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 sure…
Which leads me to one hell of an incredible architect: Richard Neutra, seen here with his wife viewing an exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright designs in 1954.
This is the Lovell house designed by Neutra and built between 1927-1929. Here he is with the steel framed, cantilevered, concrete structure at its completion…
Superlatives fail me. However, the internet reveals a treasure trove of his designs. One particularly rich site: http://www.trianglemodernisthouses.com/neutra.htm