Women in Early Film

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Screenwriter and author Anita Loos. MGM producer Samuel Marx states,'She was a very valuable asset for MGM, because the studio had so many femmes fatales – Garbo, Crawford, Shearer, and Harlow – that we were always on the lookout for 'shady lady' stories. But they were problematic because of the censorship code. Anita, however, could be counted on to supply the delicate double entendre, the telling innuendo. Whenever we had a Jean Harlow picture on the agenda, we always thought of Anita first.'
Anita Loos - Wikipedia
Publicity photo for 'Red-Headed Woman' (1932) with Jean Harlow and Anita Loos. Adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel to the screen was Loos's first job for MGM, with its success putting her in the front ranks of American screenwriters.
Anita Loos - Wikipedia
Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright and author. She was a prolific writer, submitting 105 film scripts between 1912 and 1915, with her screenplay 'The New York Hat' being directed by D. W. Griffith. Her husband John Emerson took credit for many of her scripts even though she was the sole creator of the vast majority of them. However, she later gained the recognition she deserved through the popularity of her novel, 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1925).
The Mary Sue's article on the history of women in animation. http://www.themarysue.com/history-of-women-in-animation-part-two/
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“Fate keeps on happening”: “Another Look” book club takes on Anita Loos’s 1925 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on May 28
Frontispiece to Anita Loos's 1925 novel 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,' later adapted to the hugely successful film starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.
The Mary Sue's article on the history of women in animation. http://www.themarysue.com/history-of-women-in-animation-part-two/
The Mary Sue's article on the history of women in animation. http://www.themarysue.com/history-of-women-in-animation-part-two/
The Mary Sue's article on the history of women in animation. http://www.themarysue.com/history-of-women-in-animation-part-two/
From The Mary Sue's article on the history of women in animation: http://www.themarysue.com/history-women-in-animation/
From The Mary Sue's article on the history of women in animation: http://www.themarysue.com/history-women-in-animation/
Anita Loos - Wikipedia
Portrait of screenwriter Anita Loos by Frank Walts on the cover of 'The Liberator' (April 1918).