As promised, here is another rare Dutch newspaper advertisement for Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks. It dates from 1929.What is notable about this advertisement is the disclaimer at the bottom, which says that no one under the age of 17 years would be admitted - "Verboden voor personen beneden de 17 jaar." It is known that the film was censored throughout Europe, but this is the first ad from the time which I have seen which states a restriction on who can see it. It should be noted that this restriction appeared on many of the advertisements for the German film.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Pandora's Box; no one under 17 admitted in 1929
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, December 25, 2012
A Tribute to Louise Brooks from 3epkano
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, December 24, 2012
Listerine and Lulu
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, December 23, 2012
New e-book features Louise Brooks
Film historian and journalist Jordan R. Young has authored a just published ebook which includes Louise Brooks and features the silent film actress on its cover. The book is Academy Award Losers, 1912-1939: Great Performances in the Oscar Hall of Shame, Vol. 1 (Past Times Publishing Co. (December 21, 2012).
The book's description reads in part, "How could Barbara Stanwyck, Judy Garland, Myrna Loy, Louise Brooks and other luminary actresses of the movies’ golden age fail to win a competitive Oscar? How could such legends as Buster Keaton, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, or Peter Lorre never once achieve such honors? . . . Many of the movies’ best actors never won the ultimate recognition, the Academy Award, and many more were never even nominated. In an alternate and more equitable universe, things might have been different—especially for actors of color like Louise Beavers and Dorothy Dandridge. . . . The Oscar Hall of Shame is crammed with iconic movie performances that failed to merit a nomination. This book attempts to offer some perspective, from the point of view of a show business historian and lifelong movie aficionado."
Louise Brooks pops up in the year 1929. Young awards Brooks that's year's "best actress" honor for her role in the G.W. Pabst film, Pandora's Box, which she shares with Anna May Wong for her role in Piccadilly. They beat out Nina Mae Kinney for her role in Hallelujah, and Corrine Griffith for her role in The Divine Lady.
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
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Louise Brooks on Twitter
The Louise Brooks Society has been on Twitter for more than a couple years, and has garnered more than 1,333 followers. The LBS Twitter account can be found at https://twitter.com/LB_Society
Want to know what folks are saying about Louise Brooks and the LBS on Twitter? To do so, follow this link https://twitter.com/search?q=louise+brooks Here are a few recent examples:
Lee Relph
I was about to bemoan the lack of Louise Brooks on BBC 4's "Screen Goddesses" but they left her until the very end! Whoo!
BBC 'Arena' doc on Screen Goddesses got better. Nice to see Anna May Wong,but was sad no Louise Brooks..THEN they had her brilliantly end it
Screen Goddesses documentary on BBC4 has convinced me Louise Brooks is the most beautiful woman who's ever lived.
Louise Brooks, making Christmas cooler than ever... #HollywoodXmas @LB_Society pic.twitter.com/NhO0z3VL
Why not join the Louise Brooks Society with this YouTube clip of a Tour Around Berlin In 1929?http://bit.ly/WuXvCX
G.W. Pabst's Diary Of A Lost Girl (1929), a Louise Brooks classic and a much treasured film from the Weimar days http://ow.ly/gc2XI
Louise Brooks and Colleen Moore are my role model. Hairstyle that i currently obsessed with and adopted. ☺ # http://instagr.am/p/TSki98Ak6D/
the Louise Brooks Society sounds off: "easily the actress' best talkie." http://bit.ly/VIrLaM
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, December 20, 2012
Tour Around Berlin In 1929
Thanx to Bryan McCarthy for sending this delightful link to a YouTube video of Berlin in the late 1920's. The first song is by Marlene Dietrich. The film footage is from Menschen am Sonntag (People on Sunday), which was scripted Billy Wilder.
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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