Corinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, her screenplay of the 1939 adaptation of The Women, and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette’s novella Gigi.
Books in order of publication:
Non – Fiction
Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Author: Anita Loos – 2003
Fiction
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1925
But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1927
A Mouse Is Born. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1951
No Mother to Guide Her. NY: McGraw Hill, 1961
Fate Keeps On Happening: Adventures Of Lorelei Lee And Other Writings. NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1984
Nonfiction
w/John Emerson How to Write Photoplays NY: James A McCann, 1920
w/John Emerson. Breaking Into the Movies. NY: James A McCann, 1921
A Girl Like I. NY: Viking Press, 1966
w/Helen Hayes. Twice Over Lightly: New York Then and Now. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972
Kiss Hollywood Good-by. NY: Viking Press, 1974
Cast of Thousands: a pictorial memoir of the most glittering stars of Hollywood. NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1977
The Talmadge Girls. NY: Viking Press, 1978.
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