Louise Brooks Society

This year, the annual Silent Movie Day will take place on September 29. Celebrations -- in the form of screenings -- are taking place all over the United States, as well as in Europe. Click on t...

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Louise Brooks, the Kansas Cleopatra . . . apparently so.  A seller on eBay is currently offering a "LOUISE BROOKS the Kansas Cleopatra" t-shirt for sale. The seller (not me) says the shirts we...

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The Street of Forgotten Men, with Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1925. The film underworld romance set among fake beggars and their “cripple factory” in the slums of the Bowery in...

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Prix de beauté, with Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1930. In her last starring role and last European film, Louise Brooks plays a typist stuck in a dull job who wins a beauty contest...

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The Show Off, featuring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1926. The film a satiric comedy about an insufferable braggart who disrupts the life of a middle-class family. While remembered ...

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A dear friend, who once met Louise Brooks and spoke with her regularly and who now wishes to remain anonymous, sent me this snapshot of Louise Brooks' grave in Rochester, New York . It nearly bro...

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Louise Brooks is a star.... today, more than ever! Just a week ago, the A Girl in Every Port (1928) screening at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) drew so many people that it had to moved to a lar...

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The 1928 Howard Hawks buddy film, A Girl in Every Port, tells the story of two sailors (Victor McLaglen and Robert Armstrong) and their romantic adventures in various ports around the world. The ...

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Here are the program notes I (Thomas Gladysz) wrote in 2013 for Howard Hawks' A Girl in Every Port when it was screened at the University of Wisconsin Cinematheque . The film will be screened on ...

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A Girl in Every Port, the 1928 Howard Hawks silent film starring starring Louise Brooks and Victor McLaglen, is set to screen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on August 1. This special scr...

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Two new releases of Pandora's Box, the sensational silent film starring Louise Brooks as Lulu, are scheduled to be released this Fall. Here is what we know. Criterion has just announced they wi...

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The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a hotbed of activity around Louise Brooks and what is, undoubtedly, her best known film, Pandora's Box. I am not sure why that is ... but the local exhibi...

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I am writing this post to clear up some misinformation about the origins of the Louise Brooks Society website, specifically its name, the "Louise Brooks Society."  Since first becoming interes...

https://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-note-on-origins-of-louise-brooks.html

Love ’Em and Leave ’Em (1926), starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the BFI (British Film Institute) NFT 2 in London on August 18. A 78 minute, 16mm print from the BFI National Archive wi...

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Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at Wilton's Music Hall in London, England on Monday, June 24. That's tomorrow. This evening screening, presented by the Lucky Dog Picturehouse...

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Rolled Stockings, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1927. The film is a drama set among students at the fictional Colfax College. It was one of a number of similarly-themed film...

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Just recently, the folks at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival asked me to contribute to their ongoing series, a list of five silent films that I’d like to share with others. I said yes, a...

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Pandora's Box (1929), the landmark silent film starring Louise Brooks, will be shown on Sunday, June 16 (at 3:45 in the afternoon) and Wednesday, June 19 (at 6:00 in the evening) in Austin, Texas...

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I have seen a couple of references online which mention that Pandora's Box, the seminal 1929 silent film  staring Louise Brooks, is currently screening on HBO Max. Is it true?  I don't have t...

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A Girl in Every Port, the 1928 Howard Hawks silent film starring starring Louise Brooks and Victor McLaglen, is set to screen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on August 1. This special scr...

https://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-girl-in-every-port-starring-louise.html

Happy birthday to author, film historian, documentary film maker, and Academy Award honoree Kevin Brownlow. He was born on this day in 1938. More about Kevin Brownlow and his many accomplishments...

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The Canary Murder Case, starring William Powell, Jean Arthur and Louise Brooks (as the canary) is now available on Blu-Ray (only). Kino Lorber released the film on May 21 as part of its three fil...

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Its the Old Army Game, with Louise Brooks and W.C. Fields, was released on this day in 1926. The film is a comedy about a small town druggist (played by W.C. Fields) who gets involved with a real...

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This year, as it has in the past, the Louise Brooks Society blog is taking part in the Spring 2024 CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association) blogathon. This year’s theme is Screen Debuts & Last Hur...

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This year, as it has in the past, the Louise Brooks Society blog is taking part in the Spring 2024 CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association) blogathon. This year’s theme is Screen Debuts & Last Hur...

https://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2024/05/screen-debuts-louise-brooks-first-film.html