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Get social :: Louise Brooks Society on Twitter
The Louise Brooks Society is on Twitter @LB_Society. As of now, the LBS is followed by more than 1,674 fans. Are you one of them? Why not join the conversation? Be sure and visit the LBSTwitter...
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Doctor Who and Louise Brooks
2009 Doctor Who comic bookThe connections between the silent film star Louise Brooks and the contemporary science fiction TV series Doctor Who are unexpected. Nevertheless, the actress has appeared as...
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Happy Thanksgiving, from the Louise Brooks Society
Happy Thanksgiving, from the Louise Brooks Society.
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A Girl in Every Port in Madison, Wisconsin on December 7th
On December 7th, A Girl in Every Port (1928), starring Louise Brooks, will also be shown in Madison, Wisconsin. This Howard Hawks-directed buddy film, in which Brooks plays a gold digger who comes...
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Hawks on Hawks reissued
The University Press of Kentucky has just reissued Hawks on Hawks, by Joseph McBride, as part of its screen classics series.Howard Hawks (1896-1977) is often credited as being the most versatile of all...
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Examples of Louise Brooks street art, in Paris and Des Moines
Here are a few examples of Louise Brooks street art. The first three are from Paris, France. They are just a few of a number of examples of street art featuring the actress. The next example is from...
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Must read: The Survival of American Silent Films 1912-1929
Must read: The Survival of American Silent Films 1912-1929 (pdf), by the great David Pierce.Here it is, the Library of Congress report that has been getting so much press of late.Follow this link to...
View ArticleTribute to Louise Brooks ( Music By Editors)
A video tribute to Louise Brooks; the song is "Munich" by Editors.
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Singin' in the Rain at San Francisco Symphony
It's one thing for an orchestra to accompany a silent film. It is something else all together for an orchestra to accompany a sound film, let alone a musical.The level of expectation, as well as the...
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Louise Brooks in A Girl in Every Port, tonight in Madison, Wisconsin
As part of its mini Howard Hawks retrospective, HOWARD HAWKS: THE EARLY YEARS, the Cinematheque at the University of Wisconsin in Madison will screen A Girl in Every Port. The 1928 Louise Brooks film...
View ArticleLouise Brooks :: “Musei in Musica”: riprende l’attività della Casa del Jazz...
Yesterday, Louise Brooks was celebrated in jazz in Italy. . . Il 7 dicembre, ore 21, alla Casa del Jazz, Roma SIMONE GRAZIANO QUINTET“Frontal”David Binney sax altoDan Kinzelman sax tenoreSimone...
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Louise Brooks on a ladder in Hollywood
A picture of Louise Brooks (on a ladder) alongside actor Adolph Menjou and Evening Clothes director Luther Reed is included in this months Los Angeles Magazine. The three are pictured outside of "The...
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Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios
Among the books the LBS highly recommends is Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios, by Frederic Lombardi. The book was published by McFarland in March, 2013.Dwan is a legendary...
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The little story a postcard tells
This particular postcard is currently for sale on eBay. I have seen examples of this Louise Brooks card come up for sale in the past. However, what makes it stand out is that it tells a little...
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Speaking of Louise Brooks and Latvia . . .
Yesterday's post got me thinking about Louise Brooks and Latvia. I searched on "Latvian newspaper archive" and found that the National Library of Latvia has a number of Latvian newspapers scanned and...
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Louise Brooks in Winter
It is chilly across the nation. Here is a screen capture of Louise Brooks looking rather stylish in a winter coat.
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Louise Brooks in Winter II
A few more portraits of the silent film star all-bundled up in a winter coat and cloche hat, circa the late 1920s.
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The little story a postcard tells II
A follow up to an earlier blog, about the story a vintage German postcard told.... Another postcard currently for sale on eBay tells a similar story. The previous post drew a connection between Louise...
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Making Personas: Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan (starring Clara...
There is a new book out which should appeal to anyone interested in Louise Brooks, Clara Bow and silent film. The book is Making Personas: Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan, by Hideaki Fujiki,...
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Sirens & Sinners: A Visual History of Weimar Film 1918-1933 stars
Here is another newly published book that every silent film and Louise Brooks fan will want to own, Sirens & Sinners: A Visual History of Weimar Film 1918-1933, by Hans Helmut Prinzler, the former...
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