Anita Loos, looking scholarly, famous for writing the bestselling, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, notoriously lied about her age, stating she started writing for motion pictures at the age of twelve in 1912… Pictured below: Charlie Chaplin, Anita Loos, Paulette Goddard, and John Emerson. Loos and Emerson were married for seventeen years and had a beach house in an area referred to as the Gold Coast (Pacific Palisades/Santa Monica) designed by Richard Neutra. I believe this is the house, although I’m not […]

Categories: Architecture, Art, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, History, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Anita Loos, architecture, author, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gold Coast, John Emerson, Lovell House, movie history, Paulette Goddard, playwright, Richard Neutra, screenwriter