A portrait of Louise Brooks by Stanley Mouse will be up for auction next month. The portrait is being sold by Heritage Auctions as part of t...
Another post-1929 Pandora's Box screening is found!
When I wrote in my last post that I hoped the record of additional post-1929 screenings of Pandora's Box would be found one-day, I didn...
The Lost History of Pandora's Box in the United States
It is widely believed that Pandora's Box was first shown in the United States at the 55th Street playhouse in December of 1929. It is a...
Louise Brooks Stars In Pandora's Box in Chattanoooga, TN on June 28
Heritage House , 1428 Jenkins Road in Chattanoooga, Tennessee will show the 1929 Louise Brooks film, Pandora's Box , on Thursday, June ...
The Costumes in Modern Dance’s Attic include those worn by Louise Brooks
There is a BIG, must read, illustrated article in the June 19th New York Times about Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn and their costumes, whic...
Adam Aston melancholic songs with appearances by Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Anita Berber and others
Here are a couple of melancholic songs by Adam Aston , a Polish singer, actor, and pianist of Jewish origin. First up is the 1935 song ...
Beggars of Life screens in Boulder, Colorado on August 15
Beggars of Life , the sensational 1928 Louise Brooks film (directed by William Wellman), will be shown in Boulder, Colorado on August 15 wit...
First ever Louise Brooks Society blog ran on this day 16 years ago
On this day sixteen years ago, in 2002, the first ever Louise Brooks Society blog appeared on LiveJournal. To mark the occasion, here is tha...
Louise Brooks and the Northwest Poultry Journal
Obviously, someone at the Northwest Poultry Journal had a thing for Louise Brooks back in 1928. Why else would they have run this non-poult...
Anthony Bourdain and Louise Brooks
Anthony Bourdain had a thing for Louise Brooks. Over the years, he evoked her name time and again. In the introduction to My Last Supper: 50...
Capitolfest set to take place August 10, 11, 12
This year's Capitolfest set to take place August 10, 11, 12 in Rome, New York. This year's tribute star is Ronald Colman, who, if yo...
A Celebration of Louise, Lulu, LouLou, and Lolita in sheet music
A thematic musical follow-up to my previous post, this being a celebration of Louise, Lulu, LouLou, and Lolita in sheet music. First up, eve...
More on the music in the 1930 Louise Brooks film, Prix de beaute
At the end of my last post, I mentioned that I spoken with musician Stephen Horne at the recently concluded San Francisco Silent Film Festiv...
Louise Brooks at the 2018 San Francisco Silent Film Festival
I'm back from the recently concluded San Francisco Silent Film Festival. (Read my PopMatters preview of the event on HERE .) I saw some...
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