Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Monday, November 15, 2021

Some nifty videos gathered to the Louise Brooks Society YouTube channel

As I mentioned recently, I have recently been refurbishing the Louise Brooks Society's YouTube channel (as well as its Vimeo channel). In doing so, I have come across a bunch of interesting videos. In fact, I have come across some many worth bookmarking that I have organized a bunch of thematic playlists on YouTube which I would like everyone to browse. And please don't forget to like and subscribe. Two playlists I think everyone will like are "Louise Brooks - Documentaries and related material" as well as "Silent Film Era." There are 16 others to explore.

Here are a few other individual videos that I want to call to everyone's attention. I likes 'em.


"Buster and Louise" is a student film from 2009 by Jessica Polaniecki, who now works in the animation field. She once created and animated the Krampus puppet for a Christmas episode of Anthony Bourdain's show No Reservations. I wonder if she knew Bourdain was a fan of Louise Brooks? BTW, Jessica has done a lot of cool work. Check out her webpage HERE.  ["Buster and Louise" can be found in the "Odds n Ends" playlist, along with 11 other videos of related interest.]

 
 
In this video short from FilmStruck, Alicia Malone discusses G.W. Pabst's storied career across his multitude of silent & talkie masterpieces - including the two films he made with Louise Brooks. ["Director G. W. Pabst" can be found in the "Director G. W. Pabst" playlist, along with 10 other videos of related interest.] 
 
 
Including this little gem, "Pabst Plays Pabst" from Filmarchiv Austria in which the grandson of G.W. Pabst, Daniel Pabst, is seen accompanying various films by his illustrious grandfather. ["Pabst Plays Pabst" can be found in the "Louise Brooks - Musical Accompaniment to Films" playlist, along with 19 other videos of related interest.] 
 
 
"Lulu - The Song" is one of the earlier musical tributes to Louise Brooks. Jen Anderson is an Australian composer, and this lovely song, which is part of a Pandora's Box soundtrack, dates from 1993. In 2006, I had the pleasure to meet Jen Anderson when she performed her soundtrack to the 1919 Australian silent film, The Sentimental Bloke, at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California. ["Lulu - The Song" can be found in the "Louise Brooks - Homage to Lulu (musical)" playlist, along with 26 other videos of related interest.] 
 
 
Frank Wedekind is famous as the author of the Lulu plays, as well as Spring Awakening. But did you know he had a sister who sang opera and made a handful of recordings? Her name was Erika; according to her Wikipedia page, she was one of the "first female coloratura sopranos in Germany and an outstanding representative of her field. She gave more than a thousand performances in Germany, Prague, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Stockholm, Paris and London before becoming an internationally sought-after singing teacher between 1914 and 1930. From 1930 she lived in seclusion in Switzerland, where she died in Zurich in 1944 at the age of 75. Because she was so successful, she was able to help support Frank Wedekind, who often struggled in his career. ["Erika Wedekind sings Mignon Styrienne 1908" can be found in the "Frank Wedekind / Lulu" playlist, along with 25 other videos of related interest.] 
 
 
Another video on that same playlist is the Silent Theater adaption of Lulu: a black and white silent play, starring Kyla Webb as Lulu. I am so glad to have found this video, as I was fortunate to see this very performance at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco in 2006. And, I had the chance to meet Kyla. Lulu: a black and white silent play is well worth checking out - but remember, this unusual adaption is a stage play without dialogue, like silent film. 
 
 
When you can, check out the Louise Brooks Society's YouTube channel. And don't forget to like and subscribe.

Friday, July 26, 2019

Music ~ La Poupée Qui Fait Non by The Birds >>> Film ~ Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks

Posted on YouTube in 2017

Music ~ "La Poupée Qui Fait Non" by The Birds Film ~ Pandora's Box starring Louise Brooks

Friday, March 30, 2018

A couple of rather good music videos which feature Louise Brooks and which you may not have seen before

Here are a couple of rather good music videos which feature Louise Brooks and which you may or may not have seen before.

First up, The Green Pajamas performing "Any Way the Wind Blows" in this tribute to the film, Pandora's Box and it's star, Louise Brooks. The video dates from around 2008.


And next is the song "Berlin" by Gosta Berling, inspired by the life of Louise Brooks. "It focuses specifically on the period when she left Hollywood in 1928, burning many bridges, to travel to Germany for her greatest starring role, as Lulu in Pandora's Box. Her story and iconic image have inspired many tributes - songs, books, plays and movies. The fascinating and frustrating saga of her life is captured in the biography Louise Brooks by Barry Paris - which I devoured while writing the words to this song. The images for this video were all scanned from the book Lulu Forever by Peter Cowie. This song is on Gosta Berling's first EP, Everybody's Sweetheart (2007).

Friday, March 9, 2018

A couple of rather odd Louise Brooks related videos found on YouTube, including a singing shirt

Here they are, a couple of rather odd Louise Brooks related videos which I recently came across on YouTube, including a singing shirt, seen below, and a quirky song, which follows. I like the song by the Tombstone Teeth well enough, but don't know what to think of the shirt short.


And there is this music video, which is odd in a different way.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Dance With Me. Nouvelle Vague, Louise Brooks & Anna Karina

Here is something cool I found on YouTube, the song "Dance With Me" by Nouvelle Vague put to video clips of GW Pabst's Tagebuch einer Verlorenen or Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) and Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part or Band of Outsiders (1964).


And for fun, here is an another video remix of the Nouvelle Vague song and actress Anna Karina in Godard's film. As Brooks' devotees know, Karina has long been associated with Brooks. There are other video remixes of the Nouvelle Vague song out there as well. These two caught my attention.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Crowdsource question: Help identify the Tango artist in the Louise Brooks' film Prix de beaute

Can you help identify the musical artist/band seen in the Louise Brooks' film Prix de beaute (1930). They are shown in this brief film clip, with the small musical group entering the scene around the 50 second mark.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Louise Brooks - Hopeless

This is the fifth in a series of odd, unusual, and entertaining Louise Brooks related videos from Vimeo. Here is "Hopeless," the song is by Evangelista and the video is by Stuart Pound. I like it!

According to its page, "The starting point for "Hopeless" is a song of the same title, recorded by the group "Evangelista". The song is about an impossible love for Louise Brooks, impossible because she died in 1984. I liked its energy and humour. I downloaded a section from G.W.Pabst's film Pandora's Box (1929), together with a number of publicity shots of the star, and re-worked them to accompany the song."

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Louise Brooks - Nitrate Dreams

This is the fourth in a series of odd, unusual, and entertaining Louise Brooks related videos from Vimeo. Here is "Nitrate Dreams," from Colette Saint Yves.

Monday, May 9, 2016

Images of Louise Brooks - Sonchai Körner

This is the third in a series of odd, unusual, and entertaining Louise Brooks related videos from Vimeo. Here is "Images of Louise Brooks - Sonchai Körner." According to the Vimeo page, "Sonchai Körner explores the demons of her past which serve as a source of inspiration for her work with Sven Mundt, telling of the self-doubt which comes from feeling that her talents are not recognized and the self-hate triggered by her inability to believe herself good enough."

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Kingfishers Catch Fire - Pandora

This is the second in a series of odd, unusual, and entertaining Louise Brooks related videos from Vimeo. Here is "Kingfishers Catch Fire - Pandora." According to its page, this video for "Pandora" by the London-based band Kingfishers Catch Fire is taken from their "Ballerina EP".
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How did it come to pass? Your honesty ruined us.
You only told me of that boy 'cause you know I am easily hurt.
So how can I go on pretending you're just someone I know?

And you've surely realised
That with every boy you fuck, to me the more beautiful you are.
Boy, this sucks. I should've known from the start.

This was only meant to be casual, we agreed.
You say you went home with that boy because you're in love with me.
So how can I go on pretending you're just someone I know?

And you've surely realised
That with every boy you fuck, to me the more beautiful you are.
Boy, this sucks - our having not seen it from the start.
Take my hand, a second take from the top.
We made our plans before we realised what this was.

And you've surely realised
That with every boy you fuck, to me the more beautiful you are.
Boy, this sucks - our having not seen it from the start.
Take my hand, a second take from the top.
We made our plans before we realised what this was,
That we're in love, Pandora.



Video: Excerpts from Pandora's Box by G.W.Pabst (1929). More info at:

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

When You're in Love, starring Cary Grant and Grace Moore

On Friday, May 6, getTV is proud to present the network premiere of the newly-restored 1937 Columbia Pictures musical WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE! It stars beloved leading man Cary Grant and Golden Age songstress Grace Moore.

The film is helmed by Oscar-winning Frank Capra collaborator Robert Riskin in his directorial debut. It also boasts breezy song-and-dance numbers highlighted by standards written by legendary composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Dorothy Fields.



Read all about it on the Huffington Post. getTV provided this special trailer for tomorrow's broadcast.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

I’m a part of this movie, but it doesn’t move me

This is the first in a series of odd, unusual, and entertaining Louise Brooks related videos from Vimeo. Here is "I’m a part of this movie, but it doesn’t move me" from Roxane Billamboz.

I'm a part of this movie, but it doesn't move me from Roxane Billamboz on Vimeo.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Louise Brooks: Beauty in the Breakdown

Here is another musical video tribute to Louise Brooks, titled "Louise Brooks: Beauty in the Breakdown." I am not sure who the artist is.

The description read: Uploaded on Apr 11, 2009
 
Louise Brooks. Brooksie. Lulu. A tribute to the actress, icon, writer, timeless beauty, free spirit, dancer, ahead of her time, and all around fabulous Louise, with clips from Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and the documentary Looking for Lulu. 

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Silent era stars speak! includes Louise Brooks

They have voices then too. Here silent film stars speak in this YouTube compilation, which includes Louise Brooks, Lon Chaney, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Buster Keaton, Theda Bara, and Clara Bow.



Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Masculine Women! Feminine Men!

As the other video I had planned to blog about was just recently removed, I am instead posting this one instead, as a follow-up to the previous LBS blog. Thanks to Tor Lier for pointing it out.

Six Jumping Jacks (Harry Reser's Band) voc. Tom Stacks - - Masculine Women! Feminine Men! (Edgar Leslie - James V. Monaco) Brunswick 1926



Friday, February 26, 2016

Louise Brooks: Iconic - Totemic - Modernist

Louise Brooks: Iconic - Totemic - Modernist


Here is a soundtrack to viewing the above image, Clarence Williams and his Jazz Kings rendition of "You've Got To Be Modernistic" (1929).

Friday, February 19, 2016

Video Tribute: Yet Another Faux "Louise Brooks Interview"

Here is yet another faux "Louise Brooks Interview", featuring a young woman named Bri. To me, this is an amazing sub-genre of fan-nonfic.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Video Tribute: Another "Louise Brooks Interview"

And here's another faux Louise Brooks interview found on YouTube. (A veritable sub-genre!) It is titled "Late Night Talk Show ft. Louise Brooks" and was published online last December by Elena Serafimovski.



Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Video Tribute: "Louise Brooks Interview" by two teenagers

This is cool: a 2013 video tribute to Louise Brooks by two teenagers. it's called "Late Night Show with Lois: with guest star Louise Brooks." I believe woman playing Brooks is named Mayuri Bharathan, and this YouTube video is from her channel.

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Music Video Tribute: "LOUISE SEMPRE LOUISE (dedicado a Louise Brooks)" by Rádio Educativa Mensagem (REM)

Welcome to Music Video Tribute Week on the Louise Brooks Society blog. Here is the seventh and final installment, "LOUISE SEMPRE LOUISE (dedicado a Louise Brooks)" by Rádio Educativa Mensagem (REM).

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