Pandora’s Box – bibliography

  This page presents an annotated, worldwide bibliography of reviews, articles and other published material related to the 1929 film Die Büchse der Pandora, or, as it is commonly titled in English, Pandora’s Box. This German film includes Louise Brooks in the role Lulu. Under its German title, documented screenings of the film took place in Austria, Danzig (then the free city-state now known as Gdańsk), Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia), Latvia (then part of the U.S.S.R), Luxembourg, Ukraine (then part of the U.S.S.R), and the United States.

Outside Germany, Die Büchse der Pandora was exhibited or written about under the title Loulou (Algeria); La caja de Pandora and Lulu (Argentina); Le boîte de Pandore and Loulou (Belgium); A caixa de Pandora (Brazil); Кутията на Пандора (Bulgaria); La caja de Pandora and Lulu (Chile); Lulu La Pecadora (Cuba); Pandořina skříňka or Pandořina skříňka (Lulu) and Umrít Büchse der Pandoru (Czechoslovakia) and Pandorina skrínka (Slovakia); Pandoras æske (Denmark); De doos van Pandora (Dutch East Indies – Indonesia); Pandora’s Box (England); Pandora laegas (Estonia); Pandoran lipas (Finland); Loulou and Le boîte de Pandore (France); Λούλου and Lulu- το κουτί της Πανδώρας (Greece); Pandóra szelencéje (Hungary); Lulu and Il vaso di Pandora and Jack lo Sventratore (Italy); パンドラの箱 or Pandoranohako and The Box of Pandora (Japan); Korea (Box of Pandora); Pandoras lade and Pandoras Kaste (Latvia); Pandoros skrynia (Lithuania); Lou lou La Boite de Pandore (Luxembourg); La caja de Pandora (Mexico); De doos van Pandora (The Netherlands*); Pandoras eske (Norway); Lulu and Puszka Pandory (Poland); A Bocéta de Pandora and A caixa de Pandora (Portugal); Cutia Pandorei and Lulu and Pandora szelenceje (Romania); Lulu and Pandorina skrinjica (Slovenia); La caja de Pandora (Spain); Pandoras ask (Sweden); Meş’um Fahişe and Meş’um Fahişe (Lulu) (Turkey); Dzieje Kokoty Lulu (Ukraine); Box of Pandora and Pandora’s Box (English-language press) and Pandora szelencéje (Hungarian-language press) and Ящик Пандоры (Russian-language press) (United States); La caja de Pandora and Lulu and El alma de la herrera (Uruguay, sound version); Lulu or Лулу and Iashchik Pandory or Ящик Пандорьі (U.S.S.R.); La caja de Pandora (Venezula).

Since the late 1950s, numerous screenings of the film have been taken place around the world, including first ever showings under the title Pandora’s Box in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, Northern Ireland, and elsewhere. In 2016, a first ever showing of the film took place in Turkey under the titles Pandora’nın Kutusu and Pandora’nýn Kutusuö. The film has also been shown on television in a few countries in Europe as well as in Australia, Canada, the United States.

It is the intention of this bibliography is to be both comprehensive and as useful as possible. Most citations represent a substantial review or article. Shorter, capsule reviews — usually a paragraph or two in length — are so noted, and are cited only if deemed notable. Entries are arranged chronologically. Critical commentary regarding Brooks, or the film as a whole (excerpted from the material cited) are given as annotations. Some citations link to the material noted; a few of these links reside on the Louise Brooks Society, while most others exist elsewhere on the web. The type of publication (newspaper, magazine, etc…) and place of publication are also indicated. As the first decades of the 20th century were a time when journalist bylines were sometimes a pen name or merely initials, additional information is provided when available.

Much can be gleamed from a bibliography such as this. Besides what critics thought of the film, one can follow the path of the film’s distribution — as in where it showed and when. As well, this bibliography reflects how many newspapers there may have been in any given city or region (which can suggest further avenues of research), and which of those reviewed movies. History, here, is in the details. An * indicates that a copy of this citation is held in the archives of the LBS. This annotated bibliography has been compiled by Thomas Gladysz, and was last updated in April 2025.

[Help wanted: If you know of additional citations, can provide further information on entries noted on this page, or can provide copies of citations not marked with an * but which are known to exist, please contact the LBS. The LBS would especially like to acquire material about screenings of the film in eastern Europe (especially Czechoslovakia), the Soviet Union, Latin America and Asia.]

 

PANDORA’S BOX
premiered February 9, 1929

MacPherson, Kenneth. “As Is.” Close Up, August, 1928. (England / Switzerland) *
— early mention quoted in its entirety; “Pabst is about to make Wedekind’s Box of Pandora, and is (as I write) held up only by not being able to find a suitable leading lady. Having interviewed over six hundred applicants, and tested many of them, he is by now sending cables to America. By the time this appears no doubt somebody will have been chosen, and production will be in progress.”

anonymous. “Eine Lulu gesucht . . .” Reichsfilmblatt, August 11, 1928. (Germany) *
— brief article in German trade journal

anonymous. “Comment and Review.” Close Up, October, 1928. (England / Switzerland) *
— early mention quoted in its entirety; “The long search at last is ended. Lulu has been found. By the time this is in print it will be news no longer. Having literally searched the whole of Europe for a suitable type for Lulu in The Box of Pandora (adapted from the book by Wedekind), having interviewed hundreds and tested scores, in Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, G. W. Pabst has at last found, in America, the type for which he had been seeking in vain. Lulu will be no other than Louise Brooks, the well known junior Paramount star. The search for Lulu has been almost the principal topic of interest in Germany for a couple of months. Everywhere one went one heard “What about Lulu?”, “Is Lulu found yet” . . . Lulu is found. And now, after long delay, Pandora will be filmed by Nero Film.”

anonymous. “Louise Brooks, die Lulu des films.” Republik, October 11, 1928. (Germany) *
— article in Wilhelmshaven newspaper

anonymous. “Zweitaufend und eine Lulu.” Der Hamburgischer Correspondent, October 20, 1928. (Germany) *
— article, “Two Thousand and One Lulus,” in Hamburg newspaper, reprinted in Die Buhne and other publications; “For the first time in film history a great star comes from America in order to conquer here . . . . Louise Brooks, the German Lulu, stands at the beginning of a new epoch in world film.” (author may be F. J. Stefan)

anonymous. “Von Henny bis Lulu.” Kinematograph, October 30, 1928. (Germany) *
— front page article references the actors involved in the film: “Otherwise, Pabst is still filming Lulu. The film for which they reportedly spent months searching all over the world for the lead actors.”

Lohmeyer, Walter Gottfried. “Lulu.” Reichsfilmblatt, November 10, 1928. (Germany) *
— brief article in German trade journal

anonymous. “Information.” Le Figaro, November 16, 1928. (France) *
— brief notice in Paris newspaper: “German director Pabst will direct Pandora’s Box, based on Wedekind’s play. The cast is German.”

author unknown. Film-Illustriete, November 16, 1928. (Germany)
— article in Berlin publication about the making of Die Büchse der Pandora

d. “Blick ins Glashaus: Dolch und Monokel.” Film-Kurier, November 17, 1928. (Germany) *
— article

Close Up, December, 1928. (England / Switzerland) *
— two pages with four images of film stills (see the LBS webpage Pandora’s Box in Close Up Magazine)

anonymous. “Wedekind im Film. Jack the Ripper filmt.” Lichtbild-Buhne, November 20, 1928. (Germany) *
— article in German film magazine

anonymous. “Search for Lulu.” The Australasian, December 1, 1928. (Australia) *
— short article in weekly magazine: “America was ransacked, we were informed, before a suitable Lorelei Lee was found for the film version of Gentleman Prefer Blonds. A similar search has been made by a German company for a Lulu for a film version of The Box of Pandora….”

anonymous. “Los Apuros de Pabst.” La Epoca, December 24, 1928. (Spain) *
— article in Madrid newspaper

1929

Close Up, January, 1929. (England / Switzerland) *
— four pages with eight images of film stills (see the LBS webpage Pandora’s Box in Close Up Magazine)

“Die Büchse der Pandora. (Lulu)” Illustrierter Film-Kurier, February 1929. (Germany) *
— 16 page issue devoted to the film with numerous stills and articles including “Frank Wedekind” by Julius Kapp, “Der Kampf un Lulu” by Erich Mühsam, “Die ‘Lulu’ von Frank Wedekind” by Tilly Wedekind, “Lulu und ihr ‘grosses Gefolge” by Karl Ritter, and “Frank Wedekind, der Scharfrichter” by Eugen R. Schlesinger. (cover pictured right)

anonymous. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Film-Kurier, February 2, 1929. (Germany) *
— one page of captioned film stills

anonymous. “Der Film selzt sich für Wedekind ein.” Kinematograph, February 3, 1929. (Germany) *
—two pages of film stills and text

anonymous. Die Filmwoche, February 6, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German film magazine

anonymous. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Paimann’s Filmlisten, February 8, 1929. (Austria) *
— trade publication

Schwarzwald, Eugenie. B. Z. am Mittag, February 8, 1929. (Germany)
— article about G.W. Pabst and the making of the film by a noted educator

anonymous. “Der Wedekind-Film im Gloria-Palast.” Film-Kurier, February 9, 1929. (Germany) *
— front page article with image of Tilly Wedekind as Lulu

anonymous. “Wedekinds Lulu erzählt Kein Vamp – sondern ein Kind.” Film-Kurier, February 9, 1929. (Germany) *
— Tilly Wedekind, the widow of the author, gives her opinion of the film

anonymous. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Österreichische Film-Zeitung, February 9, 1929. (Austria) *
— long review in film journal (click on the right-hand side of page to advance to next page)

Jellinek, Malvine. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Das Kino-Journal, February 9, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Austrian film journal: “When the screening of this film drama is over, one is still in the midst of its fateful events…. The acting was excellent, and every role was authentically cast.”

anonymous. Berliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— article in Berlin newspaper

anonymous. “Trok fibirifcher kalte in Berlin groker Lulu-Erfolg.” Film-Kurier, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— front page article, notably this is the second day in a row in which Die Büchse der Pandora received front page coverage; a second article in this issue, by George Herzberg, followed on page two

anonymous. “Lulu mit und ohne Wedekind.” Kinematograph, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— full page article; ” . . . ein Filmwerk mit Ambition.”

anonymous. “Der freie Produzent. Gedanken zur Pandora-Premiere.” Lichtbild-Buhne, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— article in film journal

anonymous. Neue Preuß (Kreuz-)Zeitung, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German newspaper

Aros. Der Montag (Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger), February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— review in Berlin newspaper (Aros is the pen name for Alfred Rosenthal)

author unknown. Film-Echo, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German film magazine

Blaß, Ernst. “Die Film – Lulu / Die Büchse der Pandora im Gloria – Palast.” Berliner Tageblatt, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper: “The long-sought Lulu is Miss Brooks from the U.S.A. A very beautiful girl, full of pretty, charming ease. But without earth spirit, without sensual power. A lady who would like to marry well.”

D. Der Abend, Spatausgabe des Vorwarts, February 11, 1929. (Germany)

Gunther. 8-Uhr-Abendblatt, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— Berlin evening newspaper

Herzberg, Georg. “Der große Abend der Süd-Film: Der Lulu-Film.” Film-Kurier, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— page two article in German film magazine: “Two factors make the film a work of art: Günther Krampf’s brilliant camera work and the brilliant performances. Pabst draws effects from a carefully assembled ensemble that is true cinematic art, something the stage cannot replicate. There is Louise Brooks’s Lulu, who has been much discussed for months. The most passive role in the film, Pabst centers his film around this woman, allowing tragedies to unfold and people to perish around her. She stands there, smiling, in childlike delight in sensual pleasure. At times, she becomes somewhat reluctant, like a schoolgirl for whom something has gone wrong. Pabst doesn’t make Lulu a vamp to be hated, but a woman who is not responsible for her effect on men. In this sense, Brooks is a brilliant interpreter, and it is truly difficult to find anyone among German actresses who could have taken her place.”

J., F. “Die Büchse der Pandora. Im Gloria-Palast”. B. Z. am Mittag, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper: “Hollywood’s Louise Brooks, cast by Nero film, has the most beautiful eyes, the most natural smile, and a charming back, and is so completely unaffected, as if she were oblivious to the direction and lighting. There are actors around her, and you can always tell they’re under pressure, but she’s not acting, she’s acting herself. It’s childish—and therefore almost perfect.” 

K-i., C. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Die Welt, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— short review in Berlin newspaper

K., M. Welt am Abend, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German newspaper

Lustig, Hanns G. “Wedekinds “Lulu” im Film/Der Fall der verwitweten Frau Schon.” Tempo, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— review in Berlin newspaper: “The audience, which (in the Gloria-Palast) has the final say, agrees with the defendant. Especially since she, in the delightful guise of Miss Louise Brooks from Hollywood, clearly demonstrates that she has nothing whatsoever to do with the events around her. Her smiling disinterest makes the courtroom hustle and bustle around her completely incomprehensible. This charming American film actress barely has two different nuances of expression for the primal force of ‘Lulu’.”

ma. “D.e versimte Lulu.” Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper (authors may be Frank Maraun & Erwin Goelz)

Nurnberg, Rolfr. Neue Berliner Zeitung / Das 12 Uhr Blatt, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— Berlin publication

Reve, Ludwig. Berliner Morgenpost, February 11, 1929. (Germany)
— Berlin publication

Sahl, Hans. Der Montag Morgen, February 11, 1929. (Germany)

Wille, Hansjürgen. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” 8 Uhr-Abendblatt, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— article in Berlin newspaper: “As for Lulu, however, director G.W. Pabst searched desperately for months for a suitable actress. He finally traveled to America and brought back Louise Brooks, a very supple, very flexible, very graceful actress—unfortunately, not Lulu.”

Wollenberg, Hans. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Lichtbild-Buhne, February 11, 1929. (Germany) *
— article in German film journal

anonymous. “Kunst und Klsteu.” Arbeiter Zeitung, February 12, 1929. (Austria) *
— short article

author unknown. Der Deutsche, February 12, 1929. (Germany)

g. Der Tag, February 12, 1929. (Germany)

Gl., K. Dr. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Berliner Morgenpost, February 12, 1929. (Germany) *
— review with three images in Berlin newspaper (K. Gl. is the psuedonym for Konrad Gluck)

Ihering, Herbert. “Jack unterm Mistelzweig.” Berliner Borsen-Courier, February 12, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper: “In einer flachen Plauderwelt müssen Lulus so ungefährlich aussehen wie Louise Brooks”

Oly. “Vom Film Die Büchse der Pandora.” Berliner Börsen-Zeitung, February 12, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper: ” . . . one hundred percent erotic fluidity that one would expect from a real Lulu despite the childish eyes.” (Oly is the psuedonym for Fritz Olimsky)

P., H. (Pol, Heinz). “Die Büchse der Pandora Lulu im Film.” Vossische Zeitung, February 12, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper: “He searched for a suitable actress for half a year, filmed over a thousand candidates, then put them aside again, and finally brought Louise Brooks from Hollywood. Louise Brooks, young, magnificently built, perhaps has the Lulu mind and childish gestures that Wedekind envisioned. But Lulu’s innocence is only superficial: the fact is that the erotic fluidity radiating from each of her limbs drives men to madness and suicide. Louise Brooks radiates nothing but cheerfulness and youth . . . . Pabst himself seems to have realized that the gifted Louise Brooks (who will hopefully develop into a charming comedic talent) is completely inadequate, for he did not place her at the center of the film. In doing so, he served her, but not his film, which falls apart: there are a few excellent scenes, but they bear little connection whatsoever to the Lulu plot . . . . Louise Brooks isn’t driven by instinct, but rather an unusually personable athleticism. She does a bit of gymnastics once, and that’s when she’s at her most appealing. So, in this case, the entire film adaptation of Wedekind’s work was, unfortunately, a mistake.”

R.-r. Deutsche Tageszeitung, February 12, 1929. (Germany)
— Würzburg publication

anonymous.”Kommende Filme.” Die Stunde, February 13, 1929. (Austria) *
— article

anonymous. Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, February 13, 1929. (Germany)
— article in Berlin newspaper

Dyck-Schnitzer, F(ranze). “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Berliner Volks-Zeitung, February 13, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Berlin newspaper: “And Louise Brooks is Lulu. This young American conquered more than 800 women of all nations. Pabst discovered her in an older Menjou film in a small role and waited for her for months until she finally left America for his film. And it was worth the wait. Childlike in appearance, she often smiles like a playful little stubborn child. But behind this childish laughter lurks the grin of a demon. She plays the ending excellently”

d. Deutsche Zeitung, February 14, 1929. (Germany)
— article (d. may be Richard Biedrzinski)

Bormann, H(anns) H(einrich). Rhein-Mainische Volkszeitung, February 14, 1929. (Germany)
— Frankfurt publication

anonymous. “Criticisms.” Der Film, February 15, 1929. (Germany) *
— capsule review in German trade publication presented in English, Spanish and French

anonymous. “Die verfilmte Lulu.” Prager Tagblatt, February 15, 1929. (Czechoslovakia) *
— positive German-language review in Prague newspaper

Van onzen correspondent. “Nieuw filmes.” Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, February 15, 1929. (Netherlands) *
— write-up in Rotterdam newspaper

anonymous. Die Wahrheit, February 16, 1929. (Germany)

anonymous. “Die Büchse der Pandora in Berlin ein großer Erfolg!” Die Stunde, February 16, 1929. (Austria) *
— short report on the Berlin premiere, which is titled in translation “Pandora’s Box a great success in Berlin!“: “The gala premiere of Wedekind’s Lulu tragedy, filmed by G. W. Pabst, has just taken place at Berlin’s Gloria-Palast. Despite the Siberian cold, which also prevails in Berlin, the turnout for the premiere was enormous. The most prominent personalities from the film, theater, and literary worlds were present. The critical audience was incredibly captivated by the film, and there was thunderous applause at the end of the screening. All actors, with the exception of Louise Brooks (Lulu), who has returned to Hollywood, appeared before the curtain again with G. W. Pabst. Pandora’s Box will be released in Vienna on March 1st.” (This same piece appeared in another Vienna newspaper, Der Tag, the previous day.)

Betz. “Uraufführung im Gloria-Palast: Die Büchse der Pandora.” Der Film, February 16, 1929. (Germany) *
— author is Hans Walter Betz; German trade publication

anonymous. “Musikkritik der Uraufführungen.” Lichtbild-Buhne, February 16, 1929. (Germany) *
— critique of opening-night music for the film

i. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Reichsfilmblatt, February 16, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in German trade journal

j. “Die Büchse der Pandora Gloria – Palast.” Germania, February 17, 1929. (Germany) *
— short review in Berlin newspaper (author is Igna Maria Junemann)

Raca. “Lulu.” Frankfurter Zeitung, February 17, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Frankfurt newspaper by “Raca” (the pen name of the noted film critic Siegfried Kracauer); “Trying to capture the profound impact of Wedekind’s mighty play on a flat surface was a risky undertaking. It succeeded only partially.… Louise Brooks plays Lulu. She is effective through her childlike face, which, in the face of the horrific events, stands out cleanly and, amidst the swirl of blood, is all the more terrifying. It lacks the power of the instinctual, and it is insufficient for the prostitute.” 

anonymous. “Berliner Filmerfolge.” Der Abend, February 19, 1929. (Austria) *
— short article in Vienna newspaper mentions the “very large audience” and how “Berliners crowded in front of the Gloria-Palast” for the prior week’s showings of Pandora’s Box

anonymous. Kolner Lokal-Anzeiger, February 20, 1929. (Germany)
— article in Koln newspaper

J-s. “Kritiken.” Die Filmwoche, February 20, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in German film magazine; J-s is Paul Ickes

Spael, Dr. W. Kolnische Zeitung, February 20, 1929. (Germany)
— article in Cologne newspaper

anonymous. Sozialistische Republik, February 21, 1929. (Germany)

Kästner, Erich. “Wedekind und Tolstoi im Film.” Neue Leipziger Zeitung, February 22, 1929. (Germany) *
— article by a well known German writer in Leipzig newspaper; reprinted in Gemischte Gefühle: Literarische Publizistik aus der Neuen Leipziger Zeitung 1923-1933 (Berlin: Aufbau-Verlag, 1989 / Zürich: Atrium, 1989).

anonymous. “Filme der Woche Die Büchse der Pandora Verfilmt.” Hamburger Echo, February 23, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Hamburg newspaper

jo-. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Der Hamburgischer Correspondent, February 23, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Hamburg newspaper

Lydor, Waldemar. “Kino-Musik-Kritik.” Reichsfilmblatt, February 23, 1929. (Germany) *
— mention of opening night music in German trade journal

M., H. Hamburger Anzeiger, February 23, 1929. (Germany)
— Hamburg newspaper (author H. M. is Hans Meißner)

Schwarzwald, Eugenie. “Der Filmregisseur.” Neues Wiener Journal, February 24, 1929. (Austria) *
— article about G.W. Pabst and the making of the film by the noted educator

anonymous. “Ein Wedekind-Film ohne Wedekind.” Die Bühne, Febraury 29, 1929. (Austria) *
— short review with film stills in Austrian film magazine

anonymous. “Lulu! Die Buchse der Pandora.” Filmkunstler und Filmkunst, #5, 1929. (Germany) *
— short review in film magazine

anonymous. “Lulu oder: Der Teufel im Weibe.” Mein Film, number 165, 1929. (Austria) *
— three page illustrated article; Brooks as Lulu also appears on the front and back covers

Close Up, March, 1929. (England / Switzerland) *
— two pages with four images of film stills (see the LBS webpage Pandora’s Box in Close Up Magazine)

anonymous. Sozialistische Bidung, March, 1929. (Germany)
— article in journal devoted to socialist education (author may be Hermann Hieber)

D., H. “An Appreciation.” Close Up, March, 1929. (England / Switzerland) *
— interview feature with Pabst (the author is poet Hilda Doolittle)

Hl. Leipziger Volkszeitung, March 1, 1929. (Germany)
— article in Leipzig newspaper (author is Hans Otto Henel)

author unknown. Mitteilungen der Bildstelle des Zentralinstituts für Erziehung und Unterricht, March 1, 1929. (Germany)

anonymous. Munchner Telegramm-Zeitung, March 1/2, 1929. (Germany)
— article in Munich newspaper (author is Hans Otto Henel)

anonymous.”Der Film Die Büchse der Pandora.” Neues Wiener Tagblatt (Tages-Ausgabe), March 2, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Vienna newspaper

anonymous.”Die Büchse der Pandora.” Die Stunde, March 2, 1929. (Austria) *
— brief article with film still in Vienna newspaper

anonymous.”Die Büchse der Pandora.” Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, March 2, 1929. (Austria) *
— brief article in Vienna newspaper

Kraszna-Krausz, A(ndor). Filmtechnik-Filmkunst, March 2, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German trade journal by the noted writer and Close Up contributor

Porges, Friedrich. “Die Büchse der Pandora Wedekinds Lulu-Tragedie als Film.” Der Tag, March 2, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Vienna newspaper

anonymous. Munchener Zeitung, March 2/3, 1929. (Germany)

Cleve, Felix. “Wedekind’s Die Büchse der Pandora im Film.” Neue Freie Presse, March 3, 1929. (Austria) *
— long article in Vienna newspaper

Fischer, Wolffgang. Filmkritische Rundschau, March 3, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German film magazine

H., Joh. “Wedekind’s Die Büchse der Pandora im Film.” Das Kleine Blatt, March 3, 1929. (Austria) *
— full page article in Vienna newspaper; regarding Brooks, the critic stated “She is incredibly beautiful, acts discreetly and without affectation, and above all completely avoids the so-called misconception of Lulu as a sophisticated, devilish cocotte who deliberately leads men to ruin. She turns out to be the opposite. True, Wedekind demands from the actress who portrays his Lulu the ‘vice of childishness,’ but also the ‘vice of childlike simplicity’ (although he only uses this moralizing phrase for a specific reason).”

R., F. “Der gute Film Die Büchse der Pandora.” Arbeiter-Zeitung, March 3, 1929. (Austria) *
— review by Fritz Rosenfeld in Vienna newspaper; “German ‘stars’ would have likely played a salon-snake whose ‘seductive’ behavior bordered on the ridiculous; Louise Brooks plays a cat-like, yet very gentle Lulu, and, by all accounts, does not portray a demonic Lulu; perhaps unconsciously, through her entirely naive, uncomplicated interpretation of the role, she comes close to Wedekind’s idea of ​​the childlike Lulu, of the not immoral, but amoral, driven being.”

S., K. “Die Büchse der Pandora Der neue Wedekind-Film.” Die Stunde, March 3, 1929. (Austria) *
— review of the film which had just opened in eight theaters in Vienna

R. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Freiheit!, March 4, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Vienna newspaper: “A lot is going on in this film adaptation of Wedekind. From the prostitute in its various forms to lust murder, all forms of sexuality are represented. Even same-sex love between women is included.”

r., B. Der Abend, March 5, 1929. (Austria) *
— brief write-up in Vienna newspaper in which the film is termed a “mishmash”

anonymous. “Films in Berlin.” Variety, March 6, 1929. *
— “Louise Brooks, especially imported for the title role, did not pan out, due to no fault of hers. She is quite unsuited to the vamp type which was called for by the play from which the picture was made.”

Falkenberg, Paul. “La boîte de Pandore.” Cinémonde, March 7, 1929. (France) *
— two page illustrated feature

anonymous. “Neue Filme.” Reichspost, March 8, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Vienna newspaper; “Sascha: Pandora’s Box, a moral drama in 8 acts. If a film is particularly morally low, then it certainly comes from Berlin, from the kind of filmmakers who believe that filmmaking, because it is the most modern art, must also be the most immoral. The domain of their imagination is the swamp of the big city, especially the life of prostitutes and pimps, and hence their literary ideal, Frank Wedekind, who was at home there with satanic delight. Thus, his main work, “Pandora’s Box,” could not remain unfilmed. Accordingly, the film is a wicked mixture of shamelessness, brutality, and sentimentality. It is sad that an Austrian company has been found to pour this Berlin Pandora’s box, filled to the brim with the most filthy immoral material, onto Vienna. Producer: Nero-Film, Berlin, directed by G. W. Pabst.”

Gong. Deutsche Republik, March 8, 1929. (Germany)

P.  Deutsche Filmzeitung, March 8, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German film magazine (author is Rene Prevot)

B. Volkischer Beobachter, March 9, 1929. (Germany)
— Munich publication

B. I. “Der Film Die Büchse der Pandora.” Grazer Tagblatt, March 13, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Graz newspaper: “The film is a complete success. The tragedy unfolds in gripping, vivid images. Louise Brooks is Lulu. A devoutly cultivated pageboy, two eyes full of light, goodness, promise, and life-threatening danger. One could imagine this Lulu more restless, wilder, more demonic—perhaps Greta Garbo could be Lulu. But that is precisely what makes this woman Lulu: the gentle calm of her restlessness, the soft gentleness of her wildness, the light of her demonic nature. [Brooks is] A ravishingly convincing Lulu.”

anonymous. “Lichtspiel.” Salzburger Chronik für Stadt und Land, March 9, 1929. (Austria) *
— short review in Salzburg newspaper

Gtal. “Film Die Büchse der Pandora.” Arbeiterwille, March 13, 1929. (Austria) *
— review in Graz newspaper: “To the extent that powerfully expressive images can be translated into film, it has happened here in this film. Louise Brooks plays Lulu about as well as Anna May-Wong played the Chinese girl in Song.”

Blass, Ernst. Die Literarische Welt, March 15, 1929. (Germany)

anonymous. “Filme vom Tage.” Illustrierte Kronen Zeitung, March 15, 1929. (Austria) *
— short review in Vienna newspaper in which Brooks is referred to as “a racy thoroughbred”

anonymous. “Kino.” Päewaleht, March 17, 1929. (Estonia) *
— review in Tallinn newspaper: “Pandora’s Box is a film that goes beyond ordinary cinema dramas. Full of deep and painful truths of life, played believably and with soul. A series of completely fresh types on the screen, above the usual slick ‘beauties’. A gripping drama with haunting dark final chords.”

Raschig, Kraft. “Gestalten und Darsteller.” Mein Film, no. 166, 1929. (Austria) *
— half-page article in Austrian film magazine

Close Up, April, 1929. (England / Switzerland) *
— three pages with five images of film stills (see the LBS webpage Pandora’s Box in Close Up Magazine)

Brenner, Max Dr. “Büchse der Pandora.” Film und Volk, April, 1929. (Germany) *
— short review in leftist film magazine

Eisgruber, Heinz. Kulturwille, April, 1929. (Germany)
— review in German journal

Kraszna-Krausz, A. “G. W. Pabst’s Lulu.” Close Up, April, 1929. (England / Switzerland) *
— critical analysis of the film on aesthetic grounds by a noted writer

P., H. Der Bildwart, April, 1929. (Germany)
— article in German magazine (author is Hans Pander)

anonymous. “O Cinema Atraves O Mundo.” Selecta, April 2, 1929. (Brazil) *
— article in Brazilian publication

Wadsworth, P. Beaumont. “From Printed Pages to the Silver Screen.” Boston Transcript, April 6, 1929. (United States) *
— the first article in the United States to consider the film; it echoes much of the earlier German criticism (as it is unlikely the auithor, a critic, saw the film)

Vincent, Carl. “Loulou ou Le boîte de Pandore.” L’Indépendance Belge. April 12, 1929. (Belgium) *
— short review in Brussells newspaper

Film Correspondent, Our. “Close Ups.” Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, April 16, 1929. (England) *
— column in Yorkshire newspaper summarizes the recent issue of Close Up: “… and from Pabst’s latest picture — not yet shown here — though a critique of this film, which also appears in the issue, is not very favorable. It seems that Pabst has not yet succeeded in reproducing the authentic atmosphere of Wedekind’s novel Pandora on which the film is based, and in particular has found no equivalent for Wedekind’s pungent dialogue. His heroine, Louise Brooks — specially brought from Hollywood — is also said to lack the physical appeal essential for a character intended to represent the tragic results of unadulterated sexual impulse. But the ‘stills’ are so attractive that I hope we shall see the film here before long.”

W., W. “Wiesbadener Lichtspiele.” Wiesbadener Tagblatt, April 19, 1929. (Germany) *
— review in Wiesbaden newspaper: “Pabst’s highly commendable direction is therefore cautiously referred to as ‘variations’ on Wedekind…. Louise Brooks’s Lulu is piquant, but brings the usual feminine, almost affectionate, quality to the film.”

St.- Vilmer. “Loulou.” Cinematographie Francaise, April 20, 1929. (France) *
— article in French trade journal

anonymous. “Der Film-Palast.” Wiesbadener Bade-Blatt. April 21, 1929. (Germany) *
— article in Wiesbaden newspaper

Vincent-Brechignac, J. “Loulou, ou Wedekind attenue par Pabst.” Pour Vous, April 25, 1929. (France) *
— ilustrated article about the film

anonymous “Les Films Du Mois.” Cinèmagazine, April 26, 1929. (France) *
— review with illustration in French film magazine

Bouissounouse, Janine. L’Ami du Peuple, April 26, 1929. (France)
— article in Paris newspaper: “Louise Brooks made Loulou a perverted and irresponsible little girl.”

C., L. “Loulou” Cine-Journal, April 26, 1929. (France) *
— near full page article in French film magazine: “Loulou is Louise Brooks who has interpreted her delicate and difficult role with great talent. She is quite remarkable in it. She is seductive, disturbing and cruel, surprisingly alive and intensely expressive.” (author may be L. Chapeau)

Bouissounouse, Janine. “Loulou.” La Revue du Cinéma, May, 1929. (France) *
— ” . . . magnifique film”

Lenauer, Jean. “Pabst nous parle de Loulou.” Pour Vous, May 2, 1929. (France) *
— short article about Pabst and the censorship of Loulou in French film magazine

D., L. “La Boite de Pandora.” Cinemagraphie Francaise, May 4, 1929. (France) *
— (author is Lucie Derain); article in French trade journal

Jeremy. “Pandorina skryoka.” Slovensky dennik, May 16, 1929. (Czechoslovakia)
— Bratislava publication

Lenauer, Jean. “Letter to an Unknown.” Close Up, June, 1929. (England / Switzerland) *
— article discusses the film and the effect of French censorship; “Louise Brooks is not chosen because she is Louise Brooks but because, for whatever reason, she looks likely to find it easier than anyone else might, to sink into and become a visual expression of Lulu in Pandora’s Box. Or so it appears to Pabst.”

anonymous. “Przed Ekranem.” Kurjier Warsawski, June 1, 1929. (Poland) *
— review in Warsaw newspaper

anonymous. “Lulu Puszka Pandory.” Kurjer Polski, June 4, 1929. (Poland) *
— short review in Warsaw newspaper

anonymous. Il Giornale d’Italia, June 8, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief announcement in Italian-language Argentinian newspaper

“Vous Verrez.” Ciné-Miroir, July 12, 1929. (France) *
— captioned image in French film magazine

anonymous. “Filmnieuws.” het Vaderland, August 9, 1929. (Netherlands) *
— brief article in Dutch newspaper

anonymous. “Pandora.” Cinearte, August 14, 1929. (Brazil) *
— two page illustrated feature with credits and brief notes

H., R. “Potemkin to be Seen in London.” Manchester Guardian, September 21, 1929. (England) *
— Manchester newspaper article references screening in London “in the coming season”, while noting the film “had been a great success in Germany this year”

anonymous. “Louise Brooks.” Sumatra Post, October 9, 1929. (Dutch East Indies – Indonesia). *
— short article about the film

anonymous. Il Giornale d’Italia, October 11, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article

anonymous. “Louise Brooks sarà la protagonista del film La caja de Pandora.” L’Italia del Popolo, October 14, 1929. (Argentina) *
— article about the search for Lulu; according to this article Pabst chose eighteen girls, then six, including Greta Garbo

anonymous. Il Giornale d’Italia, October 15, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article

anonymous. “La magnifica super-produzione sonora La caja de Pandora appartiene alla Filmreich.” Il Giornale d’Italia,October 16, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article

anonymous. “La leggenda della Caja de Pandora.” Il Giornale d’Italia, October 18, 1929. (Argentina) *
— short article about the Pandora myth

anonymous. “La leggenda della Caja de Pandora.” L’Italia del Popolo, October 19, 1929. (Argentina)
— article about the Pandora myth in Italian-language Argentinian newspaper

anonymous. “The Box of Pandora.” Movie Times, October 21, 1929. (Japan) *
— review in Japanese film fournal

Il Giornale d’Italia, October 23, 1929. (Argentina)
— captioned photo of the film

anonymous. “La Caja de Pandora è anche un’opera d’arte fotografica.” Il Giornale d’Italia, October 25, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article about the film’s cinematography

anonymous. “Chi è Lulù.” Il Giornale d’Italia, October 30, 1929. (Argentina) *
— short article about the character of Lulu

anonymous. “I protagonisti della Caja de Pandora: il dottor Schoen.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 3, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article

anonymous. “The World of Pictures. Brisbane Courier, November 9, 1929. (Australia) *
— brief article in Brisbane newspaper: “The outstanding German picture produced of late is Pandora’s Box, based on Frank Wedekind’s story. its director is G. W. Pabst, one of the most promising of the younger German producers. For the part of Lulu, the heroine of the play, Pabst brought Louise Brooks from Hollywood. Despite the charm of the American girl, the German critics are not satisfied with Pabst’s choice for the role. This film is about as horrible a oneas could well be imagined.”

anonymous. “La Caja de Pandora della Filmreich.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 9, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article about the character Schigolch, named Minuto

anonymous. “La caja de Pandora pellicola sonora della Filmreich.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 10, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article

anonymous. “La caja de Pandora si proietterà al Teatro Porteno.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 13, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article about the film’s premiere in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Porteno

Il Giornale d’Italia, November 14, 1929. (Argentina)
— captioned photo

anonymous. “Chi è Lulù.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 16, 1929. (Argentina) *
— article with illustrations

anonymous. “Notas Cinematograficas.” La Prensa, November 18, 1929. (Argentina) *
— review in Buenos Aires newspaper

anonymous. “La caja de Pandora ha avuto grande successo nella sua prima esibizione.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 19, 1929. (Argentina)
— article about the film’s success

anonymous. “Seguita con grande esito la proiezione della Caja de Pandora.” Il Giornale d’Italia, November 22, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article about the film

anonymous. Il Giornale d’Italia, November 29, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief article

anonymous. “Caixa de Pandora.” Frou-Frou, December 1929. (Brazil) *
— one page of film stills and text in Brazilian film magazine

anonymous. “The Box of Pandora, Here.” New York Herald Tribune, December 1, 1929. (United States) *
— artcle in New York City newspaper: ” . . . one of Germany’s outstanding productions of many seasons.”

anonymous. “Wedekinds Die Buchse der Pandora im Film.” New Yorker Volkszeitung, December 1, 1929. (United States) *
— article in German-language New York City newspaper

anonymous. “Kino.” Novoye Russkoye Slovo, December 1, 1929. (United States) *
— brief article in Russian-language New York City newspaper

anonymous. “Wedekinds Die Buchse der Pandora im Film.” Staats-Zeitung und Herold, December 1, 1929. (United States) *
— article in German-language New York City newspaper

Hall, Mordaunt. “A Disconnected Melodrama.” New York Times, December 2, 1929. (United States) *
— review in New York City newspaper: “In an introductory title the management sets forth that it has been prevented by the censors from showing the film in its entirety, and it also apologizes for what it termed ‘an added saccharine ending’ . . . . Miss Brooks is attractive and she moves her head and eyes at the proper moment, but whether she is endeavoring to express joy, woe, anger or satisfaction it is often difficult to decide.” – reprinted in George C. Pratt’s Spellbound in Darkness (Rochester, New York: University of Rochester, 1966)

R., Dr. “Die Buchse der Pandora.” New Yorker Herold, December 2, 1929. (United States) *
— article in German-language New York City newspaper

S., A. M. “Pandora’s Box Disjointed and Dreary.” New York Post, December 2, 1929. (United States) *
— review in New York City newspaper: “It develops into a rather dull underworld offering which makes very little sense.”

Crewe, Regina. “Louise Brooks in German Picture That’s Not So Good.” New York American, December 3, 1929. (United States) *
— review in New York City newspaper: “Louise Brooks acts vivaciously but with a seeming blindness as to what it is all about.”

Tazelaar, Marguerite. “On the Screen.” New York Herald Tribune, December 3, 1929. (United States) *
— review in New York City newspaper: “Unlike Anna May Wong, and other Holywood actresses who have blossomed into skilled players under European influence, Miss Brooks doesn’t seem to have improved since her departure.”

Thirer, Irene. “Pandora’s Box Silent Film at 55th Street Playhouse.” New York Daily News, December 3, 1929. (United States) *
— review in New York City newspaper: “Louise Brooks is ideally suited to the role of Lulu.”

author unknown. Jewish Daily Forward, December 4, 1929. (United States) *
— article in Yiddish-language New York City newspaper

Olivet, Rene. “On verra cette semaine a Paris.” Cinémonde, December 5, 1929. (France) *
— review in French film magazine

anonymous. “At the 55th Street.” New York Sun, December 6, 1929. (United States) *
— mention in New York City newspaper: ” . . . has smashed the Fifty-fifth Street Playhouse’s box office records. It will therefore be held for another week.”

anonymous. “Der Erfolg der Die Buchse der Pandora.” Staats-Zeitung und Herold, December 6, 1929. (United States) *
— article in German-language New York City newspaper

anonymous. “Opinions on Pictures.” Motion Picture News, December 7, 1929. (United States) *
— review in trade journal: “At that the picture is above the average of the usual foreign-made production shown in this type of theatre. It has a fast tempo which in itself is unusual. Undoubtedly Louise Brooks, who is starred, is largely responsible for this.”

anonymous. “Der Erfolg der Die Buchse der Pandora.” New Yorker Volkszeitung, December 7, 1929. (United States) *
— article in German-language New York City newspaper

M., J. C. “The Current Cinema.” New Yorker, December 7, 1929. (United States) *
— brief mention in magazine: ” . . . a subdued Kraft-Ebing overtone in Pandora’s Box, at the Fifty-fifth Street Playhouse, for the benefit of the Wedekind group.”

Martin, Quinn. “Louise Brooks and the Censors.” The World, December 8, 1929. (United States) *
— review in New York City newspaper: “It does occur to me that Miss Brooks, while one of the handsomest of all the screen girls I have seen, is still one of the most eloquently terrible actresss who ever looked a camera in the eye.”

Harrower. “Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box.” Film Daily, December 8, 1929. (United States) *
— capsule review in trade journal: “Louise Brooks, the American actress, has the part of an exotic girl who attracts men and women alike. . . . It is too sophisticated for any but art theater audiences.”

anonymous. “Kino.” Novoye Russkoye Slovo, December 9, 1929. (United States) *
— capsule review in Russian-language newspaper in New York City

Waly. Variety, December 11, 1929. (United States) *
— review in trade journal: “Better for Louise Brooks had she contented exhibiting that supple form in two-reel comedies or Paramount features. Pandora’s Box, a rambling thing that doesn’t help her, nevertheless proves that Miss Brooks is not a dramatic lead.”

L., J. F. “Pandora’s Box.” Billboard, December 14, 1929. (United States) *
— short review in trade journal: “This is a silent production that has no business playing anyhting but guild theaters.”

anonymous. “La Caja de Pandora.” Caras y Caretas, December 21, 1929. (Argentina) *
— brief write up in Buenos Aires weekly magazine

anonymous. “Lichtbild und Film.” Bildungsarbeit. Blätter für sozialistisches Bildungswesen, 1929. (Austria) *
— positive review in socialist education journal

1930

anonymous. “The Shadow Stage.” Photoplay, February, 1930. (United States) *
— capsule review in American film magazine: “Interesting to American fans because it shows Louise, formerly an American ingenue in silent films, doing grand work as the evil-spreader.”

anonymous. “Meş’um Fahişe (Melek’le) Louise Brook, Kortner ve Lederer.” Milliyet Cuma, February 7, 1930. (Turkey) *
— short review with accompanying film still of an embracing Brooks and Lederer; “Louise Brooks is also good as a prostitute….” — notably, the film’s Turkish title, Meş’um Fahişe, translates to English as The Unholy Whore

M. Поманебка. Ящик Пандоры. KiNO, March 1930. (Ukraine) *
— Ukrainian language article on the film (in need of translation)

V.-B., J. “Loulou.” Pour Vous, March 20, 1930. (France) *
— short review with scene still in French film magazine

Gelas, J.P. “Les mutilateurs de film.” L’Action Francaise, March 28, 1930. (France) *
— La Boite de Pandora is discussed in article about film censorship in Paris newspaper

anonymous. “パンドラの箱.” Shinko-Eiga, April 1930. (Japan) *
— about the film in Japanese film magazine

anonymous. “A boceta de Pandora.” O Seculo, April 7 – 8, 1930. (Portugal)
— capsule review in Portuegese film magazine: “Louise Brooks encarna, com a sua figura coleante, a moderna Pandora.”

anonymous. “Daily Reminders.” Korea Press, April 8, 1930. (Korea).*
— brief notice of a screening of Box of Pandora (which lasted 5 days) in English-language Seoul newspaper; the film was shown in the Tang Sung Sa Movie Hall and is described as a ten reel German production with Louise Brooks; it was accompanied by another 10 reel film, an Ufa film titled Behind the German Front

S., R. S. “Lulu la Pecadora.” Diaro de la Marina, April 10, 1930. (Cuba) *
— short review in Havana newspaper: “Another German film. Well made. Well acted. Exciting. But…. Lulu the Sinner is a full-throttle soap opera. The actors, however, have the talent for more noble artistic endeavors. All, without exception, perform admirably.”

H., R. “The Week on the Screen.” Manchester Guardian, April 12, 1930. (England) *
— article includes a long paragraph on the film; “Pabst’s Lulu is also, I believe, in this country, but we shall probably not see it even in the French version let alone the original German, for being a version of Wedekind’s Box of Pandora it depicts the life of a ‘thoroughly immoral woman’… and Louise Brooks, in a part that called for Brigitte Helm, who could not be obtained, is nothing more than wooden.”

L., A. “Estreias.” Cinefilo, April 12, 1930. (Portugal) *
— short review in Portuegese film magazine: “Louise Brooks avançou um passo decisivo na sua carreira.”

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” The Bioscope, April 16, 1930. (England) *
— capsule review in English trade journal: “Louise Brooks does all that is possible in the role of Lulu. Her performance, combined with the masterful characterisation of the wealthy man by Fritz Kortner, makes the early scenes definitely dramatic and effective.”

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” Kinematograph Weekly, April 17, 1930. (England) *
— review in English trade journal: “… a sordid story, which has plenty of action and has been produced with great skill, but which is bound to be caviare to the general public. Pabst’s manner is very interesting, but the picture can hardly be expected to appal to the average audeience…. Louise Brooks plays the part of the woman who is dominated by sexual passion, with as much skill as she has shown during career. She appears in the murder scene with a curious expression of bewilderment, but otherwise expresses the characterisation well.”

H., R. “The Week on the Screen.” Manchester Guardian, April 19, 1930. (England) *
— article includes a long paragraph on the film; “I had no idea, when I wrote last week of pabst’s Lulu, that it would be trade shown so soon. It was rumoured that it was being synchronized, but it was shown silent last week under its original title…. It has been considerably cut, nearly all Alice Roberts’s part having been deleted….”

Bessy, Maurice-M. “Cine-Clubs Et Ecrans D’Avant-Garde” Cinèmagazine, May 1930. (France) *
— report on a screening of LouLou in Paris

H., R. “For Adolescents Only.” Close Up, May, 1930. (England / Switzerland) *
— write-up by Robert Herring reporting on English censoship of the film

Bouissounousse, J. “Loulou (Die Büchse der Pandora).” Revue du Cinema, May 1, 1930. (France) *
— review in French film periodical: ” . . . magnifique.”

anonymous. “Ma 11 Orakor Ejjeli Eloadas: Pandora Szelenceje.” Uj Kelet, May 17, 1930. (Romania) *
— brief write-up in Hungarian-language Zionist Jewish newspaper

C., A. “A Caixa de Pandora.” O Fan, June 1930. (Brazil) *
— short review in the “Offical Organ of the Chaplin Club” (author may be Almir Castro; see this 2-17-2020 LBS blog post for a clipping of the review): “The best of Pabst’s films. It is a drama begun in dark tones, charged, morbid. Typically Pabst, it’s deeply imbued with his directorial temperament. They are five or six different and equally tragic scenes, which evolve around a young woman, leading to a progressive and almost unconscious fall. Scenario is well built, few inter-titles, drawing from the artist everything he can give. Symbolism. Great staging, great ambience, great characters, great detail, great sensuality – obsessive sensuality. All of it is compressed, dense, compact … Pandora’s Box … is that …That and Louise Brooks.”

De Faria, Octavio. “A Caixa de Pandora.” O Fan, June 1930. (Brazil) *
— one of two newsletter articles in the “Offical Organ of the Chaplin Club” (see this 2-17-2020 LBS blog post for further context)

Nogueira Jr., Annibal. “A Caixa de Pandora.” O Fan, June 1930. (Brazil) *
— one of two newsletter articles in the “Offical Organ of the Chaplin Club” (see this 2-17-2020 LBS blog post for further context)

H., R. “The Week on the Screen.” Manchester Guardian, June 28, 1930. (England) *
— includes a passing reference to the film in profile of Brigitte Helm; “She said how much she would have liked to have been in Pandora’s Box under Pabst, when Ufa contracts forbade it, because Pabst is ‘not one of those directors whom one knows is making one act wrong’.” … “‘Everything depends on the director,’ she said, quoting the success of Marlene Dietrich under Von Sternberg.”

Kino i Zhizn, #15, 1930. (U.S.S.R.) *
— captioned still from the film

L., C. A. “Selections from the New Films.” The Observer, August 24, 1930. (England) *
— brief write-up in London newspaper; “… a piece of work nervous and intelligent in conception, and photographically emotional, but presented, at least to the British public, in a chaotic form which reduces it from an entertainment to a study. Double bill with another German picture, The Age of Seventeen….” (author is Caroline A. Lejeune)

Weinberg, Herbert G. “The Cinema and the Censors.” Close Up, October, 1930. (England / Switzerland) *
— about two pages of text in this eight page article relates to American censorship of the film: “The entire last reel of The Box of Pandora was ordered out of this film…. However, the censors cannot see further than their blue-noses.”

Rotha, Paul. The Film Till Now. London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. (England) *
— contains two film stills and more than one page of text devoted to the film

“Screen.” Newark Star-Eagle, May 16, 1931. (United States) *
— captioned photo of Brooks in Newark, New Jersey newspaper notes that Pandora’s Box will be shown at the local Little theater (supporting advertisement indicating a synchonized soundtrack)

Merrick, Mollie. “Hollywood in Person.” Dallas Morning News, May 22, 1934. (United States) *
— passing mentioned in article in Texas newspaper; the article was published five days later in Prensa, a Spanish-language Texas newspaper

Peterborough. “London by Day: A Recruit to British Films”. Daily Telegraph, August 14, 1934. (England) *
— passing mention in London newspaper: “One of the last films shown by the Camera [theater] before it was closed early this summer, it is belived by order of the authorities, was the distinctly Liberalistic, if not Marxist, Pandora’s Box. This was based on Wedekind’s two plays, Erdgeist and Die Buchse der pandora. Herr Fritz kortner, perhaps the greatest German actor of his generation, but an emigrant since the Nazis won power, played one of the chief parts in this film…. The director was Herr G. W. Pabst, to-day also an emigrant. Herr Pabst has never been forgiven by the nazis for his magnificent film Kameradschaft….”

Era Staff. “Talking Shop.” The Era, March 13, 1935. (England) *
— passing reference in English trade journal: “The B.B.C. are to broadcast excerpts from the opera Lulu, which is based on two plays by Frank Wedekind, The Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box, from the same source, was the film in which Lulu had to be reformed by the salvation Army in order to satisfy the censors.”

Efimov, N(ikolai). G. W. Pabst. Moscow: Gos. ob’edinennoe izd-vo “Iskusstvo”, 1936. (U.S.S.R) *
— pages 44 – 53 of this Russian book largely concern Pandora’s Box: the nine-page excerpt is pictured on the LBS website HERE

1940

Viazzi, Glauco. “Lulu.” Cinéma v. s, July 25 – August 10, 1943. (Italy) *
— “To play Lulu, Pabst called the actress Louise Brooks, and his choice could not have been better: equipped with a very fluid mask (certainly more ductile than that of a Brigitte Helm or a Greta Garbo, who in that period had already ‘fixed’ their type, character, inner personality on their face) the American lent herself to giving the character created by Pabst a physical appearance that today, after a good many years, does not yet appear submerged, and made ungainly by the costumes of the time, and above all a sure, characteristic sense of acting all made of allusions and nuances, of sudden and disconcerting bursts placed (in contrast or in adherence) next to refined indolences of gesture, of gait.”

Kracauer, Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler : a psychological history of the German film, Princeton Unversity Press, 1947. (United States) *
— short passage on the film

Wollenberg, H. H. Fifty Years of German Film, London: The Falcon Press, 1948. (England) *
— a passing comment: “Possibly the most impressive film in this category appeared shortly before the end of the era of the silent film in 1929: Wedekind’s Pandora’s Box, directed by G.W. Pabst.” — along with one still from the film

Pandolfi, Vito. “Wedekind, Berg, Pabst: tre Lulu.” Cinéma n. s, November 15, 1949. (Italy)
— “Pabst opens signs of revolt in Louise Brooks’ eyes that continually light up.”

1950

Rognoni, Luigi. “Cinema muto dalle origini al 1930.” Bianco e Nero, 1951. (Italy)
— “If there is a case in which the interpretative art coincides with the creative one of the director, it is perfectly given by Lulu and Diary; the acting of Louise Brooks, sober and in tune with the character in every detail, supports and gives soul to this last film.”

Sixty Years of Cinema, February – May, 1957. (England)
— two pages on the film in a programme of the National Film Theatre

Dyer, Peter John. “Vivisected.” The Observer, May 12, 1957. (England) *
— review in London newspaper

anonymous. “Film Crew to Start Waltz on Monday.” New York Times, April 25, 1959. (United States) *
— mention of screening in article in New York City newspaper

anonymous. “Film Notes.” Cinema 16, April 29, 1959. (United States)
— two pages of program notes

anonymous. “Recent Acquisitions, 1956-1959.” The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, Winter, 1959-1960.
— “Acquired through the courtesy of the Danske Film-museum and Cinema, 16. 16mm, 7 reels, Danish flash titles.”

1960

Cuenca, Carlos Fernandez. El cine aleman: Elementos de filmografia critica 1896 – 1960, Madrid: Filmoteca Nacional de España, 1961. (Spain) *
— brief entry in book

anonymous. “Famous Hollywood Thrillers.” London Times, March 9, 1961. (England) *
— announcement of a screening of Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost One at the National Film Theater: “. . . and the two films in which Pabst directed that now almost legendary star of the twenties, Louise Brooks”

McVay, Douglas. “A Season of Pabst and Murnau.” Guardian, April 6, 1961. (England) *
— article in Manchester newspaper about a screening of Diary of a Lost One and Pandora’s Box at the National Film Theater

Gregor, Ulrich. “Lulu im Kino von Asta Nielsen bis Nadja Tiller.” Theater heute 3, March 1962. (Germany) *
— article discusses the Pabst film and Louise Brooks along with other versions of the Wedekind story

Scheuer, Philip K. “Fun Sophisticated in ‘Mary, Mary’.” Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1962. (United States) *
— mentions screening in article in Los Angeles, California newspaper

Oldrini, G. “Un festival che era tranquillo (Lulu).” Cinema Nuovo, September – October, 1962. (Italy)

Kennedy, James. “Nation Film Theater Anthology.” Guardian, July 24, 1964. (England) *
— mention in article in Manchester newspaper about a screening at the National Film Theater,

Brooks, Louise. “Pabst and Lulu.” Sight and Sound, Summer 1965. (England) *
— Brooks discusses the making of the film; also printed as “Pabst es Lulu” in Film Vilag (no. 4, 1991)

Borde, Raymond; Buache, Freddy; and Courtade, Francis. Le cinéma réaliste allemand. Lyon, France: Serdoc, 1965. (France) *
— contains a 13 page chapter on the film as well as a page of film stills

Goyal, Trishla. “The Marketing of Films.” Intertrade Publications: Calcutta, India 1966. (India) *
— one and 1/4 page discussion of the film

Price, James. “Daisy and Lulu.” London Magazine, August, 1966. (England) *
— Brooks and Pandora’s Box are discussed

Sidler, Viktor. “Aus den Schatzen der Cinematheque.” Cinema, ?? 1967. (Switzerland) *
— full page article in Zurich publication with still (exact publication date uncertain)

Fernandez Cuenca, Carlos. G.W. Pabst, Madrid: Filmoteca Nacional de Espana, 1967. (Spain)
— discussion of the two Brooks’ film in “La Trilogia Erortica”

anonymous. “The Box of Pandora.” Classic Film Collector, Summer 1968. (United States)
— 21 captioned photos of the film

Aubry, Yves and Petat, Jacques. “La seule qui nous reste,” L’Avant-Scene, 1968. (France) *
— commentary on the film in the G. W. Pabst issue of Anthologie du Cinéma, IV

1970

anonymous. “Lulu. Il felice incontro di G.W. Pabst e Louise Brooks.” Cinema, June 1970. (Italy)
— eight page article about softcore cinema published in Milan magazine

author unknown. Hollywood Reporter, March 26, 1971. (United States)
— film credits

Sidler, Viktor. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Cinéma, no. 66 – 67, 1971. (Switzerland)
— Zurich film journal column “Aus den Schatzen der Cinémathèque”

Pabst, G. W. Pandora’s Box (Lulu). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. (United States) *
— contains the shooting script of the film (translation by Christopher Holme), cast listing and credits, as well as dozens of stills; brief introduction by Brooks, an article by the actress entitled “Pabst and Lulu,” and an essay by film writer Lotte H. Eisner entitled “Pabst and the Miracle of Louise Brooks.”

author unknown. CinemaTV Today, April 8, 1972. (United States)
— review

author unknown. Variety, April 19, 1972. (United States)
— review

author unknown. Films and Filming, June, 1972.
— review

Dawson, Helen. “Briefing.” The Observer, June 25, 1972. (England) *
— annotated program listings in London newspaper

Thirkell, Arthur. “Television Mirror.” Daily Mirror, June 29, 1972. (England) *
— program listings in London newspaper: “Classic about a prostitute who unwittingly inspires evil. Compelling and nightmarish.”

Pierre, Sylvie. “El Considerable Talento de G. W. Pabst.” Filmoteca, no. 16, 1972 – 1973 (Spain) *
— mention and brief discussion in article in Spanish film periodical

Sidler, Viktor. Cinéma, no. 76, 1973 (Switzerland)
— article about cinema with six images from Pandora’s Box: images of Brooks as Lulu appear on the front and back covers

Krusche, Dieter. Reclams Filmfuhrer, Stuttgart, Germany: P. Reclam, 1973. (Germany)
— contains a section on the film

Lemaster, Bud. “Ratings.” Classic Film Collector, Winter 1973. (United States) *
— review

Rayns, Tony. “Retrospective.” Monthly Film Bulletin, May, 1974. (England) *
— mention in publication of the British Film Institute: “None of these scenes or effects could have been brought off had not Lulu been a convincing focus for them, and it seems that much of the credit of the credit for their sustained success must go to Louise Brooks, whom Pabst clearly found the most stimulating of collaborators. Her ‘passive’ performance balances between innocence and childishly fleeting – but intense – emotions with candour and precision. Nothing in it is ‘actorish’; Pabst found the character in the actress, and drew it out through counterpoint, gesture and inflection.”

Robinson, David. “A Buñuel might-have-been.” London Times, August 2, 1974. (England) *
— mention in English newspaper: “… few actresses have evoked so potent a mingling of the innocent and the vicious as Louise Brooks as Wedekind’s Lulu (Pabst’s Pandoras’s Box)”

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” 1000 Eyes Magazine, # 2, 1975. *
— capsule review

anonymous. “Calagary.” Box Office, Decemeber 8, 1975. (United States) *
— brief write-up about Edmonton screening

anonymous. “Thrills.” Winnipeg Free Press, November 10, 1977. (Canada) *
— brief write-up in Manitoba newspaper

Atwell, Lee. G.W. Pabst. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1977. (United States) *
— contains material on the film

1980

author unknown. “Pandora’s Box.” in Magill’s Survey of Cinema. Pasadena, California: Salem Press Inc., 1980. (United States) *

anonymous, “Loulou.” Le Film Français, January 11, 1980. (France)
— article

anonymous. “Piece together original Pabst film of 1929 with Louise Brooks’ Lulu.” Variety, February 13, 1980. (United States) *
— article

V., G. (Vaugeois, Gerard). l’Humanite-dimanche, February 17, 1980. (France)

Pascaud, Fabienne. Télérama, February 20, 1980. (France)

author unknown. La Croix, February 21, 1980. (France)

author unknown. Les Echos, February 21, 1980. (France)

author unknown. France-soir, February 21, 1980. (France)

Palmier, Jean Michel. “La boîte à Pandore de Pabst.” Les Nouvelles Littéraires, Febuary 21-28, 1980. (France) *
— half-page article

anonymous. “Pabst’s Lulu lauft in Paris.” Die Welt, February 22, 1980. (Germany)
— Hamburg newspaper

author unknown. L’Aurore, February 22, 1980. (France)

Marmin, Michel. “Incandescence.” Le Figaro, February 22, 1980. (France) *
— short article in Paris publication

author unknown. Le Matin, February 22, 1980. (France)

Guibert, Hervé. “Le cyclone.” Le Monde, February 23, 1980. (France) *
— article in Paris publication

author unknown. Le Canard enchaîné, February 27, 1980. (France)

author unknown. Libération, February 28, 1980. (France)

Serceau, Daniel. “Loulou.” Revue du Cinema, March, 1980. (France)
— pages 58 – 59; Paris publication

Veillon, Olivier-René. “Le Retour de ‘Loulou’.” Cinématographe, March, 1980. (France) *
— illustrated article on pages 68 – 69; Paris publication

author unknown. L’Education, March 27, 1980. (France)

author unknown. Les Nouvelles littéraires, March 28, 1980. (France)

Pétat, Jacques. “De quelques films allemands d’actualite: ‘Loulou,’ de G. W. Pabst.” Cinéma 80, April, 1980. (France) *
— two page article about a restored version of the film; Paris publication

Garbicz, Adam and Klinowski, Jacek. Cinema, The Magic Vehicle. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1980. *
— short entries on significant films including Pandora’s Box

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” National Film Theatre, August 7, 198?. (England) *
— one page program note; London

Sauvaget, D. “Pabst et les Benedictins.” Revue du Cinema, February, 1981. (France)
— contains a few lines about the restoration of the film

Gele, C. “Precisions au sujet de ‘Loulou’.” L’Avant Scene du Cinema, February 15, 1981. (France) *
— article

Bloch, Judy. “Restored treasures of German expressionist cinema from the Munich Film Archives: Pandora’s Box.” Pacific Film Archive, March, 1981. *
— four pages of program notes; Berkeley, California

anonymous. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box.” Pacific Film Archive, March 7, 1981. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “Organ Accompaniment by Robert Vaughn” – Berkeley, California (follow this link to access text)

Valentine, Penny. “The Week in View.” The Observer, March 15, 1981. (England) *
— annotated program listings in London newspaper

Robinson, David. “Films On TV.” London Times, March 21, 1981. (England) *
— ” the magnetic and beautiful American star Louise Brooks as the fatal Lulu.” – mentioned in London, England newspaper

Kock, Ivode. “Lulu.” Andere Sinema, May, 1981. (Belgium)
— Antwerp publication

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” Denver International Film Festival, May 5, 1981. *
— one page program note; Denver, Colorado

author unknown. Radio Times, May 23, 1981. (England)
— letter from the composer of the music for the television screening of the film on March 21, 1981.

Ramasse, François. “Le Sexe de Pandora.” Positif, July – August, 1981. (France) *
— illustrated article on pages 15 – 19; Paris publication

Arbaudie, Marie -Claude. “Lifting pour Pabst.” Le Film Français, nr. 1878, November 1981. (France)
— article

Peary, Danny. Cult Movies. New York: Dell, 1981.
— includes an illustrated, five page entry on Pandora’s Box

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” National Film Theatre, 198?. (England) *
— two pages of program notes; London

anonymous. “Classic Silent Film to be Shown.” Capital, September 16, 1982. *
— article in Annapolis, Maryland newspaper

Cowie, Peter. “Pandora’s Box.” The Movie, number 110, 1982. (England) *
— 2 page illustrated look at the 1929 film, with 8 stills and poster artwork

Kael, Pauline. 5001 Nights at the Movies. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. *
— contains a half-page entry on the film

anonymous. “Silent Film Scheduled.” New York Times, January 14, 1983. *
— brief article about screening in New York City newspaper

anonymous. “The Box of Pandora.” Classic Images, May, 1983. (United States)
— video tape review of the Classic Video Cinema Collectors Club release

Foerster, Annette. “De stomme taal van de beelden.” Skrien, Summer 1983. (Netherlands)
— illustrated article; Amsterdam publication

Gramann, K. “Eindelijk terug! Asta Nielsen, Louise Brooks, G. Garbo.” Skrien, September 1983. (Netherlands)
— collection of articles and interviews on three reissued restored silent films by G.W.Pabst in Amsterdam publication

Rothstein, Meryvn. “Louise Brooks Returns in 2 Classics.” New York Times, September 16, 1983. *
— article; New York City newspaper

Syna, Sy. “1929 Pandora’s Box treats sordid subject with artistic realism.” New York Tribune, September 17, 1983. *
— article with still; New York City newspaper

Leogrande, Ernest. “Two movies for Louise Brooks Fans.” Daily News, September 18, 1983. *
— article with still; New York City newspaper

anonymous. “Goings on About Town.” New Yorker, September 19, 1983. *
— short article

Morrone, John. “Louise Brooks, My One and Only.” New York Native, September 26, 1983. *
— article with still; New York City newspaper

Sarris, Andrew. “The Legend of Louise Brooks.” Village Voice, September 27, 1983. *
— article

Nicholas, Irene B. “New Looks at Brooks.” Chelsea Clinton News, September 29, 1983. *
— article; Chelsea, New York newspaper

Carr, Jay. “Louise Brooks Casts Her Spell.” Boston Globe, October 12, 1983.
— “It isn’t enough to see stills of Louise Brooks.” – Boston, Massachusetts newspaper

anonymous. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box.” Pacific Film Archive, December 7, 1983. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “Classics of the German Cinema: Two by G. W. Pabst” – Berkeley, California (follow this link to access text)

Shepard, Richard F. “Going Out Guide.” New York Times, May 28, 1984. *
— short write-up in New York City newspaper

Estrin, Eric. “Pandora’s box.” Los Angeles Magazine, July 1, 1984. *
— television program review – Los Angeles, California magazine

anonymous. “Flute Music for Pandora.” Miami Herald, October 11, 1984. *
— brief story in Florida newspaper; “A special treat awaits film buffs this weekend at the Beaumont Cinema on the University of Miami campus. The 1928 silent film Pandora’s Box will be shown with a live, improvised flute accompaniment by Althea Kaplan and Oaul Messina.” – Miami, Florida newspaper

Guest, Barbara. Herself Defined. New York: Doubleday, 1984. *
— biography of the poet known as H.D.; contains a brief mention of Brooks and Pandora’s Box – “Macpherson was already excitedly proposing that Pabst replace Louise Brooks with H.D. in Pandora’s Box.”

Carr, Jay. “Vintage Stock.” Boston Globe, September 8, 1985. *
— capsule review; Boston, Massachusetts newspaper

Vance, Kelly. “Look back in wonder.” East Bay Express, September 13, 1985. *
— one page article on Queen Kelly and Pandora’s Box in Berkeley, California news weekly

anonymous. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora).” Pacific Film Archive, October 13, 1985. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “Treasures of the Silent Screen: A Tribute to Louise Brooks (1906-1985)” – Berkeley, California

Edwards, Gregory J. The Book of the International Film Poster. London: Tiger Books International, 1985.*
— contains brief textual and illustrative material related to the film

Monaco, James. The Connoisseur’s Guide to the Movies. New York: Facts on File, 1985. *
— contains an entry on Pandora’s Box

Combs, Richard. “Decline and Fall. Pandora’s Box.” Listener, February, 1986. (England)
— review

Atkinson, Terry. “Turn-ons and turn-offs in current home entertainment releases.” Los Angeles Times, June 10, 1986. *
— capsule review of Embassy video release; “Vivacious, intelligent and unfathomable, Louise Brooks looms as an even more intriguing actress of the late silent era than Garbo for some film enthusiasts. In this 1929 G. W. Pabst-directed German classic, Brooks’ femme fatale-the most notable role of her too-brief career-is a twist on the vamps of the time: She naively inspires evil. The often quite silly story (Lulu’s men include Jack the Ripper!), the sexual tension, remarkable tableaux of stunningly framed shots and the one-of-a-kind star performance are retained in a very good if not pristine print, nicely scored.”

anonymous. “VPRO laat legendarische Louise Brooks herleven.” Leeuwarder Courant, July 25, 1986. (Netherlands) *
— article in Leeuwarden, Netherlands newspaper

Everson, William. “Pandora’s Box.” Video Review, September, 1986. *
— review of the Embassy video release

anonymous. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box (Die Büchse der Pandora).” Pacific Film Archive, October 29, 1986. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “German Silent Cinema ” – Berkeley, California

Green, Martin and Swan, John. The Triumph of Pierrot. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. *
— book on the Commedia dell’Arte and the Modern Imagination; ” . . . G.W. Pabst dramatized this pursuit in a dark and shadowed staircase scene in his version of the Lulu plays, Pandora’s Box (Die Buchse der Pandora, 1928-1929). Its Lulu was that epitome of American Jazz Age sexiness, Louise Brooks, complete with her sensual Pierrot look.”

Ott, Frederick W. The Great German Films. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1986. *
— illustrated four page section on Pandora’s Box

Rentschler, Eric (editor). German Film & Literature: Adaptions and Transformations. New York and London: Methuen, 1986. *
— includes Thomas Elsaesser’s essay “Lulu and the Meter Man: Pabst’s Pandora’s Box [1929].”

Carr, Jay. “A Long, Dazzling ‘Napoleon’ and a Torrid ‘Pandora’s Box’.” Boston Globe, February 22, 1987. *
— brief review of Embassy Home Entertainment video release; “On the strength of this performance alone, Brooks will be remembered as one of film’s great femmes fatales.” – Boston, Massachusetts newspaper

Hunter, Charles. “8:45 Film: Pandora’s Box.” Irish Times, February 22, 1986. (Ireland) *
— short article in article in Dublin, newspaper

Schmidt, E. Jr. “G.W. Pabst, der regisseur der neuen Sachlichkeit.” Blimp, Spring, 1987. (Germany)
— includes credits, portrait and stills

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” Big Reel, October 15, 1987. (United States)
— reprints the Kino International press release and scene still

Iampolskii, M. “Iashchik Pandory. Iskusstvo Kino, September, 1988. (U.S.S.R.) *
— article in Moscow film journal; (click here for English translation)

Pratley, Gerald. “Living room has become a better movie theater.” Toronto Star, October 30, 1988. (Canada) *
— capsule review of video release in Toronto newspaper

Dahlke, Günther and Karl, Günther. Deutsche Spielfilme von den Anfangen bis 1933. Berlin: Henschel, 1988. *
— contains an article by ch. m. (Christiane Muckenberger)

anonymous. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box (Die Buechse der Pandora).” Pacific Film Archive, November 17, 1988. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “The Face in Film” – Berkeley, California

Donovan, F. “Loulou.” Cinema 89, September, 1989. (France)
— includes credits; Paris publication

Petro, Patrice. Joyless Streets. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton, New Jersey, 1989. *
— discussion and references to Brooks and Pandora’s Box in this study of “women and melodramatic representation in Weimar Germany”

1990

anonymous. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Il cinema ritrovato, November 25, 1990. (Italy) *
— notes for an Italian screening

anonymous. “G.W. Pabst and Louise Brooks: Pandora’s Box.” Kino International Corporation, 1990. *
— one page catalog entry

Kaplan, E. Ann. (editor) Psychoanalysis and Cinema. New York and London: Routledge, 1990. *
— discussion of Pandora’s Box in Janet Bergstrom’s “Psychological Explantion in the Films of Lang and Pabst.”

Rentschler, Eric (editor). The Films of G. W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1990. *
— contains “The Erotic Barter: Pandora’s Box”

Schlemmer, Gottfried, and Riff, Bernhard and Haberl, Georg. (editors) G. W. Pabst. Munster: MAkS Publikationen, 1990. *
— papers from an international symposium held November, 1986 in Vienna, Austria; includes Janet Bergstrom’s “Psychologische Erklarung in Den Filmen von Pabst und Land” (“Psychological Explantion in the Films of Lang and Pabst”) and Thomas Elsaesser’s “Louise Brooks, Pabst und Die Buchse der Pandora (Lulu und der Stromableser)” (“Lulu and the Meter Man: Pabst’s Pandora’s Box”)

Thomas, Nicholas. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Volume I Films. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990. *
— two page entry on Pandora’s Box by Barbara Salvage, with film still

Raymond, Cathy. “Lulu recast: G. W. Pabst’s cinematic adaptation of Wedekind’ plays.” Ars Semeiotica: Kodikas/Code. An International journal of semiotics, vol. 14, nnr. 1-2, January-June 1991.
— pages 83-97

Wagner, J. “Pandora’s Box: a movie is still being watched.” Spectator, number 2, 1991.
— pages 24 – 31, illustrated with stills from the film

Brooks, Louise. “Pabst es Lulu.” Film Világ, no. 4, 1991. (Hungary)
— Brooks discusses the making of the film; earlier printed as “Pabst and Lulu ” in Sight and Sound, Summer 1965

anonymous. “Vampires and Sleepwalkers.” Ithancan, October 10, 1991. *
— discussion of the film in the student newspaper at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York

Coates, Paul. The Gorgon’s Gaze. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
— contains partial chapter on Pandora’s Box

Doane, Mary Ann. Femmes Fatales. New York and London: Routledge, 1991. *
— contains “The Erotic Barter: Pandora’s Box”

Huffhines, Kathy Schulz. Foreign Affairs. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1991.
— the National Society of Film Critics’ video guide to foreign films, contains “Pandora’s Box” by Jay Carr

anonymous. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box.” Pacific Film Archive, April 5, 1992. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “Silent Film Classics” – Berkeley, California

Pinkerton, R. N. “Lulu Opens Pandora’s Box.” Classic Images, June, 1992. (United States)
— pages 34 – 35

Hicks, Chris. “Pandora’s Box.” Deseret News, June 12, 1992. *
— Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper

Gandert, Gero. Der Film der Weimarer Republik 1929. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1993. *
— contains a 9 page chapter on the film

Burchall, Greg. “Brooks makes a riveting return.” Melbourne Age, May 11, 1993. (Australia) *
— article about Pandora’s Box, and Jen Anderson’s score; Melbourne newspaper

Smith, Michael. “Promptings.” Melbourne Age, May 14, 1993. (Australia) *
—review of the Pandora’s Box, and Jen Anderson’s score; Melbourne newspaper

Dolan, Sarah. “At the Cinema .” Herald Sun, May 19, 1993. (Australia) *
—capsule review; Melbourne newspaper

Chalon, Mark. “From 1929 ‘Pandora’s Box’ Emerges a Lulu of an Actress.” Los Angeles Times, October 14, 1993. *
— article with still; “Pabst, the director of Pandora’s Box, rescued Brooks from a stalled career in Hollywood and turned her into a diva of the German cinema. He apparently recognized what Paramount (where Brooks was stuck in a nowhere contract) failed to-that she could light up the silent screen with cool eroticism.” – Los Angeles, California newspaper

author unknown. Sight and Sound, November 1993. (England)
— page 61 – video note

Purvis, Ray. “Review of Pandora’s Box.” West Australian, January 16, 1994. (Australia) *
— article on the film, and the score by Jen Anderson; Australian newspaper

Hawker, Philippa. “Screen greatness, after years of silence.” Melbourne Age, February 10, 1994. (Australia) *
—review of the Pandora’s Box, and Jen Anderson’s score; Melbourne newspaper

Naglazas, Mark. “Brooks Radiant in Silent Classic.” The West Australian, February 16, 1994. (Australia) *
—review of the Pandora’s Box, and Jen Anderson’s score; Australian newspaper

DeBartolo, J. “Video Tape Reviews.” Classic Images, September, 1994. (United States)
— review of video tape release

Rapp, Bernard and Lamy, Jean Claude (editors). Dictionnaire des films. Paris: Larousse, 1995. *
— includes a brief entry (cast, credits and plot) by Michel Marie

Creed, Barbara. “Film.” Melbourne Age, January 13, 1995. (Australia) *
— capsule review of the film, and Jen Anderson’s score; Melbourne newspaper

Merritt, Russell. “Pandora’s Box.” San Francisco International Film Festival, May, 1995. *
— one page program note

Sullivan, Monica. “Pandora’s Box (original title: Buechse der Pandora, Die).” Movie Magazine International, May 3, 1995. *
— film review, along with review of the film score by the Clubfoot Orchestra

Kelp, Larry. “Orchestra Scores Box of Sex, Betrayal.” Press Democrat, May 5, 1995. *
— film review, and review of the film score by the Clubfoot Orchestra; “The world premiere of its new work marks Club Foot’s first appearance as part of the San Francisco Film Festival. [Louise] Brooks’ uncanny ability to seem simultaneously innocent and an irresistible vamp comes through clearly as she plays Lulu.” – Santa Rosa, California newspaper

LaSalle, Mick. “Pandora’s Box Is Steeped in Critical Hysteria.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 1995. *
— film review, and review of the film score by the Clubfoot Orchestra; San Francisco, California newspaper

Walters, Barry. “Club Foot mixes horror and humor.” San Francisco Examiner, May 5, 1995. *
— film review, and review of the film score by the Clubfoot Orchestra; San Francisco, California newspaper

author unknown. “Loulou.” Sequences, May / June, 1995.
— illustrated article – a psychoanalytic analysis

Thomas, Kevin. “Orchestra Adds Sounds to Silent ‘Pandora’s Box’.” Los Angeles Times, June 12, 1995. *
— “A figure of incandescent, willful amorality with a dazzling, irresistible smile . . . .” – Los Angeles, California newspaper

Musetto, V.A. “Pandora meets sounds of music.” New York Post, July 25, 1995. *
— article regarding screening with Clubfoot Orchestra; New York City newspaper

Mathews, Jack. “Heads Up! Pandora’s Box.” Newsday, July 26, 1995. *
— brief review; New York City publication

amorosi, a.d. “Pandora’s Box.” City Paper, July 27, 1995. *
— short review; Philadelphia, Pennslyvannia publication

Holden, Stephen. “A Silent-Film Femme Fatale As Victim, Too.” New York Times, July 28, 1995. *
— article regarding screening with Clubfoot Orchestra in New York City newspaper

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” Village Voice, August 1, 1995. *
— brief review – author may be Jeff Taubin

Sterritt, David. “Lincoln Center Also Opened Pandora’s Box.” Christian Science Monitor, August 1, 1995. *
— “Louise Brooks’s portrayal of the title character is one of the most celebrated female performances of the silent-film era, and Pabst uses nuances of light, movement, and montage to captivating effect.” – brief discussion of the film and the Club Foot Orchestra score in newspaper article

Eva. “Pandora’s Box.” KZSU, Summer, 1995. *
— short radio review; Stanford, California radio station

Littau, Karin. “Refractions of the Feminine: The Monstrous Transformations of Lulu.” MLN, September, 1995. *
— pages 888 – 912; academic journal

Sterritt, David. “Innovative Composers Tap Out New Tunes for Old Movies.” Christian Science Monitor, September 12, 1995. *
— discussion of the film and the Club Foot Orchestra score within newspaper article

Kasten, Jürgen. Metzler Film Lexikon. Stuttgart, Weimar: Verlag J.B. Metzler, 1995. (Germany) *
— contains “Die Büchse der Pandora.”

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” Reel Affirmations, 1995. *
— one page program note for screening sponsored by Goethe Institute

Filmklassiker. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1995. *
— includes a seven page chapter on the film by Thomas Koebner

Williams, Sue. “Behind the facade with front up.” The Australian, January 9, 1996. (Australia) *
— capsule review for Australian television screening; Australian newspaper

Kermabon, J. “Sous les L de ‘L’ange bleu’.” Vertigo, 1996. (France)
— pages 103 – 105; illustrated article

Thomas, John D. “Our Miss Brooks.” Creative Loafing, May 18, 1996.
— review for screening sponsored by the Silent Film Society of Atlanta

Mathews, Jack. “Heads up! Pandora’s Box.” Newsday, August 26, 1996.
— brief article regarding a screening with the Club Foot Orchestra

McCormick, Richard W. “New Women in Crisis: Commodification and Downward Mobility in G.W. Pabst’s Büchse der Pandora and Irmgard Kenn’s Das kunstseidene Mädchen.” 1996. (United States)
— paper presented at the 1996 German Studies Association Conference in Seattle, Washington

Tracey, Liz and Pokorny, Sydney. So You Want to Be a Lesbian?: A Guide for Amateurs and Professionals. New York: St. Martin’s, 1996. *
— contains a capsule entry: “Pandora’s Box (1928). Directed by G. W. Pabst. Louise Brooks oozes silent sex appeal and positions herself as the only femme fatale to die for. The scene where she dances with another woman is legendary and well worth having a VCR with slow motion.”

Weldon, Michael J. Psychotronic Video Guide to Film. New York: St. Martin’s, 1996. *
— contains a short entry: “Louise Brooks (from Kansas) is Lulu, one of the most fascinating female characters ever on the screen.”

anonymous. “Die Büchse der Pandora.” Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, 1997. (Germany) *
— two pages of program notes

author unknown. Télérama, April, 1997. (France)
—review

Rousseau, Nita. “L’Etoile Perdue.” Le Nouvel Observateur, April 5, 1997. (France) *
—article in television supplement of this French newspaper; Brooks is also on the cover of the paper’s TV supplement, TéléObs

Cannon, Damian. “Die Büchse der Pandora (1929) (aka Pandora’s Box).” Movie Reviews, 1997. (England) *
— web-based publication

Berg-Ganschow, Uta. “Caja de Pandora, La (Die Büchse der Pandora).” Inter Nationes-Spielfilmkatalog, (Germany) *

Grable, Lisa. “Lisa’s Home Bijou: Pandora’s Box.” Retro, September, 1997. *
— film review in an internet magazine

Schechter, Harold. A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. New York: Pocket, 1997. *
— capsule entry; “Pandora’s Box (1928). Classic silent film by G. W. Pabst, starring screen legend Louise Brooks as the femme fatale Lulu, who ends up as a streetwalker in London. And guess who her very first (and last) customer is ?”

Benedict, David. “Choice: Film.” Independent, February 18, 1998. (England)
— capsule review – “As the beautiful Lulu, Brooks devastates both men and women, a shocking (and shockingly rare) study in female power;” London, newspaper

Ebert, Roger. “Pandora’s Box.” Chicago Sun Times, April 26, 1998. *
— article reprinted in The Great Movies (New York: Broadway Books, 2002); Chicago, Illinois newspaper

anonymous. “LouLou.” Cine-Club Normale Sup, May 19, 1998. (France) *
— notes for a screening

Koll, Gerald. Pandoras Schätze: Erotikkonzeptionen in den Stummfilmen von G.W. Pabst. Munchen: Diskurs Film Verlag, 1998. *
— contains a lengthy, illustrated chapter on Pandora’s Box

Iampolskii, M. “Iashchik Pandory. Iskusstvo Kino, September, 1988. (U.S.S.R.) *
— article

anonymous. “A Louise Brooks double feature.” New York Post, October 12, 1998. (United States)
— brief article in New York City newspaper

S., Nick G. “Pandora’s Box.” Film Frog, circa 1998. (United States)
— review on Sonoma State University website; Sonoma, California

Samuel, Tim. “Pandora’s Box: Lulu, the Beautiful Evil.” Classic Movie Reviews (Jake and Boomer), 1998. *
— web-based publication

Maltin, Leonard. Leonard Maltin’s Movie & Video Guide. New York: Signet, 1998. *
— capsule review; “Hypnotic silent film stars legendary Brooks as flower girl who becomes protégée–then wife–of editor, with bizarre and unexpected consequences. Striking sexuality and drama, with Brooks an unforgettable Lulu.”

Malcolm, Derek. “G.W. Pabst: Pandora’s Box.” Guardian, July 22, 1999. (England) *
— Manchester newspaper

Sherwell, Subhi. “Subhi Sherwell Picks Over the Bones of the Contemporary Moscow Arts Scene.” Moscow News, October 27, 1999. (Russia) *
— “PANDORA’S BOX: The film that made the great Louise Brooks. The oh-so subtly portrayed shocking adventures of a Berlin prostitute (Cinema Museum; 18:30, Oct 27).” – brief notice in Moscow newspaper

Darren, Alison. The Lesbian Film Guide. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 1999. *
— an entry on Pandora’s Box is included

Koebner, Thomas. Halbnah. St. Augustin, Germany: Gardez Verlag, 1999.
— two-page passage on Pandora’s Box; Brooks also appears on the cover

Thomas, Douglas B. The Early History of German Motion Pictures. Washington, D.C.: Thomas International, 1999. *
— contains about a page of material on Pandora’s Box

Zimmerman, Bonnie. Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures: Volume 1. New York: Garland Publishing, 1999. *
— “It is difficult to locate the first cinematic representation of a lesbian, given that female identified desire is often depicted in veiled terms. In spite of this limitation, Countess Gerschwitz (Alice Robert) in G. W. Pabst’s Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora’s Box [1929]) seems to be the premier lesbian of cinema. Geschwitz pursues a heterosexual affair as the narrative progresses, she does so to pro tect the woman she loves, Lulu (Louise Brooks). As with other lesbian representations, the countess’s desires are heavily implied – especially in a waltz scene when Lulu and Geschwitz dance together – but do not take explicit shape.”

2000

Musetto, V. A. “Lulu in Brooklyn.” New York Post, March 26, 2000. (United States)
— review in New York City newspaper

Aherns, Leslie Ortquist. “Opening Pandora’s Box: American and the American woman in films from the Weimar Republic.” Dissertation abstract international. Section A: the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 61, nr. 2, August 2000.

Bennett, Carl. “Pandora’s Box.” Silent Era, 2000. *
— web-based publication

Collins, Cindy Ruth. “Pandora’s Box.” Hollywood Ripper Filmguide, 2000. *
— web-based publication

B., J. “Film Notes – Pandora’s Box.” Pacific Film Archive, May 28, 2000. *
— brief program notes from the PFA Film Series “Eastman House Presents” – Berkeley, California

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” Filmo Artiplex, circa 2000. *
— article

Pendergast, Tom and Sara. International Dictionary of Film and Filmakers IV, Films, Detroit and London: St. James Press, 2000
— section by Barbara Salvage on Die Büchse der Pandora; (4th ed.; 1st. ed 1984; 2nd ed. 1990; 3rd. ed. 1997)

Dumble, Keith. “Pandora’s Box.” Screen Scene, circa 2000. (England) *
— web-based publication

Morandini, Morando. Dizionario dei film. Bologna, Italy: Zanichelli, 2000. *
— includes a brief entry on the film

Saçashima, Edilson. “E Zeus criou Louise Brooks (para a desgraça dos homens).” Cinedebate, circa 2000. (Brazil) *
— web-based review

Bühler, Philipp. “Und plötzlich singt Louise Brooks.” Berliner Zeitung, March 31, 2001. (Germany) *
— article in Berlin newspaper

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” “Pandora’s Box.” Boston Phoenix, July 20, 2001. *
— capsule review; Boston, Massachusetts publication

Baker, Robin. “Pandora’s Box.” PopcornQ, circa 2001. (England) *
— capsule film notes from the British Film Institute

Gee, Shannon. “Pandora’s Box.” Amazon.co.uk, circa 2001. (England) *
— review located on commercial website

Thomajan, Dale. “Pandora’s Box.” TV Guide Online, circa 2001. *
— review on entertainment website; “Playing the role that later earned her a large cult of admirers, Louise Brooks is unforgettable.”

White, Rusty. “Pandora’s Box.” EI: Entertainment Insiders, 2001. *
— web-based publication

McCormick, Richard W. Gender and Sexuality in Weimar Modernity. New York: Palgrave, 2001. *
— contains discussion of Pandora’s Box, along with references to Brooks

Simpson, Paul. Rough Guide to Cult Movies. London: Rough Guide, 2001. *
— survey of favorite films of all time; contains an entry on Pandora’s Box

Whitehead, Mark. Jack the Ripper. London: Pocket Essentials, 2001. *
— contains an entry on Pandora’s Box

Brown, Hannah. “Silence speaks.” Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2002. (Israel) *
— article in Jerusalem newspaper

Petrakis, John. “Screen Gems.” Chicago Tribune, January 11, 2002. *
— short review; “Brooks’ status as a silent screen sex goddess is permanently fixed.” – Chicago, Illinois newspaper

Rambøl, Espen Svenningsen. “Pandora’s Box.” Film Magasinet, May 7, 2002. (Norway) *
— website review

Potton, Ed. “Videos and DVDs.” The Times, June 22, 2002. (England) *
— “ABANDONED BY Hollywood, Brooks reached the erotic zenith of her silent career under the tutelage of one of Weimar Germany’s most important directors. Pabst’s fusion of two Frank Wedekind plays sees her as Lulu, an innocent girl whose sexual magnetism dooms men, women and ultimately herself. l DVD Extras: Looking For Lulu, a documentary on the life of Brooks, a woman whose hairstyle made her an icon for the flapper generation and whose pervasive sensuality blazed a trail for femmes fatales from Lauren Bacall to Sharon Stone.” – review in London newspaper

Stanbrook, Alan. “DVD’s.” Sunday Telegraph, June 30, 2002. (England) *
— very brief review; “Pandora’s Box (Second Sight, PG, DVD pounds 19.99, video pounds 12.99). G.W. Pabst’s stylish 1929 adaptation of Wedekind’s once notorious play stars Hollywood’s Louise Brooks in her most spellbinding role. Video extras include a profile of the silent temptress who, to modern eyes, is sexier than Garbo. .” – London newspaper

Williams, Evan. “Movie bite.” The Australian, July 4, 2002. (Australia) *
— “Obsessive, as always, about the women he admired, Kenneth Tynan rhapsodised over Louise Brooks after his umpteenth viewing of this movie: ‘this shameless urchin tomboy, this unbroken, unbreakable porcelain filly amoral but totally selfless.’ Kevin Brownlow called her ‘a beauty unparalleled in film history.’ As Lulu, she’s the fixed, hypnotic centre of G.W.Pabst’s silent masterpiece, made in Germany in 1928 and a landmark in world cinema. It’s a story of infatuation and seduction involving Brooks’s temptress and various of her victims, and remains compulsively watchable. Brooks once described the film’s understated ending in the magazine Sight and Sound: ‘It is Christmas Eve, and Lulu is about to receive the gift which has been her dream since childhood. Death by a sexual maniac’ (that is, Jack the Ripper). The film had a big-screen revival in Sydney in 1992 with string quartet accompaniment; the small screen will do.” – short article in Australian newspaper

Anderson, Doug. “Film of the week.” Sydney Morning Herald, July 7, 2002. (Australia) *
— short article – the film is named “film of the Week” in Sydney, Australia newspaper

French, Philip. “This Week’s Video Releases.” Observer, July 7, 2002. (England) *
— ” PANDORA’S BOX (1928, PG, Second Sight, DVD/Retail) G.W. Pabst’s stunning adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s Lulu with an unforgettable performance by the 22-year-old Louise Brooks as the naive sensualist and courtesan who leaves a wake of broken admirers behind her as she heads for her own destruction. This DVD includes an hour-length documentary, featuring an interview with Louise Brooks.” – capsule review in London, England newspaper

Partridge, Des. “Movie Reviews.” Courier-Mail, July 9, 2002. (Australia) *
— “American actress Louise Brooks, pictured centre, illuminated German filmmaker G.W. Pabst’s German-made silent film based on a play popular in Berlin. Brooks, famous as a vamp, is Lulu, a woman who murders her lover, becomes a prostitute, and eventually becomes a victim of London’s Victorian-era serial killer, Jack the Ripper. The film curiously lacks suspense or thrills, and no one, apart from Brooks, makes much of an impression.” – capsule write-up related to television screening in Sydney, Australia newspaper

anonymous. “IMDb Movie of the Day.” Internet Movie Database, July 15, 2002. *
— short piece on film website

Brown, Geoff. “New video releases.” The Times, July 18, 2002. (England) *
— very brief review; “One glance at Louise Brooks and you’re putty in her hands. She was the most modern of silent stars, exuding eroticism with just a shake of her page-boy hair. She’s at her haunting best as the London prostitute with Jack the Ripper for a client in G.W. Pabst’s low-life German classic. This DVD includes a documentary about Brooks, Looking for Lulu.” – London newspaper

Stevens, Brad. “Chasing Lulu.” Sight & Sound, September, 2002. (England) *
— review of DVD release; ” . . . the single most important work of the silent era.”

Carr, Jay (editor). The A List. New York: Da Capo, 2002. *
— survey of best films of all time; contains an entry on Pandora’s Box by Charles Taylor

Cooke, Paul. German Expressionist Films. London: Pocket Essentials, 2002.
— survey of films; contains an entry on Pandora’s Box

Ebert, Roger. The Great Movies. New York: Broadway Books, 2002. *
— survey of the best films; contains a chapter on Pandora’s Box

Elsaesser, Thomas. Weimar Cinema and After. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. *
— contains a handful of references to the actress, as well as the chapter “Lulu and the Meter Man: Louise Brooks, G.W. Pabst and Pandora’s Box”

Rabinovitch, Celia. Surrealism and the Sacred. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2002. *
— passing reference – “Secrets of a Soul uses the Freudian theme of the dream, and his 1929 Pandora’s Box, which stars Louise Brooks, depicts the classic femme fatale as an amoral flapper capable of erotic and evil intensity. Brooks’s Lulu is unpredictable and seductive, provoking both attraction and fear beacuse of her dula character.”

Weiner, Tom. The Off-Hollywood Film Guide. New York: Random House, 2002.
— contains entries on Diary of a Lost Girl and Pandora’s Box

Miller, Helen. “The Overcoming of Desire: Prostitution and the Contract in Pandora’s Box (1929).” Gender Research Group, January, 2003. (Australia) *
— article presented at an academic conference

Kaltenbach, Chris. “Brooks illuminates the screen.” Baltimore Sun, January 17, 2003. *
— “Hollywood never knew what to do with Louise Brooks. Luckily, German director G.W. Pabst did.&quot – article in Baltimore, Maryland newspaper

Longley, Martin. “Box discloses magnetic genius Martin Longley catches up with Birmingham-born saxophonist Theo Travis, whose busy schedule includes accompanying G.W. Pabst’s classic silent film Pandora’s Box at Warwick Arts Centre tonight.” Birmingham Post, February 6, 2003. (England) *
— article about a new score in Birmingham newspaper

Clarke, Roger. “Culture club: Eclectic mix of film in frame for festival.” The News Letter, March 17, 2003. (Northern Ireland) *
— “Amongst the highlights is a screening of GW Pabst’s 1929 silent classic Pandora’s Box. This hypnotic masterwork was Pabst’s most famous star-making work with actress Louise Brooks in an exploration of sexuality in Weimar Germany’s decadence.” – mentioned in article in Belfast, Northern Ireland newspaper

Clarke, Roger. “The Five Best Films / The Five Best Revivals.” Independent, March 29, 2003. (England) *
— named the fifth best revival – “The silent 1928 masterpiece from G W Pabst, and Louise Brooks’ finest hour: Brooks is pure carnality as the woman who induces murderous passions. Brooding, sinister, mesmerising.” – article in London, England newspaper

Levene, Louise. “In the dark and improvising You thought silent movies were dead? The composer George Benjamin knows how to bring them back to life. He tells Louise Levene the secrets of the fleapit accompanist.” The Sunday Telegraph, April 27, 2003. (England) *
— article about a new score in London, England newspaper

Hanks, Robert. “Silent movies: Play it again, George.” Independent, May 18, 2003. (England) *
— article about a new score in London, England newspaper

Calamia, Donald V. “Michigan Theater’s ‘Sex In The Silents’ film series ends with Pandora’s Box.” Between the Lines, May 22 – 28, 2003. *
— review in Michigan news weekly

Moray, Dan. “The Allure of Louise Brooks.” Ann Arbor Observer, June 3, 2003. *
— “But with her extraordinary presence, Brooks is absolutely stunning as the carefree, alabaster dream girl.” – review in Ann Arbor, Michigan newspaper

Longley, Martin. “Culture: Box discloses magnetic genius.” Birmingham Post, June 3, 2003. (England) *
— article in Birmingham, England newspaper

Potter, Christopher. “Pandora’s Box remembered as silent triumph.” Ann Arbor Observer, June 6, 2003. *
— “By any standard, Brooks’ – and Pabst’s – stellar work remains Pandora’s Box.” – review in Ann Arbor, Michigan newspaper

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost Girl; Directed by G.W. Pabst; Starring Louise Brooks.” Ripsaw, June 11, 2003. *
— article about Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost Girl

Prawer, S. S. The Blue Angel. London, England: BFI Publishing, 2003. *
— contains brief discussion of Pandora’s Box in relation to The Blue Angel

Enciclopedia del cinema. Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2004.
— the 6th and last volume of this encyclopedia contains an article by Paolo Cherchi Usai on Die Buchse der Pandora

Thomas, Kevin. “G.W. Pabst: The high art of lurid lives.” Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2004. *
— “If ever there were a case to be made that a director, armed with a thorough understanding of human nature and the talent to express it, can transform lurid melodrama into high art, then G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost Girl are the best arguments. The German master’s two most famous films, which made their American star, Louise Brooks, a screen immortal, launch a Pabst retrospective at the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Saturday.” – article in Los Angeles, California newspaper

Villarreal, Roberto. “Cine en su Casa / Seres de otro mundo.” El Norte, May 28, 2004. (Mexico) *
— “La Caja de Pandora (Die Büchse der Pandora) 1929. Alemania. Dir.: G.W. Pabst. Con Louise Brooks y Fritz Kortner. Basada en varios relatos de Franz Wedekind, tenemos la historia de una frívola muchacha que tiene amantes, trabaja como bailarina, desprecia a quienes la aman y finalmente, cuando decide prostituirse a cambio de dinero, cae en brazos del famoso Jack el destripador… Pabst nos ofrece imágenes de una bella presencia llamada Louise Brooks, a quien dirigió en dos cintas silentes, ya clásicas (ver adelante).” – brief write-up in México D.F. newspaper

Camilleri, Tina Marie. “Louise Brooks/Lulu.” sense of cinema, 2004. (Australia) *
— short article on cinema website

Musetto, V.A. “Louise Brooks Lulu’s Back in Town.” New York Post, November 14, 2004. *
— “The thing you remember most about Louise Brooks is her smile. Sure, there’s the trademark black helmet of hair. But that smile — promising so much, innocent and deadly at the same time.” – article in New York, New York newspaper

Webber, Andrew. “Pan-Dora’s Box Fetishism, Hysteria, and the Gift of Death in Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)”. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2006.
— link to abstract

Rodrigues, Afonso. “Wonder Woman.” Poppycorn, March 18, 2006. *
— article on Brazilian film website

McKee, Jenn. “AASO records soundtrack for DVD of silent film.” Ann Arbor News, June 4, 2006. *
— “Recently, for four days, more than 20 members of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and director Gillian Anderson holed up in the Michigan Theater to record a musical soundtrack for the forthcoming DVD version of Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s 1929 silent film, Pandora’s Box.” – brief article in Ann Arbor, Michigan newspaper

Wallenbrock, Nicole Beth . “The Hollywood Flapper Dies an Expressionist Death (Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box.” June 7 – 10, 2006.
— academic paper delivered at the Fourth International Women and the Silent Screen Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico

Kizirian, Shari. “Pandora’s Box“. San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 2006.
— program essay

Hoberman, J. “Female Trouble: The bewitching Louise Brooks lights up G.W. Pabst’s blue-ribbon silent.” Village Voice, June 13, 2006. *
— article in New York City weekly newspaper

Fauth, Jurgen. “Pandora’s Box.” About.com, June 14, 2006. *
— article on website

White, Armond. “Loving Lulu: Silent, sexy Louise Brooks at her best.” New York Press, June 14-20, 2006. *
— article in New York City publication

Hall, Phil. “Pandora’s Box.” About.com, June 16, 2006. *
— article on website

R., P. “Pandora’s Box (Unrated).” Christian Science Monitor, June 16, 2006. *
— brief article in national newspaper

Rapold, Nicolas. “Mysterious Object of Desire.” New York Sun, June 16, 2006. *
— article in New York City newspaper

Scott, A. O. “Louise Brooks, a ‘Pandora’ Who Transcended Categories.” New York Times, June 16, 2006.
— newspaper article

Rosen, Steve. “Pandora’s Box.” IndieWIRE, June 20, 2006. *
— article on website

Sinnott, John. “The 2006 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.” DVDtalk, Fall, 2006. *
— online review of the film festival screening

Zacharek, Stephanie. “Man of Steel and Neck Bolts of Iron.” New York Times, September 10, 2006. *
— review of the Criterion DVD release

Wilmington, Michael. “Pandora’s Box.” Chicago Tribune, October 12, 2006. *
— “Few movie goddesses can break your heart like saucy, black-banged Louise Brooks, whose centennial comes this year and whose best film and performance, as Lulu in G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box, plays this weekend at the Music Box Theatre, in a new print.” – article in Los Angeles, California newspaper

Lucia, Tony. “TV and art films.” Reading Eagle, October 15, 2006. *
— short article in Reading, Pennslyvannia newspaper

Bühler, Philipp. “”Nosferatu” und “Pandora” dürfen nicht sterben: Plädoyer für einen “Welttag des audiovisuellen Erbes”.” Berliner Zeitung, October 26, 2006. (Germany) *
— article in Berlin newspaper

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box.” DVDTalk, December 2006. *
— on-line review of the Criterion DVD

Braun, Josef. “Old Flicks Get New Life.” Vue Weekly, December 2006. (Canada) *
— review of the Criterion DVD in Edmonton, Alberta weekly

Villarreal, Phil . “Steamy silent film ‘Pandora’s Box’ is a sexual groundbreaker.” Arizona Star, December 24, 2006. (United States) *
— “Pandora’s Box is a German silent film that Paris Hilton could relate to. She wouldn’t like the way it ends, though.” – review in Tucson, Arizona newspaper

2010

Gladysz, Thomas. “Pandora’s Box“. San Francisco Silent Film Festival, 2012. (United States) *
— program essay

Fuller, Graham. “Louise Brooks’s Pandora’s Box“. ReverseShot, November 2, 2015. *
— online article

Gladysz, Thomas. “Lulu in New York: Pandora’s Box at Film Forum“. Huffington Post, March 16, 2016. (United States) *
— online article

Hutchinson, Pamela. “‘Pandora’s Box with the lid off!’: Lulu’s misadventures in London.”  Silent London, April 8, 2017. *
— long blog article

Schwebel, S. “Lulu’s Smile: An Archive of Trauma in Die Büchse der Pandora (1929).” The German Quarterly, 2022.
— article (link to article abstract)

— long online article

anonymous. “Pandora’s Box (1929).” TIME magazine, July 26, 2023. (United States) *
— short magazine article

Fuller, Graham. “Blu-ray: Pandora’s Box“. The arts.desk.com, October 29, 2023.*
— online article

Gladysz, Thomas. “The Troubled History of Silent Film Pandora’s Box“. PopMatters, January 11, 2024. *
— online article (disregard opening sentences butchered by an editor)

Thomas, Gordon. “Of Sexual Hate and Lonely Death: Pandora’s Box on Criterion.” Bright Lights Film Journal, December 22, 2024. *
— long online article about the Criterion release

Doherty, Thomas. “Pandora’s Box (Preview).” Cineaste, Spring, 2025. (United States) *
— review of the Criterion release (link to online excerpt)