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Pandora's Box (1929) tonight in Luxembourg
Today, Pandora's Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Luxembourg.Here is the write-up from the venue, Philharmonie, place de l’Europe, Luxembourg-Kirchberg.The Louise Brooks Society...
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Pandora's Box screens tonight in UK at historic Aldeburgh Cinema
Pandora's Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks, screens tonight in the UK. Pianist Neil Brand will accompany the film at the Aldeburgh Cinema as part of their "Classic Silent Film& Live Music"...
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Seattle art exhibit with Louise Brooks inspired art
A Seattle art gallery is hosting an exhibit of work by Jack Chevalier which features a handful of works inspired by Louise Brooks, as well as some 20 smaller works related to other contemporary film...
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Louise Brooks included among The 100 coolest Americans
A major photography exhibition opening at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington asks the question, "what and who is cool?"From Elvis Presley and James Dean to Johnny Depp, "American Cool"...
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Classic Movie Blog Association
The Louise Brooks Society blog has been voted a member of the Classic Movie Blog Association. The CMBA is a group of blogs dedicated to the celebration of classic cinema. More information about the...
View ArticleL'épitaphe de Louise Brooks.... by Roland Jaccard
A couple of days ago, the French writer Roland Jaccard posted the following video on YouTube. As fans of Louise Brooks know, Jaccard contributed to and edited the first book about the actress, Louise...
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Paramount biography of Louise Brooks, circa 1927
I recently had the chance to see a scarce document, Biographies of the stars, featured players and directors who are appearing in Paramount pictures, by the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Department of...
View ArticleClassic Hollywood - Louise Brooks
A nifty video "Classic Hollywood - Louise Brooks," from YouTube.
View ArticleNational Film Registry NEEDS Louise Brooks nominated films
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington is seeking nominations for the National Film Registry. Public nominations play a key role when the Librarian of Congress and Film Board are considering their...
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Louise Brooks - Her historic appearance in Japan
Lately, I've been reading Making Personas: Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan, by Hideaki Fujiki (Harvard University Asia Center). It is a fascinating scholarly work that looks at the way movie...
View ArticleLouise Brooks & Frankie Trumbauer - Bye Bye Blues, 1930
Happy Valentines Day! Please enjoy these images of Louise Brooks set to the music of Frankie Trumbauer's "Bye Bye Blues" (1930), with vocal by Scrappy Lambert (who a couple of years earlier had...
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Louise Brooks Society on Twitter
The Louise Brooks Society is on Twitter @LB_Society. As of now, the LBS is followed by more than 2,320 individuals. Are you one of them? Why not join the conversation? Be sure and visit the LBSTwitter...
View ArticleThe Canary Murder Case - a round-up of reviews
The Canary Murder Case was officially released on February 16th, 1929. Based on the bestselling and once critically acclaimed detective novel by S.S Van Dine, the Malcolm St. Clair-directed film stars...
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Hilton Als at San Francisco Public Library
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, February 18th, writer, critic, and White Girls (McSweeney's) author Hilton Als will be speaking at the San Francisco Public Library. I hope to attend.The event description reads...
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Recently published novel features Louise Brooks
Just recently, I came across a new novel which features Louise brooks as a character. The actress and silent film star also appears on the cover of Virtually Forever, which was published by Eames Media...
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Another Recently published novel features Louise Brooks
Just recently, I came across another new novel which features Louise brooks as a character. The actress and silent film star appears in Take Her For a Ride, which was published by Crucson Publishing...
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Event for Robert Murillo's Louise Brooks-inspired novel "The Vanity"
On Saturday March 1st at 1 pm, author Robert Murillo will read from his new Louise Brooks inspired novel, The Vanity, at Orinda Books in Orinda, California. Robert and his novel will be introduced by...
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Louise Brooks Encyclopedia: Fritz Kortner
Welcome to a new feature of the Louise Brooks Society blog - a monthly entry from Louise Brooks Encyclopedia. This second entry is devoted to actor Fritz Kortner. The Austrian-born stage and film...
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Today's three articles on Robert Murillo's The Vanity
On March 1st at 1 pm, author Robert Murillo will read from his new Louise Brooks inspired novel, The Vanity, at Orinda Books in Orinda, California. The event has received a good deal of local...
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