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Louise Brooks, An Evening of Celebration and Art

Louise Brooks, An Evening of Celebration and Art is set to take place on October 10 at Roxy's Downtown (412 1/2 E Douglas) in Wichita, Kansas. The event is hosted by Hosted by Roxy's Downtown, Vibrant...

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Let's suggest Louise Brooks become a Google doodle

It is about time ..... Why not suggest Louise Brooks become a Google doodle this year on her birthday, November 14th. Send a suggestion to proposals@google.com 

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Louise Brooks Goes to the Movies, a guest blog by Philip Vorwald

Past Louise Brooks Society guest blogger Philip Vorwald returns with a fascinating new piece, "Louise Brooks Goes to the Movies."

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Silent Films at the Brooklyn Public Library

Believe it or not, but the Brooklyn Public Library has started its 17th season of showing silent films as part of its Silent Movie Matinee. There aren't any Louise Brooks films scheduled this season,...

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Loulou shows at Théâtre National de Toulouse (TNT) in Toulouse, France

Loulou (aka Pandora's Box) will be shown in Toulouse, France on November 7 and 8, with live musical accompaniment. Details follow.Loulou, 7 novembre 2018 - 8 novembre 2018, Théâtre National de Toulouse...

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Two early reviews of The Chaperone, the film

The Chaperone, the yet to be released PBS Masterpiece film based on Laura Moriarty's bestselling novel of the same name, was recently screened at the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF). And so far, there...

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Early reviews of Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the film

Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the just released Fox Searchlight film based on Lee Israel's 2008 memoir of the same name, is out in theaters Friday. And so far, there have been a handful of early reviews,...

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Diary of a Lost Girl screens in Italy

Diary of a Lost Girl, the sensational 1929 silent film starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Italy. More information about this special event can be found HERE, and below.Giovedì 18 ottobre 2018 ore...

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Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens in Brazil at MOSTRA

Pandora's Box, the sensational 1929 silent film starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Brazil in the coming days. More information about this special screening, which is part of the 42nd...

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San Francisco Silent Film Festival announced

SFSFF is happy to announce the complete program for its holiday extravaganza A DAY OF SILENTS: one glorious day of live cinema on December 1 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California with six...

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Louise Brooks, Lee Israel, and Dorothy Kilgallen

The newly released film, Can You Every Forgive Me?, is getting a lot of attention. Many, if not most of the articles and reviews about the film have name-checked Louise Brooks. And just as many have...

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Frank Buxton Silent Film Festival to feature two Louise Brooks films on...

Thomas Gladysz and Frank BuxtonThe Frank Buxton Silent Film Festival, a two-day celebration of silent film, is scheduled to show two seldom exhibited Louise Brooks' films, It’s the Old Army Game...

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Louise Brooks' film Diary of a Lost Girl to screen at New York Public Library

The sensational 1929 Louise Brooks' film, The Diary of a Lost Girl, will be shown at the New York Public Library on Sunday, November 25th at 2:00 pm. This special event is part of a two-part series...

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Louise Brooks related text ? Need help translating from the Arabic !

Louise Brooks' films were  shown all around the world in the 1920s and 1930s, including the Middle East. In my search to document all things related the the actress and her legacy, I came across the...

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A hopeless song of love for Louise Brooks

Here are two version of the Louise Brooks inspired song, "Hopeless." The first is a video by Stuart Pound to a recording by the UK band Evangelista. The song dates from the 1990's, and is a tribute to...

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Happy birthday to Louise Brooks - the magnetism of the cinema

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LOUISE BROOKS,who was born on this day in 1906 in Cherryvale,  Kansas"Louise Brooks is the only woman who had the ability to transfigure no matter what film into a masterpiece. The...

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CMBA Fall Blogathon featuring the 1927 Louise Brooks' film The City Gone Wild

The theme of the 2018 CMBA Fall Blogathon is Outlaws, which I am stretching to include gangsters and the criminal underworld (i.e. those outside the law). The focus of this blog is the 1927 Louise...

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Louise Brooks tribute centerpiece of inaugural silent film festival in...

The Frank Buxton Silent Film Festival, a two-day celebration of silent film, will show two seldom exhibited Louise Brooks' films, It’s the Old Army Game (1926), starring W. C. Fields, and the surviving...

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Louise Brooks text: Need help translating from Hungarian

Louise Brooks' films were shown all around the world in the 1920s and 1930s, including in Hungary. In my search to document all things related to the actress and her legacy, I have come across all...

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Beggars of Life will be showing in Sydney, Australia on 25 November

Beggars of Life, the acclaimed William Wellman directed silent film starring Louise Brooks, will be showing in the Metcalfe Auditorium at the State Library NSW in Sydney, Australia on November 25....

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