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Louise Brooks Oddities #3
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found two days ago. It is a rare 1931 issue of Inside Facts...
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Louise Brooks Oddities #4
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found a few days ago. It is a humorous piece from the...
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Louise Brooks Oddities #5
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found a few days ago. It is a mention of Louise Brooks and...
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Louise Brooks Oddities #6
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found a few days ago. It is the first clipping I have found...
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Louise Brooks Oddities #7
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found about a week ago ago. It is a bunch of reviews of a...
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Louise Brooks Oddities #8
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found a few days ago. The two images come from a Japanese...
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Louise Brooks Oddities #9, the last
In my ongoing research, I come across all sorts of material which is a little odd or unusual, and sometimes entertaining. Here is something I found about a week ago. It is an interview with the Nobel...
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Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers
Earlier this year, when Kino Lorber released the five-disc Pioneers of African-American Cinema, J. Hoberman wrote in The New York Times, "From the perspective of cinema history — and American history,...
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Diary of a Lost Girl screens in San Francisco on Nov 12
Saturday, November 12, 2016, 7:00 pm,Alamo Drafthouse at the New MissionSAN FRANCISCO SILENT FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTSA SILENT NIGHT AT THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE!SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 25, 2016) —The San...
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A Magical Mystery Tour: New Book Surveys Jules Verne on Film
As a kid, two of my favorite sci-fi flicks were Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) and Mysterious Island (1961). Whenever they came on TV, I was sure to watch—because as a kid, that was the only...
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Spooky film history books for Halloween
I know people, myself included, who, every Halloween watch classic horror films movies like Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), and The Mummy (1932). I just watched the latter for about the tenth...
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TONIGHT: Prix de beauté in 35 mm at the Kennington Biograph / Cinema Museum...
The UK premiere of the restored silent version of the 1930 Louise Brooks film, Prix de beauté, will be shown tonight in 35 mm at the Kennington Biograph / Cinema Museum in London. This special...
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Today: "Lost Creatures," new play about Louise Brooks, in Denver, CO
Lost Creatures, a new play about Louise Brooks by Melissa McCarl, will be staged for the first time later today in Denver, Colorado. (A public reading of the play was given last year.) Here are the...
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New 2K Restoration of Beggars of Life Heading to Theaters
BIG news: Kino Lorber Repertory has just announced that a new restoration of the 1928 William Wellman-directed film, Beggars of Life, will be heading to theaters sometime next year. Based on the 1924...
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Louise Brooks, at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and 16th Street
In the 1920s, movies were advertised in all manner of ways -- in newspapers and magazines, on posters and handbills, in window displays, and even by individuals walking down the street wearing a...
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In Honor of Film Preservationist David Shepard
Later Today, the American Film Preservationist David Shepard will be honored at a special event at Dartmouth College. Shepard has done as much as anyone to both preserve and promote our film heritage,...
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Election results at movie theaters in 1928
With the 2016 election upon us, its worth noting that back in 1928 one could go to the movies and be kept informed of election results! This, of course, was long before television, and while radio was...
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Pola Negri: Temptress of Silent Hollywood
Pola Negri is, without doubt, one of the most interesting and (relatively speaking) little appreciated stars of the silent era. She was a major star in the United States in the 1920s, as well as in...
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Children of Divorce with Clara Bow coming to DVD & Blu-ray
Great news for all you flappers, shebas & sheiksAlmost 15 years after the release of its first publication, Flicker Alley, in partnership with the Blackhawk Films® Collection, is proud to celebrate...
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Louise Brooks and the New Mission Theater
Tomorrow evening, the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Cinema will screen the Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl. It marks the first time the 1929 film will have been shown at this historic San...
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