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Screen Snapshots
Here, for fun, are a few examples of "Screen Snapshots" by Hortense Schorr. Each tie in with a particular motion picture, and each date from the very early 1930s. They are something a little unusual...
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Light Reading Nearly Spoiled Flapper Scene, by Louise Brooks
"Light Reading Nearly Spoiled Flapper Scene", a 1926 article supposedly by Louise Brooks. It appeared in other newspapers under different titles.
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A Musical Movie Marathon at LACMA
Imagine having to improvise a musical score for a full length silent film lasting nearly two hours. Imagine having to do that for four films, one of which you've never seen before. Now, imagine having...
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Universal Lulu : Το Κουτί της Πανδώρας - G.W. Pabst
In the continuing series Universal Lulu: Το Κουτί της Πανδώρας - G.W. Pabst, starring Louise Brooks. I believe this is Greek, just like the myth of the Box of Pandora.
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Found on YouTube, a video tribute to the films of G.W. Pabst. Check out his IMDb page as well.
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What a trippple bill of classic silent films!
Over the years, I have found hundreds if not thousands of newspaper advertisements for Louise Brooks' films. Many of them are of little interest beyond the record of a Brooks' film having shown in a...
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Tonight: Buffalo Film Seminars opens with ‘Pandora’s Box’
Tonight, the Buffalo Film Seminars in Buffalo, New York opens its annual film series with Pandora’s Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks. More information about the season long series can be found HERE...
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Film Forum in NYC Announces "It" Girls Series, includes Louise Brooks
The Film Forum in New York City has announced a forthcoming series, "It Girls: Flappers, Jazz Babies and Vamps." The two week series, running March 11-24, includes a Saturday, March 19th screening of...
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Diary of a Lost Girl: Louise Brooks' film with accompaniment by Ben Model Jan 31
Don't miss Diary of a Lost Girl, the sensational Louise Brooks' film with live organ accompaniment by Ben Model. Sunday, January 31st at 2:00pmSchimmel Center3 Spruce St, New York, New York 10038...
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RadioLulu in Dead, Long Live RadioLulu
Like others, I’ve long had the fantasy of being a disc jockey. As a DJ, I would share favorite music with listeners, introducing songs and artists with the occasional anecdote or bit of trivia only I...
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Louise Brooks "I listen to the radio."
Today is the last day to listen to RadioLulu. I am looking for a new home for the hundreds of Louise Brooks and silent film related audio tracks I have collected over the years. Where they will end up...
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Looking ahead this week: Rare new material on Louise Brooks' early life in...
Lately, I've been researching Louise Brooks' early life in Kansas from the time she was born through 1922, when she left the state headed for New York City to join Denishawn.In doing so, I've uncovered...
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Louise Brooks as the bride of Tom Thumb, and other early performances
Many fans of Louise Brooks, at least those who have read Barry Paris' outstanding biography, will be familiar with the image of Louise Brooks as the bride of Tom Thumb. It was the first ever role for...
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First known event advertisement to name Louise Brooks
Pictured here is what I believe to be the first newspaper advertisement to name Louise Brooks. This ad from May, 1919 states that Brooks -- then only 12 years old -- would appear in "The Progress of...
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Louise Brooks in a two-act comedy, Mr. Bob, in 1921
On May 20, 1921, fourteen year old Louise Brooks played a lead role in a two-act comedy, Mr. Bob, which was staged in the auditorium of the Horace Mann intermediate school in Wichita, Kansas. Brooks...
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Alice Mills, The Chaperone, and Louise Brooks, the 15 year old dancer
Revealed here for the first time, pictures not seen in nearly 100 years, are two remarkable newspaper clippings. The first depicts Alice Mills, the Wichita, Kansas dance instructor who taught Louise...
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A few more interesting bits about Louise Brooks
My research turned up a couple of rather interesting bits regarding Louise Brooks after she left Wichita, Kansas.On July 18, 1922 the Wichita Daily Eagle reported that Brooks had been moved to the...
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Some silent films Louise Brooks saw before she left Kansas
My recent research into Louise Brooks' early life has turned up some of the silent films the actress saw before she left Kansas. Here they are, and on the exact dates she saw them. Dates in italics are...
View ArticleMusic Video Tribute: "Louise Brooks Eyes" by Little-X-Little
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the first installment, a 2009 video I recently came across on YouTube. It's "Louise Brooks Eyes" by Little-X-Little.Don't...
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Music Video Tribute: "Lulu a Hollywood" by Olivia Louvel
Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the second installment. French artist Olivia Louvel performs "Lulu a Hollywood" from album Lulu In Suspension. This live...
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