The Louise Brooks Society went online in the summer of 1995, around the time amazon.com, Netscape and other pioneering websites first launched. As such, it is among the older surviving websites. One of the goals of the LBS is to "get the word out" about the actress via its website, social media, real world advocacy (screenings, exhibits, books, research, etc...) and online journalism. To mark the 25th anniversary of the LBS, I thought to post links to some of my past articles about the actress.
This post marks the beginning of a mini-series highlighting some of my online journalism. Over the past decade or so, I have written dozens of pieces - perhaps a few hundred, about Brooks and various facets of her life and career. These pieces were published on Huffington Post, examiner.com, PopMatters, Film International, Fandor, City Brights (the blog for SFGate - the website of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper), Open Salon (the blog for Salon), and elsewhere. The best of my various pieces were collected in my 2018 book, Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star.
This mini-series continues with scattered pieces on various sites including City Brights, Film International, and Open Salon -- as well as various festival program essays and program notes including the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and University of Wisconsin Cinematheque.
“The Chaperone marks a return to Berkeley for Louise Brooks.” Berkeleyside, April 30, 2019.
“Louise Brooks Returns to Ann Arbor.” Ann Arbor Observer, April 22, 2019.
“Never the Victim: Louise Brooks and The Chaperone.” Film International, April 16, 2019.
“It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks in Ocala Florida.” Silent Locations, July, 2018.
— I contributed to this three part series of posts on John Bengtson’s film blog
“The BFI Re-Opens Silent Film Pandora’s Box.” PopMatters, December 7, 2017.
“A World Turned Over: Wellman’s BEGGARS OF LIFE.” University of Wisconsin Cinematheque, November 28, 2017.
“Louise Brooks, Lost Girl.” Brattle Theater / Film Notes, August 27, 2017.
“Now We’re in the Air Travels the World.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer, 2017.
— program notes, published in the Festival program
“Windy Riley Goes Hollywood.” Fandor, January, 2016.
— seemingly no longer online
“A dense atmosphere of intense emotions: Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).” Fandor, November, 2015.
— seemingly no longer online
“A Girl in Every Port: The Birth of Lulu?” University of Wisconsin Cinematheque, December 2, 2013.
“Downton Abbey – the Louise Brooks connection.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, January 27, 2013.
“Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer 2012.
— program essay in festival booklet
“Lulu by the Bay: Louise Brooks is legend in Pandora’s Box.” SFGate, July 12, 2012.
— this piece later ran in SF Sentinel
“Sid Kay’s Fellows – Music in Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, June 26, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box and the Celluloid Closet.” SFGate, June 23, 2012.
“Author of Louise Brooks novel, The Chaperone, comes to Bay Area.” SFGate, June 22, 2012.
“Thomas Gladysz’s most treasured book.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2011.
— this piece also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper (see below)
“Before Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Tea.” Open Salon, April 21, 2011.
— a Salon editor’s pick, sadly no longer online
“A Girl in Every Port.” Starts Thursday!, January 1, 2011.
— guest blog
“The Diary of a Lost Girl: Brief history of a banned book.” Open Salon, September 24, 2010.
— sadly no longer online
“American Venus.” Starts Thursday!, August 3, 2010.
— guest blog
“The American Venus.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, November 23, 2009.
— I launched the SFSFF blog, and was their regular blogger for a few years
“Galley Talk.” Publisher’s Weekly, July 28, 2006.
— a write-up of Peter Cowie's Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever
“Louise Brooks.” In Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, edited by David J. Wishart, University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
— I wrote an entry for this regional reference work
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