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Best Film Books of 2012 and then some
Looking for something good to read? Here are some suggestions for fans of early film - be it the silent era, pre-code, or golden age of Hollywood. My "Best Film Books of 2012" appeared on the...
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Pandora's Box with Louise Brooks screens in Indonesia 1930
Seen here is a very rare, 1930 newspaper advertisement for Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks. Its rarity stems from the fact that it is an advertisement for a non-European screening. Where is this...
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Happy New Year from the Louise Brooks Society
Happy New Year from the Louise Brooks Society. That's Louise Brooks in 1925, pictured here as a member of the Ziegfeld Follies.
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More Pandora's Box ads from around the world
Here are a couple more vintage newspaper advertisements for Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks. This blog continues the series of recent posts featuring ads from around the world for the G.W. Pabst...
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The month at Niles has Louise Brooks connections
This should be a big year for the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, California. In addition to the annual Charlie Chaplin Days and Broncho Billy Film Festival held later in the year, Niles...
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Pandora's Box plays in Latvia - Louise Brooks stars
The 1929 Louise Brooks film, Pandora's Box, played in just about every country in Europe. Some of the recent posts here on the Louise Brooks Society blog show as much. Pandora's Box also played in...
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Louise Brooks stars in Prix de Beaute, from Iceland to Turkey
Louise Brooks starred in Prix de Beaute, a French production released in 1930 which was sometimes advertised or promoted under an alternate title, Miss Europe. It is a terrific film, and proved to be...
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Fantasio, Prix de Beaute in Spain, mainly
Besides Iceland and Turkey (see previous post), the 1930 Louise Brooks' film, Prix de Beaute, was also popular in Spain, where it showed in various cities. Depicted above is a newspaper advertisement...
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Poland anticipates Prix de Beaute
Here is a 1929 clipping from a Polish newspaper listing films in production or scheduled for release in the near future - a kind-of "something to look forward to" piece. The 1930 Louise Brooks film,...
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Frank Wedekind's Lulu staged in 1930
I found this hard to resist. It is an article, seemingly program notes, about a 1930 stage production at the Lobe Theater of Frank Wedekind's Lulu. The Lobe Theater was in what was Breslau, Germany but...
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Pandora's Box shows Jan 15 in Buffalo, New York
Don't forget: Pandora's Box will be shown in Buffalo, New York on January 15, 2013. The film, which stars Louise Brooks, begins the 2013 film series sponsored by the Buffalo Film Seminars at the...
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Silent films were everywhere
Silent films were shown everywhere in the 1920s.... Witness this Chinese newspaper which carries an advertisement for Clara Bow's 1928 film, Red Hair, on the left hand page. On the right hand page are...
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Pandora's Box screens in Buffalo, New York TONIGHT
Don't forget: Pandora's Box (1929) will be shown tonight in Buffalo, New York. The G.W. Pabst film, which stars Louise Brooks as Lulu, begins the 2013 film series sponsored by the Buffalo Film Seminars...
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Gayle Forman's New Novel, Just One Day, has a Character Named Lulu
Gayle Forman's new novel, Just One Day (Dutton Juvenile), has been getting a lot of attention lately. It's a teen romance described as a journey toward self-discovery and true love. "When sheltered...
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Welsh National Opera stages Berg’s Lulu, screens Pandora's Box starring...
Welsh writer and Louise Brooks fan Dilwyn Roberts-Young has let me know that the Welsh National Opera will be staging Alban Berg’s 1937 opera Lulu, as well as screening the 1929 silent film Pandora's...
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The Original Lassie, surprise star of The Street of Forgotten Men
A dog named Lassie appeared in The Street of Forgotten Men (1925), the first film in which Louise Brooks had a role. This, of course, is not the Lassie of later film and television fame. Here's the...
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Street of Forgotten Men inspires illustrated sermon lecture
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925) is the first film in which Louise Brooks had a role. Its realistic treatment of the down and out moved many and inspired at least a few, including this Brooklyn...
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Louise Brooks Society on Twitter
The Louise Brooks Society Twitter account ( @LB_Society) is located at https://twitter.com/LB_Society To date, the LBS has tweeted 1,775 times and has nearly 1,400 followers. Check it out. And be...
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Louise Brooks envelope
Like other Louise Brooks fans, I keep an eye on eBay, where I occasionally have the luck to win something I've bid on. Recently, I won a batch of Louise Brooks clippings, some of which came from a...
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