The Inventory of the Anita Loos Collection #844
The Inventory
of the
Anita Loos
Collection
#844
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
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LOOS, ANITA
1894-1981
Purchase, November 1984
#844
Writings and correspondence, 1926-1975 2 manuscript boxes
[ ] = information supplied by archivist
* = subject supplied by archivist
I. WRITINGS, 1958-1975 ca. 400 p.
These typescript items were organized by subject file that was probably used by AL in the production of her autobiographical writings and her works on the history of Hollywood. A GIRL LIKE I (1966); FATE KEEPS HAPPENING (1984)
They are about individual actors and actresses, directors and producers, specific films, the movie industry and Hollywood in general.
II. CORRESPONDENCE
ca. 290 letters from actors, actresses, producers, writers.
III. PRINTED ITEMS
Box 1
I. MANUSCRIPTS All typescript
1/1 A. Poems
"You and I, Alone" "Son of a Sailor"
B. Prose
1/2 Cecil Beaton (typescript) Notes with some holograph corrections
Ashmore Creelman (typescript) Notes, 1 p. "the corset in the early twenties that had vanquished", holograph note
1/3 Colette and France. Utilized in FATE KEEPS ON HAPPENING, (Dodd, Mead, 1984) From the chapter entitled "Creator of Gigi-Gabrielle Colette. 3 p.
1/4 Marcel de Sano with holograph corrections dated 1/5/70. 2 p. Marion Davies (typescript), 2 p.
Marion Davies with holograph corrections taped over original text. 4p.
Marion Davies 3 p.
Lord D`Aberson with holograph corrections and typescript corrections taped over the original text. 2 p.
Ruth Obre-Goldbeck de Vallombrosa Dubonet. 1 p.
"Officer Dan" with holograph correction and notes in four separate drafts, the third being dated 8/26/69.
2 The earliest draft has holograph and typewritten corrections taped over original text. 23 p.
1/5 Irving Thalberg dated August 30, 1969 1 p.
Mei Long Fang with holograph corrections. 1 p.
Grace Moore with holograph corrections. 1 p.
Mae Marsh with holograph corrections dated Dec. 13, 1963. 1 p.
Grace Moore, 1 p.
"Officer Dan", with holograph corrections dated Oct. 28, 1969. 2 p.
Re: Charlie MacArthur with holograph corrections. 4 p.
Re: H.L. Mencken, holograph, 1 p.
1/5 Grace Moore with holograph corrections. 1 p.
Synopsis and cast of a "Two Reel Comedy" entitled "Mademoiselle O'Brien" by AL. 2 copies. 2 p. Synopsis and cast of "The Deadly Glass of Beer Triangle Comedy" by AL. Holograph corrections. 2 p.
List of Motion Picture films and release dates with prices.
Poem entitled "Speech for Jean Harlow" (carbon), unsigned, 2 p.
Jeanette MacDonald with holograph corrections. 1 p.
Carbon typescript. Poem entitled "The Face On The Floor", by H. Antoine D'Arcy. 2 p.
Re: Louis B. Mayer. 4 p.
1/6 Sigmund Freud dated May 24, 1963. 2 p.
1/7 Aldous Huxley, 1 p.
Hollywood, 2 p.
Hollywood with holograph corrections, 8/30/69. 2 p.
Re: Hollywood with holograph corrections. 3 p.
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1/8 Bill Haynes, 1 p.
"Early Hollywood" dated March 27, 1964, 2 p.
"Early Hollywood" dated August 30, 1969, 1 p.
"Early Hollywood" Untitled, unsigned, 2 p.
Re: Hollywood, dated Jan 26, 1972. 1 p.
"Second Shift" with holograph corrections dated April 22, 1963. 10 p.
Helen Hayes, dated 8/30/69. 1 p.
Re: Julian Huxley visits Aldous Huxley dated July 10, 1972. 11 p.
Lillian Gish with holograph corrections, dated 9/16/69. 1 p.
Mary Pickford with holograph corrections dated 9/16/69. 1 p.
Re: Silent Films. 1 p. *
Re: Los Angeles dated 10/7/63, 1 p. *
Re: Disneyland dated 10/7/63, 2 p. *
1/8 Re: Hollywood Today, undated. 1 p.
Re: Edwin Hubble/Mt. Wilson Observatory with holograph corrections dated July 14, 1969. 2 p. *
Re: Audrey Hepburn with holograph corrections and notations dated 12/13/63. 2 p.
Re: Edwin Hubble in 3 drafts with holograph corrections. 10 p.
"The Hollywood Nobody Knows" by AL, 6 p.
1/9 Re: Rudi Rommer, 1 p. (#9) "Brownie" dated 7/18/63, 2 p.*
Re: "Life in New York" dated 10/15/65, 2 p. *
Holograph note. "Life in New York" 1 p.
"Life in New York", 3 p.
4 "After Moving to New York" dated 11/12/63, 7/17/63, 7/22/63. 5 p.
"George" [Nathan], 1 p.
An insert on goldenrod paper with a date May 5. 1 p.
New York dated 6/10/70, 1 p.
1/10 Parties, with 2nd pg. dated 8/6/70. 3 p.
Paulette Goddard with holograph notations and corrections. 3 p.
Giovanni Papini in two copies, entitled PROLOGUE, 4 p.
Song entitled "Which", by Cole Porter. Carbon Typescript, three single-page copies. 3 p.
Harry Pilser dated 4/8/63, 2 p.
Mary Pickford dated 9/16/69, 1 p.
Psychic Phenomena dated 4/22/63 with holograph corrections. 6 p.
1/11 Howard Rogers dated 8/21/69, 1 p.
Rothschild's/Railroad Travel * dated 4/23/65. 1p.
Mickey Rooney dated 8/6/70. 1 p.
Ritz Hotel (New York) with holograph corrections. 5 p.
1/12 Social Life (Hollywood) dated 8/19/69 with holograph corrections. 2 p.
Hunt Stromberg. 1 p.
San Francisco dated 8/30/69 with holograph corrections 3 p.
1/12 Norma Shearer. 1 p.
Stars of Silent Films, dated 8/22/69
Simone Weil with holograph correction. 1 p.
Edgar and Ruthie [Serwyn?] [Taylor?] 1 p.
Sex, 5 p.
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Silent Films. 2 p.
Film of San Francisco [Earthquake], with holograph corrections. 1 p.
Social Life. 1p.
Foxie [Armstrong] Sefton. 1 p.
Early Silent Movies with holograph corrections. 4 p.
Silent Films dated 9/16/69. 1 p.
Hunt Stromberg dated 8/22/69 with holograph corrections. 1 p.
1/13 Anna Weissberger * with holograph corrections. 10 p.
AL's mother* Notes from a telephone conversation with Arnold Weissberger dated November 24, 1975. 2 p.
1/14 Ignacio Zuloaga with holograph corrections. 1 p.
1/15 Transcript of 1950 interview entitled "BREAKFAST WITH THE HARTMANS" dated 3/1/63 34 p.
1/16 Gladys Turner dated 8/27/69 with holograph corrections. 6 p.
1/17 AL's youth. Two drafts of material headed Chapter 1. 4 p.
AL autobiographical notes in outline with some holograph corrections dated 5/3/63. 4 p.
1/18 D.W. Griffith dated 7/6/70. 2 p.
D.W. Griffith dated 12/10/63. 2 p.
Lillian Gish. 1 p.
Greta Garbo dated 4/19/63. 1 p.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with holograph corrections. 1 p.
Identification of "Showgirls" in a photograph. Holograph.
Gladys [Moore?] dated 8/27/69. 3 p.
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1/18 Paulette Goddard and Madeline hurlock. 1 p.
Greer Garson ["Blossoms in the Dust"] dated 8/30/69. 1 p.
[Hoppy (Robert Hopkins) and "San Francisco"] dated 8/30/69. 3 p.
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, with holograph annotations. 1 p.
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES dated 3/63. 4 p.
1/19 Chapter entitled "The Biography of a Book by it's Author" 10 p.
1/20 Draft [?] of a letter from AL to Mary [Pickford] 3 p.
1/21 George Cukor dated 8/30/69. 2 p.
"Speech for Players Club Evening - Sunday March 31st" entitled "The Carol [Channing] Nobody Knows." Holograph corrections. 2 drafts, 5 p.
Poem entitled "Owed [sic] to Carol [Channing]" with holograph corrections. Three drafts. 3 p.
Carol Channing with voluminous holograph corrections 3 p.
Re: Loreki. 4 p.
1/23 Clifford Loos in four drafts with holograph corrections. 16 p. 1/24 Scott Fitzgerald with holograph corrections dated 8/19/
1/25 Irving Thalberg dated 8/30/69. 1 p.
[MGM in the 30's] dated 9/13/69. 7 p. Irving Thalberg. 1p.
Irving Thalberg, dated 8/30/69 with holograph corrections. 3 p.
Irving Thalberg with holograph corrections. 4 p.
Lana Turner. 1 p.
Irving Thalberg. Holograph. 2 p.
Irving Thalberg in two drafts. 2 p.
Irving Thalberg dated 8/30/69. 1 p.
Irving Thalberg dated 9/16/69. 1 p.
"Recollections of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" Draft of essay with
7 holograph corrections. 2 p.
Norma and Constance Talmadge dated 8/21/64. 1 p.
1/26 Mary and Doug Fairbanks with holograph corrections 1 p.
Sigmund Freud dated 5/20/63. 3 p.
1/27 Essay entitled "The Vamp Returns in '58" by AL dated 1/30/58 with holograph corrections. 3 p. draft.
1/28 John Emerson, with holograph corrections. 1 p.
John Emerson dated 8/21/69 with holograph corrections. 4p.
John Emerson. 3 p.
John Emerson dated 8/21/69 with holograph corrections. 5 p.
John Emerson dated 9/16/69. 1p.
John Emerson and Corovanni Pappini dated 9/21/64 with holograph annotations and corrections. 4 p.
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II. CORRESPONDENCE FILES, 1926-1975. ca. 290 items Inclusive dates of correspondence in parentheses
A. Individual files as constructed by AL
Each letter stamped "From the Estate of Anita Loos" and most with large letter indicating first letter of the writer's last name or the subject of the letters.
1/29 Bagnold Enid - (1956-63) 1 TLS, 4 postcards, 1 typescript note
1/30 Boucher, Main R., - (1946-64) 3 TLS, 9 ALS, 1 autograph invoice
1/31 Cowles, Fleur - (1953-61) 10 TLS, 6 ALS, 3 ALS on cards. Telegram
1/32 Crowley, Mart - (1969) 1 TLS, 1 ALS
1/33 Flanner, Janet - (1965) 1 TLS, 3 ALS
1/34 Kalman, Vera (1974) 2 ALS, 2 CTL (from AL)[also 2 ALS 1953 from "Mimi"]
1/35 Miller, Gilbert (1953-4) 4 TLS, 1 ALS signed "Kitty"
9 1/36 Ocampo, Victoria (1953-64) 4 TLS, 1 TL (unsigned), 15 ALS (some in French), 2 telegrams
1/37 Schenck, Joseph, M. (1949, 1952) 2 TLS, 1 telegram (from AL)
1/38 Sell, Harry B. (1951-69) 5 TLS (1 from AL), 19 ALS, 1 telegram
1/39 Shelley, Gladys (1960-1962) 16 TLS (one with lipstick kiss), 4 ALS, 1 ALS on card signed "Gladys II"
1/40 Sherwood, Madeline (widow of Robert E. Sherwood) (1962-71) 14 ALS, 1 CTL, 10 postcards, all signed "Mado" majority n.d. McGrath, Earl CTL 6/22/62 to Mrs. Sherwood
1/41 Snow, Carmel (1955-60) 7 TLS, 2 CTL(from AL), 1 postcard, 1 telegram
1/42 Solano, Solita, (1957-1969) 13 ALS, 11 postcards, 1 photograph of SS [?] signed and inscribed to AL
1/43 Sturges, Howard 91947-53) 8 ALS, 12 postcards, 9 telegrams (2 from AL)
1/44 Sutro, John (1954-62) 9 TLS, 9 ALS, 2 CTL (from AL), 6 telegrams, 1 Christmas Card
1/45 Tanner, Edward Everett (Patrick Dennis) 1 TLS
1/46 William Morris Agency (Abe Lastogel) (1950, 1956) 3 TLS, 2 from Abe Lastfogel, 1 from Helen Strauss)
1/47 Zanuck, Darryl (1961) 4 TLS, 1 CTL (from AL)
B. Other correspondence to AL including postcards, sympathy cards and invitations filed alphabetically by author.
Selected correspondents include:
1/48 Arms, Louis Lee (1964) 1 TLS
Bergen, Frances (Mrs. Edgar Bergen) 1961
10 1 announcement card with holo note
Buchwald, Art (1959) 1 TLS
Carney, Art (undated) 1 ALS
Catton, Bruce (1967) 1 TLS
Cooper, Wyatt See: Gloria Vanderbilt
Crawford, Joan (1974) 1 printed invitation
Davies, Marion (1956) 1 telegram
Enters, Agna (1960) 1 TLS
Fields, Gracie (1969) ALS
Fowler, Gene (1949, 1950) 2 TLS
Furness, Betty (1962) 1 TLS
Grainger, Ellen and Percy (undated) 1 card with holo notes
Green, Abel (1966) 1 TLS
Heitman, Charles E. (1926) 1 TLS with holo notes
Houseman, John (undated) 1 ALS
Lindsay, Howard (1950) 1 TLS
Lloyd, Selwyn (M.P.) (1953) 1 TLS
McBride, Mary Margaret (1951) 1 postcard
McDowall, Roddy (1965) 1 TLS
McKenna, Siobhian (undated) 1ALS
Merkel, Una (1958) 1 TLS
Porter, Cole (1954) 1 telegram
1/48 Redgrave, Lynn (undated) 1 ALS
Revson, Charles (1958-59) 3 TLS
Ritchard, Cyril (1973) 1 TLS
Selznick, Irene (1956) 1 ALS
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Sillman, Leonard (1968) 1 TLS
Smith, Tommy (1928) 2 CTL (inviation)
Soule, Henri (1954) TLS
Sydney, Basil (1948) 2 telegrams
Treacher, Arthur (1956) 2 ALS
Vanderbilt, Gloria (undated) 1 Christmas card with photograph, signed
Walters, Barbara (undated) 2 ALS
Wanger, Joan and Walter (1956) 1 telegram
Winter, Shelley (1975) 1 ALS
Also 1 postcard from Cecile, Alec and Raysil [?] from France. (undated)
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III. PRINTED ITEMS
Playbill for "NO, NO Nanette"
1 captioned printed photograph (from magazine) of Louis Meyer, Anita Stewart, Marion Davies, Irving Thalberg, Elinor Glyn and others.
1 eulogy of Joseph M. Schenck by Louis Nizer. 1961
1 invitation to a "Ceremonial Tribute to Robert Emmet Sherwood" 1955
Miscellaneous newsclippings
Addenda
Purchase June, 1990
Box 2
MANUSCRIPT
"THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING: A Farce in Three Acts" by John Emerson and Anita Loos. New York: Longmans, Green [1924]. Original playscript. 112 mimeographed quarto pages, in printed wrappers. With text on rectos only. This copy is labeled "Players; Prompt Book."
This is Loos' first play for the theater. She began writing silent film scenarios in 1912 at the age of 19 and had produced more than 100 when she moved to New York in the early Twenties and started to write stage plays, beginning with this one. By 1931 she was back in Hollywood writing screenplays.
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