Anita Loos
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Entertainment, Entertainers, Films, Movies, Motion Pictures
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: A pioneering scriptwriter who developed the use of intertitles during the silent film era, Anita Loos also wrote the famous jazz-age novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Early Life
Corinne Anita Loos was born on April 26, 1893?, in Sissons (later Mount Shasta), California, to Minerva and R. Beers Loos. “Minnie” Loos was a proper, patient wife who socially abided the flamboyant, philandering ways of her husband, an itinerant journalist whose wanderlust led him to one small-town California newspaper after another. The wayward father also...
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