Friday, April 22, 2016

Louise Brooks declared second most beautiful woman by Carl Van Doren

Back in 1929, a syndicated article ran in newspapers in which the noted literary critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Carl Van Doren declared Louise Brooks the second most beautiful woman in the world. Carl Van Doren was also the brother of critic Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren, who was famously involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. Unfortunately, this instance of the article has the wrong image for Brooks.


Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Rare Louise Brorks product card

You remember Louise Brorks? She starred in such memorable films as Rolled Socks (1927), The Canard Murder Case (1929), and Diary of a Lost Grill (1929).

This scarce tobacco card was recently offered on eBay. It was issued in the early 1930s in Uruguay by Julio Mailhos with "Crack" cigarillos. From a series D of 50 Movie Stars; stamped on reverse, assuming this was a redemption offer. (Star's name miss-spelt on front and reverse.)


Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The United States Coast Guard visits A Girl in Every Port

From the Louise Brooks Society archive, this rare image depicting the the United States Coast Guard visiting a screening of A Girl in Every Port (1928), starring Victor McLaglen and an All Star cast (including Richard Armstrong, Louise Brooks, Sally Rand, Myrna Loy, Maria Casajuana and others). My vintage print of this images measures over 29 inches wide and 10 inches tall.




Monday, April 18, 2016

Beautiful art deco Louise Brooks portrait

For your enjoyment and appreciation, a beautiful art deco Louise Brooks portrait, circa 1927 / 1928.




Sunday, April 17, 2016

Louise Brooks asks just how short is a short skirt?

From the Louise Brooks Society archive, a rare newspaper advertisement: "How short is a short skirt? says Louise Brooks, movie darling. Let it be short enough to take advantage of all good points -- if any."


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. 

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Television series, Hollywood and the Stars

I came across this early 1963 newspaper advertisement for the short-lived television series, Hollywood and the Stars, narrated by Joseph Cotten. A little digging led me to discover the series is available on YouTube. I love documentary histories of Hollywood, and the earlier the better: older histories of early Hollywood are especially revealing, as perceptions of the past change as well. THis series and other like it are really about how Hollywood sees itself, and in the early 1960's, it really didn't see the silent film era.


Here is the embedded video to the one of the episodes, "Hollywood & the Stars: The Wild and Wonderful Thirties." Look it up on YouTube to find the rest. The series doesn't seem to have covered the silent era, but did look at early comedians and horror films and a handful of contemporary actors, as well as the period after the coming of sound.



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