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Louise Brooks featured in The Chap magazine
A BIG thank you to The Chap magazine, who sent me a copy of their latest issue. It features an article about Louise Brooks, "Inventing the Girl," which I enjoyed reading.For those not familiar with the...
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Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, part four
A massive project which I have been working on (in between other projects) is Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, a page on the Louise Brooks Society website. It is a work in progress.Louise Brooks...
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Kickstarter campaign for Louise Brooks documentary, Documentary of a Lost Girl
Pictured above: Film critic Jack Garner and documentarian Charlotte Siller.Charlotte Siller, a dedicated Louise Brooks researcher and devotee, is doing something vital, and something important. She is...
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Pandora’nın Kutusu starring Louise Brooks screens tomorrow in Istanbul
The classic Louise Brooks film, Pandora's Box (1929), will be shown tomorrow in Istanbul, Turkey. This special presentation will feature live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne. For more...
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Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, part five
A massive project which I have been working on (in between other projects) is Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985, a page on the Louise Brooks Society website. It is a work in progress.Louise Brooks...
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Louise Brooks in La La Land
I have seen an image on social media which people are saying is from the acclaimed new film La La Land. This romantic musical comedy-drama film is regarded as one of the best films of 2016, having been...
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Louise Brooks found in La La Land
Speaking of La La Land, I was there last week researching two of Louise Brooks' films. I scored a lot of great material, nearly 200 pages worth of stuff, including many rare stills and publicity photos...
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Trump's effect on the Louise Brooks Society and silent film
On January 19th, 2017, the Trump administration said that it would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities. Trump also said he would cut...
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David Shepard (1940 - 2017)
David Shepard, a friend to many in the silent film community and a longtime champion of film preservation, has died. He was 76 years old. His ceaseless work on behalf of silent film deserves our ever...
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Beggars of Life with music by The Dodge Brothers in Manchester (UK) in May
The outstanding 1928 Louise Brooks film, Beggars of Life, will be shown at Stoller Hall in Manchester, England on Saturday, May 13th. This screening will feature live music and will be accompanied by...
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Diary of a Lost Girl with Louise Brooks shows March 5th in New York State
The sensational 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl, will be shown at 3 pm on March 5th at the Rosendale Theater in Rosendale, New York. This Sunday afternoon screening will feature live...
View ArticleLouise Brooks and Wanda Hawley
Louise Brooks is a magnet of meaning.... I just came across this short video clip, in which Emeritus Film Studies Professor Claudia Gorbman of the University of Washington discusses silent film...
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Celebrating Black History Month: the career of Edgar Blue Washington
There were few African-American actors in the films of Louise Brooks. Such were the times, and such were the stories. African-Americans, in bit parts, can be found in The Street of Forgotten Men...
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Happy Valentine's Day from the Louise Brooks Society
I am not sure when this Valentine's Day card dates from, but I might guess it is the late 1920s or early 1930s. What caught my eye is the reference to "A gal in every port" and the inclusion of a...
View ArticleClosing Time: Paintings by Max Ferguson with Louise Brooks
Check out this nifty video tribute to the paintings of Max Ferguson (a fan of Louise Brooks). The actress is featured early on; and she is not the only movie legend spotted in this tribute. Can you...
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Just Found Footage of Louise Brooks Favorite Author Marcel Proust
It's well known that the French writer Marcel Proust (who authored Remembrances of Things Past, or In Search of Lost Time) was Louise Brooks favorite. In 1982, in an article in the New York Times Book...
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Film critic Richard Schickel dies at age 84
The film critic Richard Schickel has passed away at the age of 84. I met him once, when I hosted an event with him, some five years ago. He was the film critic for LIFE and TIME magazines, and was the...
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New opera with Louise Brooks inspired character debuts in Chicago
The Invention of Morel, a new 90 minute opera with a Louise Brooks inspired character, has received its world premiere at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago, Illinois under the auspices of the city's...
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Tomorrow: It's the Old Army Game with Louise Brooks shows in Kansas
The 2017 Kansas Silent Film Festival starts tomorrow! And among the special guests are Dr. Harriet Fields, who will be talking about her grandfather W. C. Fields, when the festival shows the 1926 W. C....
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Louise Brooks on the cover of Amateur Photographer magazine
A Louise Brooks look-alike adorns the current issue of Amateur Photographer, a UK magazine.The cover story focuses on recreating the iconic black-and-white Eugene Richee photograph of Brooks holding a...
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