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More unusual early film material found while researching Louise Brooks
In researching Louise Brooks, I have come across all kinds of interesting, unusual, and even surprising material.... At the end of the previous blogpost,"Louise Brooks and Brazil - beginning with...
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Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks at Cinema City in Norwich, England
Pandora's Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Cinema City in Norwich, England on February 24, 2020. More information and tickets made be found HERE.According to the Cinema City...
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Remembering Baby Peggy, the last silent film star
Diana Serra Cary, known as Baby Peggy in the 1920s, has died at the age of 101. Prior to her passing, she was widely regarded as the last living silent film star. Obits for the one time film star...
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Louise Brooks Onscreen in Hollywood!
Louise Brooks Onscreen!Louise Brooks in PANDORA'S BOXPANDORA'S BOX (35mm print) Starring Louise BrooksSaturday, February 29, 2020 - 8:00 PMEgyptian Theatre HollywoodCo-presented by the LA Phil,...
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Leap Year Girl Louise Brooks Says Time Makes a Difference
A leap year is a calendar year containing an additional day added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. It is a rare occurrence. Time makes a difference, so...
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Louise Brooks film Beggars of Life to show in UK on March 15
The Stroud Film Festival has announced that the 1928 Louise Brooks film, Beggars of Life, will be shown on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Lansdown Hall in Lansdown, England. This special screening, with...
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Louise Brooks and the Coronavirus of 1918
The 1918 influenza pandemic, which was colloquially known as "Spanish flu" or the "grip," was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving the H1N1 influenza virus....
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Louise Brooks and the Coronavirus of 1918 (an addendum)
Ace Louise Brooks researcher Philip Vorwald provided some additional information about Louise Brooks' mystery illness, as referenced in the previous LBS blog, "Louise Brooks and the Coronavirus of...
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Effects of the Coronavirus on the Silent and Classic Film World
The coronavirus has hit the film world, and rightly so, a number of upcoming festivals have been cancelled or postponed. Among the silent & classic film festival which have been effected are the...
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Where and how to stream Louise Brooks and silent & classic film from home
Interested in Louise Brooks? Like silent and classic films? Wondering what to watch during these trying times? Here are a few suggestions.... more to come in the following days.First off, let me...
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Louise Brooks film Prix de beauté made available for online streaming during...
Yesterday's blog,Where and how to stream Louise Brooks and silent & classic film from home, featured a segment on Italy's Cineteca Milano. In response to the worldwide coronavirus crisis, that...
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Recommended reading - Rediscovering Roscoe The Films of “Fatty” Arbuckle
Before the coronavirus interrupted life as we knew it, there was a book I was meaning to write-up here on the Louise Brooks Society blog. That book is Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of “Fatty”...
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Louise Brooks Society announcement regarding RadioLulu
The economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic is leading many of us to reevaluate our needs and expenses. Who knows what the future holds? For me, these expenses includes various costs...
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Support the Louise Brooks Society, support Larry Edmunds Bookshop
If you love movies, and if you love reading about the movies - then you will love Larry Edmunds bookshop in Hollywood. Opened in 1938, it is a longtime Mecca for film buffs, film historians, writers,...
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Book recommendations from the Louise Brooks Society
If you are stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic and are wanting to catching up on your reading... may we recommend the following books on Louise Brooks, silent film, and early Hollywood. Many,...
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RadioLulu off the air, with a few recommended videos
After 18 years of streaming Louise Brooks and silent film related music, Radio Lulu has come to an end. The Louise Brooks Society online station was begun in 2002, and has reached countless listeners...
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New Find 1 - Mention of Louise Brooks in Charlie Chaplin's FBI file
There is still a lot of interesting Louise Brooks & silent film material yet to discover. This post is the first in an ongoing series highlighting some of the newly found material I have just...
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New Find 2 - a Rare Paparazzi Picture of Louise Brooks
There is still a lot of interesting Louise Brooks & silent film material yet to discover. This post is the second in an ongoing series highlighting some of the newly found material I have just...
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New Find 3 - Trade Ads Mentioning Louise Brooks and Her Films
There is still a lot of interesting Louise Brooks & silent film material yet to discover. This post is the third in an ongoing series highlighting some of the newly found material I have just...
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New Find 4 - an Unknown Louise Brooks Film Cameo?
There is still a lot of interesting Louise Brooks & silent film material yet to discover. This post is the fourth in an ongoing series highlighting some of the newly found material I have just...
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