"But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"

Author: Anita Loos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1928
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Romantic history of girl who prefers a saxophone player to a millionaire as told by Lorelai.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Author: Anita Loos
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1998-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780141180694

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“Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good, but a diamond and safire bracelet lasts forever.” Anita Loos first published the diaries of the gold-digging blonde Lorelei Lee in the flapper days of 1925, forging a new archetype for the modern world. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows Lorelei and her best friend, Dorothy, from Hollywood to Manhattan to Paris and London, pursued by eager suitors all the while. In “the Central of Europe,” with a new diamond tiara in her handbag, Lorelei meets a traveling American millionaire who just might be the one. She retires her diary, but not for long, because, as she writes in the opening pages of But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, “it is bright ideas that keep the home fires burning, and prevent a divorce from taking all of the bloom off Romance.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" ; "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"

Author: Anita Loos
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1989
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Lorelei Lee is the ultimate fapper. She's a not-so-dumb blonde whose taste for orchids, champagne, and diamonds is so single-minded she is almost an innocent. Here she is, portrayed on screen, in Anita Loos's own inimitable style. Illustrated.

Anita Loos

Anita Loos
Author: Gary Carey
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1988
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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Intertwines the stories of rock star and vampire Lestat, beautiful twins haunted by a gruesome tragedy, and Akasha, mother of all vampires, who dreams of godhood.

Issues in Feminist Film Criticism

Issues in Feminist Film Criticism
Author: Patricia Erens
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1990
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780253206107

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"This anthology makes it abundantly clear that feminist film criticism is flourishing and has developed dramatically since its inception in the early 1970s." —Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Erens brings together a wide variety of writings and methodologies by U.S. and British feminist film scholars. The twenty-seven essays represent some of the most influential work on Hollywood film, women's cinema, and documentary filmmaking to appear during the past decade and beyond. Contributors include Lucie Arbuthnot, Linda Artel, Pam Cook, Teresa de Lauretis, Mary Ann Doane, Elizabeth Ellsworth, Lucy Fischer, Jane Gaines, Mary C. Gentile, Bette Gordon, Florence Jacobowitz, Claire Johnston, E. Ann Kaplan, Annette Kuhn, Julia Lesage, Judith Mayne, Sonya Michel, Tania Modleski, Laura Mulvey, B. Ruby Rich, Gail Seneca, Kaja Silverman, Lori Spring, Jackie Stacey, Maureen Turim, Diane Waldman, Susan Wengraf, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Author: Anita Loos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 251
Release: 1983
Genre: Diary fiction, American
ISBN: 9780871408884

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"But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"

Author: Anita Loos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1928
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Romantic history of girl who prefers a saxophone player to a millionaire as told by Lorelai.

Mean...Moody...Magnificent!

Mean...Moody...Magnificent!
Author: Christina Rice
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0813181100

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By the early 1950s, Jane Russell (1921--2011) should have been forgotten. Her career was launched on what is arguably the most notorious advertising campaign in cinema history, which invited filmgoers to see Howard Hughes's The Outlaw (1943) and to "tussle with Russell." Throughout the 1940s, she was nicknamed the "motionless picture actress" and had only three films in theaters. With such a slow, inauspicious start, most aspiring actresses would have given up or faded away. Instead, Russell carved out a place for herself in Hollywood and became a memorable and enduring star. Christina Rice offers the first biography of the actress and activist perhaps most well-known for her role in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Despite the fact that her movie career was stalled for nearly a decade, Russell's filmography is respectable. She worked with some of Hollywood's most talented directors -- including Howard Hawks, Raoul Walsh, Nicholas Ray, and Josef von Sternberg -- and held her own alongside costars such as Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum, Clark Gable, Vincent Price, and Bob Hope. She also learned how to fight back against Howard Hughes, her boss for more than thirty-five years, and his marketing campaigns that exploited her physical appearance. Beyond the screen, Rice reveals Russell as a complex and confident woman. She explores the star's years as a spokeswoman for Playtex as well as her deep faith and work as a Christian vocalist. Rice also discusses Russell's leadership and patronage of the WAIF foundation, which for many years served as the fundraising arm of the International Social Service (ISS) agency. WAIF raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, successfully lobbied Congress to change laws, and resulted in the adoption of tens of thousands of orphaned children. For Russell, the work she did to help unite families overshadowed any of her onscreen achievements. On the surface, Jane Russell seemed to live a charmed life, but Rice illuminates her darker moments and her personal struggles, including her empowered reactions to the controversies surrounding her films and her feelings about being portrayed as a sex symbol. This stunning first biography offers a fresh perspective on a star whose legacy endures not simply because she forged a notable film career, but also because she effectively used her celebrity to benefit others.