Anita Loos Quotes
Gentlemen prefer blondes.
Loos, Anita. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady. Boni & Liveright, 1925, Title page.
This absurd statement was actually believed by many colonial Americans—male and female--as Addison’s Spectator was a very popular publication in Colonial America. The claim that women who are interested in political affairs and discusses them will rapidly lose her beauty had no basis in fact. None the less, the quotation was sufficient to intimidate many colonial women from discussing politics with her family or friends.
Corinne Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright, and author. In 1912, she became the first female staff scriptwriter in Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put her on the payroll at Triangle Film Corporation. She is best known for her 1925 comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella Gigi.