I've got a lot to say about Louise Brooks. As a matter of fact, I've been blogging about the actress and other related subjects since 2002 -- that's 24 years. I began on LiveJournal before moving over to Blogger. Here, on this account, there are well more than 3,000 substantial posts. I expect to continue, and surpass 4,000 posts sometime next year, when this blog turns 25. Stay tuned....
Did I mention I have a lot to say about Louise Brooks? That's why I also set up a Substack account back in 2024. I encourage everyone interested to check it out, and to subscribe for free. Admittedly, there is a bit of overlap between the two forums, but the Substack account also features a good deal of original material available to either free or paid subscribers.
Here are some featured pieces (some are available to free subscribers, and some only to paid subscribers) I especially like.
Louise Brooks and Samuel K. McKee
-- the untold story of the Denishawn dancer and the future FBI agent -- she would go on to become a world famous actress & he would go on to apprehend such famous 1930's gangsters like "Ma" Barker, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, and others -- including the one-time Public Enemy #1
Striving to Understand
-- a look at Louise Brooks as a maker of chronologies
Untangling the tangled release history of The American Venus
-- of all of Brooks' American silents, The American Venus may well have the most convoluted release histories
Louise Brooks and Early Radio
-- some little known points of overlap in the 1920s and 1930s
-- a look at the film star as modan gāru
-- things you only thought you knew
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