One month from today, the sensational 1928 Louise Brooks' film Beggars of Life will be shown at Chaminade High School on Long Island. Bernie Anderson Jr. will accompany this silent film on the 3/15 Wurlitzer, Morton, & Austin Hybrid (pictured below). More information to this special event can be found HERE.
And here is a snapshot of just one of the many people expected to attend this first ever showing of Beggars of Life at this New York high school.
Want to learn more about Louise Brooks and Beggars of Life? 2017 saw the release of my well reviewed new book, Beggars of Life: A Companion to the 1928 Film, as well as the release of a new DVD / Blu-ray of the film from Kino Lorber. The DVD, featuring the best copy of the film available anywhere, also includes an informative commentary by your's truly!
My 106-page book on Beggars of Life looks at the film Oscar-winning director William Wellman thought his finest silent movie. Based on Jim Tully’s bestselling book of hobo life—and filmed by Wellman the year after he made Wings (the first film to win the Best Picture Oscar), Beggars of Life is a riveting drama about an orphan girl (played by Louise Brooks) who kills her abusive stepfather and flees the law. She meets a boy tramp (leading man Richard Arlen), and together they ride the rails through a dangerous hobo underground ruled over by Oklahoma Red (future Oscar winner Wallace Beery). Beggars of Life showcases Brooks in her best American silent—a film the Cleveland Plain Dealer described as “a raw, sometimes bleeding slice of life.” This first ever study of Beggars of Life includes more than 50 little seen images, and a foreword by actor and author William Wellman, Jr. (the director's son).
If you haven't secured a copy of either the book or the DVD / Blu-ray, why not do so today? Each is an essential addition to your Louise Brooks collection. And what's more, my book (but not the DVD) is available around the world on Amazon.
And here is a snapshot of just one of the many people expected to attend this first ever showing of Beggars of Life at this New York high school.
Want to learn more about Louise Brooks and Beggars of Life? 2017 saw the release of my well reviewed new book, Beggars of Life: A Companion to the 1928 Film, as well as the release of a new DVD / Blu-ray of the film from Kino Lorber. The DVD, featuring the best copy of the film available anywhere, also includes an informative commentary by your's truly!
My 106-page book on Beggars of Life looks at the film Oscar-winning director William Wellman thought his finest silent movie. Based on Jim Tully’s bestselling book of hobo life—and filmed by Wellman the year after he made Wings (the first film to win the Best Picture Oscar), Beggars of Life is a riveting drama about an orphan girl (played by Louise Brooks) who kills her abusive stepfather and flees the law. She meets a boy tramp (leading man Richard Arlen), and together they ride the rails through a dangerous hobo underground ruled over by Oklahoma Red (future Oscar winner Wallace Beery). Beggars of Life showcases Brooks in her best American silent—a film the Cleveland Plain Dealer described as “a raw, sometimes bleeding slice of life.” This first ever study of Beggars of Life includes more than 50 little seen images, and a foreword by actor and author William Wellman, Jr. (the director's son).
If you haven't secured a copy of either the book or the DVD / Blu-ray, why not do so today? Each is an essential addition to your Louise Brooks collection. And what's more, my book (but not the DVD) is available around the world on Amazon.
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