The original typed manuscript for Loos's Hollywood memoir, copious corrections throughout in pencil, ink, typed slips pasted over the original text, sheets of notes tipped to edges, etc. Anita Loos (1888-1881) was an American screenwriter and novelist, best known for her 1926 novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and its 1928 sequel "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes", the former of which was the basis for the blockbuster film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.