I recently had the chance to look through a couple of English-language Chinese newspapers in search of mention of Louise Brooks and her films. I am pleased to report I found a lot of articles, reviews, captioned photographs and advertisements. Here is just one of the many items I found, Brooks on the front page of the
China News in October, 1928.
Brooks and her films were well represented in China, with most films enjoying repeated screenings. In fact, I found material on the exhibition of the following films. (The dates in parenthesis represent the
month of the film's American release / followed by the month of the film's showing in China):
Street of Forgotten Men (
8-25 / 7-27, 4-28)
The American Venus (
1-26 / 4-27, 11-27, 4-28)
A Social Celebrity (
3-26 / 9-28, 6-29, 10-29, 9-30)
It's the Old Army Game (
5-26 / 12-27, 1-28, 6-28)
The Show Off (
8-26 / 1-28, 7-28)
Love Em and Leave Em (
12-26 / 7-28, 8-28, 11-28, 8-29)
Just Another Blonde (
12-26 / 10-27, 11-27)
Evening Clothes (
3-27 / 8-28, 2-29, 3-29)
Now We're in the Air (
10-27 / 4-29, 4-30)
The City Gone Wild (
11-27 / 3-29, 6-30)
A Girl in Every Port (
2-28 / 5-28, 6-28, 12-28, 1-29)
Beggars of Life (
9-28 / 8-29, 9-29, 10-29)
Canary Murder Case (
2-29 / 9-29, 10-29, 7-30)
It Pays to Advertise (
2-31 / 4-31, 6-31)
When You're in Love (
2-37 / 8-37)
King of Gamblers (
5-37 / 10-37)
The Love Goddesses (12-66) documentary
I found a couple of mentions of
Rolled Stockings, but never any instances of the film showing in China. Both
Now We're in the Air and
A Girl in Every Port received a lot of coverage, and proved popular, as did
Canary Murder Case. Check out this
full page advertisement from November, 1927 for
The American Venus.