Welcome to the LOUISE BROOKS SOCIETY™, a pioneering fan site and online archive dedicated to the life & times of the silent film star Louise Brooks (1906 – 1985). A famed beauty & Jazz Age celebrity, the actress is best known for her bobbed hair as well as for her legendary role as Lulu in the 1929 silent movie, Pandora’s Box. Launched online in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society (or LBS) celebrates this multifaceted personality who was not only an acclaimed actress, but also a Denishawn dancer, Ziegfeld Follies showgirl, and later the bestselling author of Lulu in Hollywood. Once nearly forgotten, Brooks has emerged from obscurity to become a 20th century icon, and 21st century muse. At some 250+ pages and growing, this site has it all.
The mission of the LBS is to honor the actress by stimulating interest in her life, films and legacy…. The filmography found here is the most detailed ever compiled on Brooks (surpassing both IMDb & AFI in detail). The are also articles and ephemera, image galleries, a biography, chronology, slide-shows, videos, trivia, links, and more. This information rich website is just one of the many things we do — along with conducting research, writing articles, curating exhibits, sponsoring events, and helping with the preservation of Brooks’ films. The LBS keeps a long-running BLOG (since 2002), helped bring both Lulu in Hollywood and the definitive biography of Brooks by Barry Paris back into print, and, it has PUBLISHED five books with more in the works! The LBS is an educational site as well as a home to a virtual fan club of like-minded individuals. Explore the LBS and all that it has to offer. And please consider supporting its efforts! More about the LBS, including its mission statement and history, can be found on its ABOUT page. The Louise Brooks Society operates with the written consent of the Estate of Louise Brooks (Louise Brooks Heirs, LC) and have its permission to use the name and likeness of the actress. The Louise Brooks Society™ is proud to be a retrosite where accuracy and authenticity matters. As such, the LBS is a clickbait, colorized, and A.I. free zone.
Thomas Gladysz
Director, Louise Brooks Society
=== BIOGRAPHY ===
♦ ♦ Explore the LIFE & TIMES tab to visit pages detailing the remarkable story of Louise Brooks. There’s a biography and chronology, articles, essays and excerpts, recommended reading, quotations, links, and lots more.
=== CHRONOLOGY ===
♦ ♦ Where was she? What was she doing? Who did she know? A detailed look at the actress’ daily life. Praised by the Irish Times as “extraordinary” and exclusive to the Louise Brooks Society website.
=== FILMOGRAPHY ===
♦ ♦ The LBS filmography is the most detailed ever compiled on just about any actor, surpassing the AFI and IMDb for credits, bit players, alternative titles, shooting locations, reviews and more. Exclusively on the LBS.
=== LBS ARCHIVE ===
♦ ♦ The LBS archive is a treasure trove of rare material including vintage books, magazines, postcards, advertisements and ephemera related to the actress. There are rare photoplay editions, sheet music, 78 rpm discs & much more.
=== FEATURED PAGE ===
♦ ♦ “Writings of Louise Brooks” details the actress’ published, unpublished and uncollected work, including her little known self-published booklet on dance, her articles on film, notebooks, letters, and bestselling memoir, Lulu in Hollywood.
=== EXPLORE / WHAT’S NEW ===
♦ ♦ At more than 250 pages, the LBS is one of the largest and most comprehensive websites devoted to any silent film star. There is a lot to look at and much to explore. Visit the WHAT’S NEW page for the latest updates, or chance upon a RANDOM PAGE.
=== PUBLICATIONS ===
♦ ♦ The Louise Brooks Society has published five books to date, with three more in the works. Each is the product of considerable research, and each features new information and dozens of rare images. Find out more, and order your copy today!
=== ESSENTIAL READING ===
♦ ♦ From Portrait of an Anti-star to the Barry Paris biography to Peter Cowie’s pictorial to Jan Wahl’s Dear Stinkpot, the “Louise Brooks Bookshelf” is an opinionated guide to the best & worst books about the actress and her films.
=== NEW SECTION ===
♦ ♦ “Louise Brooks Cover Girl” is a thrilling new section which brings together dozens of vintage magazine covers from all around the world — from France and Germany to Brazil, Japan, Italy, Poland and beyond.
=== HOMAGE ===
♦ ♦ Movies, music, literature & comics have all paid homage to Brooks – 20th century icon & 21st century muse. Pictured here is just one example, actress Haley Lu Richardson as Louise Brooks in The Chaperone.
=== RESOURCES ===
♦ ♦ From Louise Brooks bibliographies to lists of searchable movie magazines, silent film festivals, video distributors and related websites, the LBS resource page is a great place to start your journey of discovery.
THE THREE MOST RECENT POSTS ON THE LBS BLOG @ louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com
Since 2002, the LBS has been blogging about Louise Brooks, silent film, and the Jazz Age, as well as books, music, art, fashion,
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- New Louise Brooks Society page featuring physical mediaby Louise Brooks Society on June 4, 2025
I've just finished creating a BIG new page on the Louise Brooks Society website devoted to Louise Brooks physical media. Though it took me a couple of weeks to build -- working on it a little bit each day, the page itself has been years in the making, as I have been collecting and documenting all manner of physical media for some time. The "Film of Louise Brooks -- physical media" page features more than 125 examples of VHS, Laser Disc, DVD, PAL and Blu-ray releases from around the […]
- Happy 87th birthday to Kevin Brownlowby Louise Brooks Society on June 2, 2025
Happy 87th birthday to film historian, documentary film maker, author, pioneering preservationist and Academy Award honoree Kevin Brownlow, whose numerous contributions to world film culture have helped countless individuals, including myself, bring projects to life. He was born in England on this day in 1938. More about Kevin Brownlow and his many accomplishments can be found on his Wikipedia entry.Over the years, I have had the pleasure of meeting up with Kevin on more than a few occasions, […]
- California Digital Newspaper Collectionby Louise Brooks Society on May 31, 2025
The California Digital Newspaper Collection (or CDNC) needs your help. This freely accessible database contains searchable scans of 1,442,777 newspaper issues comprising 21,623,444 pages and 53,713,870 articles. It is a great resource. If you like doing research, as I do, and are interested in Louise Brooks (who lived and worked in California) or film history (the industry has long been based in the state), local / regional history, or family history (genealogy), the closure of this […]
CONTENT ON THIS SITE HAS BEEN REMOVED AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE LOUISE BROOKS SOCIETY,
following false claims of trademark infringement. Apologies to this site’s many followers, but that’s the way it is until certain legal matters are concluded.
