Louise Brooks Society blog revamped (pun intended)

The Louise Brooks Society blog has been revamped - pun intended. Specifically, new functionality and new content has been added to the right hand column. A translate menu can now be found at the top of the column for the blog's many international visitors. Also newly added are linked lists for "Key Pages on the LBS Website" and "More Key Pages on the LBS Website," as well as a list for "Popular Posts" here on the LBS blog.

Along with half-a-dozen other little refinements, the "Other Early Film Blogs", "Other Early Film Websites", "Podcasts", and "Festival / Venues" linked lists have also been updated. The Louise Brooks Society and its blog are part of the film community, and these linked lists are meant to serve as resources for individuals who wish to explore early film across the world wide web. I expect to add a few more small and not so small refinements in the coming weeks. 

The Louise Brooks Society™ has been blogging about the actress, silent film, and the Jazz Age, as well as fashion, dance, books, music, art, and other related topics for a long time. 

 

As a matter of fact, the Louise Brooks Society started blogging in 2002, first on LiveJournal and then on Blogger beginning in 2009. Between the two forums, there are more than 3800 posts, most all of which now reside on the LBS blog at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com. At last count, the LBS blog has been visited / read well more than 2.8 million times.

 

 It is a longtime member of various affiliations, including the CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association), CMH (Classic Movie Hub), and LAMB (Large Association of Movie Blogs). In 2018, the CMBA profiled the LBS, and in 2023, the CMH named the LBS one of the 5 best early film blogs.

 

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Read the 2018 Profile of the LBS

Visit the LBS page on the Large Association of Movie Blogs

 Classic Movie Hub

 

The Louise Brooks Society is a cinephilac blog. It is written on a regular basis by Thomas Gladysz, with occasional guest contributors. When you visit the LBS blog, be sure to like, share and subscribe. And, please leave a comment if you are so inclined. 

 

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.  

Louise Brooks Society blog named one of the best silent movie blogs

The Louise Brooks Society blog was named one of the best silent movie blogs by Feedspot, a leading blog directory. As a matter of fact, the Louise Brooks Society blog placed fourth, following only Movies Silently, Silent-ology, and Silent London Blog. The complete list of deserving blogs can be found HERE.

The Louise Brooks Society has been blogging about the actress, silent film, and the Jazz Age, as well as fashion, dance, books, music, art, Hollywood and other topics related to the one-and-only Lulu for a long time. Actually, the Louise Brooks Society started blogging in 2002, first on LiveJournal and then on Blogger beginning in 2009. Between the two forums, there are more than 3,740 posts, most all of which now reside on the LBS blog at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com. The LBS blog has been visited / read more than 2 million times. It is a longtime member of various affiliations, including the CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association), CMH (Classic Movie Hub), and LAMB (Large Association of Movie Blogs). In 2018, the CMBA profiled the LBS, and in 2023, the CMH named the LBS one of the 5 best early film blogs.

The Louise Brooks Society blog has received it fair share of attention, and not just from other bloggers. For example, the noted cultural critic Greil Marcus gave the LBS blog a shout out when he mentioned a 2012 post in one of his 2015 columns on BarnesandNobleReview. (This write-up by Marcus was also included in his 2022 book, More Real Life Rock: The Wilderness Years 2014-2021, from Yale University Press.) 

The LBS blog is featured on the authoritative WeimarCinema.org website. And a book review on the LBS blog was mentioned on the Columbia University Press website, while another was mentioned on the BearManor Media website (a distinguished publisher of books on entertainment). Individual LBS blog posts have been cited in a Ph.D dissertation from Concordia University in Montreal, an article on Shelf Awareness (a trade journal), on a page of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, and elsewhere. 

One of the nicest compliments the Louise Brooks Society has ever received was directed at its blog. It came from Cliff Aliperti on his excellent Immortal Ephemera website. Referencing his own site, Cliff stated, “The site is going slowly, I’m trying to make the blog grow quicker than the main site by posting interesting bits of information I unearth and unusual collectibles I come across (full disclosure: the model for the blog is the excellent Louise Brooks Society blog over at pandorasbox.com, the best fan site around that I’m aware of. I wish I could update mine this often.)”

The Louise Brooks Society is a cinephilac blog. It is written on a regular basis by Thomas Gladysz, with occasional guest contributors. 

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 © 2025. Further unauthorized use prohibited. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. 

The Louise Brooks Society blog in 2009

Believe it or not, but the Louise Brooks Society started blogging back in 2002. The LBS started on LiveJournal, and moved to Blogger in June of 2009. In the last year or so, the LBS has been migrating many of the earlier LiveJournal posts over to this blog. (The ephemeral ones, about now long-passed eBay auctions, etc..., were not moved.) So far, the 2002 and 2003 posts have been relocated. And just recently, most all of the 2009 posts have also found a home here.

Below are some of the highlights from 2009. It was a great year. Check out these posts, as well as all of the earlier entries in the blog archive located in the column on the right.

Did small pox kill The Canary Murder Case?

David Levine, painter and illustrator, has died

Unusual 1954 Louise Brooks image for sale

A Screen Test for Bobbed Hair

Italian censorship of Louise Brooks' films

Louise Brooks look-alike in new Dr. Who comic

A wow Louise Brooks discovery

What Becomes of the "Follies" Girls

A vintage Russian Lulu - at last

A remarkable 1932 reference to Louise Brooks

A Shakespearean Lulu

Alan Moore on " the delectable Louise Brooks"

Lulu in Calcutta, 1966

Philip Jose Farmer Has Died

Lulu in Hollywood - the Russian Edition

No wonder they complained about nudity

Guy Maddin mentions Louise Brooks

100,000 and counting

I just took a look at the stats for the Louise Brooks Society blog and see that nearly 100,000 people have visited this blog over the last couple, three years. Wow! That is gratifying. To date, there have been nearly 400 entries here on Blogger.  Thank you for your interest.

This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, the founding Director of the Louise Brooks Society. It is a continuation of the old blog at LiveJournal. Please send comments or questions to silentfilmbuff {AT} gmail DOT com.

Wishing and hoping

Happy Holidays to Louise Brooks' many fans all over the world!

We all wish for things - especially around the holidays. That's why I posted a new article at examiner.com about just that - what we all wish for, what we all want - more DVD's featuring Louise Brooks!

It seems to me that too many of her best films have not been properly restored and released on DVD. Some of my "fantasy" releases are detailed at this new article at http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7605-SF-Silent-Movie-Examiner~y2009m12d23-What-we-want-for-Christmas---  Please check it out if you have a chance. And maybe, just maybe, someone at some company like Kino, or Milestone, or Criterion, or Flicker Alley, or Facets or wherever will read this piece and issue a new DVD with lots of good bonus material.

I think Louise Brooks deserves to have all of her films released on DVD. Don't you?

Lately, I have spent some time tinkering with this blog. I have added a whole bunch of related links to other websites and other blogs of interest. I also added a nifty widget so fans of the Louise Brooks and the LBS can listed to RadioLulu while they read this blog or surf the net. The new RadioLulu widget is located in the left hand column of this page.

There are now, as well, links to other worthwhile internet radio stations which play vintage music - as well as an rss feed to my articles on silent film from examiner.com.

Cheers! And lets all hope that 2010 will be a good year for new releases featuring Louise Brooks!

A new blog for the Louise Brooks Society

After more than 6 years and some 1,327 entries, I've decided to move the Louise Brooks Society blog from LiveJournal to Blogger. The old LBS blog is located at http://louisebrooks.livejournal.com

There is still a lot of work to be done in preparation of the move. I am still messing around with Blogger settings. And, I still need to redirect numerous links to the old blog and post notices of the change. Hopefully, the handful of readers the old blog attracted won't mind the change.

This is not a decision I came to quickly. I have been thinking about it a lot. I love LiveJournal, and it has been the home to the LBS blog for a long time. Actually, since I started blogging in 2003. However, Blogger's many features make it hard to resist.

This entry is something of a test. This new blog is a work in progress.