At the California State Library in Sacremento, I looked through the Pasadena Star-News, La Opinion
and some Los Angeles newspapers for the period of the mid-to-late
1920's. I found a bunch of film reviews, advertisements and articles in
the Pasadena newspaper, but little in La Opinion. (This
Spanish-language paper, based in Los Angeles, ran frequent articles on
Hispanic film stars such as Dolores del Rio, Raquel Torres, Ramon
Navarro, etc . . . , but nothing that I could find on Louise Brooks.) I
also took the time to search through four Los Angeles newspapers for
material on Just Another Blonde, Evening Clothes and The City Gone Wild.
My efforts in this regard were successful, and I found reviews,
articles, ads and more. Citations for all of the material that I have
found have been aded to the bibliographies.
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Saturday, April 12, 2003
Sacramento trip
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Clara Bow
Finished reading Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild by David
Stenn. A good biography, sympathetically told. I would love to see a
picture book devoted to her. Clara Bow was so lovely, and such a gifted,
natural actress. She is one of my favorite silent film stars.
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Trip to Sacramento
Depending on (the war and) how things go, I plan to travel to the
California State Library in Sacramento next week. (I live in San
Francisco, and Sacramento is about 100 miles away. It's a two hour
drive.) This will be my fifth trip to the State Library, which is a
major repository of California newspapers on microfilm. To date, I have
been able to survey newspapers from most all of the major metropolitan
areas in California. (See the various bibliographies for the citations and material that has been collected so far.) On this trip, I hope to dig through the Pasadena Star-News and La Opinion
(a Spanish-language newspaper based in Los Angeles) for the period of
the mid-to-late 1920's. I will be looking for film reviews and other
articles. If there is enough time, I may also look at the papers for
Long Beach and Santa Monica.
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Site redesign
A comprehensive redesign and site rebuild is underway. (This page is an
example of the new look which most every page on the LBS will eventually
assume.) The implementation of the rebuild will take some time, as the
size of the Louise Brooks Society now stands at more than 200 pages. The
intention of this redesign is to give the LBS a more up-to-date look.
Also, some outside links - notably the old translation module at the
bottom of every page, were no longer functioning. A comprehensive site
rebuild will fix broken links, conform site code to current html
standards, and give the overall site a cleaner, more contemporary feel.
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Site update
Just updated is Kansas: For Further Reading, a page on the News of Lulu website.
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Friday, February 28, 2003
Paypal
At the bottom of the LBS home page is a newly installed PayPal donation
button. I am hoping individuals who enjoy this free site will make a
small donation to help keep things going. (One person already has!)
Monthly dial-up charges, server costs, the recently launched RadioLulu
(I pay a royalty fee), and subscriptions (like those to database sites)
are just some of the expenses that go into keeping the LBS on the web
and groing. A donation (in any amount) will help defray the cost of
photocopies, postage and research expenses. Contributions will also be
used to ensure new material is added on an ongoing basis, and that the
LBS continues as the largest and most comprehensive web site in the
world devoted to any silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society is a
money losing labor of love, and a not-for-profit web site devoted to the
promotion and study of the life and films of Louise Brooks. Your
interest and assistance is appreciated.
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Monday, February 24, 2003
News of Lulu updates
Yesterday, a "News of Lulu" email was sent to members of the LBS. This
email newsletter is hosted by Yahoo: Groups on a web site called News of
Lulu. That adjunct site can be found at
groups.yahoo.com/group/newsoflulu/
News of Lulu contains a lots of interesting material, including colorized portraits, fan art, text files, a calendar of events, links and more. Recently updated is a nifty set of links called "Around the World with Louise Brooks." Also new, located under Files, is a set of folders to which LBS members may contribute original work including poems & song lyrics, essays & school papers, and short stories (including "fan fic") about Louise Brooks. If you have something to contribute along these lines,
please post your work to the appropriate folder. Pieces can be uploaded as Word documents, plain text files or html.
groups.yahoo.com/group/newsoflulu/
News of Lulu contains a lots of interesting material, including colorized portraits, fan art, text files, a calendar of events, links and more. Recently updated is a nifty set of links called "Around the World with Louise Brooks." Also new, located under Files, is a set of folders to which LBS members may contribute original work including poems & song lyrics, essays & school papers, and short stories (including "fan fic") about Louise Brooks. If you have something to contribute along these lines,
please post your work to the appropriate folder. Pieces can be uploaded as Word documents, plain text files or html.
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
Sunday, February 23, 2003
On-line petition
Thank you to Amanda for alerting everyone to the on-line petition
regarding silent films on DVD. The petition hopes to encourage Fox,
Paramount, Warner Brothers, and other major studios to release their
silent films on DVD. I agree. If you can spare a moment, please take a
look, and consider signing yourself. (Wouldn't be great to have Love Em and Leave Em or Beggars of Life on DVD?) The petition can be found at www.petitiononline.com/silentDV
This blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society™. Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a pioneering website and online archive devoted to the legendary silent film star. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC), and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. CONTACT: louisebrookssociety (at) gmail.com
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