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Louise Brooks included in early Ted Shawn book
Another of my recent eBay wins is Shawn Der Tanzer, by Katherine S. Drier. This pictorial book, which surveys the artistry of one of the founders of the Denishawn Dance Company, was published in...
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Cool pic of the day: Louise Brooks
Cool pic of the day: Louise Brooks against an art deco background. Louise Brooks is an art deco icon.
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Last year, Ross Berkal released an ebook called Benevolent Siren: Remembering Louise Brooks. It tells the story of Berkal, who as a young man in the early 1980s, had the experience of meeting and...
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Louise Brooks in Fairbanks, Alaska - better late then never
I am continuously researching Louise Brooks and her films. And recently, I came across a couple of clipping (one of which is shown here) which merit mentioning. My findings are notable on a few...
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A nicely tinted and nicely toned video from YouTube. Music by Herb Weidner.
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Downton Abbey - the Louise Brooks connections
Louise Brooks, by Barry ParisIf you are a fan of silent film and Downton Abbey, you may have noticed a scene where one of the downstairs help was spotted reading a vintage issue of Photoplay magazine...
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A constellation of stars
A constellation of stars . . . .. . . . featuring Pola Negri, Florence Vidor, Louise Brooks, Lois Moran, Esther Ralston, Clara Bow and Bebe Daniels.
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The latest issue of Golwg
Louise Brooks and Louise Brooks Society are mentioned in the latest issue of Golwg, a Welsh-language magazine, in the story pictured over the soccer player's left shoulder. "Agor Bocs Pandora" by...
View ArticleLouise Brooks - Don't Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls
Presenting a new YouTube video "Louise Brooks - Don't Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls."
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‘The Chaperone’ heads to the big screen
As readers of this blog know, Laura Moriarty's exceptional novel, The Chaperone, involves a character based on Louise Brooks.Now comes word that Fox Searchlight has selected Simon Curtis to direct The...
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Cinephilia :: Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks is a world wide phenomenon. Check out this 2009 postage stamp from the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), a country in West Africa.Or, check out this link to a webpage...
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Every woman is potentially a VAMPIRE
This is post number 600 on the new LBS blog: Presented here, a 1925 newspaper advertisement for Motion Picture magazine. It's the battle of the vamps! (Louise Brooks was considered a "Junior Vamp.")
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Louise Books for sale
Don't forget, there are some rather swell and somewhat unusual Louise Brooks and Jazz Age related books for sale through this blog. Just click on the "For Sale" tab.
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Cool pic of the day
Cool pic of the day: Louise Brooks dressed for her part in William Wellman's Beggars of Life (1928).
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Louise Brooks: Icon of Silent Film in Italy
Louise Brooks is the focus of a series of screenings in Rome, Italy. The series, "Louise Brooks: Icon of Silent Film," features The Show Off (February 9th), The Canary Murder Case (February 16th),...
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Louise Brooks influence on contemporary (ac)tresses
Just last week, an article ran on the AfterElton website about the making of Cabaret, the 1972 film based on Christopher Isherwood's The Berlin Stories. The piece included interviews with some of the...
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Louise Brooks shines again this month in Italy
A couple of posts prior I wrote that a four film mini festival of Louise Brooks films taking place in Rome at the House of Cinema at the Villa Borghese in Italy. Now comes word that another of Brooks'...
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Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone is scheduled for release in paperback in the United States on June 4, 2013. Happily, the paperback cover is very similar to the hardcover edition. The Chaperone is also...
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Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
Coming this April, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (St. Martin's Press), by Therese Anne Fowler. I haven't yet seen the book, but here is some additional information about the book from its...
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Louise Brooks - Angola product card
Wow, take a look at this tobacco product card picturing Louise Brooks. It was issued in Angola (then a Portuguese colony in the south of Africa) in the late 1920s or early 1930s.
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