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Loulou opens Synchro film music festival at Cinémathèque de Toulouse
The 1929 Louise Brooks film, Loulou (otherwise known as Pandora's Box) will open the Cinémathèque de Toulouse Synchro, a film music festival running from November 30 to December 4. More information...
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Something of a Mystery: Religious Interest in a Louise Brooks Silent Film
As readers of this blog likely know, I am working on a book titled The Street of Forgotten Men: From Story to Screen and Beyond. It is coming along well. I have some 60,000 words completed scattered...
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Diary of a Lost Girl starring Louise Brooks screens Sunday in Washington DC
The sensational 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl, will be shown this Sunday, October 23, at the Atlas Performing Center in Washington D.C. More information about this event, which will...
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Louise Brooks and Rudolph Valentino, a talk from 2019
Every year since 1927, fans of the Rudolph Valentino have gathered to honor the actor's memory in Hollywood. In fact, the Valentino Memorial Service, held each year on August 23rd (beginning at 12:10...
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The Unlikely Louise Brooks, number 2 in an occasional series
This post is the second in an occasional series focusing on unusual finds, unusual material, and unusual connections all related to Louise Brooks - even if only tangentially. I run across these sorts...
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Newly published Louise Brooks-inspired supernatural thriller, Pandora's Box,...
"Stare into the dark long enough and you'll eventually see what's hiding there." Just in time for Halloween, just in time for something new to read.... Longtime fan of Louise Brooks, Scott R. Howe, has...
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A Halloween post - an almost scary Louise Brooks
As most everyone agrees, Louise Brooks was a beautiful women. She was lovely, and it is hard to imagine a depiction of the actress which might depict her so poorly as to make her almost unrecognizable,...
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Love 'Em And Leave 'Em to be shown at the George Eastman Museum on November 15th
The 1926 Louise Brooks film, Love 'Em And Leave 'Em, will be shown at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York on November 15th (the day after LB's birthday). If you haven't scene this film,...
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Magic Lantern Slide Newsletter includes Louise Brooks Society
Back on October 17th, I posted a blog post about church and religious interest in The Street of Forgotten Men (1925), Louise Brooks' first film. That post can be found HERE.In my post, I noted that in...
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Get Lost in the 1920s at the Toronto Silent Film Festival
Louise Brooks had long had a connection to Toronto, Canada. She first visited the city in April, 1924 as a member of the Denishawn Dance Company, performing for two nights at the historic Massey Music...
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Movies are Murder CMBA Blogathon - The Canary Murder Case (1929) part 1
As the theme of this year's CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association) blogathon is "Movies are Murder," the Louise Brooks Society join's in with a post devoted to the celebrated 1929 film,The Canary Murder...
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Movies are Murder CMBA Blogathon - The Canary Murder Case (1929) part 2
As the theme of this year's CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association) blogathon is "Movies are Murder," the Louise Brooks Society join's in with a post devoted to the celebrated 1929 film, The Canary...
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A good brainduster for fans of silent film
Here is something I ran across the other day, a picture puzzle in a 1926 issue of Exhibitor's Herald. The challenge is to identify the silent film stars hiding behind their masks. I think I can...
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Happy birthday to Louise Brooks BTD in 1906
Happy birthday to the dancer, silent film star and 20th century icon Louise Brooks, who was born on this day in 1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas. Not surprisingly, little (Mary) Louise Brooks started getting...
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Louise Brooks Society now on Mastadon
I launched the Louise Brooks Society website way back in the summer of 1995. I was a pioneer. The LBS was one of the first websites devoted to silent film and/or a silent film actor. Today, my website...
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A French Street Named after Louise Brooks
Is there a resident of Paris or the surrounding area that might be able to take a picture of a local street sign? I would like to get a clear straight on photograph of Impasse Louise Brooks, which is...
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The Unlikely Louise Brooks, number 3 in an occasional series
This post is the third in an occasional series focusing on unusual finds, unusual material, and unusual connections all related to Louise Brooks - even if only tangentially. I run across these sorts of...
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Louise Brooks painting found in Sacramento
Yesterday, my wife and I and my sister-in-law spent some time at the Crocker Holiday Artisan Market, an event held annually at the Scottish Rite Center in Sacramento, California. This three-day bazaar...
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Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Toronto, Canada
The rarely screened silent version of the 1930 Louise Brooks film, Prix de beauté, will be shown on Saturday, December 3 at the Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Canada. This special screening will feature a...
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Another great Louise Brooks film to screen in Toronto, Canada
It seems Toronto, Canada is the place to be if you are a Louise Brooks fan. Following the announcement that the rarely shown silent version of Prix de beauté will be shown on Saturday, December 3 at...
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