ); 8. It's Lighter than You Think; Also by Anita Loos; Index; Picture Credits.
Corinne Anita Loos, born in California, was a successful, & prolific screenwriter, playwright and author. She became the first female staff scriptwriter in Hollywood when D.W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 novel, Gentleman Prefer Blondes that was made into the classic movie starring Marilyn Monroe, as well as her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella, Gigi.
She writes with wit, insight, candor, & such elan, that the book is never boring. She lived a full life in the Golden Age of Hollywood, having known an eclectic mixture of people from many different fields, writers, actors, film directors, artists, & scientists. In addition to the ones mentioned above, her encounters include Coco Chanel, H. L. Mencken, Cecil Beaton, Christopher Isherwood, Lillian Gish, Eddie Duchin, Irving Thalberg, Greta Garbo, & F. Scott Fitzgerald & his wife, Zelda. And illustrated art works include ones by Jack Yeats, Don Bachardy, Cecil Beaton, Emmet Kelly.
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