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Diary of a Lost Girl: Louise Brooks' film with accompaniment by Ben Model Jan 31
Don't miss Diary of a Lost Girl, the sensational Louise Brooks' film with live organ accompaniment by Ben Model.Sunday, January 31st at 2:00pmSchimmel Center3 Spruce St, New York, New York 10038 Ticket...
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RadioLulu in Dead, Long Live RadioLulu
Like others, I’ve long had the fantasy of being a disc jockey. As a DJ, I would share favorite music with listeners, introducing songs and artists with the occasional anecdote or bit of trivia only I...
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Louise Brooks "I listen to the radio."
Today is the last day to listen to RadioLulu. I am looking for a new home for the hundreds of Louise Brooks and silent film related audio tracks I have collected over the years. Where they will end up...
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Looking ahead this week: Rare new material on Louise Brooks' early life in...
Lately, I've been researching Louise Brooks' early life in Kansas from the time she was born through 1922, when she left the state headed for New York City to join Denishawn.In doing so, I've uncovered...
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Louise Brooks as the bride of Tom Thumb, and other early performances
Many fans of Louise Brooks, at least those who have read Barry Paris' outstanding biography, will be familiar with the image of Louise Brooks as the bride of Tom Thumb. It was the first ever role for...
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First known event advertisement to name Louise Brooks
Pictured here is what I believe to be the first newspaper advertisement to name Louise Brooks. This ad from May, 1919 states that Brooks -- then only 12 years old -- would appear in "The Progress of...
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Louise Brooks in a two-act comedy, Mr. Bob, in 1921
On May 20, 1921, fourteen year old Louise Brooks played a lead role in a two-act comedy, Mr. Bob, which was staged in the auditorium of the Horace Mann intermediate school in Wichita, Kansas. Brooks...
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Alice Mills, The Chaperone, and Louise Brooks, the 15 year old dancer
Revealed here for the first time, pictures not seen in nearly 100 years, are two remarkable newspaper clippings. The first depicts Alice Mills, the Wichita, Kansas dance instructor who taught Louise...
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A few more interesting bits about Louise Brooks
My research turned up a couple of rather interesting bits regarding Louise Brooks after she left Wichita, Kansas.On July 18, 1922 the Wichita Daily Eagle reported that Brooks had been moved to the...
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Some silent films Louise Brooks saw before she left Kansas
My recent research into Louise Brooks' early life has turned up some of the silent films the actress saw before she left Kansas. Here they are, and on the exact dates she saw them. Dates in italics are...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: "Louise Brooks Eyes" by Little-X-Little
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the first installment, a 2009 video I recently came across on YouTube. It's "Louise Brooks Eyes" by Little-X-Little.Don't...
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Music Video Tribute: "Lulu a Hollywood" by Olivia Louvel
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the second installment. French artist Olivia Louvel performs "Lulu a Hollywood" from album Lulu In Suspension. Thislive...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: "Louise Brooks" by Paul Hayes
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the third installment, an old favorite. It is "Louise Brooks" by Paul Hayes from his 2003 album Vol. 1: Love and Pain and...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: If U Seek Amy [Louise Brooks]
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the fourth installment, "A little tribute to the iconic Louise Brooks," titled "If U Seek Amy [Louise Brooks]". Girl...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: "Louise Brooks, Turning Away" by Paul Humphrey
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the fifth installment, "Louise Brooks, Turning Away" by Paul Humphrey. This song dates from 1997, and was done on Video-8:...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: Louise Brooks, "How high the Moon"
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the sixth installment, "Louise Brooks, How high the Moon," compiled by Iram De la Rochefoucault. Uploaded in 2011,...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: "LOUISE SEMPRE LOUISE (dedicado a Louise Brooks)" by...
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the seventh and final installment, "LOUISE SEMPRE LOUISE (dedicado a Louise Brooks)" by Rádio Educativa Mensagem (REM).
View ArticleVideo Tribute: "Louise Brooks Interview" by two teenagers
This is cool: a 2013 video tribute to Louise Brooks by two teenagers. it's called "Late Night Show with Lois: with guest star Louise Brooks." I believe woman playing Brooks is named Mayuri Bharathan,...
View ArticleVideo Tribute: Another "Louise Brooks Interview"
And here's another faux Louise Brooks interview found on YouTube. (A veritable sub-genre!) It is titled "Late Night Talk Show ft. Louise Brooks" and was published online last December by Elena...
View ArticleVideo Tribute: Yet Another Faux "Louise Brooks Interview"
Here is yet another faux "Louise Brooks Interview", featuring a young woman named Bri. To me, this is an amazing sub-genre of fan-nonfic.
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