The LBS recommends these silent film era links

I've been working on rebuilding the Louise Brooks Society website, in particular one of its oldest pages, "Lulu in Cyberspace".  It is a page of links to other Louise Brooks sites and pages as well as recommended links to other silent film, movie history and Jazz Age material.

Here are some recommended silent film era links. Happy exploring:

Anna May Wong (documentary)

Arbucklemania (Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle)

The Bioscope

Blog Chaplin (from Brazil)

Buster Keaton Society

Chaplin Film Locations: Then and Now

Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Film Locations

Charlie Chaplin (official)

Charlie Chaplin (BFI)

Clara Bow Appreciation Society (Facebook)

Clara Bow Page

Classic Film Aficionados

Colleen Moore Project

Discovering Chaplin (blog)

Douglas Fairbanks Museum

Edna Purviance: A Journey to Paradise

Falcon Lair – Rudolph Valentino Homepage

Golden Silents

Greta Garbo (official)

Harold Lloyd (official)

Hello, Harold Lloyd

Karl Dane

Lillian Gish (official)

Looking for Mabel Normand

Lost Films

Marlene Dietrich (official)

Mary Pickford Foundation

Nita Naldi

Ramon Navarro

Silent Era

Silent Film Group (Facebook)

Silent Film Still Archive

SilentHollywood.com

Silent Movies

Silent Squadron (serials)

Silent Treatment (newsletter)

Silents Are Golden

SILENTS PLEASE! A Silent Film Discussion Group (Facebook)

Taylorology (William Desmond Taylor)

Thanhouser Company

Tribute to Betty Bronson

Truus van Aalten

Unsung Divas of the Silent Screen

Pandora's Box screened this weekend in Miami, Florida

We missed it. Pandora's Box screened this past weekend in Miami, Floria as part of the Bal Harbour Shops’ Fashion Project celebrating the intersection between fashion and film with “Dressing Down the Movies,” a free retrospective of 24 classic films ranging from the silent era to the present day. The retrospective runs August 15  through September 30.

According to an article in the Miami Herald, "The selection ranges from 1929’s Pandora’s Box, in which actress Louise Brooks popularized (and immortalized) women’s bob hairstyle, to 1994’s Ready to Wear, director Robert Altman’s comical takedown of haute couture."

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 2:30PM & 7PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 3PM
Pandora’s Box

"What else could Louise Brooks possibly play other than a seductive, thoughtless young woman whose raw sensuality and uninhibited nature bring ruin to herself  and those who love her? “When you meet someone like this in life, you’re attracted,” wrote an admiring Roger Ebert, “but you know in your gut she’ll be nothing but trouble.” Pandora’s Box’s impact on fashion is timeless. The Brooks bob is as iconic as the tank dress she slinks around in, courtesy of  Jean Patou. 1929, directed by G. W. Pabst from the play by Frank Wedekind. With Louise Brooks."

As much as we appreciate their enthusiasm, they get details wrong. Brooks wore a Patou dress in Prix de Beaute, not Pandora's Box. More information about the festival can be found HERE.

Louise Brooks in China, part 4

Here is a document I came across while deep mining databases in search of additional material on Louise Brooks and China. It is a 30-page essay titled "Flapper and Femme Fatale In Chinese Mirror: An Intercultural Study of Star Discourse in the 1930s Hollywood and Chinese Industries" by Katherine Hui-ling Chou. I believe the essay dates from 2001. It can be read in Chinese by following this link.

The essay including a long section on Louise Brooks, which begins this way.

Louise Brooks in China, part 3

My research trip to look through old newspapers also turned up a couple of excellent finds from China -- in Chinese. One was a feature photo, the other a bit about The Canary Murder Case. I also found a similar page on Pandora's Box and another of The Street of Forgotten Men. The photo shown below says it was taken in Hollywood at Brook's home while she was having lunch with her sister.

 
Can anyone translate the text on either of these pages? And tell me if the page featuring the image from The Canary Murder Case (shown below) is about the film itself?

Notes from yesterday's research: Finland

Yesterday, I happily spent more than 5 hours looking through microfilm of old newspapers. My search through some rolls of Russian and Ukrainian newspapers was unproductive. I couldn't find any advertisements or indicators that the papers I looked through carried film advertisements.

My search through a Finnish newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, was also unproductive, but not without promise. When I have time, I will try and continue my look through Helsingin Sanomat from the 1920s and early 1930s, because the three pages shown below suggest the search will eventually turn up something. Where there is smoke (other advertisements for silent films), there is fire (advertisements for Louise Brooks' films).

It's easy to notice the ads for Vilma Banky, Colleen Moore, Richard Dix, Harold Lloyd, Clara Bow, Billie Dove and others.

Painting of Louise Brooks featured in art exhibit in Kansas

The Kansas Women Series of Paintings by artist Jennifer Randall are on display at ARTLANDIA (9 West Ave B, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501) in Hutchinton, Kansas through August 31st. An opening reception will be held on August 20th from 5-9 pm. The artist will be present and refreshments will be served.

Paintings of notable Kansas Women such as Louise Brooks, Eva Jesse, Carrie Nation and more will be featured at the exhibit.  Here are links to a couple of earlier articles on the artist and her work, one on examiner.com (from 2010) and the other on Hutchinson News (from 2008). For those who are wondering, it is only some 52 miles from Hutchinson to Wichita, and some 141 miles from Hutchinson to Cherryvale.

William Wellman blogathon coming in September

One month from today, the William Wellman blogathon hits the web! Hosted by Now Voyaging, the blogathon runs September 10-13, and will feature nearly four dozen blogs from across the web covering many of the director's silent and sound films. The Louise Brooks Society plans on participating, and will cover Wellman's Beggars of Life (1928), starring Louise Brooks. And what's more, we'll be posting some amazing and little know material on this singular Louise Brooks film. See you on September 10th.