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Monday, April 28, 2014
Cool Pic of the Day: Louise Brooks, a white dress
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, April 27, 2014
Nominate Louise Brooks movies for the National Film Registry
The United States Congress established the National Film Registry in 1988. Along
with mandating continuing implementation of a plan to save America's
film heritage, the law authorizes the Librarian of Congress to select up to 25 films each year for inclusion in
the Registry. The 625 films chosen to date illustrate the vibrant diversity
of American film-making.
The Library of Congress is currently seeking nominations from the public - meaning you! Public nominations play a key role when the Librarian of Congress and Film Board are considering their selections. To be eligible for the Registry, a film must be at least 10 years old and be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Recommendations are due in September. New selections are usually announced at the end of December.
The Louise Brooks Society suggests you recommend these Louise Brooks films. Each are worthy of inclusion in the registry:
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
The Show Off (1926)
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Looking for other films to nominate? Check here for hundreds of titles not yet selected to the National Film Registry. Please include the date of the film nominated, and number your recommendations. And if you would, tell how you learned of the Registry. Please forward your recommendations via email to dross@loc.gov Email is preferred; to submit via postal mail, send your nominations to:
National Film Registry
Library of Congress
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
19053 Mt. Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701
Attn: Donna Ross
The Library of Congress is currently seeking nominations from the public - meaning you! Public nominations play a key role when the Librarian of Congress and Film Board are considering their selections. To be eligible for the Registry, a film must be at least 10 years old and be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Recommendations are due in September. New selections are usually announced at the end of December.
The Louise Brooks Society suggests you recommend these Louise Brooks films. Each are worthy of inclusion in the registry:
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
The Show Off (1926)
A Girl in Every Port (1928)
Looking for other films to nominate? Check here for hundreds of titles not yet selected to the National Film Registry. Please include the date of the film nominated, and number your recommendations. And if you would, tell how you learned of the Registry. Please forward your recommendations via email to dross@loc.gov Email is preferred; to submit via postal mail, send your nominations to:
National Film Registry
Library of Congress
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
19053 Mt. Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701
Attn: Donna Ross
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, April 26, 2014
Louise Brooks on examiner.com
I've been writing for examiner.com for 5 years; I've written hundreds of pieces, and naturally, I've penned many about Louise Brooks. To mark my fifth anniversary as the San Francisco Bay Area silent film correspondent, I've put together this checklist of some of my favorite and most interesting pieces about Louise Brooks which ran on my silent film column.
Louise Brooks stars in Los Angeles series
May 3, 2009
Louise Brooks and Pandora's Box still attract
June 30, 2009
Jan Wahl through a lens darkly
August 14, 2009
New Doctor Who comic celebrates silent film
October 31, 2009
Dear Stinkpot: Letters from Louise Brooks
November 14, 2009
Stuart Oderman: talking to the piano player
November 23, 2009
Rufus Wainwright pens tribute to silent film star Louise Brooks
January 12, 2010
Rare Louise Brooks films issued on DVD
January 25, 2010
Pandora's Box opened
February 10, 2010
Louise Brooks' film centerpiece of 2010 Silent Film Festival
May 21, 2010
Six questions with . . . silent film accompanist Tom Peters
May 25, 2010
Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas turns 110
July 7, 2010
Rufus Rufus Rufus on Lulu Lulu Lulu
August 8, 2010
Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Niles
September 21, 2010
A Girl in Every Port set to screen at BFI in January
November 30, 2010
Louise Brooks lights up screens in Bay Area and beyond
January 15, 2012
A Girl in Every Port goes to Stanford
May 1, 2012
Author of Louise Brooks novel to speak in Bay Area
June 23, 2012
A Brief History of Pandora's Box in the San Francisco Bay Area
July 11, 2012
Jim Tully takes Hollywood, again
October 10, 2012
Louise Brooks to shine in Orinda
February 26, 2014
Louise Brooks stars in Los Angeles series
May 3, 2009
Louise Brooks and Pandora's Box still attract
June 30, 2009
Jan Wahl through a lens darkly
August 14, 2009
New Doctor Who comic celebrates silent film
October 31, 2009
Dear Stinkpot: Letters from Louise Brooks
November 14, 2009
Stuart Oderman: talking to the piano player
November 23, 2009
Rufus Wainwright pens tribute to silent film star Louise Brooks
January 12, 2010
Rare Louise Brooks films issued on DVD
January 25, 2010
Pandora's Box opened
February 10, 2010
Louise Brooks' film centerpiece of 2010 Silent Film Festival
May 21, 2010
Six questions with . . . silent film accompanist Tom Peters
May 25, 2010
Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas turns 110
July 7, 2010
Rufus Rufus Rufus on Lulu Lulu Lulu
August 8, 2010
Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Niles
September 21, 2010
A Girl in Every Port set to screen at BFI in January
November 30, 2010
Louise Brooks lights up screens in Bay Area and beyond
January 15, 2012
A Girl in Every Port goes to Stanford
May 1, 2012
Author of Louise Brooks novel to speak in Bay Area
June 23, 2012
A Brief History of Pandora's Box in the San Francisco Bay Area
July 11, 2012
Jim Tully takes Hollywood, again
October 10, 2012
Louise Brooks to shine in Orinda
February 26, 2014
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, April 25, 2014
Snapshot of Louise Brooks at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
Here is a snapshot taken at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. This portrait of Louise Brooks by Nicholas Murray is part of the "American Cool" exhibit (through September 7). Thanx to Pete for the photo.
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, April 24, 2014
Louise Brooks in the Missouri Review
The current issue of the Missouri Review (Winter 2013) features an excellent essay by Kris Somerville on "The Logic of Dreams: The Life and Work of Ruth St. Denis". The piece is illustrated with a number of images of Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, including a remarkably erotic picture of St. Denis on page 130. And of course, Louise Brooks is part of the Denishawn story.
That piece follows another equally fine piece also by Kris Somerville in the Fall 2012 issue of the Missouri Review titled "The Thoroughly Modern World of Louise Brooks". Both pieces are worth checking out.
As is Robert McNamara's Summer 1983 piece in the Missouri Review, "Lulu in Rochester: Self-Portrait of an Anti-Star".
More information on this leading literary journal can be found at www.missourireview.com [Thanks to my friend Lisa Buchanan for pointing out this latest piece.]
That piece follows another equally fine piece also by Kris Somerville in the Fall 2012 issue of the Missouri Review titled "The Thoroughly Modern World of Louise Brooks". Both pieces are worth checking out.
As is Robert McNamara's Summer 1983 piece in the Missouri Review, "Lulu in Rochester: Self-Portrait of an Anti-Star".
More information on this leading literary journal can be found at www.missourireview.com [Thanks to my friend Lisa Buchanan for pointing out this latest piece.]
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, April 23, 2014
Louise Brooks and Poland: Ziyo does Lulu
Speaking of Louise Brooks and Poland . . . . Here is a video of scenes from Pandora's Box (known in Polish as Puszka Pandory) which features a song by the popular Polish band Ziyo.
Ziyo is a post-punk band formed in Tarnow (southern Poland) in 1984. After a successful set at the Jarocin Festival in 1986, they got the attention of the Polish music industry and released their eponymous debut the following year. Their sound here reminds me of Joy Division. At other times they have been compared to Ultravox and U2.
Ziyo is a post-punk band formed in Tarnow (southern Poland) in 1984. After a successful set at the Jarocin Festival in 1986, they got the attention of the Polish music industry and released their eponymous debut the following year. Their sound here reminds me of Joy Division. At other times they have been compared to Ultravox and U2.
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, April 22, 2014
Sincerely yours, Louise Brooks
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, April 21, 2014
Kino Venus, a Polish thriller with a Louise Brooks-like character
Kino Venus is the name of a Polish thriller set in 1930s Lublin which may feature a Louise Brooks and/or a Marlene Dietrich inspired character. The book's author is Marcin Wroński. I was alerted to Kino Venus after coming across a reference to the actresses on a French bookseller's webpage.
Has anyone read these books? I found three different covers while searching online. They sound intriguing.
Below is biographical information on the author from his website. And here is a the author's Wikipedia page in Polish.
Marcin Wroński (b. 1972, Lublin, Poland) studied Polish literature and language at the Catholic University of Lublin. Before devoting himself wholeheartedly to becoming a writer he worked as a columnist, a radio journalist, a secondary school teacher and an editor at various Polish publishing houses.
Wroński’s debut book appeared in 1992. Since then he has published six novels. He has also written many short stories and articles, cabaret sketches, essays and plays. In his work, Wroński combines literary tradition with elements from mass culture, whereby the complex Polish-Jewish-Russian-German history of his native city of Lublin often plays a role.
In Poland he is known mainly as the author of historic crime fiction featuring Police Commissioner Zygmunt Maciejewski as the main character. So far, he has published in the series Morderstwo pod cenzurą ("Murder Under Censorship", 2007), Kino Venus ("Cinema Venus", 2008), A na imię jej będzie Aniela ("And She Shall Be Called Aniela", 2011) and Skrzydlata trumna ("The Flying Coffin", 2012). Wroński also wrote a political thriller about contemporary Poland: Officium Secretum. Pies Pański ("Officium Secretum. Domini Cane", 2010). The 5th retro crime novel featuring Maciejewski is Pogrom w przyszły wtorek ("Pogrom on the Next Tuesday")
Morderstwo pod cenzurą, Kino Venus and Officium Secretum were nominated to the ‘Great Calibre Prize’ (the most prestigious prize for authors of crime fiction in Poland). The Russian rights for these books were sold to Gesharim/Bridges of Culture Publishing in Moscow. Studio Kalejdoskop, a Polish production company, has bought the film rights.
In 2009 Marcin Wroński was awarded the honorary title of Bene Meritus Terrae Lublinensi (Meritiorious for Lublin's Region) for the way in which he managed to conjure up the history of Lublin in his novels about 'Zyggie' Maciejewski. In 2012 he was awarded the Medal of the Mayor of Lublin.
Has anyone read these books? I found three different covers while searching online. They sound intriguing.
Below is biographical information on the author from his website. And here is a the author's Wikipedia page in Polish.
Marcin Wroński (b. 1972, Lublin, Poland) studied Polish literature and language at the Catholic University of Lublin. Before devoting himself wholeheartedly to becoming a writer he worked as a columnist, a radio journalist, a secondary school teacher and an editor at various Polish publishing houses.
Wroński’s debut book appeared in 1992. Since then he has published six novels. He has also written many short stories and articles, cabaret sketches, essays and plays. In his work, Wroński combines literary tradition with elements from mass culture, whereby the complex Polish-Jewish-Russian-German history of his native city of Lublin often plays a role.
In Poland he is known mainly as the author of historic crime fiction featuring Police Commissioner Zygmunt Maciejewski as the main character. So far, he has published in the series Morderstwo pod cenzurą ("Murder Under Censorship", 2007), Kino Venus ("Cinema Venus", 2008), A na imię jej będzie Aniela ("And She Shall Be Called Aniela", 2011) and Skrzydlata trumna ("The Flying Coffin", 2012). Wroński also wrote a political thriller about contemporary Poland: Officium Secretum. Pies Pański ("Officium Secretum. Domini Cane", 2010). The 5th retro crime novel featuring Maciejewski is Pogrom w przyszły wtorek ("Pogrom on the Next Tuesday")
Morderstwo pod cenzurą, Kino Venus and Officium Secretum were nominated to the ‘Great Calibre Prize’ (the most prestigious prize for authors of crime fiction in Poland). The Russian rights for these books were sold to Gesharim/Bridges of Culture Publishing in Moscow. Studio Kalejdoskop, a Polish production company, has bought the film rights.
In 2009 Marcin Wroński was awarded the honorary title of Bene Meritus Terrae Lublinensi (Meritiorious for Lublin's Region) for the way in which he managed to conjure up the history of Lublin in his novels about 'Zyggie' Maciejewski. In 2012 he was awarded the Medal of the Mayor of Lublin.
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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