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Very rare Louise Brooks OMD Pandora's Box t-shirt now for sale on Etsy
When ever I want a pick-me-up, I watch one of the many videos of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) performing their hit song "Pandora's Box (It's a long, long way)". YouTube has a number of...
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Louise Brooks Society gives up social media
Over the last few months, the Louise Brooks Society™ has suffered attack after attack on its various social media accounts, and has decided to call it quits on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram....
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King of Gamblers was released on this day in 1937
King of Gamblers was released on this day in 1937. The film is a stylish low-budget crime drama about a slot-machine racket and the crusading reporter who uncovers it. Though a “B” picture, this almost...
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Lulu in America : the Lost History of Louise Brooks and Pandora's Box
I have written a long article for Film International focusing on the little documented exhibition history of Pandora's Box in the United States (in the 1930s and 1940s). This lost history includes...
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God's Gift to Women, with Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1931
God's Gift to Women, with Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1931. The film is a Pre-Codemusical comedy whose musical numbers were cut and whose humor and suggestive scenes are largely tempered...
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Update on The Street of Forgotten men: From Story to Screen and Beyond
I am pleased to reveal a new, slightly revised cover for my forthcoming book, The Street of Forgotten Men: From Story to Screen and Beyond. I am also pleased to announce I have finished writing and...
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Two pieces on Pandora's Box on Eat Drink Films
The excellent multi-topic blog Eat Drink Films has a couple of new pieces on Louise Brooks star turn in Pandora's Box. Both pieces are by Nancy Friedman. The first, "Pandora’s Box– A Stunning Film on...
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Windy Riley Goes Hollywood, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day...
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1931. The film is a short, approximately 21 minute comedy which centers on Windy Riley, a cocky blow-hard who attempts to...
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Another BIG article about Louise Brooks and Pandora's Box on Eat Drink Films
Ahead of the May 6 screening of Pandora's Box in Oakland, California - the excellent multi-topic blog Eat Drink Films has a big new piece by yours truly titled "Lulu By The Bay." My recent Film...
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Louise Brooks Society website to be taken down
I am saddened to report that the Louise Brooks Society website will be taken down. Over the course of the last year, an internet troll has managed to have the various LBS social media accounts...
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Report from Saturday's showing of Pandora's Box at the Paramount Theater
A number of pictures from Saturday's screening of Pandora's Box at the Paramount theater have been added to my article, "Lulu By the Bay", on Eat Drink Films. Included among them is this stunning...
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Pandoras's Box, will be shown at the Old Woollen in Farsley
The 1929 Louise Brooks' film, Pandoras's Box, will be shown at the Old Woollen in Farsley in the United Kingdom. More information can be found HERE.And here is a bit more information regarding this...
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The 100 Greatest Film Books of All-Time
TheHollywood Reporter has released a list of the 100 greatest film books of all time, as determined by a jury of 300 "Hollywood heavyweights." The list is made of of books largely about the...
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HE Who Gets Slapped screens October 23
Thomas Gladysz here: I will be in Seattle, Washington on October 23 to introduce He Who Gets Slapped (1924) at the Paramount theater. This Seattle Theater Group Presentation, which is part of their...
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Broadway All Agog! Wichita Beauty May Become Charlie Chaplin's Leading Lady
This noteworthy article, "Broadway All Agog! Wichita Beauty May Become Charlie Chaplin's Leading Lady," appeared on the front page of the Wichita Daily Eagle 98 years ago today -- on October 15, 1925....
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New Novel Imagine's Life of Director G.W. Pabst
I am beginning to see articles about a new novel imagining the life of German director G. W. Pabst. Lichtspiel, by the internationally acclaimed German writer Daniel Kehlmann, is already being termed a...
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Pandora's Box booklet from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival Presentation
Here's a new Louise Brooks collectible - the San Francisco Silent Film Festival booklet for the May 6th showing of Pandora's Box at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California. This attractive,...
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It's the Old Army Game, co-starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day...
It's the Old Army Game, co-starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1926. The film is a comedyabout a small town druggist (played by W.C. Fields) who gets involved with a real estate scam....
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The Canary Murder Case, co-starring Louise Brooks, coming on DVD
Coming this fall from Kino Lorber: the 1929 William Powell / Louise Brooks ' film, The Canary Murder Case, will be released on DVD by Kino Lorber Classics as part of a three-film Philo Vance...
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Celebrating Raymond Griffith, the Silk Hat Comedian
Raymond GriffithToday, Film International published my new article, "The Unexpected Raymond Griffith." Please take a look. My piece is a review of Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian, a new two...
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