Overland Stage Raiders, starring John Wayne and Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Syracuse, New York on Monday, April 15th as part of a Western double bill.  This rare public screening of Brooks' last film is sponsored by the Syracuse Cinephile Society. More information about this event can be found HERE. To learn more about the film, be sure and check out the Overland Stage Raiders page on the Louise Brooks Society website. Otherwise, here is some information from the Syracuse Cinephile Society website: 4/15   “OLD MEETS NEW” WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURE. T ..read more

The 27th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival is set to take place at the historic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco’s Marina District beginning April 10 and running through April 14. This year, twenty-two live cinema programs will be shown -- each featuring a beautiful silent-era films (including some world premiere restorations) and each with superb live musical accompaniment More information about this year's event, including a complete schedule of films, ticket availability, etc... can be found HERE. A number of these programs stand out. For me, one of the most exciting ..read more

The recently released restoration of Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown in the Ted Mann Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (6067 Wilshire Blvd.) in Los Angeles TODAY at 7:30 pm. This screening marks the "Los Angeles Restoration Premiere." The film is being shown as part of the Academy's series, "The Sewing Circle: Sapphic Icons of Early Hollywood." More information about the event can be found HERE.  According to the Academy website, "Pandora’s Box chronicles the life and ultimate downfall of the charming and amoral Lulu (Louise Brooks), whose somewhat imp ..read more

What is better than one? How about four! The Louise Brooks Society has learned that four Louise Brooks films previously thought lost will be released on DVD sometime within the coming year. Wow! Wow! Wow! and Wow! When I first became interested in Louise Brooks ever so long ago, I sometimes thought I would never see some of her more obscure films, let alone films which were once thought lost. But, miracles happen, dreams come true, and wishes are fulfilled .... I can't say more. Stay tuned to this blog and the Louise Brooks Society website for further information. It is always a thrill to see ..read more

A Social Celebrity, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1926. The film is a romantic comedy about a small town barber who follows his heart and heads to the big city where he hopes to join high society. Louise Brooks plays the barber’s love interest, a small town manicurist who also heads to the big city to become a dancer. The film is the third in which Brooks appeared, the second for which she received a screen credit, and the first in which she had a starring role. More about the film can be found on the Louise Brooks Society filmography page. The film was originally s ..read more

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. According to the UpstateFilms.org web ..read more

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) Direc ..read more

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. Ad ..read more

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.... THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is au ..read more

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