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Anita Loos
Autograph Letter Signed by Anita Loos - 1952

1952

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This is an Autograph Letter Signed by Anita Loos to the Cuntess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt. July 14th, 1952. In English. Signed. Excellent condition: As good as New, including original envelope. A beautiful greeting letter and thank-you lette for the "unforgettable day we had at your Villa Reale", with the hope to meet the Cuntess in New York. Collect or present this unique piece of the Spanish artist, as if it was a holy relic! Corinne Anita Loos (Mount Shasta, 1889 - New York, 1981) Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright and author. In 1912, she became the first-ever female staff scriptwriter in Hollywood, when D.W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. Best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, as well as her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella Gigi. In the 1930s she was signed by MGM, and wrote brilliant screenplays for the likes of San Francisco (1936), with Clark Gable, Saratoga (1937), with Jean Harlow, and Donne (The Women, 1939), with Joan Crawford . Meanwhile she travels all over the world and continues to write books. In the following decade she leaves the cinema and retires to an apartment in Manhattan, New York. Background: In the fifties and sixties Anita Loos devoted herself completely to literature, except for a brief foray into the theater (she wrote the theatrical adaptation of her novel Gigi), writing her autobiography, A Girl Like I, in 1966. Discover More About The Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt, Here! Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci (Rome, 1885 - Marlia, 1971) Best-known as "Mimì" Pecci-Blunt , the Italian noblewoman was an art collector, patron and nephew of Pope Leo XIII. Extremely volcanic, she was very active in the cultural field, opening numerous lounges, galleries and theaters. In 1919 she married Cecil Blumenthal, later changed to Blunt, a wealthy Jewish banker from New York, heir to an important collection of nineteenth-century French painting. His Parisian and Roman salons was frequented by artists and intellectuals of the caliber of Salvador Dalì, Paul Valery, Poulenc, Paul Claudel, and Aldo Palazzeschi!
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  • Creation Year:
    1952
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.24 in (26 cm)Width: 6.7 in (17 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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    Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1137261stDibs: LU65037393332

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