ANITA LOOS - GREETING CARD SIGNED - HFSID 301983
Price: $180.00
ANITA LOOS
"Kliban cat" greeting card, signed by her for herself and longtime
housekeeper Gladys Tipton
Greeting Card signed: "Love to dear Charley/from/Anita Loos and/Gladys"
(written by Loos). 7x5 folded, 7x10 unfolded card illustrated with a Kliban
cat.A former child actress, Anita Loos (1893-1981)
became a screenwriter at age 19, contributing to more than 60 silent films.
In 1925, she published the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the story
of Lorelei Lee, a "dumb blonde" character based on herself, who had a penchant
for rich men and diamonds. The book was made into a New York play (1926),
a Broadway musical starring Carol Channing (1949) and two films
starring Ruth Taylor (1938) and Marilyn Monroe (1953). "Glady" was
Gladys Tipton, Loos' longtime housekeeper and close friend, who managed
household details after Loos' separation from husband John Emerson. "Charley"
was theater director and producer Charles Forsythe. Unevenly toned. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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