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Louise Brooks - vintage Italian postcard
This vintage Italian postcard depicts Louise Brooks, the silent film star who is undergoing something of a revival of late in that European country. See some of the posts from earlier this week about...
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Philo Vance Murder Case Collection
First the good news. The Warner Bros. Archive Collection has released the Philo Vance Murder Case Collection, a 2-disc, 6-film collection featuring the famous suave dilettante detective. Philo Vance...
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Berlinale documentaries reflect the power of film
A new documentary, apparently, includes Louise Brooks. In Berlin, a showcase of documentary films at this year's Berlinale illustrates the medium's potential to reclaim the past and envision the...
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Bay Area Becoming Mecca for Silent Film
The San Francisco Bay Area is becoming a Mecca for silent film. In its near 20 year history, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival has grown to become the leading and largest such event in the Western...
View ArticleAnaïs Nin on Lou Salome
The writer Lou Salome (1861-1937) was an inspiration to a handful of important early 20th century writers and thinkers, including Nietzsche, Freud, and Rilke. She was also their muse, and in some cases...
View ArticleVote: should Louise Brooks have won an Oscar?
With all the hoopla over the Academy Awards, it's time to ask, for which film should Louise Brooks have won an Oscar? Vote now!
View ArticleLouise Brooks - A Love Suicide - 1926
This YouTube video features footage from Louise Brooks' fourth film, It's the Old Army Game (1926). Many of these scenes were shot in Florida.
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Not Louise Brooks
For the millionth time, this ain't Louise Brooks, just a very pretty look-alike. I can't believe how often copies of this picture are posted on eBay as being "Louise Brooks." For the one millionth and...
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A Balboa Birthday Bash!
Back in the 1920s, movies were the popular form of entertainment. Radio was only just beginning, and television didn't really exist. Just about everybody went to the movies on a regular, almost weekly...
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LOST COMET: New Louise Brooks Film in Development
Might there be a film about Louise Brooks? Let's hope so....BASICMAGIC Reveals LOST COMET: New Louise Brooks Film in DevelopmentBUFFALO, March 1, 2013BASICMAGIC announced today the development of LOST...
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Louise Brooks artwork featured in UK exhibit
Louise Brooks and other silent film and stage stars are included in a just opened exhibit in England. The exhibit features the work of Ian Beck, the popular author and illustrator. The exhibit,...
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Louise Brooks mentioned in Nazi era publication
I recently came across this short piece in a German magazine. It caught my attention because it referenced Louise Brooks and G.W. Pabst and Pandora's Box. I ran it through a couple of translation...
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Louise Brooks postcard
Wowza, what a lovely vintage Louise Brooks postcard, from Italy. The portrait is by M.I. Boris.
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What the Pennsylvania Farmer says
The Pennsylvania Farmer says "A Theater is Known by the Pictures it Shows." We agree, especially when those theaters show films featuring Louise Brooks. This Paramount advertisement dates from 1926.
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New book with Louise Brooks on the cover
There is a new book forthcoming which features Louise Brooks on the cover. It's called Art Deco Hair: Hairstyles from the 1920s & 1930s. It is by Daniela Turudich, and is due in May from Streamline...
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Diary of a Lost Girl, the research continues
Lately, I have been working on a revised 2nd edition of my Louise Brooks edition of The Diary of a Lost Girl, by Margarete Bohme. (Bohme's book was the basis for the 1929 film by G.W. Pabst.) I plan on...
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Actress Louise Brooks & Admiral Richard E. Byrd
Here is something you don't see everyday, a picture of silent film actress Louise Brooks & and famed explorer Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957). The picture was found on eBay. It was most likely taken in...
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Another Brooks related street name
A while back, this blog ran a post about a street in the suburbs of Paris named after actress Louise Brooks. More recently, we have also noticed that a street in the German town of Husum was named...
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Silent film star bookplates
Buzzfeed ran a rather swell piece featuring the bookplates of a number of famous individuals, including authors and a few early film stars. Be sure and check it out.Included are the bookplates of H.P....
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