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A cubist drawing of Charlie Chaplin
Just because it is: A cubist drawing of Charlie Chaplin from the book Bonjour, Cinéma (1921), by Jean Epstein.Epstein was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he...
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Check out those wheels . . . .
Two seldom seen photographs of Louise Brooks looking over an automobile, taken in France in 1929 while the actress was working on Prix de Beaute.
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Day 2: The Diary of a Social Celebrity features Louise Brooks
According to the movie herald pictured above and below, March 27th is day two in the diary of a social celebrity - "a bobbed hair barber who bobbed up at the right time." The film it promotes, A Social...
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A Social Celebrity - A Round-up of Reviews
A Social Celebrity, Louise Brooks' third film, was officially released on this day in 1926. The film is a comedy about a small town barber's son who poses his way into New York high society. This...
View ArticleDocumentary based on Jim Tully bio nearing release
The documentary based on the book, Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler (Kent State University Press),is nearing release. Here's the opening clip.Road Kid to Writer - Promo -...
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A Louise Brooks nude like you've never seen....
A Louise Brooks nude like you've never seen.... because this is not Louise Brooks, just a badly photo-shopped image. Don't you think the head is out-of-proportion to the body? Happy April Fools...
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New book: John Wayne the Life and Legend, by Scott Eyman
Scott Eyman, the author of eleven books and the critically acclaimed biographer of Hollywood legends Mary Pickford, Ernst Lubitsch, Cecil B. DeMille, Louis B. Mayer, and John Ford (as well as the...
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Overland Stage Raiders, starring John Wayne
To mark the publication of Scott Eyman's terrific new book, John Wayne the Life and Legend (just out from Simon and Schuster), here are a couple of lobby cards from the one film John Wayne and Louise...
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2014 San Francisco Silent Film Festival
SF SILENT FILM FESTIVAL 2014!  ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 19TH ANNUAL SFSFF MAY 29-JUNE 1GLORIOUS MOVIES, ENCHANTING MUSIC, and MORE! Rudolph ValentinoThe 19th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival...
View ArticleTilly No-Body: Catastrophes of Love - the story of the first Lulu
Take a look into the lives of Frank Wedekind and Tilly Wedekind, two well-known figures in the history of German theater."Tilly No-Body: Catastrophes of Love is a 70-minute, one-woman show weaving...
View ArticleLulu in "The Grand Inquisitor," a film by Eddie Muller starring Marsha Hunt
Lulu is the name of the charming, bobbed hair character in Eddie Muller's terrific short film, The Grand Inquisitor (IMdB), which was released back in 2008. It can be viewed in its entirety here, or on...
View Article"Lulu," a poem by Frank Wedekind
Presented here is Frank Wedekind's poem "Lulu" in its original German, and in rough English translation (by Thomas Gladysz).LuluIch liebe nicht den HundetrabAlltäglichen Verkehres;Ich liebe das wogende...
View Article"Louise Brooks," a poem by William Logan
Willian Logan's poem, "Louise Brooks," was first published in the TLS (Times Literary Supplement) on April 8, 2008. Logan is a poet whose most recent book, Madame X (Penguin), was published in 2012....
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Cool pic of the day: Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box
Cool pic of the day: Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box (1929) . . . . what's interesting about this screen capture of a passing moment in a moving picture is its timeless, almost composed quality.
View ArticleThe Louise Brooks Society blog in 2009
Believe it or not, but the Louise Brooks Society started blogging back in 2002. The LBS started on LiveJournal, and moved to Blogger in June of 2009. In the last year or so, the LBS has been migrating...
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Nameographie
While doing research a few years back, I found this item in an Austrian newspaper dating from 1928. As may be noticed, portraits of each individual are composed of the letters of their name. Pretty...
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Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland
Lately, I've been reading a terrific book, Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939 by Sheila Skaff. The book was published by Ohio University Press in 2008. There is nothing specific in...
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Imaginary encounter between Fernando Pessoa, Pablo Picasso, and Louise Brooks.
Today in Barcelona, Spain -- an imaginary encounter between Fernando Pessoa, Pablo Picasso, and Louise Brooks. There will be a staged reading of Imaginary Encontros, the title of a text by Hélder...
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More Louise Brooks and Poland - Photography of Piotr Pietryga
While searching under the keywords "Puszka Pandory" (a Polish name for Pandora's Box), I came across an intriguing Polish website devoted to the photographic art of Piotr Pietryga. One series that...
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