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Louise Brooks' film, Beggars of Life, shows in Boulder, CO in August
Beggars of Life, the sensational 1928 William Wellman directed film starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Boulder, Colorado on August 15 with live musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion...
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23rd San Francisco Silent Film Festival Castro Theatre, May 30–June 3, 2018
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) announced the complete lineup for its 23rd edition. Adding a fifth day to the annual celebration of art of live cinema (silent-era films with live musical...
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Line-up of films for 23rd San Francisco Silent Film Festival
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) has announced the complete lineup of films for its 23rd edition. Adding a fifth day to the annual celebration of art of live cinema (silent-era films with...
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Invention of Morel : A new sci-fi opera with a Louise Brooks inspired character
This past weekend, the Long Beach Opera (LBO) premiered its co-commissioned opera The Invention of Morel, composed by Stewart Copeland, co-founder and drummer of The Police, with an English libretto by...
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Pandora's Box, staring Louise Brooks, to be shown in theaters across UK
Pamela Hutchinson broke the news yesterday on her excellent Silent London blog ....... (in what can only be described as an unusual event), the British Film Institute has announced that the 1929 Louise...
View ArticleA couple of rather good music videos which feature Louise Brooks and which...
Here are a couple of rather good music videos which feature Louise Brooks and which you may or may not have seen before. First up, The Green Pajamas performing "Any Way the Wind Blows" in this tribute...
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Fake Louise Brooks images, including nudes
Since it is April Fool's Day, there is no better day to look, once again, at some of the images of Louise Brooks recently for sale on eBay and elsewhere which are, for obvious reasons, simply wrong....
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DVD Review: The Beginnings of Fritz Lang from Kino Lorber
Dubbed the "Master of Darkness," Fritz Lang is counted among the most influential directors of all time, alongside the likes of Hitchcock, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Truffaut, and Orson Welles. His best known...
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Annual Toronto Silent Film Festival is set to take place April 6 - 9
This year's annual Toronto Silent Film Festival is set to take place April 6 - 9. Further information, including the line-up of films and ticket availability, can be found HERE."Passes and individual...
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Louise Brooks on stage in the 1930s
In the 1930s, Louise Brooks attempted -- or was seen to attempt -- a series of comebacks. Hoping to relaunch her sputtering film career, the actress kept her name in gossip columns and made it known...
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Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985 - additional dates from the 1930s
A follow-up of sorts to my last post.... recently, I have been researching Brooks' life for material to ad to the "Louise Brooks: Day by Day 1906-1985" page on the Louise Brooks Society website when I...
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Pandora's Box screens in Chicago on April 17
Chicago's Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St. in St. Charles, is continuing its "Silent Film Night" series with the silent film classic Pandora's Box (1929), featuring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner and...
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Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks shows in Greece on May 3
Pandora's Box, the 1929 German film starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Greece on May 3. This screening is part of a series of films to be shown in late April and early May under the sponsorship...
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Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks screens in Warsaw on April 21
The 1929 Louise Brooks film Pandora's Box (in Polish Puszka Pandory) will screen in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, April 21 at the Kino Iluzjon. More information on this event, with live musical...
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Catalina Island Museum Silent Film Benefit set for May 19
This year's annual Catalina Island Museum Silent Film Benefit is set for May 19th. For more information click HERE.31st Annual Silent Film Benefit & Art AuctionSaturday, May 191:00 pm, Avalon...
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New silent film festival in Vallejo, California
Word has come that a new silent film festival is being set up in Vallejo, California (that's in the greater San Francisco Bay Area). The 2018 Silent Film Festival, presented by the Empress Film Club,...
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Louise Brooks around the world in the United States
In the 1920s and 1930s, there were numerous non-English (ethnic) newspapers in the United States. Usually, these papers were based in cities or large metropolitan areas where large numbers of people...
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Louise Brooks shout out in new John Malkovich film, 'Supercon'
There's a Louise Brooks shout out in new John Malkovich film, Supercon.In the Zak Knutson directed film, a ragtag group of friends hope to pull off a heist at a comic book convention. "Love this...
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Louise Brooks films throughout May in Yorkshire, UK
The Yorkshire Silent Film Festival in Yorkshire, England will be screening two Louise Brooks films throughout the month of May, as part of their regular series of silent film programming. More...
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Film fragment discovered: Louise Brooks like you've never seen her before
Pamela Hutchinson / Silent London helped break the news that a previously unknown, 3 second fragment of technicolor film featuring Louise Brooks has been discovered at the BFI National Archive (British...
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