Are you a fan of Louise Brooks? Take this pop quiz

Do you consider yourself a fan of Louise Brooks? Are you a BIG fan of Louise Brooks? How much do you know about the actress? How many of her films have you seen? Take this quiz and find out.... Give yourself a point in answer to "yes" for each part of each question. Record your number, and tally a total. And have fun!

1) Which of the following films have you seen at a public screening (in a theater or at a festival)?

The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
It’s the Old Army Game (1926)
The Show-Off (1926)
Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em (1926)
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Pandora’s Box (1929)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Prix de Beauté (1930)
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)

2) Which of the following films have you seen on TV or on home video (VHS / DVD / Blu-ray or even LaserDisc)?

It’s the Old Army Game (1926)
The Show-Off (1926)
Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em (1926)
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Pandora’s Box (1929)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Prix de Beauté (1930)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931)
God’s Gift to Women (1931)
Empty Saddles (1936)
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)

3) How many of the following documentary films have you seen?

Film Firsts: Louise Brooks (1960) – USA television short
Memories of Berlin: Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)
Lulu in Berlin (1985)
Arena: Louise Brooks (1986) - UK television
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
E! Mysteries & Scandals: Louise Brooks (1999) – television

4) How many of the following books have you read? (Give yourself one bonus point if you own different editions of any one book.)

Beggars of Life: A Companion to the 1928 Film, by Thomas Gladysz
Dear Stinkpot: Letters from Louise Brooks, by Jan Wahl
Louise Brooks, by Barry Paris
Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever, by Peter Cowie
Louise Brooks: Portrait of an Anti-Star, by Roland Jaccard
Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star, by Thomas Gladysz
Louise Brooks and the "New Woman" in Weimar Cinema, by Vanessa Rocco
Lulu in Hollywood, by Louise Brooks
My Afternoon with Louise Brooks, by Tom Graves
Now We're in the Air: A Companion to the Once Lost Film, by Thomas Gladysz
Pandora's Box, by Pamela Hutchinson
Pandora's Box (Lulu): a film, by G. W. Pabst
The Street of Forgotten Men: From Story to Screen and Beyond, by Thomas Gladysz

 
5) How many of these other books or plays have you read? (double points)

The Show-Off, by George Kelly
Beggars of Life, by Jim Tully
The Canary Murder Case, by S.S. van Dine
Pandora's Box (Lulu), by Frank Wedekind
Diary of a Lost Girl, by Margarete Bohme

Louise Brooks, Detective, by Rick Geary
The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty

6) How many of the following have you done?

Bought a piece of vintage Louise Brooks memorabilia
Bought a modern Louise Brooks postcard, photograph, or poster
Collected articles and / or images of the actress
Visited the Louise Brooks Society website
Tweeted, blogged, or posted about the actress

7) A few more bonus questions. Give yourself a point if. . . .

You have read The Parades Gone By by Kevin Brownlow.

You have read another book about silent film or a silent film star.

You have watched a documentary about silent film or a silent film star.

You have watched a silent film starring Clara Bow, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Colleen Moore, etc....

Bonus question: name the photographer
of this magazine portrait of Louise Brooks.

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If your scored 10 or few points, it's time to get serious.

 

If you scored 10+ points, consider yourself a fan.

 

 If you scored 15 or more points, consider yourself a BIG fan.

 

 If you scored 20+ points, consider yourself devoted.

 

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