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Longtime Louise Brooks Society supporter Camille Scaysbrook alerted me to this November 9th screening of Pandorina skrinjica (Pandora's Box) at the Slovenska Kinoteca in Delavska Zbornica, Slovenia. Thank you Camille!Scaysbrook, a member of the LBS since before 2000, posted on Bluesky that her parents were recently in Slovenia and came across a program for the Slovenska Kinoteka which featured Louise Brooks on the cover!The film institute screened Pandora's Box as part of a series devoted to "Scandalous Classics of German Silent Film." Camille also sent snapshots of two of the interior pages […]

Happy birthday to Louise Brooks, who was born on this day, November 14, in Cherryvale, Kansas in 1906.Though I am not sure when, Louise was seemingly born in the very early hours of  November 14th -- which was a Wednesday. I say that because her birth made news on the very day she was born. Small articles about the birth appeared in both of her hometown newspapers on November 14. The first image shown below comes from the Cherryvale Daily Republican. It is followed by another clipping, from the Cherryvale Daily News, which appeared that same day on the newspaper's front page. As most Brooks' […]

The City Gone Wild, featuring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1927. The film is a terse crime drama -- with gangsters, gangs, and gunfights, in which a criminal lawyer turns prosecutor to avenge the death of a friend. As she did in The Street of Forgotten Men, Louise Brooks plays a moll, this time the deliciously named Snuggles Joy, the “gunman’s honey.” More about the film can be found on the Louise Brooks Society website filmography page.The “gangster film” (as we know it today) more-or-less began with Paramount’s Underworld (1927). Though there were earlier crime […]

Wow, how interesting it is to view my visitor log and stats -  the country of origin, the DNS record, the made-up usernames.... One never knew Louise Brooks had so many anonymous fans in Ireland, and Singapore, too, for that matter. Where do they all come from -- such a crowd! I am pleased that my site software and my premium security software is keeping track. One never knows when I might want to review these stats.Well, anyways, the Louise Brooks Society continues to grow, and thrive. As of today, the LBS website has more than 250 pages of content -- and that's not counting the near 3,700 […]

As most Louise Brooks and silent film fans likely know, Criterion has recently released Pandora's Box on DVD and Blu-ray. That's great news. This new release is a slightly repackaged version of their 2006 release of the film, which has been out-of-print for more than a few years and today is much sought after. There are, however, a few key differences.More information about this new release can be found on the Criterion website HERE. And for those interested, the DVD and the Blu-ray releases are also available on Amazon. BOTH ARE ON SALE NOW!So, what's the difference? And if you have the […]

Happy Halloween from the Louise Brooks Society! THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society  (www.pandorasbox.com). Original contents copyright © 2024. Further unauthorized use prohibited. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Diary of a Lost Girl, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Teatro di Fiesole in Fiesole, Italy (outside of Florence) on Saturday November 9, 2024. This screening is part of the Autunno Fiesolano 2024. Additionally, the film will be shown with live musical accompaniment by Remo Anzovino. More information and ticket availability can be found HERE.According to a translation of the Teatro di Fiesole page, "A masterpiece of silent cinema, presented in a restored version, with a soundtrack composed and performed live by one of the most creative pianists on the contemporary scene. Diary of a […]

Beggars of Life, the sensational William Wellman-directed silent film starring Louise Brooks, Wallace Berry and Richard Arlen, will be screened on November 16th at the St. Marys Theater and Grand Opera House in St. Marys, Ohio. And what's more, this special screening will feature a live musical accompaniment by silent movie organist Dennis James. A link to the venue can be found HERE. Jim Tully was a well known "hobo writer" in the early decades of the 20th century The 1928 film, Beggars of Life, was based on Tully's 1925 book of the same name. Also on hand for this event will be Tully […]

Diary of a Lost Girl, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in Germany in 1929. In this once controversial production, Brooks plays the title role — the “lost girl”. The film is the sensational story of a young woman who is seduced and conceives a child, only to be sent to a home for wayward women before escaping to a brothel. Beneath its melodramatic surface, the film is a pointed social critique aimed at German society. The film was controversial enough to have been withdrawn from circulation and only re-released in Germany in January, 1930.More about the film can be […]