Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens in Philadelphia on Sept 29 ( Silent Movie Day )

Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at Film Society East in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 4 pm and 7 pm on September 29th. This special screening, sponsored by the Philadelphia Film Society, is part of the international Silent Movie Day celebration. More information about the two screenings can be found HERE.

The event description reads:

G. W. PABST | GERMANY | 1929 | 141 MIN | NR | SILENT W/ INTERTITLES 

In honor of Silent Movie Day, PFS presents one of the greatest achievements of the silent film era from renowned German cinema master G. W. Pabst. The surprisingly modern epic follows the exploits of an alluring young woman and her intoxicating beauty that draws a string of lovers into her orbit, leading to a tragic chain of betrayal, obsessions, and self-destruction.

Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz

More information about Silent Movie Day, an international events with dozens of screenings around the world, can be found on its website at silentmovieday.org/

More information about the celebrated G. W. Pabst film can be found on the acclaimed and recently expanded Pandora's Box (filmography page) on the Louise Brooks Society website. 

THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society  (www.pandorasbox.com). Original content copyright © 2025. Further unauthorized use prohibited. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens Jan. 1 in Pittsburgh, PA

Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown on the afternoon of January 1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This special screening is part of an all day event at the Row House theater in Lawrenceville (4115 Butler St.) celebrating films released in 1929. More information about the event can be found HERE. 

Along with the G. W. Pabst directed classic starring Louise Brooks as Lulu, other films on the day-long schedule are Madame X with Lionel Barrymore, Spite Marriage with Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail with Anny Ondra, and Robert Florey's The Cocoanuts, starring the Marx Brothers.

Row House is an intimate, 84-seat single screen theater in a historic loft building in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. They are home to an active film club that is 600+ movie lovers strong! Passes to this all day event are only $29.00. Should you live in Pittsburgh, there may be no better way to start the year.

More about Pandora's Box can be found on the newly revamped Louise Brooks Society website on the Pandora's Box (filmography page).

THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society  (www.pandorasbox.com). Original contents copyright © 2024. Further unauthorized use prohibited. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.