Jennifer Jason Leigh interview sporting a Louise Brooks bob
Jennifer Jason Leigh on David Letterman in 1999 sporting a Louise Brooks bob while promoting her stage performance in Cabaret.
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A Classic Hollywood Menu Featuring Classic Hollywood Stars
I just had to share this newspaper advertisement for a 1975 San Francisco Bay Area restaurant which I came across recently while doing research. If you love classic Hollywood, this is the place to eat....
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This recent and rather good 45 minute documentary about the 1920s includes two images of Louise Brooks, as well as footage of her friends Charlie Chaplin and George Gershwin.The piece is part three of...
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Hollywood Panorama caricature of Louise Brooks from 1971
I just acquired a copy of a 1971 book, Hollywood Panorama, by Bob Harman. And, remarkably, it contains a caricature of Louise Brooks! That's rather early in her story of rediscovery. It is a few years...
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The Divine Miss Brooks
A few days ago, I was interviewed by writer Brian O'Neel (author of 39 New Saints You Should Know and other works) for a blog/article on Louise Brooks and Catholicism.His piece, "The Divine Miss...
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Louise Brooks: Iconic - Totemic - Modernist
Louise Brooks: Iconic - Totemic - ModernistHere is a soundtrack to viewing the above image, Clarence Williams and his Jazz Kings rendition of "You've Got To Be Modernistic" (1929).
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Guest Post: Philip Vorwald solves the mystery of "A Trip Through The...
Philip Vorwald has done the silent film world, and the community of those interested in Louise Brooks, a great service. (Attention Clara Bow and W.C. Fields fans as well.) Recently, he took the time to...
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Louise Brooks and The Invention of Morel, by Adolpho Bioy Casares
Brooks’ appearance on the cover of this popular 2003 edition of The Invention of Morel was inspired by this webpage, which dates to the late 1990s. Before publication, the publisher contacted the LBS...
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Louise Brooks and New Confessions, by William Boyd
Another novel which features the iconic image of a dreaming Louise Brooks sitting in a chair with books scattered on the floor about her is William Boyd's The New Confessions. First published in 1987,...
View ArticleTone poem: "Louise Brooks et l'amour" by Roland Jaccard
Tone poem: from 2013, "Louise Brooks et l'amour" by Roland Jaccard, a French author responsible for the first ever book about the actress, Louise Brooks: Portrait of an Anti-Star.
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Beggars of Life screens in the UK on March 7
The sensational 1928 William Wellman film, Beggars of Life, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on March 7. The Dodge Brothers will provide live musical...
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Louise Brooks and Gary Cooper, what might have been
Here is an uncommon publicity picture of some of Paramount's junior stars. I would guess it dates from later 1927, or early 1928. A smiling Louise Brooks sits in the middle of the picture, on the far...
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In honor of the Dodge Brothers live musical accompaniment to Beggars of Life
In honor of the Dodge Brothers live musical accompaniment to the William Wellman film, Beggars of Life (1928, starring Louise Brooks) at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on March 7. . . . here...
View ArticleBeggars of Life - Three recordings of the popular theme song to the 1928...
And here is what that recording sounded like..... Yesterday's post, depicting an early UK newspaper advertisement for "Beggars of Life" by the Troubadours, promoted only the most popular recording of...
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It Girls, Flappers, Jazz Babies & Vamps
File this under not to be missed: Film Forum in New York City is about to launch "It Girls, Flappers, Jazz Babies & Vamps," a two week, thirty-one film series featuring sex symbols of the Twenties...
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I Like New Books on Una Merkel, Helen Twelvetrees, and Sally Phipps
Recently, the New Yorker ran a long, glowing piece on My Hollywood, When Both of Us Were Young. It is a little known memoir by a largely forgotten film star, Patsy Ruth Miller (1904 - 1995). Today, she...
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Let's Dance: Louise Brooks and the popular dances of her time
It is well known that Louise Brooks was a gifted dancer: she was trained in aesthetic dances, like those performed by Denishawn, and talented as well as in the popular dances of her time, like the...
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Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair
I recently acquired a copy of Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair, edited by Graydon Carter. What a stylish treasure chest.First published by Penguin Press in...
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Pandora's Box screens at Film Forum in NYC on March 19th
On Saturday, March 19th the Film Forum in New York City will screen Pandora's Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks in the role of Lulu. This screening is part of the two week series, "It Girls: Flappers,...
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Lulu in New York: Pandora's Box at Film Forum
Today, Pandora's Box is considered a classic, a masterpiece of the silent era and a landmark work in the history of world cinema. Its reputation is due largely to the riveting, red hot performance...
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