This page presents an annotated bibliography of articles, reviews and other pieces (including program notes, interviews, talks, an encyclopedia entry, etc…) by Thomas Gladysz, all of which pertain to the life, films and legacy of Louise Brooks. This is a select bibliography. Not included here are LBS blog entries (of which there are thousands), articles about past screenings (of which there are many), and other ephemeral pieces. This bibliography dates back to 1997, with the most current citations listed first. Many entries are linked to their place of publication. However, a handful of them are no longer found online, including those written for the now shuttered Open/Salon, examiner.com, and SFGate (the website of the San Francisco Chronicle).
Some of these pieces were gathered in my 2019 book, Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star. Other of my writings about the actress can be found other of my books, which are described on the Louise Brooks Society PUBLICATIONS page.
Thomas Gladysz
Director, Louise Brooks Society
“The Troubled History of Silent Film Pandora’s Box.” Pop Matters, January 11, 2024.
“The Street of Forgotten Men (1925): From Story to Screen and Beyond.” Film International, September 20, 2023.
“Lulu By the Bay.” East Drink Films, April 28, 2023.
“Lulu in America” : ‘Sin Lust Evil!’ and the Lost History of Louise Brooks and Pandora’s Box.” Film International, April 23, 2023 .
“Louise Brooks: Silent Muse.” Fiction magazine, September 4, 2022.
“San Francisco’s Street of Forgotten Men,” San Francisco Patch, May 9, 2022.
“The Street of Forgotten Men.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, May, 2022.
— program essay published in festival booklet
“Restored Silent Film The Street of Forgotten Men Debuts Louise Brooks.” Pop Matters, March 31, 2022.
“Lulu Forever: the 2020 Louise Brooks FilmPodium Retrospective (Zurich).” Film International, November 9, 2020.
“Behind the Black Velvet Curtain: Louise Brooks and Rudolph Valentino.” August 23, 2019.
— keynote address at the 92nd Valentino Memorial Service
“The Chaperone marks a return to Berkeley for Louise Brooks.” Berkeleyside, April 30, 2019.
“Louise Brooks Returns to Ann Arbor.” Ann Arbor Observer, April 22, 2019.
“Never the Victim: Louise Brooks and The Chaperone.” Film International, April 16, 2019.
“It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks in Ocala Florida.” Silent Locations, July, 2018.
— a three part series of posts on John Bengtson’s acclaimed film blog
“The BFI Re-Opens Silent Film Pandora’s Box.” PopMatters, December 7, 2017.
“A World Turned Over: Wellman’s BEGGARS OF LIFE.” University of Wisconsin Cinematheque, November 28, 2017.
— program essay published in festival booklet
“Louise Brooks, Lost Girl.” Brattle Theater / Film Notes, August 27, 2017.
— program essay published on Cambridge, MA. website
“Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star.” Huffington Post, August 22, 2017.
“Now We’re in the Air Travels the World.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer, 2017.
— program notes published in festival booklet
“Long Missing Louise Brooks Film Found.” Huffington Post, March 30, 2017.
“Opera with Louise Brooks inspired character debuts in Chicago, and it’s not Lulu.” Huffington Post, February 20, 2017.
“getTV Premieres Rare Cary Grant film.” Huffington Post, May 4, 2016.
— cited in Edwin M. Bradley’s Hollywood Musicals You Missed: Seventy Noteworthy Films from the 1930s (McFarland, 2020)
“Lulu in New York: Pandora’s Box at Film Forum.” Huffington Post, March 16, 2016.
“Windy Riley Goes Hollywood.” Fandor, January, 2016.
“A dense atmosphere of intense emotions: Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).” Fandor, November, 2015.
“Rick Geary’s New Comic, Louise Brooks: Detective.” Huffington Post, July 7, 2015.
“Louise Brooks Returns to Detroit in Pandora’s Box.” Huffington Post, March 26, 2015.
“A Glastonbury First.” Huffington Post, June 24, 2014.
— published in Huffington Post UK
“Natalie Merchant’s ‘Lulu’ Latest Pop Tribute to Silent Film Icon Louise Brooks.” Huffington Post, May 19, 2014.
“A Girl in Every Port: The Birth of Lulu?” Univ. of Wisconsin Cinematheque, December 2, 2013.
— program essay published in festival booklet
“Louise Brooks, a magnet of meaning, more popular than ever.” examiner.com, November 14, 2013.
“Louise Brooks’ Star Shines Brighter Than Ever.” Huffington Post, November 4, 2013.
“Louise Brooks stars in new music videos.” examiner.com, May 19, 2013.
“Louise Brooks and The New Woman in Film.” examiner.com, September 29, 2012.
“Louise Brooks Stars in Beggars of Life.” Huffington Post, July 30, 2012.
“Lulu by the Bay: Louise Brooks is Legend in Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2012.
— this piece also ran in the SF Sentinel
“Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Summer 2012.
— program essay published in festival booklet
“Sid Kay’s Fellows – Music in Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco Silent Film Festival blog, June 26, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box and the Celluloid Closet.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 23, 2012.
“Louise Brooks – Cover Girl and Secret Muse of the 20th Century.” Huffington Post, June 6, 2012.
“Louise Brooks Celebrated in London.” Huffington Post, April 11, 2012.
— published on Huffington Post UK
“Louise Brooks Is Lulu in Pandora’s Box.” Huffington Post, March 22, 2012.
“Remembering The Street of Forgotten Men.” Syracuse CineFest, March, 2012.
— program essay published in festival booklet
“Beggars of Life with Louise Brooks Screens in New York.” Huffington Post, February 17, 2012.
— tweeted about by Roger Ebert (pictured right)
“Thomas Gladysz’s most treasured book.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2011.
— short piece about the Barry Paris biography; this piece also appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise, Connecticut Post, Edwardsville Intelligencer, Laredo Morning Times and other newspapers.
“Talking with The Dodge Brothers.” examiner.com, April 8, 2011.
— a conversation piece with members of the band
“A Girl in Every Port.” Starts Thursday!, January 1, 2011.
— guest blog
“Louise Brooks & Bruz Fletcher: Camped, Tramped, Riotous Vamps.” examiner.com, December 16, 2010.
“Rare documentary part of Louise Brooks celebration.” examiner.com, October 27, 2010.
— on a screening of the documentary film by Richard Leacock, whom I met
“Dear Stinkpot: Letters from Louise Brooks by Jan Wahl.” Huffington Post, October 13, 2010.
“Louise Brooks’ private journals to be revealed.” examiner.com, October 2, 2010.
— tweeted about by Roger Ebert and Neil Gaiman (pictured right)
“The Diary of a Lost Girl: Brief history of a banned book.” Open Salon, September 24, 2010.
“New restoration of Pandora’s Box announced.” examiner.com, September 8, 2010.
— about the 2023 Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray release
“A Lost Girl, a Fake Diary, and a Forgotten Author.” Huffington Post, August 26, 2010.
“Rufus Talks Lulu – Plays Denver.”Huffington Post, August 12, 2010.
“‘I Am the Victim of Such a Lascivious Beauty’ Rufus Wainwright on Louise Brooks.”Huffington Post, August 5, 2010.
“American Venus.” Starts Thursday!, August 3, 2010.
— guest blog
“Berlin film festival features Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, July 6, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl, with Louise Brooks, screens in Brooklyn.” examiner.com, May 11, 2010.
— first piece under the moniker of national “Louise Brooks Examiner”
“Rufus Wainwright pens tribute to silent film star Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, January 12, 2010.
“Louise Brooks and Pandora’s Box still attract.” examiner.com, June 30, 2009.
“Galley Talk.” Publisher’s Weekly, July 28, 2006.
— about Peter Cowie’s book, Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever
“Louise Brooks.” In Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, edited by David J. Wishart, University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
— entry in regional reference work
“Louise Brooks: American Venus.” Retro, September, 1997.
— article on internet magazine devoted to vintage culture
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The promotional poster for my author talk at the Folsom Public Library in Folsom, California |
At my film book signing at the Niles Essanay Film Museum in |