Anita Loos Rediscovered - Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen prefer Blondes

Foreword xi Mary Anita Loos Introduction 1(8) Cari Beauchamp ANITA LOOS AND HER STORIES FROM SAN DIEGO, 1888--1915 9(30) The School of Acting 16(2) The Highbrow 18(3) Plagiarism 21(2) The Man Who Looked Up 23(4) By Way of France 27(3) Jane Wins Out 30(2) A Ride with Billy 32(7) HOLLYWOOD SUCCESS AND INTERNATIONAL FAME, 1915--1930 39(84) The Heart That Has Truly Loved 51(15) Play for Mr. Fairbanks 66(10) All Men Are Equal 76(14) Where Does Annie Belong? 90(15) The Moving Pictures of Blinkville 105(7) My First Memories of Aunt Anita 112(11) Mary Anita Loos RETURN TO HOLLYWOOD, 1931--1944 123(78) Winkie Boy 141(10) Suggestion for Keaton Story 151(3) Evelina 154(6) Women in Uniform 160(18) Aunt Anita's Romances and Friendships 178(23) Mary Anita Loos NEW YORK AT LAST, 1944--1981 201(64) It Pays to Advertise 210(13) One More Heroine 223(8) Mr. Sherard 231(17) Travels with Aunt Anita 248(17) Mary Anita Loos MEMORIAL CELEBRATION OF ANITA LOOS'S LIFE, AUGUST 27, 1981 265(18) Notes 283(4) Works 287(14) Anita Loos Acknowledgments 301(2) Index 303