Louise Brooks Society
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Louise Brooks Society - all about the silent film & Jazz Age icon who played Lulu in Pandora's Box. The Louise Brooks Society is the largest & most comprehensive website devoted to any silent movie star. The LBS is an online archive - a place on the information superhighway where individuals can learn about the life and times of the actress.
Louise Brooks Society
3d ago
Lulu sure gets around.... There has been a flurry of screenings of Pandora's Box of late, with the latest announced for just a few days from now.
The recently released restoration of Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Orpheum Theater in Saugerties, New York beginning on March 29 and continuing through March 31. For those not familiar, Saugerties is a town in the northeastern corner of Ulster County in New York state. It is about a 110 mile, two hour drive north from New York City. More about this screening can be found HERE.
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Louise Brooks Society
6d ago
Lulu continues to get around, and around.... It's nice to see her in art museums. The newly released but not new digital restoration of the 1929 silent film, Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks as Lulu, will be shown on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30th, at Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. There is no word about any musical accompaniment. More information about this event can be found HERE. (this info links includes a small gallery of images from the film.)
Here is what the event venue says:
New Digital Restoration
Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora)
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Louise Brooks Society
1w ago
Evening Clothes, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1927. The film is a romantic comedy about a gentleman farmer who — spurned by his bride, goes to the big city to loose his rustic ways and win back his new wife. A stanza printed in advertisements for the film put it this way, “He was a French hick / Who didn’t please her / So he went to Paris and / Became a Boulevardier.” Louise Brooks plays a character called Fox Trot, a hot-to-trot Parisian who some described as a lady of the evening. More about the film can be found on the Louise Brooks Society filmography page.
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Louise Brooks Society
1w ago
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, a rare clipping of Louise Brooks from the Irish Sketch, circa 1926. The caption beneath the portrait reads, "One of Paramount's best known stars, whose dark Spanish type of beauty makes her a striking figure in the various pictures in which she has appeared."
I don't know why, but I don't have many other interesting clipping about Brooks from Ireland, except for this bit from January, 1931. It notes, "In the later days of the silent films a young artiste who showed considerable promise was Louise Brooks....
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Louise Brooks Society
1w ago
In the previous post, Louise Brooks and Los Angeles: Getting the facts straight, I pointed out one of a few factual errors found on the Louise Brooks Wikipedia page.
As I note, the Wikipedia page on the actress states, "Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer, joining the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts modern dance company in Los Angeles at the age of 15 in 1922." I pointed out that this statement is INCORRECT. In my post, I point out that Brooks went to New York City (not Los Angeles) to study at and then join Denishawn. History records as much, and Brooks hersel ..read more
Louise Brooks Society
1w ago
I want to address, yet again, a factual error that's making the rounds....
The other day, I was listening to a podcast. On March 11, the podcasters known as 5282 dropped their "Louise Brooks Special" episode. This podcast, which focuses on popular and fringe culture, originates in the UK. The Brooks' episode is a talk through her career with the three 5282 hosts, highlighting films such as Beggars of Life and Pandora's Box. At the end of the podcast, one of the hosts gave a shout-out to the Louise Brooks Society as a source for information.
However, in the course of the 5282 podcast, one of th ..read more
Louise Brooks Society
2w ago
Lulu continues to get around.... The newly released digital restoration of the sensational 1929 silent film, Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks as Lulu, will be shown on Sunday, March 24th at 5:00 pm in the Brown Auditorium Theater at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. This screening of the digital restoration includes a musical soundtrack by the late composer Peer Raben. More information about this event can be found HERE.
And here is what the event venue says:
Early German cinema master G. W. Pabst cast Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legend was defined by this stylish and co ..read more
Louise Brooks Society
3w ago
Even though we are a few days into March, it's not too late to get a copy of the 2024 Flicker Alley calendar. This adorable 6 inch by 6 inch square calendar is available for free with the purchase of a non-mod DVD or Blu-ray. And what's more, the front and back covers feature the one and only Louise Brooks.
To get my copy, I ordered the 2023 Flicker Alley release of restoration of the Erich von Stroheim film Foolish Wives. I have long loved this director's films, and am proud to have once put on an event with the great von Stroheim biographer Arthur Lenning. Louise Brooks also had an interest ..read more
Louise Brooks Society
3w ago
Lulu sure does get around.... Pandora's Box, the sensational 1929 (not 1933) film starring Louise Brooks, will be shown on Tuesday, March 12th at 7:30 PM at the Cinema Arts Centre on Long Island in Huntington, New York. And what's more, this special event will feature live musical accompaniment by Ben Model. More information about this screening can be found HERE.
Here is what the venue says about this just announced event.
PANDORA’S BOX (1933) - starring Louise Brooks - new restoration, with live score by Ben Model!
Anything But Silent
PANDORA’S BOX
Tuesday, March 12th at 7:30 PM ..read more
Louise Brooks Society
1M ago
It Pays to Advertise, with Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1931. The film is a farce about rival soap companies, an advertising agency, and a ne’er do-well playboy who attempts to make good. Louise Brooks plays Thelma Temple, a dancer appearing in a musical titled Girlies Don’t Tell. More about the film can be found on the Louise Brooks Society filmography page.
Production on the film took place in and around Los Angeles in late 1930. Brooks’ part in the film, done to fulfill her contract with Paramount, amounted to little more than a cameo. The Hollywood Reporter wrote “Lou ..read more