Berlin - Metropolis of Vice (video documentary) NSFW
Louise Brooks speaks about such things in her memoirs and in filmed interviews shot later in her life. . . . Here is Berlin - Metropolis of Vice, an excellent NSFW video documentary.
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Double take: a nude Louise Brooks
A nude Louise Brooks (circa 1925), giving the camera a devilish grin. Be sure and follow this blog: in the coming days there will be for the rare vintage comic strip relating the "history" behind this...
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Rolled Stockings - A round-up of reviews
Rolled Stockings, Louise Brooks' ninth film, was officially released on this day in 1927. The film is a romantic drama, set on a college campus, involving roadhouse adventures and a climatic race...
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Louise Brooks Society is on Twitter @LB_Society
The Louise Brooks Society is on Twitter @LB_Society. As of today, the LBS is followed by more than 2,700 individuals. Are you one of them? Why not join the conversation? Be sure and visit the LBS...
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Louise Brooks at home, outdoors
Louise Brooks at home, enjoying the California sun in and around her yard, circa 1928. Brooks is pictured in the first and fourth images with her younger sister June.
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Louise Brooks outdoors a little longer
Here is one more picture of Louise Brooks outdoors, enjoying the sun. How she could get much swimming done with those heals is hard to say. Be sure and follow this blog, as early July will see a series...
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Louise Brooks articles on San Francisco Chronicle website
For about a year, I blogged for the San Francisco Chronicle website, SFGate. I wrote about all kinds of stuff, movies, books, authors, local history, and more. And of course, I wrote about Louise...
View ArticleSuggest Louise Brooks become a Google doodle !
Why not suggest Louise Brooks become a Google doodle on her birthday, November 14th. Send a suggestion to proposals@google.com
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Charlie Chaplin: Birth of the Tramp celebration & conference in Italy
Charlie Chaplin: Birth of the Tramp celebration & conference June 26th-28th, 2014at the Cineteca di Bologna in ItalyThe conference will cover a large breadth of topics: presentations will deal with...
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Posing Regretted by Louise Brooks, Erstwhile "Friend" of Charlie Chaplin
As promised, here is one of the rarest bits of Brooksiana and Chapliniana you are likely to see . . . . the four panel comic strip "history" of the summer long affair between the then little known...
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Where and Why Miss Louise Brooks Draws the Line
A follow up to yesterday's post: Newspapers around the country ran an illustrated article on the draped nudes scandal entitled ''Where and Why Miss Brooks Draws the Line.'' This widely syndicated...
View ArticleLouise Brooks: A Glastonbury First
Over the years, there have been great performances and historic moments at the annual Glastonbury Festival. This year should be no different.Along with predictions of rain, there are rumours that...
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Another rare Louise Brooks related comic
This rare 1930 cartoon featuring the "life story" of Thomas Meighan also mentions the 1927 Louise Brooks film, The City Gone Wild. I have other examples of this strip featuring other Brooks' co-stars...
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New book - Lady in the Dark: Iris Barry and the Art of Film
I have recently finished reading Lady in the Dark: Iris Barry and the Art of Film, by Robert Sitton. The 496 page book is out from Columbia University Press. I found this compelling biography to be...
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Louise Brooks: Modelling a bathing suit
Cool pic of the day: Louise Brooks models a bathing suit, circa 1927.
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Louise Brooks: At the Beach
It's summer. So here are a few images of Louise Brooks at the beach.As a member of Denishawn, in 1923. Louise Brooks is second from right.Martha Graham is center. Picture taken on the Atlantic Coast.As...
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It's the Old Army Game with Louise Brooks screens in Chicago July 17
It's the Old Army Game will be shown in Chicago on July 17th, as part of the 2014 Silent Summer Film Festival. The film stars W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks, and the screening will take place at the...
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Another Sacramento trip
I'm just back from the California State Library in Sacramento, where I spent a day looking at microfilm in search of yet moreLouise Brooks material. Though I didn't find alot of stuff, I did find a...
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New book - Douglas Fairbanks and the American Century
All interested in silent film will want to know . . . .Douglas Fairbanks and the American Century is just out from the University of Mississippi Press. It looks great. The 384 page book, by John C....
View ArticleReport from Glastonbury: Louise Brooks and the Dodge Brothers
On Saturday, June 28, the Dodge Brothers became the first band to accompany a silent film at the Glastonbury Festival. The film they accompanied was Beggars of Life (1928), starring Louise Brooks.The...
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