The Wyrd Sisters: Peter Carey and I

In situ the Wyrd Sisters: Peter Carey and I -- photo taken at a bookstore in San Francisco, California

"Louise" performed by the Bob Haring Orchestra

"Louise" performed by the Bob Haring Orchestra (April 1929).

Louise-Bob Haring Orchestra by bigband78

Tullyfest: A Celebration of author Jim Tully

Tullyfest: A Celebration of hard-boiled Hollywood author Jim Tully (1886-1947) is set to take place October 10 through October 15 in Los Angeles. Here are the details, with more info at https://www.facebook.com/events/300265733414321/

Hollywood's forgotten literary bad boy Jim Tully honored with October "Tullyfest"

WHAT: LAVA - The Los Angeles Visionaries Association, UCLA Special Collections and The American Cinematheque celebrate the life, writings and films of Jim Tully (1886-1947) with a week-long "Tullyfest." Events include: 1) October 10 - LAUGHTER IN HELL screening at the American Cinematheque; 2) October 11 - REDISCOVERING JIM TULLY Bonnie Cashin Lecture at UCLA Special Collections and opening of exhibit (open thru December) of selections from the Jim Tully Papers; 3) October 14 - Jim Tully's Hollywood walking tour; and 4) The LAVA Salon at Musso & Frank honors "Jim Tully: A Hobo in Hollywood." (Detailed event info is below.)

Biographie de "Louise BROOKS" par Barry PARIS

This is the 500th post on the Louise Brooks Society blog here on Blogger. (There were more than 1000 posts on the old blog on LiveJournal, which started in 2002.)

To mark this small milestone, and since this blog is on a French kick of late, I thought to post a short French video in which Olivier Barrot talks about the Barry Paris biography of Louise Brooks published by les Presses Universitaires de France (P.U.F.). For me, and for my interest / obsession in this singular silent film star, it all began with Barry Paris' brilliant biography. I read it after having seen Pandora's Box, and was hooked.

Barry Paris : Louise Brooks by Ina  

Louise Brooks ~ The Night Was Made For Love ~ Leo Reisman

Here is a sweet video, richly colorized and a bit dreamy..... images of Louise Brooks set to The Night Was Made For Love by Leo Reisman.

Louise Brooks~The Night Was Made For Love ~Leo... by MoonLover106

Jean-Marc Paumier - Rue meurt d'art : Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks is especially popular, and even beloved, in France..... Take, for example, the noted French artist Jean-Marc Paumier, who has something of a "special affection" for the silent film star.  Paumier is a graffiti artist (akin to Banksy) who has depicted Brooks on more than one occasion on the streets of Paris. Check out this 2009 image from the Square St Laurent in Paris, which is part of a Flickr photostream called "Louise Brooks - Rue Meurt d'Art."

A google of the terms "Jean-Marc Paumier" and "Louise Brooks" will turn up more images and webpages. Also, check out this video of another Paumier depiction of Brooks on a building in Paris.

Rue meurt d'art : Louise Brooks by DavidPaumierFarget

French documentary: Louise Brooks - Cinq pas vers le mythe

Embedded below is a French documentary in two parts: Louise Brooks - Cinq pas vers le mythe. I just came across it online. This approximately 35 minute film can be found on the three disc box set issued by Coffret in France back in 2004. I have a copy, and it is indispensable! It may also be out of print.

Not only does this set contain this rare short film, but other long and short form documentary material as well - as well as the French versions of Brooks' three European films, Loulou (Pandora's Box), Le journal d'une fille perdue (Diary of a Lost Girl), and Prix de beauté.

Louise Brooks - Cinq pas vers le mythe looks at Brooks her life in the 1920s and reputation as a flapper, the interest the surrealists had in Brooks, her relationship with the French curator Henri Langlois, nouvelle vague, and an interview with the French illustrator Floc'h, who, like Guido Crepax, based a comic book series on the actress.

Louise Brooks - Cinq pas vers le mythe 1 by edgarette


Louise Brooks - Cinq pas vers le mythe 2 by edgarette