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Louise Brooks as decorative art in real estate photograph
Louise Brooks is depicted in an artwork above a bed in this real estate listing. Louise Brooks is the second image from the left. I can't quite identify the the others, maybe that's Pola Negri to the...
View ArticleAbout Rochester NY where Louise Brooks had lived
Here is a New York Times story about Rochester, New York - the city where Louise Brooks lived for the last part of her live. Check it out.
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Pandora's Box with Louise Brooks plays in Detroit, MI on March 28
The Redford Theatre in Detroit will screen Pandora's Box (1929) on Saturday, March 28th at 8 p.m. The Redford Theatre, with its original 3 manual, 10 rank Barton Theatre Pipe Organ, has served as a...
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Redford Theater proclaims Pandora's Box this Saturday
The Redford Theatre in Detroit will screen Pandora's Box (1929) on Saturday, March 28th at 8 p.m. (see previous post for further information). The Redford Theatre, with its original 3 manual, 10 rank...
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Louise Brooks Returns to Detroit in Pandora's Box
On March 28th, the Redford Theatre in Detroit is set to screen Pandora's Box, the sensational 1929 silent film starring screen legend Louise Brooks. For Metro Detroiters, it's a special opportunity to...
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Matchbox from Cuba features Louise Brooks
This vintage matchbox from Cuba features Louise Brooks (on the front), as well as Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno in a scene from what I believe is The Temptress (1926). The matchbox recently sold on...
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New book: "The Parisian Avant-Garde in the Age of Cinema, 1900-1923" by...
I am excited to read this just released book from the University of California Press, The Parisian Avant-Garde in the Age of Cinema, 1900-1923, by Jennifer Wild. I hope to get a copy soon, as it seems...
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New Book: Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest...
Today, I received an advance copy of another exciting new book, Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer, by Cynthia and Sara Brideson. The book will be published by the...
View ArticleLulu Belle, a song circa 1926.
"Lulu Belle," composed by Leo Robin and Richer Myers, as performed by the Mike Markels' Orchestra c. 1926.
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Upcoming San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Here is the line-up of films for the upcoming San Francisco Silent Film Festival, set to take place May 28th through June 1st at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco. Among the special guests...
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The First Film Lulu, Asta Nielsen
Some six years before Louise Brooks played Lulu in G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929), the great Danish actress Asta Nielsen played the role in Leopold Jessner's film adaption of Earth Spirit (1923)....
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Toronto Silent Film Festival screens Diary of a Lost Girl April 9th
On April 9th, the Toronto Silent Film Festival will screen Diary of a Lost Girl at 7:00 pm. at the Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave., in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This special screening will feature live...
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The Legacy of James Card, exhibit at George Eastman House
Collecting Shadows: The Legacy of James CardFrom April 11, 2015 through October 18, 2015 in Colonnade (at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York)James Card at his desk, ca. 1970.George Eastman...
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Bruz Fletcher - Louise Brooks' Gay Friend from Indiana
A timely look back. . . . at Louise Brooks' gay friend from Indiana, the one-and-only Bruz Fletcher.Chances are, even the most ardent Louise Brooks devotee will not have heard of Bruz Fletcher (1906 -...
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Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition) in a Little Free Library
There is a Little Lending Library on Vicksburg street (just off 24th) in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. My wife and I pass by it occasionally while walking our dogs, Sherlock and Buster...
View ArticleHappy birthday Charlie Chaplin, from the Louise Brooks Society
Happy birthday to Charlie Chaplin, from the Louise Brooks Society. In this excerpt from the 1986 BBC Arena documentary on Louise Brooks, the actress looks back on her summer long affair with the famed...
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Louise Brooks Society - new cards
Here is one of the new Louise Brooks Society business cards. Methinks its looks good.... Also please note the new email address for the LBS. (Apologies to those who may have sent email to the old...
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Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks plays in Rochester, New York on April 21
The George Eastman House in Rochester, New York will be screening the classic 1929 German silent, Pandora's Box, on April 21st. The film, which will be shown in the Dryden Theater at 8pm, stars Louise...
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Pandora's Box, aka LouLou, aka La Boite de Pandore - starring Louise Brooks
Pandora's Box, aka LouLou, aka La Boite de Pandore, screens today at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. And coincidentally, today, this colorful vintage Belgian movie poster (measuring...
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Top Ten Louise Brooks character names
Longtime Louise Brooks Society member Mark Armstrong-Roper, from Melbourne, Australia, composed a top ten list of Louise Brooks character names. Mark emailed "I composed the list below for my own...
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