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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."
I can see why they called her the first Venus of film. There is a loveliness that sts her apart for all others
ReplyDeleteThis piece dates from November 19, 1927.
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