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Friday, August 31, 2007

A fashion plate

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A bunch of images from the  San Francisco Examiner  photo archive have been put up  for sale  on eBay. One particular image ran alongside a...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Spring Awakening, a new translation

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Today, I received an advance copy of Jonathan Franzen's new translation of Frank Wedekind's play,  Spring Awakening . Here is what ...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

A sort of silent film

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The Belgian comic duo Circoripopolohas has created a web feature (not unlike a short silent film) whose design includes affecting your Inte...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Pandora's Box - new soundtrack

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The BBC website is  reporting  that a new soundtrack for  Pandora's Box  has been commissioned. The score will debut at a special scree...
Monday, August 27, 2007

From Rudolph Nureyev to Louise Brooks

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here was  an article  in yesterday's  New York Times  about Rudolph Nureyev. ** The piece was prompted by the debut of a new document...
Sunday, August 26, 2007

Beggars of Life to play at Cinecon

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According to a  story  in today's  Los Angeles Times , the 1928 Louise Brooks film  Beggars of Life  will be shown at this year's C...
Friday, August 24, 2007

Fashion Decrees, from Mme Lisbeth

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Here is a clipping I ran across while looking through old newspapers on microfilm. As can be seen, Louise Brooks is one of the models inclu...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Valentino Is Dead

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It was 81 years ago that Rudolph Valentino died. His passing made headlines across the United States and the world. Here is but one examp...