San Francisco: A Screenplay

by Anita Loos

Book Overview

This story of the San Francisco Tender­loin and the 1906 earthquake centers on four strongly drawn characters played by four major stars. The lead, of course, is Clark Gable as Blackie Norton. The prototype for Gable's role was Wilson Mizner, a gambler from the Barbary Coast and a close friend of Miss Loos. Mizner embodied the "imagination and braggadocio" that Loos saw as characteristic of San Francisco. Gable is perfect. His Blackie Norton...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809308770
• ISBN13: 9780809308774
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"