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  1. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) [a] is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flapper named Lorelei Lee "in the bathtub-gin era of American history."

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    • 1925
  2. Nov 29, 2017 · Anita Loos (April 26, 1889 – August 18, 1981) was an American author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for Gentleman Prefer Blondes. She was born Corinne Anita Loos in what is today Mount Shasta, California.

  3. Aug 14, 2024 · Anita Loos (born April 26, 1893?, Sissons [now Mount Shasta], California, U.S.—died August 18, 1981, New York, New York) was an American novelist and Hollywood screenwriter celebrated for her novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, which became the basis of a popular play, two musicals, and two films.

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  4. People best know American writer Anita Loos for her novels, especially Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925), which she later adapted for film; her many screenplays include The Girl from Missouri (1934). She authored plays and her blockbuster comic.

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    • August 18, 1981
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  5. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Anita Loos. W. W. Norton & Company, Aug 17, 1998 - Fiction - 216 pages. The delirious 1925 Jazz-Age classic that no less an authority than Edith Wharton called "the...

  6. Jan 5, 2021 · Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “The Great American Novel (at last!)” by Hollywood’s first female scriptwriter, and the basis for the movie starring Marilyn Monroe (Edith Wharton). Meet 1920s...

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  8. Named one of the 100 Best Novels Ever Written in English ( The Guardian ) Loos’s classic tale shows that questions of women and power—more relevant today than ever—can come in the most alluring of packages. , Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Anita Loos, Jenny McPhee, 9780871403179

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