Kiss Hollywood Good-By (inscribed first edition)
New York: Viking Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND DATED THE DAY BEFOR OFFICIAL AMERICAN PUBLICATION DATE ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE, "Greetings to ____/ from/ Anita Loos/ July 6th 1974". Fine, fresh copy in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 213 pp with index and black and white photographs. "Kiss Hollywood Good-By" supplies more insights into the history of American movie-making than many earnest, scholarly studies on the same subject. Anita Loos' irreverence is the key to her readability. Although she never kept a close diary of her experiences, she did accumulate a collection of cherished datebooks that have sparked the reminiscences of this book. Loos spent 18 years at MGM's "dream factory" writing such classics as "Red Headed Woman", "Saratoga" and "San Francisco" Fine / fine. Item #E33965
ISBN: 0670413747
Price: $150.00