A cinephilac blog about an actress, silent film, and the Jazz Age, with occasional posts
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
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This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering fansite and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
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5 comments:
She looks nothing like Louise, she's just styled like her. To me it looks like Mischa Barton.
Speaking of look-alikes, this pastel artwork is also being passed off as Louise Brooks. I don't think it is.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-French-1932-pastel-Louise-Brooks-sign-illegible-/180574106935?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item2a0b0e3537
It is Mischa Barton. She did a whole photo spread in which she was done up to look like various stars of Old Hollywood.
well, i colorize old photographs (at my blog at http://theyhadfaces-silentfilmblog.blogspot.com/), and (having had the pleasure to work with photos of louise many times)i can tell you that painting that they say is louise is NOT and CANNOT be louise.
#1. the bone structure on her face is way off. louise had high cheekbones and a long delicate nose, this painting is all together too plump.
#2. the bangs are combed in a direction that, even in her earliest years, louise never combed them.
#3. her upper lip is not the correct shape, too clara bow like.
#4. her eyes are far to mundane, they do not look with the feirceness that louise possesed, they are boring.
#5. louise's eyebrows were farther apart and thinner than they are in this painting
http://thedarkwoods.free.fr/blog2.php?nature=clones&debut=749#top
I am always a little surprised that people do not see the difference. So bravo to the photographer!
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