A century ago with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion: Powerful and influential women in early Hollywood

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URL: https://filmtalk.org/2017/03/03/a-century-ago-with-mary-pickford-and-frances-marion-powerful-and-influential-women-in-early-hollywood/

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" did not make me laugh, but it's useful reading for anybody who wants to better their understanding of the USA of the 1920s.

I might give Loos's autobiographical writing a go at some point.

Cast of Thousands: The Life, Wit, and Work of Anita Loos | The New York Public Library

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2021/03/18/anita-loos-life-wit-work

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My latest project has me exploring a bit far afield at times. Now I’m looking into a late 1940s Broadway hit written by Anita Loos and starring Helen Hayes. As far as I can tell, this was not adapted into a movie.

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondie

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While doing some completely unrelated research, I came across this anecdote, which I think bears repeating. See the alt text for my transcription.

New York Post, June 12, 1939, Leonard Lyons, in his regular column "The Lyons Den".

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