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

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

What do these two prominent and legendary ladies of the screen—both Hollywood pioneers of the silent era—actress Mary Pickford (1892-1979) and screenwriter Frances Marion (1888-1973) have in common…

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C Ya ✅ 🇨🇦 (alt account)Jun 1, 2025

#AmReading _Aldous Huxley in Hollywood_. I enjoyed this vignette from #AnitaLoos about #AldousHuxley, with a dining companion's handwriting sample, visiting a graphologist to test her:

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/02/01/the-champion/

The Champion - Futility Closet

A group of us had gone to the pier to have dinner at a little fish restaurant, and while waiting to be served, Charlie Chaplin noticed a sign across the way that read, ‘Scientific Handwriting Analysis. Ten Cents.’ Charlie decided, as a joke, to try the expert out. Aldous [Huxley] stopped him. It would be too simple for a swami to ‘read’ for Charlie because his appearance was familiar to practically everyone in the world. On the other hand no one would recognize Aldous. So Charlie wrote a few words on a scrap of paper which Aldous took to the...

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Jonathan Emmesedi Nov 24, 2024

"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

#Books #AmericanLiterature #AnitaLoos #GentlemenPreferBlondes

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

Once one of the highest paid writers on the MGM lot, Loos worked steadily throughout liberal and conservative eras alike, and achieved succ…

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Paul Brenner Aug 29, 2024

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society . . . outside of a kennel. So long, ladies!”
Joan Crawford in The Women
#TheWomen #Cukor #GeorgeCukor #JoanCrawford #ClareBoothe #AnitaLoos
#moviequotes
#MovieQuoteOfTheDay

P.M.Bryant Mar 3, 2024

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.

#Broadway #HelenHayes #AnitaLoos

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Aug 15, 2023

Gentlemen Prefer Blondie

#SingABookWithALeadSingerOrBand
#HashTagGames
#AnitaLoos

Paul Brenner May 18, 2023

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The story concerns a professional incident in the life of the world’s greatest scientific detective — Coke Ennyday.”
Title card for The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
#themysteryoftheleapingfish #douglasfairbanks #johnemerson #todbrowning #anitaloos
#moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday