http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/21/female-icons-cinema

Cheers

Meredith

94 hi-quality Louise Brooks photos! Collect 'em all!

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Wherever you are...

The rarely seen 1928 Louise Brooks film, "Beggars of Life," will be
shown at the Castro Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, July 14. In
it, Brooks plays a farm girl who dresses as a boy and goes on the run
after murdering her abusive step-father.

This special screening is part of the annual San Francisco Silent Film
Festival. For more info on the festival see http://www.silentfilm.org
or http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=2800

This screening marks the West Coast premiere of a new 35mm print of
"Beggars of Life." Additionally, the son of the film's director -
William Wellman, will be on hand to introduce the movie. If you love
Louise Brooks, don't miss it!

Philip French
Sunday May 20, 2007
The Observer

Pandora's Box
1929, PG, Second Sight

Diary of a Lost Girl
1929, PG, Eureka

Both directed by GW Pabst

Louise Brooks (1906-1985), an alluring, vivacious girl from small-town
Kansas, was a dancer, actress and writer who enchanted everyone she met
(her lovers ranged from Chaplin to broadcasting magnate William S Paley,
founder of the CBS network), most male characters in the films in which
she appeared and audiences the world over.

At the height of her early movie career, she turned her back on
Hollywood to make two of the last great silent movies in Europe and
returned to California to find she'd been rejected by the major studios.
After several years making B-movies, she became a recluse at the age of
32.

Article continues
Those films she made in Berlin, directed by GW Pabst, one of Germany's
great film-makers, have ensured her immortality. They made her the peer
of Garbo, whose film, The Joyless Street, was directed by Pabst. The
dark bobbed hair, the perfect complexion, the infinitely expressive
face, the graceful movement have made her a much-imitated, though
ultimately inimitable, icon, a figure both strong and vulnerable,
innocent and experienced, earthily erotic and divinely ethereal.

These great films reflect the corruption of the Weimar Republic before
the Nazi takeover and are concerned with power, sexuality, exploitation,
social and emotional repression and hypocrisy, and each describes a
dramatic arc in the lives of their heroines.

In the better one, Pandora's Box, Brooks plays a wilful femme fatale who
unthinkingly destroys the lives of a series of besotted males before
herself falling victim to Jack the Ripper in London. In Diary of a Lost
Girl, based on a popular novel, she plays the 16-year-old daughter of a
pharmacist, seduced by her father's assistant, forced by the family to
give up her baby and committed to an appallingly regimented reformatory.
She escapes to become the major attraction of a fashionable brothel,
which proves a liberating experience.

The movie concludes with an upbeat ending in which she turns upon the
self-deceiving upholders of bourgeois morality. These films represent
the silent cinema at its subtlest, most fluent and mature. Brooks's
memoir Lulu in Hollywood is marvellous.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/>

scroll down to Film and television and click on DVD club: Pandora's Box,
Diary of a Lost Girl as direct link doesn't work


Cheers

Meredith


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As we start Louise's 101st year, let's continue to keep the flame burning.

Cheers

Meredith

the guardian, Friday 8 December 2006, film & music section page 13, 4
star (out of five) review of Pandora's Box by Peter Bradshaw.

See full text of article at:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1966636,00.html

Sight & Sound, January 2007, page 10, Profile Louise Brooks, Centenary
of a lost girl , "Graham Fuller pays tribute to the star of the silent
era born 100 years ago". Full page with picture.

Plus ad for December at the NFT on page 81, with picture.

Cheers

Meredith

To listen to an eight minute item with actor Paul McGann and NFT
Brooks Season curator Erica Carter, go here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/ram/2006_48_fri_01.ram

See short paragraph and picture here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/

Cheers


Meredith

the guardian, Friday 24 November 2006, film & music
section page 8, Kiss me, deadly, article by David Thomson.
Head-shot of Louise in wedding headdress from Pandora's Box on
page 1, picture of Melanie Griffith from Something Wild and
picture of Louise and Lederer from Pandora's Box on page 8.

See full text of article at:
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1955159,00.html

Sight & Sound, December 2006, page 4, The Bigger Picture -
Looking for Lulu, big promo picture of Louise in The Canary
Murder Case with a paragraph of text:
Her iconic bob haircut is as much an emblem for cinema as
Chaplin's moustache, and her frank on screen sexuality and off-screen
reputation as a temperamental diva created a defining model for future
femme fatales.  Louise Brooks, who would have been 100 on November
14th, was a star in the era of larger-than-life screen goddesses, yet
in many ways she retains more of a potent appeal than any other.  In
December the National Film Theatre marks the occasion with a
retrospective that includes a newly restored print of her most famous
film, G.W. Pabst's 'Pandora's box'

Also see details of NFT Brooks season at
http://www.bfi.org.uk/incinemas/nft/seasons/brooks/


Cheers


Meredith

I am from Cherryvale Kansas , her home town, and we have two celebrities to be
proud of.  Louise Brooks, and Vivian Vance.  Vivian's 100th birthday will be in
two years.  I have heard the two girls knew each other (Cherryvale is a small
town), and it is probably true.

   Jerry Stevens

olive_e_thomas <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
           This last Novermer 14th was Louise Brooks' 100th birthday.






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This last Novermer 14th was Louise Brooks' 100th birthday.

This month - November 2006 - is shaping up to be a truly remarkable
month for Louise Brooks. The world celebrates the actress, who was
born on November 14, 1906 in the small town of Cherryvale, Kansas.
There are screenings and film festivals taking place across the United
States and Europe. There are two new books being published. There are
two DVD's being released. There are two exhibitions devoted to the
actress. And there are other events and happenings taking place which
celebrate the life and legend of Lulu.

Thru November 21, 2006: The Verlag Filmarchiv Austria is sponsoring a
multi-film tribute - "Louise Brooks - Tribute zum 100. Geburtstag" -
at the Metrokino in Vienna, Austria. /// More info at
http://www.filmarchiv.at/

Thru November 26, 2006: The Silent Theater company has extended their
stage production of "Lulu" (the Wedekind play done as a silent film a
la Louise Brooks in "Pandora's Box"). Performances run Thursdays
through Sundays through the end of the month at the Victoria Theater
in San Francisco. November will be the last month to see this play in
the City by the Bay, where it has enjoyed a widely acclaimed
three-month run. /// More info at http://www.victoriatheatre.org/

Thru January 5, 2007: "Homage to Lulu: 100 Years of Louise Brooks" -
an exhibit sponsored by the Louise Brooks Society - is on display at
the San Francisco Public Library. /// More info at
http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/news/exhibitions.htm

November 5, 2006: The Three Rivers Film Festival in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania screens "Pandora's Box" (1929) at the Regent Square
Theater. Pianist Philip Carli will provide live piano accompaniment,
and Louise Brooks biographer Barry Paris will introduce the film.

November 5, 2006: Bristol Silents in Bristol, England will screen the
silent version of "Prix de Beauté" (1930). Before hand, there will be
an onstage conversation between  Paul McGann and Kevin Brownlow, who
promises to show never before seen color home movie footage of Louise
Brooks from the 1960s!  More info at http://www.bristolsilents.org.uk/

November 6, 2006: The seldom seen comedy, "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em"
(1926) will be shown at the Museum of the City of New York. This
special event is sponsored by the Silent Clowns Film Series. More info
at http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

November 6, 2006: The G.W. Pabst film, "Diary of a Lost Girl" (1929),
will be shown at Free Library of Philadelphia at 2 pm.  More info at
http://www.library.phila.gov/index.htm

November 7, 2006: Peter Cowie's new book, "Louise Brooks: Lulu
Forever" is due in bookstores. Events with the author are planned in
select cities across the United States. More info at
http://rizzoliusa.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780847828661

November 7, 2006: "A Girl in Every Port" (1928) will be shown at the
George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. Philip C. Carli will
provide live piano accompaniment. /// More info at
http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/wordpress/films/a-girl-in-every-port/

November 8, 9, 10, 2006: Reportedly, the Slovenska kinoteka - a film
archive located in Ljubljana, Slovenia - will celebrate the Louise
Brooks centenary with a series of screenings. Further details have not
been confirmed. Any Slovenian fans out there planning to attend?

Nov. 11, 2006 through February 18, 2007: "Hollywood Lost: The Power of
Louise Brooks" will be on exhibit at the George Eastman House in
Rochester, New York. /// More info at
http://www.eastmanhouse.org/exhibits/container_56/index.php

November 11, 2006: Peter Cowie will give introductory remarks prior to
the screening of "Pandora's Box" (1929) at the Smith Rafael Film
Center in San Rafael, California. Afterwords, Cowie will sign copies
of  "Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever." /// More info at
http://cafilm.org/films/692.html

November 12, 2006: The Wichita Public Library will screen two Louise
Brooks films as part of it's "Louise Brooks Centennial Birthday Bash"
at the Central Library. Festivities start at 2:00 pm.  /// More info
at
http://events.publicbroadcasting.net/kmuw/events.eventsmain?action=showEvent&eve\
ntID=468251

November 12, 2006: Peter Cowie will give a short talk as part of
"Celebrating Louise Brooks: An Evening of Rare Films" at the Balboa
Theater in San Francisco, California. This event starts at 7:30 pm.
Special guests, door prizes, Louise Brooks give aways and more will
round out the evening. Afterwards, Cowie will sign copies of "Louise
Brooks: Lulu Forever." This special event co-sponsored by The
Booksmith and the Louise Brooks Society. /// More info at
http://www.balboamovies.com/news/index.html#louise

November 13, 2006: Around this date, the Verlag Filmarchiv Austria
will publish "Louise Brooks. Rebellin, Ikone, Legende" by Günter Krenn
and Karin Moser.  /// More info at
http://www.filmarchiv.at/show_content.php?sid=152

November 14, 2006: Louise Brooks was born 100 years ago on this date
in Cherryvale, Kansas. To celebrate, a Louise Brooks birthday bash
will take place at the Victoria Theater in San Francisco. The
celebration starts around 7 pm. A special staging of "Lulu" starts
around 10 pm. /// More info at http://www.victoriatheatre.org/

November 14, 2006: "The Art of Louise Brooks" will take place at the
George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. Author Peter Cowie will
discuss the alluring mystery and fascinating career of the Louise
Brooks. This presentation will conclude with a question-and-answer
session with Cowie and syndicated film critic Jack Garner. After the
event, Cowie will sign copies of his new book, "Louise Brooks: Lulu
Forever," which features a foreword by Garner. /// More info at
http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/wordpress/films/peter-cowie-and-jack-garner-in-pe\
rson-special-lecture%e2%80%94louise-brooks-lulu-forever/
    After this on-stage presentation, "Pandora's Box" (1929) will be
shown a with live piano accompaniment by Philip C. Carli. /// More
info at   http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/wordpress/films/pandoras-box/

November 14, 2006: Portugal's Costa do Castelo Films plans to release
"Pandora's Box" (1929) on DVD. This two-disc set will feature the
original Portuguese intertitles, as well as bonus material.

November 14, 2006: "Pandora's Box" (1929) will be shown in Campbell
Hall on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Michael Mortilla will provide live piano accompaniment. /// More info
at http://www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=523

November 14, 2006: Rumor has it that a "little cineclub" in Rome,
Italy will show some movies featuring Louise Brooks. Any Italian fans
out there planning to attend?

November 15, 2006: Peter Cowie will introduce "The Diary of a Lost
Girl" (1929) at the Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York City.
The program starts at 6:30. A booksigning will also take place. ///
More info at http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/luluforever.html

November 17, 2006: Peter Cowie will introduce "Pandora's Box" (the
Munich Filmmuseum's new restoration) at The American Museum of the
Moving Image in New York City. A reception and book signing will take
place from 6:30 to 7:30, and the screening will begin at 7:30 pm. ///
More info at http://www.movingimage.us/site/screenings/index.html

November 17 - December 16, 2006: The Filmmuseum in Munich, Germany
will mount a major Louise Brooks film retrospective which will include
17 films, as well a rarely seen fragments from "The Street of
Forgotten Men" (1925) and "The American Venus" (1926). /// More info
at http://www.stadtmuseum-online.de/aktuell/brooks.pdf

November 20, 2006: A new 35mm print of "Pandora's Box" (1929) will be
shown in the student union at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
This free screening starts at 7 pm. /// More info at
http://www.aux.uwm.edu/Union/events/theatre/calendar/Fall%2006/world_cinema_fall\
06.htm

November 21, 2006: "Pandora's Box" (1929) will be released on DVD in
the United States by Criterion. This restored version of the film will
be accompanied by considerable bonus material. /// More info at
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=358#

November 21, 2006: Coinciding with the ongoing exhibition (see above)
at the San Francisco Public Library, Thomas Gladysz (Director of the
Louise Brooks Society) will give introductory remarks prior to the
screening of "Love 'Em and Leave 'Em" (1926) at the SFPL. This event,
which is free and open to the public, begins at 6 pm. /// More info at
http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/news/exhibitions.htm

November 28, 2006: A new 35mm print of "Beggars of Life" (1928) will
be shown at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. Philip C.
Carli will provide live piano accompaniment. /// More info at
http://dryden.eastmanhouse.org/wordpress/films/new-preservation-beggars-of-life/

November 28, 2006: The National Film Theater in London will screen
"Diary of a Lost Girl" (1929) with live piano accompaniment. /// More
info at
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/coursesevents/schools/further.html#_Toc139948659

"Celebrating Louise Brooks: An Evening of Rare Films"
with PETER COWIE
a talk, film screening & book signing for "Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever"
Sunday, November 12 at 7:30 pm
at the Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa Street) in San Francisco

On Sunday November 12th, world renown film critic and biographer Peter
Cowie, author of the just published "Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever,"
will give a talk as part of "Celebrating Louise Brooks: An Evening of
Rare Films" at the Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa Street) in San
Francisco. Rare Louise Brooks films, special guests, door prizes,
Louise Brooks give-aways and more will round out the program, which
starts at 7:30. A book signing will follow.

With her distinctive haircut and classically drawn features, Louise
Brooks is, without question, one of the great icons of world cinema.
Her role as Lulu in "Pandora's Box" has gained her film immortality.
This month, the world celebrates her centennial with the publication
of Peter Cowie's much-anticipated new book, "Louise Brooks: Lulu
Forever," an insightful and lavishly illustrated portrait of the
actress and the legend.

Peter Cowie is a world famous film historian and the author of some
thirty books including "The Cinema of Orson Welles," "John Ford and
the American West," and "Revolution!: The Explosion Of World Cinema In
The Sixties," as well as acclaimed biographies of Ingmar Bergman and
Francis Ford Coppola. Cowie will be joining us from his home in
Switzerland.

This special event, co-sponsored by The Booksmith ( www.booksmith.com)
and the Louise Brooks Society ( www.pandorasbox.com), will take place
at the historic Balboa Theater (3630 Balboa) in San Francisco. Tickets
are $8.50 and can be purchased in advance on www.BrownPaperTickets.com
    BUY YOUR TICKETS SOON, AS THIS SPECIAL EVENT IS EXPECTED TO SELL OUT.

Criterion will be releasing a restored version of Pandora's Box on DVD
on 10 November.  The two disc set will include the "Lulu in Berlin"
interview and the documentary "Looking for Lulu."

More info can be found here:

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=358

Now, if we could only get them to do Beggars of Life...

The New York Times just gave a glowing review to "Lulu," a Louise
Brooks-inspired silent stage play which was performed at the New York
International Fringe Festival. The play will next be performed at the
Victoria Theater in San Francisco starting September 7th. (see
www.victoriatheatre.org/)  Jason Zinoman wrote in Saturday's New York
Times:

     "The Silent Theater Company of Chicago is dedicated to the idea
that the theater doesn't need the spoken word, which it proves with
panache in its first production, Lulu, an ingeniously staged version
of the Louise Brooks 1929 silent film Pandora's Box.

     Stylishly directed by Tonika Todorova, this dreamlike play without
words is about an insatiable hedonist who leaves death in her tracks.
It opens with a wild freak show - peopled by a bearded lady, a dwarf
and a man on stilts - dressed and lighted in a noirishly severe black
and white, like the cover of a 1920's scandal sheet burst to life.
Last to enter is the knockout showgirl Lulu (Kyla Louise Webb), a
good-time girl who is clearly bad news.

     In the seasoned hands of Ms. Brooks - whose black bob, imitated
here, may be the most famous haircut in film history - the role
inspired oceans of critical drooling. Kenneth Tynan once wrote that
she was "the only star actress I can imagine either being enslaved by
or wanting to enslave."

     The charismatic Ms. Webb, who wears a blankly innocent expression,
letting her jitterbugging body do the seducing, may not bring on such
dark thoughts, but her pursuit of unbridled pleasure is so persuasive
that you are sure that after the show she will seduce the rest of the
cast members and then break all their hearts.

     Backed by the moody piano of Isaiah Robinson, this coolly stylized
presentation, which could benefit from a few more tech rehearsals,
communicates a remarkable amount of plot - in a few crisply designed
scenes that slip back and forth between erotic and macabre.

     The glamorous Lulu is a reminder of how effective the great silent
performers were in their ability to cut directly to the heart of a
scene, something Billy the Mime also accomplishes superbly. If you
don't have the crutch of language, you need to be able to tell a story
with discipline and clarity, and these wordless artists developed a
vocabulary every bit as articulate as that of any playwright in the
Fringe. They are particularly eloquent with comedy and horror, two
areas in which the theater often lags behind film. When was the last
play you saw that was really scary or made you explode in belly laughs?

     Unlike talking actors, who generally shun the grand gesture as
hammy, these silent performers are willing to go for the jugular. They
treat their limitation in speech as an opportunity to exploit the rest
of their repertory, which may be the reason that their shows seem
bolder, faster and meaner than any others I saw this week. Silence, in
an odd way, has liberated them."

For more about the Chicago-based Silent Theatre visit
www.silenttheatre.com/.     You can even watch a silent trailer of the
play - with intertitles.

Her page at find-a-grave.com...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1581

Hello

The first two are genuine - Thomas Gladysz has commented on them in
the past.

However, this one is a composite.  The head is a disproportionate size
to the body, and it comes from another photo which I have put in the
Composite album.  I have seen the "body" before, but cannot trace it
at the moment - when I do I will also put it in the Composite album.

Cheers

--- In Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com, olive_e_thomas
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> From what I've been able to find out they seem to be Brooksie as is this
> image...  Louise Brooks55
>
<http://images.empousa.multiply.com/image/2/photos/3/orig/55.jpg?enctoke\
> n=UmFuZG9tSVbkr3zSD,q88J8N2fJlvpK9aa,npyV4drG0tW5jBYPfLA==>

Thank you very much for the photo. That's one I don't think I've
seen before.

You said "From what I've been able to find out..."
Would you tell me please what your sources are, i.e. are these
photos mentioned in a book, on a website, or what?

I just like to pin things down when I can. Historical information
can become distorted and inaccurate so easily, if we aren't careful.

Thanks again,
:O)








--- In Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com, olive_e_thomas
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> From what I've been able to find out they seem to be Brooksie as
is this
> image...  Louise Brooks55
> <http://images.empousa.multiply.com/image/2/photos/3/orig/55.jpg?
enctoke\
> n=UmFuZG9tSVbkr3zSD,q88J8N2fJlvpK9aa,npyV4drG0tW5jBYPfLA==>
> --- In Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com, "ytyt7ytyt7" <robert@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm curious about the provenance of two photos which appear to
be of
> > Louise Brooks, but as far as I know, have never been
authenticated
> > as really her, rather than a look-alike.
> >
> > Photo #1: Full-length of Louise in a dance position, her arms
raised
> > and her left leg raised. Not exactly a full-frontal nude, but
pubic
> > hair is visible.
> > Shown at http://thedarkwoods.free.fr/at%20home/nude.jpg
> >
> >
> > Photo #2: Full-frontal, with her arms slightly raised, and a very
> > long gauze strip flowing over her shoulders and down to the
ground.
> > Shown at http://silentladies.com/Brooks/pages/Brooks203.html
> >
> >      Both photos appear to be of her, but it is my understanding
> > that film historians have not found confirmation that Louise ever
> > posed for any full-frontal nudes. All her other risque photos are
> > more discrete.
> >
> > Do any of you know whether these two photos have ever been proven
> > positively to be Louise Brooks?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

From what I've been able to find out they seem to be Brooksie as is this
image...  Louise Brooks55
<http://images.empousa.multiply.com/image/2/photos/3/orig/55.jpg?enctoke\
n=UmFuZG9tSVbkr3zSD,q88J8N2fJlvpK9aa,npyV4drG0tW5jBYPfLA==>
--- In Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com, "ytyt7ytyt7" <robert@...>
wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the provenance of two photos which appear to be of
> Louise Brooks, but as far as I know, have never been authenticated
> as really her, rather than a look-alike.
>
> Photo #1: Full-length of Louise in a dance position, her arms raised
> and her left leg raised. Not exactly a full-frontal nude, but pubic
> hair is visible.
> Shown at http://thedarkwoods.free.fr/at%20home/nude.jpg
>
>
> Photo #2: Full-frontal, with her arms slightly raised, and a very
> long gauze strip flowing over her shoulders and down to the ground.
> Shown at http://silentladies.com/Brooks/pages/Brooks203.html
>
>      Both photos appear to be of her, but it is my understanding
> that film historians have not found confirmation that Louise ever
> posed for any full-frontal nudes. All her other risque photos are
> more discrete.
>
> Do any of you know whether these two photos have ever been proven
> positively to be Louise Brooks?
>
> Thank you.
>



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It does what it says on the tin...

...if you haven't got it already - and you should have!

Cheers.

I'm curious about the provenance of two photos which appear to be of
Louise Brooks, but as far as I know, have never been authenticated
as really her, rather than a look-alike.

Photo #1: Full-length of Louise in a dance position, her arms raised
and her left leg raised. Not exactly a full-frontal nude, but pubic
hair is visible.
Shown at http://thedarkwoods.free.fr/at%20home/nude.jpg


Photo #2: Full-frontal, with her arms slightly raised, and a very
long gauze strip flowing over her shoulders and down to the ground.
Shown at http://silentladies.com/Brooks/pages/Brooks203.html

      Both photos appear to be of her, but it is my understanding
that film historians have not found confirmation that Louise ever
posed for any full-frontal nudes. All her other risque photos are
more discrete.

Do any of you know whether these two photos have ever been proven
positively to be Louise Brooks?

Thank you.

I was able to tape it last month and it will be on the schedule on
TCM this June 19th...

1. Program Title: Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Exclusive interviews, rare footage and family photos trace
Louise Brooks from Kansas farm girl to silent screen
seductress to renowned film historian.60 mins.

Documentary. D: Hugh M. Neely.

PLAYING ON TCM: 06/19/2006 03:00:00 AM EST




--- In Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com, Alejandro Cruz
<efra84ar@...> wrote:
>
> Anybody have a copy from "LOOKING FOR LULU" (DVD-
1998)???????
>   Have a nice day.
>   Ale
>
> hgg91 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> escribió:
>           Just to let you know..."Films from the Golden Age"
magazine has a
> feature article on Louise by Jan Wahl. Also, Louise made the
> cover...lobby card from BEGGARS OF LIFE.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Anybody have a copy from "LOOKING FOR LULU" (DVD- 1998)???????
   Have a nice day.
   Ale

hgg91 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> escribió:
           Just to let you know..."Films from the Golden Age" magazine has a
feature article on Louise by Jan Wahl. Also, Louise made the
cover...lobby card from BEGGARS OF LIFE.





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Just to let you know..."Films from the Golden Age" magazine has a
feature article on Louise by Jan Wahl. Also, Louise made the
cover...lobby card from BEGGARS OF LIFE.

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The LBS gift shop at cafepress.com has been updated. There are some
nifty new products. Check it out at www.cafepress.com/louisebrooks

Louise Brooks centenary

This year marks the Louise Brooks centenary. The dancer and
actress was born on November 14, 1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas.
The anniversary of Brooks' birth will be celebrated by the release
of a new DVD and a new book, a museum exhibit, screenings,
and other events held across the United States and Europe.
February 7, 2006: Kino will release Prix de BeautŽ (1930) on
DVD. This marks the French film's first commercial release on
disc in the United States. (more info)
February 11, 2006: "Silent Star: Louise Brooks in Photographs"
will be shown at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum in Buffalo,
New York.

Spring 2006: The Rochester Historical Society will screen a
Brooks' film in Rochester, New York. Local film critic Jack Garner
will give introductory remarks. Details to come.

May, 2006: A celebration of Brooks' 100th birthday, sponsored by
the Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce, will take place in
Cherryvale, Kansas. Details to come.

Spring 2006: Screening of a newly restored version of Pandora's
Box in New York City. Details to come.

August 2006: "New Histories of Photography 11: Louise Brooks
and the New Woman in Weimar Cinema" opens at the George
Eastman House in Rochester, New York. Details to come.

August 2006: The Louise Brooks Society celebrates 11 years
online. Special biographical content will be added to the site to
mark the occassion.
October 3 - 8, 2006: SEDICICORTO International Film Festival
Forl" in Italy takes place. A special category this year includes
films relating to Louise Brooks. (more info)
October 10, 2006: Rizzoli will publish Peter Cowie's new pictorial
on the actress, Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever. (more info)
November 2006: An event to celebrate the publication of Peter
Cowie's new book will take place in San Francisco. Details to
come.

November 14, 2006: Louise Brooks was born 100 years ago on
this day in Cherryvale, Kansas. Happy Birthday!

December 8, 2006: "New Histories of Photography 11: Louise
Brooks and the New Woman in Weimar Cinema" opens at the
International Center of Photography in New York City. The exhibit
runs through February 25, 2007. Details to come.
Rumours have it that even more happenings, not listed here, are
in the works! The LBS would be interested in hearing from
anyone who might know of other events. Please email the LBS.

Wow...99 already.

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From: olive_e_thomas <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:28:30 -0000
Subject: [LuLu in Cyberspace] Happy 99th birthday to Louise Brooks

    Happy 99th birthday to Louise Brooks - whereever you are...








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Happy 99th birthday to Louise Brooks - whereever you are...

I haven't seen any of her work so I really can't say.

--- In Lulu-In-Cyberspace@yahoogroups.com, Alejandro Cruz
<efra84ar@y...> wrote:
> THANKS TO KEEP THE GROUP ACTIVE¡¡¡
> By the way: what do you think about Colleen Moore???
> Ale from Argentina
>