Louise Brooks asks just how short is a short skirt?

From the Louise Brooks Society archive, a rare newspaper advertisement: "How short is a short skirt? says Louise Brooks, movie darling. Let it be short enough to take advantage of all good points -- if any."

Louise Brooks: Beauty in the Breakdown

Here is another musical video tribute to Louise Brooks, titled "Louise Brooks: Beauty in the Breakdown." I am not sure who the artist is.

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Louise Brooks. Brooksie. Lulu. A tribute to the actress, icon, writer, timeless beauty, free spirit, dancer, ahead of her time, and all around fabulous Louise, with clips from Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and the documentary Looking for Lulu. 

Television series, Hollywood and the Stars

I came across this early 1963 newspaper advertisement for the short-lived television series, Hollywood and the Stars, narrated by Joseph Cotten. A little digging led me to discover the series is available on YouTube. I love documentary histories of Hollywood, and the earlier the better: older histories of early Hollywood are especially revealing, as perceptions of the past change as well. THis series and other like it are really about how Hollywood sees itself, and in the early 1960's, it really didn't see the silent film era.

Here is the embedded video to the one of the episodes, "Hollywood & the Stars: The Wild and Wonderful Thirties." Look it up on YouTube to find the rest. The series doesn't seem to have covered the silent era, but did look at early comedians and horror films and a handful of contemporary actors, as well as the period after the coming of sound.

Silent era stars speak! includes Louise Brooks

They have voices then too. Here silent film stars speak in this YouTube compilation, which includes Louise Brooks, Lon Chaney, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Buster Keaton, Theda Bara, and Clara Bow.

1920s Jazzmania Quintette

From YouTube: A late 1920's eccentric musical medley short film featuring Georgie Stoll, who became a well known bandleader.

Louise Brooks for Lux Toilet Soap

Louise Brooks appeared in many advertisements for Lux Toilet Soap, including this one from 1929. She was in good company, which suggests to me both her beauty and her popularity was seen to rank with the others stars pictured in this advertisement.

Louise Brooks grande vedette

A 1929 article from a French publication.