Coming in May on the Louise Brooks Society blog

The Louise Brooks Society blog is pleased to announce it will participate in two blogathons in the month of May.

The first is the 2024 Luso World Cinema Blogathon. This blogothon celebrates the contributions of Portuguese-speaking peoples and their descendants to world cinema. This fourth edition of the blogathon launches on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The heart of the event is Sunday, May 5, which is World Portuguese Language Day.  (UNESCO recognized the holiday in 2019.) The blogathon runs through Monday, May 6, 2024. 

The Louise Brooks Society blog plans to post on each of the three days of this blogathon. The proposed topics include

1. Louise Brooks & Her Films as Seen in the Portuguese-American Press
2. Louise Brooks and Brazil – when Pandora’s Box was featured in a 1930 Chaplin Club newsletter
3. Louise Brooks & Her Films as Seen in the Brazilian Magazines & Newspapers

There are other topics I could cover, like those having to do with Portugal itself, and Angola, but I will save those for next year. 

The Luso World Cinema Blogathon was begun by Brazilian film writer Letícia “Le” Magalhães and American film writer Beth Ann Gallagher. Beth is a longtime friend and supporter of the LBS. As a matter of fact, we met over the internet through our mutual interest in Louise Brooks. Later, when she moved to Northern California, we got to meet in person. She is a great person, and I would encourage everyone to check out her website / blog Spellbound with Beth Ann. 

More information on Luso World Cinema Blogathon, including a list of other participants and topics, may be found HERE.

The Louise Brooks Society is a longtime member of the CMBA -- the Classic Movie Blog Association. Their banner is represented in the right hand column of this blog. (If you are a serious blogger, you should consider joining. It is a community of film buffs and movie lovers.)

The second blogathon in which the Louise Brooks Society blog will participate is the Spring 2024 CMBA blogathon. This year’s theme is Screen Debuts & Last Hurrahs -- a look at beginnings and endings of film careers. The Spring 2024 CMBA blogathon will run May 20-24, 2024.

The LBS blog plans to participate twice, on Monday, May 20 and Friday, May 24.

Louise Brooks debut - The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
Louise Brooks last film - Overland Stage Raiders (1938)

More information on Spring 2024 CMBA blogathon, including a list of other participants and topics, may be found HERE.

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Even more Louise Brooks and even more Louise Brooks Society

For a number of years now, the Louise Brooks Society has been a member of the CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association). And for a number of years, the CMBA has run an annual blogathon in which members blog on a topic or theme. This year's blogathon, with the theme "Movies are Murder," is set to take place November 7th through November 11th. The Louise Brooks Society blog will join in, with a post or two on the 1929 film, The Canary Murder Case. Be sure and stay tuned.

Speaking of The Canary Murder Case.... of late, the Louise Brooks Society Instagram page has been posting images from that celebrated film. Many of these images have received hundreds of likes, and the relatively new LBS Instagram page has gathered more than 4,400 followers. Wowza! Check it out - and be sure and follow the Louise Brooks Society on Instagram. 

Looking for more Louise Brooks and silent film news? Be sure and follow the Louise Brooks Society on Twitter. More than 5,200 others do so. Check it out - and be sure and follow the Louise Brooks Society on Twitter. 

Links to the various LBS social media accounts can be found on the LBS Linktree at https://linktr.ee/LouiseBrooksSociety

Classic Movie Blog Association

The Louise Brooks Society blog has been voted a member of the Classic Movie Blog Association. The CMBA is a group of blogs dedicated to the celebration of classic cinema. More information about the group can be found on its website or Facebook page.