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Thursday, September 30, 2010

She is everywhere, and she is "fearless"

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This collage image featuring the one and only Louise Brooks seems to be showing up everywhere.  Last week, a friend who lives in Portland, ...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Kevin Brownlow: "My Life in Archives"

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Back in May, the eminent and now Academy Award winning British film historian Kevin Brownlow gave a talk at the London Television Centre. ...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The World Encyclopedia of the Film

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I love old reference books, for they have a tale to tell.. . . . This past weekend, I went to the BIG book sale sponsored by the Friends of...
Monday, September 27, 2010

A Beggars of Life revival redux

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Beggars of Life , the 1928 silent film featuring Louise Brooks, is undergoing a revival – and in more ways and more instances than even I ha...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

The Diary of a Lost Girl: A brief history of a banned book

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Every September since 1982, the American reading public observes Banned Books Week. This year, as in years past, hundreds of libraries and b...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

A Beggars of Life revival

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The 1928 Louise Brooks film, Beggars of Life, seems to be undergoing a revival. (More at examiner.com ). On Sunday, September 19, Beggars o...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Love em and Leave em screening

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JUST ADDED: I'll be introducing the 1926 Louise Brooks film, Love Em and Leave Em , at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremon...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

A different look

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Paramount didn't quite know what to do with Louise Brooks. Perhaps that is why they gave her a different look in Evening Clothes , a 192...