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Save 25% off Louise Brooks edition of The Diary of a Lost Girl
Enter coupon code ONEMORETHING305 at checkout and receive 25% off the "Louise Brooks edition" of The Diary of a Lost Girl, edited by Louise Brooks Society director Thomas Gladysz. This great offer expires on January 6, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST, so don't miss out! You can only use this code once per account, and unfortunately you can't use this coupon ( Read more... ) -
2010 Update: Then and now
Greetings from the Louise Brooks Society, an online archive and fan club devoted to the actress best known for her role as Lulu in Pandora's Box, the classic 1929 German silent film.. The LBS is located at http://www.pandorasbox.com/
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A new blog for the Louise Brooks Society
After more than 6 years and some 1,327 entries, I've decided to move the Louise Brooks Society blog from LiveJournal to Blogger. The new LBS blog is located at http://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/
There is still a lot of work to be done in preparation of the move. I am still messing around with Blogger settings. And, I still need to redirect ( Read more... ) -
Beggars of Life (1928)
Cliff Aliperti, who writes about classic film for examiner.com, just published a long piece on Beggars of Life (1928). Check it out at http://www.examiner.com/x-8826-NY-Classic-Movies-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Louise-Brooks-stars-in-William-Wellmans-Beggars-of-Life-1928
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From silents to sound
A recent article for examiner.com briefly discusses Louise Brooks and some of the actors and actresses who worked both in silent and sound films. The article, a review of Roy Liebman's From Silents to Sound: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers Who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures (McFarland), can be found at www.examiner.com/x-7605-SF ( Read more... ) -
Love Em and Leave Em to screen in Australia
Love Em and Leave Em, the delightful Louise Brooks film from 1926, will be shown on Sunday June 21at the Australian Cinémathèque, which is part of the Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, one of the largest public art museums in Australia. For more information on the 11:00 am screening, visit Read more... ) -
In search of the perfect bob, in the Philippines
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, from Manila, recently ran a story titled "In search of the perfect bob." In it, the reporter discusses her own quest for the haircut, as well as a bit of it's history.
It has been a long debate on who actually started the classic bob. But American Hairdresser magazine, in an article on March 1, 2007, “The Way We Were ( Read more... ) -
Louise Brooks Beauty Shop
While scrolling through microfilm, I came across these old advertisements. One is for the Louise Beauty Shop in New York City. I wonder if Louise Brooks knew of it?
The other advertisement is is for a novel called Kinks, a "sensational novel about show business." I found a few copies available online for as little as $10.00. The one seller of a ( Read more... )
