Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady is a 1925 comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flap
Cover of the 1926 edition
Lorelei Lee (left) and Dorothy Shaw (right) arrive in 1920s Paris, where Lorelei spots a Coty's sign.
Lady Beekman (right) confronts Lorelei and Dorothy and demands the return of her tiara.
Illustration by Ralph Barton
Anita Loos
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Corinne Anita Loos was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at T
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel)
…Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady is a 1925 comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flapper named Lorelei Lee during "the bathtub-gin era of American history." Published…
Loos in 1916
Stylized cover drawing of Anita Loos by Frank Walts on the April 1918 issue of The Liberator
Loos and Emerson at their wedding on June 28, 1919 in Long Island
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