BEATON CECIL: (1904-1980) British fashion & portrait photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and stage and costume designer. A.L.S., Cecil, three pages, 8vo, Pelham Place, London, n.d. ('Tuesday'), to Anita Loos ('Darling Anita'). Beaton states that he is longing to see his correspondent and invites her to call when she arrives, continuing 'I'm afraid all is lost for ''Royal Past'' this winter. Sandy seems to have turned against Saul (?) & is now only interested in his ''Henry VIII'' & the possibility of getting & more powerful management for ''Royal Past'' - I think he folded up rather too quickly before giving us all a last chance for suggestions, but maybe we have waited too long' and further writing 'I'm going to have some people - not many - to lunch on Thursday next - at one o'clock & would be thrilled if you could come here. Do let me hear from you as soon as you have a minute'. A letter of interesting association. A few very light, minor creases, otherwise VG Anita Loos (1888-1981) American novelist, playwright & actress, best known for her novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925) which was later made into a film starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. My Royal Past (1939) is a fictious memoir of European aristocracy written and illustrated with drawings and photographs by Cecil Beaton. Many of the photographs are of Beaton himself and his friends, often dressed in women's clothing.