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Diary of a Lost Girl screens twice TODAY in Brooklyn
I just found out about this screening of the Louise Brooks film Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) at Spectacle in Brooklyn, New York. I wish I could be there. Sounds like it will be an interesting viewing...
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Berlin Exhibit :: Diversity Destroyed
If you have an interest in Wiemar Germany, then don't fail to check out Diversity Destroyed: Berlin 1933 - 1938 - 1945. It looks at what happened in Germany and to German culture in the years after the...
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Silent version of Prix de Beauté to screen in San Francisco
On Thursday, July 18th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen a new restoration of the silent version of Prix de Beauté (1930), with musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne. The screening...
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Re: Silent version of Prix de Beauté screening in San Francisco
As was mention here earlier, on Thursday, July 18th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen a new restoration of the RARE silent version of Prix de Beauté (1930), with musical accompaniment...
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Louise Brooks, the toast of Paris 1929
Louise Brooks was the toast of Paris while she was in France making Prix de Beauté. The film was in production between August 29 through September 27, 1929. (The film was released August 20,...
View ArticleOur Miss Brooks - video
Video featuring Louise Brooks - with music by the early British jazzers Ray Noble and Al Bowlly, "There's a Ring Around the Moon"
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Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone in paperback - tour schedule
The paperback version of Laura Moriarty's wonderful novel, The Chaperone (which features a young Louise Brooks as a lead character), is due out any day now. Laura's author tour kicks off on June 4th at...
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Radio Review - The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
Check out this review of The Chaperone on KMUW, a public radio station from Louise Brooks' hometown of Wichita, Kansas. Laura Moriarty's The Chaperone features a teenage Louise Brooks as a main...
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The Chaperone in Norway
Wow. Here is the cover of the Norwegian version of The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty.
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Must watch video: Martin Scorsese talks about film
Must watch video: Martin Scorsese talking about film. No mention of Louise Brooks, but much talk of silent film and a brief glimpse of Colleen Moore."But what happens when a movie is seen out of its...
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Louise Brooks and the Vampire of Dusseldorf
Recently, I wrote about a new novel coming out in softcover in the UK which features Louise Brooks on the cover. That book is The Killing of Emma Gross, by Damien Seaman; it has been published in the...
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A rare early image of Louise Brooks
This magazine clipping depicts Louise Brooks. It is a rare image of the yet-to-be actress which I would guess was taken sometime in 1924. Brooks was either 17 or 18 years old at the time. The clipping...
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Another rare early image of Louise Brooks
Yesterday's Louise Brooks Society blog depicted a rare early image of Louise Brooks. Here is another. This is Louise Brooks' photo from her 1924 passport application. Notably, this was the passport...
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The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty chosen by national book group
Book Movement, a website that provides web pages to 35,000 book clubs and tracks their selections, has chosen The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty as its Book of the Month for June. As well, they've posted...
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Silent version of Prix de Beauté with Louise Brooks screens July 18th
On Thursday, July 18th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen a new restoration of the silent version of Prix de Beauté (1930), with musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne. This special...
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Alfred Hitchcock's silent films
Polish-Czech-Austrian-German-French actress Anny Ondra. In 1931, she appeared with Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, and Fritz Rasp in the film Die Grosse Sehnsucht.In a career spanning more than half a...
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Anny Ondra
Anny Ondra in Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929). Two years later, she appeared in the film Die Grosse Sehnsucht with Louise Brooks' one time co-starsFritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, and Fritz Rasp....
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Louise Brooks :: Cool pic of the day
Here is a rather swell image of Louise Brooks, circa 1927, modelling a frock with a print pattern.
View ArticleIn search of the perfect bob, in the Philippines
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, from Manila, recently ran a story titled "In search of the perfect bob." In it, the reporter discusses her own quest for the haircut, as well as a bit of it's history.It...
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New column by Peter Cowie - author of Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Peter Cowie, legendary film critic, writer, editor, and friend to the Louise Brooks Society has a new column. Cowie, the author of Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu, will write a series of essays for the...
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