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Painting of Louise Brooks featured in art exhibit in Kansas
The Kansas Women Series of Paintings by artist Jennifer Randall are on display at ARTLANDIA (9 West Ave B, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501) in Hutchinton, Kansas through August 31st. An opening reception will...
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Notes from yesterday's research: Finland
Yesterday, I happily spent more than 5 hours looking through microfilm of old newspapers. My search through some rolls of Russian and Ukrainian newspapers was unproductive. I couldn't find any...
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Louise Brooks in China, part 3
My research trip to look through old newspapers also turned up a couple of excellent finds from China -- in Chinese. One was a feature photo, the other a bit about The Canary Murder Case. I also found...
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Louise Brooks in China, part 4
Here is a document I came across while deep mining databases in search of additional material on Louise Brooks and China. It is a 30-page essay titled "Flapper and Femme Fatale In Chinese Mirror: An...
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Pandora's Box screened this weekend in Miami, Florida
We missed it. Pandora's Box screened this past weekend in Miami, Floria as part of the Bal Harbour Shops’ Fashion Project celebrating the intersection between fashion and film with “Dressing Down the...
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The LBS recommends these silent film era links
I've been working on rebuilding the Louise Brooks Society website, in particular one of its oldest pages, "Lulu in Cyberspace". It is a page of links to other Louise Brooks sites and pages as well as...
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Mary & Louise - a new short film about Mary Pickford and Louise Brooks
Mary and Louise is a 20-minute film about about finding your voice that features characters based on Mary Pickford and Louise Brooks.The premise is simple, and poetic. After each fail miserably on the...
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The LBS recommends these film / film history links
I've been working on rebuilding the Louise Brooks Society website, in particular one of its oldest pages, "Lulu in Cyberspace". It is a page of links to other Louise Brooks sites and pages as well as...
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The other Louise Brooks and the Lindbergh baby kidnappers
In the 1920s and 1930s, there were two Louise Brooks whose name popped up in the press. The other Louise Brooks, the pretty blonde showgirl whose career shadowed that of the actress Louise Brooks, was...
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The other Louise Brooks: Louise Voray
Speaking of other Louise Brooks.... the actress we know had a Hollywood double named Louise Voray. I haven't been able to find out much about her besides this one 1930 clipping. (I also own an original...
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"There's A Tear For Every Smile In Hollywood," by the Blue Steele Orchestra, recorded May 1930. Mabel Bateson on the vocal.There's A Tear For Every Smile In Hollywood...by bigband78
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Louise Brooks and the koala bear
We've all seen the picture of Louise Brooks with a koala bear, but did we ever know it's name? Meet Archie.
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Louise Brooks and F. Scott Fitzgerald - a connection
I recently came across a review of an intriguing book, The Perfect Hour: The Romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King, His First Love, by James L.W. West III. The book was published by Random...
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Louise Brooks, one of the most popular of the younger Paramount players
Louise Brooks, one of the most popular of the younger Paramount players. Clipping from 1927.
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Nominate Louise Brooks films for 2016 National Film Registry
It's that time, once more. The Library of Congress is now soliciting nominees for their 2016 National Film Registry list. Please take a moment to nominate one or both of these two American silent...
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Diary of a Lost Girl with Louise Brooks screens in Buffalo on Sept. 1st
Diary of a Lost Girl, starring Louise Brooks, screens in Buffalo, New York on September 1st. The G.W. Pabst directed film is among the offerings in the fall 2015 edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars,...
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New UK stage play about Louise Brooks "American Venus"
The Stage, an English theatrical publication, has an article about a new stage play about Louise Brooks which has just opened in the UK. The play is titled American Venus and it's by Leslie Mildiner, a...
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#TBT Wired magazine on the Louise Brooks Society
#TBT : Journalist Steve Silberman's brilliant new book on autism, Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, is number 8 on the New York Times bestseller list; yesterday he was...
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Ex-Sex Pistol John Lyndon of P.I.L. name checks Louise Brooks in new lyric
John Lyndon of Public Image Limited (P.i.L.) name checks Louise Brooks in the lyrics to his new song, "Betty Page."Lydon and the band released their 10th studio album on September 4th in the UK and...
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London Silent Film Meetup to see Louise Brooks play "American Venus"
On Friday, September 18th, there is a London Silent Film Meetup to see the new Louise Brooks-inspired play American Venus. The meet-up will take place at the 6 Frederick's Place, off the Old Jewry,...
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