Monday, July 31, 2006

First review


The first review of Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever appeared in today's issue of Publisher's Weekly. The review can be found here.

Sunday, July 30, 2006

The Gaze of Admiration

Here's another interesting clipping which I came across this week at the library. It is an advertisement from Havana, Cuba from 1926. The figure in the ad is a Louise Brooks look-alike. I especially like the text - "the gaze of admiration always lingers on that which is beautiful and distinctive . . . ."

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Pandora's Box DVD

This week, I received an email from Criterion, the company which will release Pandora's Box on DVD here in the United States. I had emailed them asking when the disc would arrive, and whether or not there would be any bonus material. The fellow who wrote to me stated that he could only say that Criterion was working on it, and couldn't say when it might be released (because they were still working on it) nor if any bonus material would be included (because they were still working on it). So, that's the non-news!

Friday, July 28, 2006

Decent Girls Plea for Chance Against Flappers


Came across this clipping while looking through microfilm and thought everyone might enjoy it. The article dates from 1924.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Nice and expensive

A rather nice, though expensive, coming attraction glass slide for the 1928 Louise Brooks film, Beggars of Life, is for sale oneBay. Such slides were shown in theaters during the teens, twenties, and thirties to attraction attention to forthcoming films. I'm not sure where this one came from, but one can tell that Beggars was going to be shown on Saturday, March 16th (most likely 1929).

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Pandora at Pordenone . . . And Vienna too

Word has just arrived that the Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Sacile, Italy will show G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box, with a newly commissioned orchestral score. The festival takes place October 7 - 14th. Who wants to go ?

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I have also heard that some sort of Louise Brooks retrospective will be taking place in Vienna, Austria later this year. Details to come . . . . Don't forget to check the Louise Brooks centenary page for the latest info. The page can be found at www.pandorasbox.com/features/centenary.html

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Kylie

According to the British website metro.co.uk, the Australian-born singer Kylie will be changing her look. "Great news for fans of Kylie ' her UK dates may have sold out in minutes but fans are in for a treat as I reveal she is planning various stage and theatrical looks for her latest stage show, including a nod to the 1920s via Louise Brooks & Jean Harlow."

Monday, July 24, 2006

Movie Made America


Recently finished reading Movie Made America, by Robert Sklar. Its a "cultural history of American movies." Its also one of the best, and most interesting histories of film I have ever read. Highly recommended!

Sunday, July 23, 2006

More in Film of the Golden Age

The previous issue of Films of the Golden Age contained an illustrated article on Louise Brooks (by the acclaimed children's book author Jan Wahl). I hope everyone got a copy. It's a swell article.

The current issue, dated Summer 2006, contains three references to the actress, or her films. The first is a letter to the editor by author Dan Navarro commenting on Wahl's piece. The second is an article on Hollywood's Geraghty family. Thomas Geraghty co-wrote the screenplay for the 1926 Brooks' film It's the Old Army Game, and Brooks was acquianted with his wife, actress Carmelita (though that is not mentioned). The third reference comes in an interview with author Richard Lamparski, author of the well known Whatever Became of . . . ? series of books. In the interview, Lamparski comments, "I couldn't have used any of them in the old series. People didn't want to know the things in these stories about their stars. Louise Brooks told me that people don't want the truth about the stars." Lamparski had profiled Brooks in the third book in the series.

[ The magazine also contains an advertisement for a new book on Ford Sterling, who appeared in two films with Brooks. I am looking forward to that book. ]
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