Whether its Louise Brooks, silent film, or the Jazz Age, the LBS website has long tried to be a resource-full website. Not only does it aim to provide visitors with a rich variety of materials to aid in their appreciation of the actress, it encourages individuals to learn more about silent film and the Jazz Age, not only by viewing films, reading on the subject, or exploring the internet, but by discovering their own interests. It can be a revelatory experience to see Pandora’s Box or Beggars of Life or a Buster Keaton or Clara Bow film on the big screen (with or without live music), or to find out Louise Brooks once danced in the town where you live, or to track down the local speakeasies, or the local theaters where silent films were shown in the 1920s. We all exist in a place and a time. All this is part of history, and all history is local — and what’s more, it is something you can explore.
This page is a jumping off point to other pages located on the Louise Brooks Society website or on one of its satellite sites, such as YouTube or SoundCloud. Besides checking out the pages noted below, let me add how important it is patronize the folks helping keep this art form and this era alive! If you can, go see a silent film in a theater, attend a film festival, or buy a DVD or book (or borrow something from your local library). Or, subscribe to a blog or YouTube channel, praise someone’s efforts, or contribute to a GoFundMe. (It ain’t cheap to restore or release a silent film, or to research, write and self-publish a book.) Your interest and your show of support in whatever form can mean a lot to the programmers, producers, authors, historians, webmasters and others who do what they can to keep silent film in the public eye. Join the silent film community. And like Louise, be part of the smart set.
Thomas Gladysz
Director, Louise Brooks Society
LOUISE BROOKS
— Lulu in Cyberspace (links to other Louise Brooks pages and websites)
— Louise Brooks Bibliographies (contains some links to online sources)
— Essential reading: Louise Brooks Bookshelf (includes where to buy)
— LBS publications (includes where to buy or borrow)
— Documentaries & Related Material: a curated list of documentary videos and clips (a playlist on the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— Related audio docs, podcasts, songs, etc… (a playlist on the LBS SoundCloud page)
— Louise Brooks Society blog (features announcements of screenings, new DVD and book releases, and more)
— LBS Giftshop (recommended DVDs, books and more related to Louise Brooks, with links to buy)
— Further reading: articles about Louise Brooks by Thomas Gladysz (a mostly online select bibliography)
SILENT FILM ERA
— Silent Film Resources (links to websites, venues, film festivals, and the companies which specialize in releasing silent movies on DVD / Blu-ray)
— Early Film Periodicals (links to silent periodicals from around the world – look through old magazines, make discoveries, find new favorites)
— Silent Era: a curated list of video documentaries on early film history (a playlist on the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— Kevin Brownlow documentaries and video clips (a playlist on the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— Louise Brooks: Directors & Co-stars – a curated list of videos and video clips (a playlist on the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— Director G.W. Pabst: a curated list of video documentaries and related video & film clips (a playlist on the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— Further reading: articles about the silent film era by Thomas Gladysz (a mostly online / linked bibliography of articles)
— Louise Brooks Society blog (features announcements of screenings, new DVD and book releases, and more)
— LBS Giftshop annex I (recommended DVDs and books, with links to buy)
THE JAZZ AGE
— The Jazz Age: Flapper Culture & Style (an early LBS webpage)
— Louise Brooks and The Smart Set (another early LBS page)
— A curated list of video documentaries about the 1920s, flappers, the Lost Generation, etc… (a playlist on the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— RadioLulu (a history)
— A short playlist of musical recordings once heard on RadioLulu (from the LBS YouTube account – see right hand column)
— LBS Giftshop annex II (recommended DVDs and books about the Jazz Age, with links to buy)