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WINGS screens in Cleveland, Ohio at Cleveland Silent Film Festival
The inaugural Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium, which kicks off this weekend, will screen Wings, one of the great films of the silent era. Along with Wings, the Festival is also set to...
View ArticleLouise Brooks - a 1969 letter to a student journalist
On this day in 1969, the Blue Banner (the monthly student newspaper at Onondaga Community College near Syracuse, New York) published a letter Louise Brooks sent to student journalist James Rolick. The...
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Louise Brooks, Clara Bow and Peggy Joyce are part of the Smart Set
Smart Set was one of the leading literary magazines during the Jazz Age. Founded in 1900 by Civil War veteran William d'Alton Mann, the magazine published a veritable who's who of American writers -...
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The Glories of Ukraine's KINO and Chwila film magazines
When we think of the silent era in Europe, films from countries like France, Germany, Italy or the Soviet Union might come to mind. Each produced great actors and directors and landmark motion...
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Louise Brooks film Diary of a Lost Girl set to screen in Toronto, Canada
The 1929 Louise Brooks' film, Diary of a Lost Girl, will be shown in Toronto, Canada on February 27 at the recently reopened Revue Cinema, Ontario's favourite independent cinema. And what's more, the...
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Ukraine and Louise Brooks
In the course of my ongoing research into the world-wide presentation of Brooks' films, I have found that that they were shown in what is now Ukraine, which in the silent and early sound era was...
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Diary of a Lost Girl starring Louise Brooks screens in UK on March 19
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in Devon, England on Saturday March 19, 2022 with live musical accompaniment by the stellar musical group, Wurlitza. More information...
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Roland Jaccard (1941-2021), French author of Louise Brooks: Portrait of an...
Only recently I became aware of the passing of the French writer and critic Roland Jaccard (1941-2021), who is best known to fans of Louise Brooks as the author / editor of the first ever book about...
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Addendum to Roland Jaccard (1941-2021), French author of Louise Brooks:...
I wanted to add a bit more to my prior post regarding the passing of the French writer Roland Jaccard, who took his own life last September. Jaccard is best known to fans of Louise Brooks as the editor...
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Louise Brooks film, Pandora's Box, to screen in Mexico on March 19
The 1929 Louise Brooks' film, Pandora's Box, will be shown at Cine Inminente in Tehuacán, Puebla in Mexico on Saturday, March 19. The screening is part of the film society's PIONEERS cycle - CINEMA AND...
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Ukrainian article about Pandora's Box which pictures film stars Louise Brooks...
In the course of my ongoing research into the world-wide presentation of the films of Louise Brooks, I have found that that they were shown in what is now Ukraine, which during the silent and early...
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Louise Brooks film, Love Em and Leave Em, newly released on DVD
I haven't seen it, and can't vouch for what it may look like, but wanted to let everyone know that Oldies.com has recently released the 1926 Louise Brooks' film, Love Em and Leave Em. According to the...
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Newly restored Louise Brooks film to screen in May !!!
BIG NEWS FOR FANS OF LOUISE BROOKS. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has announced it will screen its newly restored print of The Street of Forgotten Men, the film which marks the actress' first...
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More on the newly restored Louise Brooks film The Street of Forgotten Men
Pop Matters has just published my article on the newly restored Louise Brooks film, The Street of Forgotten Men. Please check it out.The piece, "Restored Silent Film The Street of Forgotten Men Debuts...
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2022
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival held its first event in July, 1996 - a one-day, three-program celebration of silent cinema with live musical accompaniment put on by founders Steven Salmons and...
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George Kibbe Turner, author of The Street of the Forgotten Men
On May 10th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen its new restoration of The Street of Forgotten Men - Louise Brooks' little seen first film. More information about that special event can...
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Actors in uncredited bit parts in The Street of Forgotten Men, part 1 Anita...
On May 10th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen its new restoration of Herbert Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men - Louise Brooks' little seen first film. More information about that...
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Actors in uncredited bit parts in The Street of Forgotten Men, part 2 Lassie
On May 10th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen its new restoration of Herbert Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men - Louise Brooks' little seen first film. More information about that...
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Actors in uncredited bit parts in The Street of Forgotten Men, part 3 Whitney...
On May 10th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen its new restoration of Herbert Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men - Louise Brooks' little seen first film. More information about that...
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Actors in uncredited bit parts in The Street of Forgotten Men, part 4 Louise...
On May 10th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen its new restoration of Herbert Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men - Louise Brooks' little seen first film. More information about that...
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