Louise Brooks: Two lovely stills

Here are two lovely stills from two early Louise Brooks films. The first is from It's the Old Army Game (1926). The second is from Love Em and Leave Em (1926). Both are Paramount films. Each captures the actress in an unrehearsed moment, un-posed, relaxed and naturally lovely.

Louise Brooks inspired play to be restaged

I've seen mention on social media that there may be a new production of Janet Munsil's Emphysema / Smoking with Lulu in the works. The play was inspired by true life incident. The synopsis from the author's website reads: "Obsessed by his lifelong erotic fantasies of silent movie icon Louise Brooks' amoral character Lulu in the 1928 film Pandora's Box, legendary theatre critic Kenneth Tynan spent three days with the then-aging star to gather material for a New Yorker profile, as The Girl in the Black Helmet was set to launch the actress once again into the limelight after decades of anonymity."

This 90 minute play, for 1 male and 2 females, has a notable production history: West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds;  Soho Theatre, London; Citizens Theatre, Glasgow; Alberta Theatre Projects playRites '97, Calgary; Tarragon Theatre, Toronto; Belfry Theatre, Victoria; Edmonton Fringe Festival; Open Space New Theatre Series, and Lulupalooza (Staged Reading).

Once I find out more, I will be sure and post the news to this blog. In the meantime, you can check out Janet Munsil's work on her website. Munsil's play about Brooks and Tynan was published in book form as Emphysema: A Love Story (Signature Editions), as well as under its UK title, Smoking with Lulu (Oberon Books). Both editions can still be purchased through amazon.com.

Cool Pic of the Day: Louise Brooks in The Canary Murder Case

 Cool Pic of the Day: Louise Brooks in The Canary Murder Case (1929).

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Louise Brooks :: Harvest Rain ~ "Fountain of Night"

Check it out: Harvest Rain ~ "Fountain of Night"  video from the YouTube channel belonging to  HourOfDecision777 ~ featuring Louise Brooks, of course.

An imaginary interview with Louise Brooks

Italian Louise Brooks fan G. Luca Chiovelli, author of the fantastic Italian website devoted to the actress, had penned a two-part imaginary interview with Louise Brooks titled (in translation) "Louise Brooks, the girl with the black helmet."

Part one can be read here. And part two can be read here. (The Google Chrome browser will translate from the Italian automatically.) The interview appears on the blog of the Monteverdelegge cultural association.

I think it is possible that Louise Brooks is as popular in Italy as she is in France, or Germany.

Louise Brooks :: Monsieur Sable (w/ Marion) - La Javanaise

Magnifique ! Versión de "La Javanaise" de Serge Gainsbourg, con imágenes de "La Caja de Pandora" ("Loulou") de G.W. Pabst