The Louise Brooks Society is home to an extensive online archive whose goal is to document “all things Brooksie.” That archive includes a number of annotated bibliographies relating to the actress’ life and career, her films, and other topics. The citations found on this page date from the 1980s and 1990s. The material cited, which is arranged in chronological order, comes from books and pamphlets. Other bibliographies on the LBS website cite material from magazines and newspapers.
Bibliographies are not as dull as you might think, or fear. And what’s more, they can also make for interesting reading. This bibliography documents and helps organize material written about the actress over the course of two decades. Not only does it reference rare or little known texts, it also charts Brooks’ fame, and reveals a year-by-year, decade-by-decade history of the actress’ place in movie history as well as, increasingly, popular culture.
Over the years, I’ve done a considerable amount of research, putting through hundreds of inter-library loans, scouring every accessible online database and digital archive, and personally visiting more than three dozen libraries across California and the United States, as well as the Cinémathèque Francaise in Paris, and the British Film Institute and British National Library in London. The LBS has also sought out scarce books and even acquired a few roles of microfilm in pursuit of unknown or undocumented material. [A fuller record of the research conducted by the LBS can be found HERE.] If you know of additional entries, or can provide further information on any of the citations noted on this page, please CONTACT the Louise Brooks Society. If you would like to help with the search for additional material, please check the HELP WANTED page.
Thomas Gladysz
Director, Louise Brooks Society
LOUISE BROOKS BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1920s – 1930s | 1940s – 1950s | 1960s – 1970s | 1980s – 1990s | 2000s – 2010s | 2020s – present
1980s
Girodias, Maurice. The Frog Prince. New York: Crown Publishers, 1980.
— memoir (originally published in France in 1977) of the famous publisher; contains two references to Louise Brooks – “The green eyes of Louise Brooks sparkling beneath her thick black bangs” and ” . . . can hold a candle to the Garbos and Marlenes, and even less to my own personal goddess, Louise Brooks.”
Kobal, John. The Art of the Great Hollywood Portrait Photographers. New York: Crown, 1980.
— two portraits and a brief mention
Apra, Adriano, and Patriziai Pistagnes (editors). Il cinema di Howard Hawks, Venice, Italy: Biennale di Venezia, 1981.
— contains material on A Girl in Every Port including Kevin Brownlow’s 1967 interview with Hawks in which the director discusses Brooks
Biennale di Venezia. Vienna-Berlino-Hollywood: il cinema della grande emigrazione. Venezia: La biennale, 1981.
— on the “Cinema of the Great Emigration,” includes Brooks’ piece on Marlene Dietrich
Kobal, John. Great Film Stills of the German Silent Era. New York: Dover, 1981.
— Brooks is twice pictured (in Pandora’s Box) and referenced in the introductory essay by Lotte H. Eisner
Russo Vito. The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. Harper & Row, 1981.
— Brooks role in Pandora’s Box is mentioned and the actress is depicted on the cover
Surowiec, Catherine Ann. Rediscovering French Film 1930–1960. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981.
— extensive film notes from the film series which included Prix de Beauté; reprinted by the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California in 1982
anonymous. Grand Larousse Universal. Paris: Larousse, 1982.
— brief entry and still from Pandora’s Box in volume 3 of this general interest French encyclopedia
Benayoun, Robert. Le regard de Buster Keaton. Paris: Herscher, 1982.
— includes Brooks’ brief piece on the comedian in translation; published in the United Sattes as The Look of Buster Keaton (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1982); in Italy as Lo sguardo di Buster Keaton (Milano: Emme, 1982); in Germany as Buster Keaton: der Augen-Blick des Schweigens (München: BAHIA Verl, 1983); and in England as The Look of Buster Keaton (London: Pavilion, 1984).
Brooks, Louise. Lulu in Hollywood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
— Brooks’ collection of autobiographical essays, contains “On Location with Billy Wellman,” “Marion Davies’ Niece,” “Humphrey and Bogey,” “The Other Face of W. C. Fields,” “Gish and Garbo,” “Pabst and Lulu,” and “Kansas to New York.” This edition also includes an introduction by William Shawn, and an afterword by Lotte H. Eisner (“A Witness Speaks”). Lulu in Hollywood has been published in translation in Dutch, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish and other languages
Cohen-Stratyner, Barbara Naomi. Biographical Dictionary of Dance. NewYork: Schirmer Book. 1982.
— an entry on Brooks is included; “Her loss to film is inestimable.”
Hawks, Howard, and Joseph McBride. Hawks on Hawks. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1982.
— brief mention and still of Brooks in A Girl in Every Port
Etherington-Smith, Meredith. Patou. New York: St. Martins, 1983.
— illustrated biography of the famed fashion designer; Brooks is referenced and also pictured wearing a bronze lame dress by Patou created for the actress when she was making Pandora’s Box
Hoaglin, Jess L. The Stars Of Yesteryear. Wherever Is..? (volume II). Newell, Iowa: Bireline Publishing, 1983.
— contains an entry on the actress
Koszarski, Richard. The Astoria Studio and Its Fabulous Films. New York: Dover, 1983.
— a picture history with 227 stills and photographs; Brooks is shown in three stills, and three films in which she appeared are also depicted
Roud, Richard. A Passion for Films. New York: Viking, 1983.
— significant passages devoted to Brooks; the actress is also quoted on the back of the book – “Richard Roud is the perfect Henri Langlois biographer.”
Thompson, Frank T. William A. Wellman. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1983.
— a number of references to Brooks are included in this biography of the acclaimed director
Updike, John. Hugging the Shore. New York: Knopf, 1983.
— Brooks is discussed in the author’s review of Lulu in Hollywood
Buache, Freddy. Le cinéma allemand 1918 – 1933. Paris: Hatier, 1984.
— contains material on the two films Brooks made with Pabst; the actress also appears on the cover
Bock, Hans-Michael. CineGraph. Munich: text + kritik, 1984.
— contains two essays (one by Lucie Herrmann) and an annotated filmography
Fields, Ronald J. W.C. Fields: A Life on Film. New York: St. Martins, 1984.
— includes remarks by Brooks on Fields, and an illustrated section on It’s the Old Army Game
Langlois, Henri, Glenn Myrent, and Jean-Pierre Jolly. Musée du cinéma. Paris: Éd. Cinémathèque française, 1984.
— includes material on Brooks
Lloyd, Ann. Movies of the Silent Years. London: Orbis Publishing, 1984.
— contains a three page appreciation of the actress, “Louise Brooks: A Lust for Life,” by the English-born film critic David Thomson
Loos, Anita. Fate Keeps on Happening. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1984.
— contains an essay on Brooks entitled “Lulu Baby”
Moritz, Charles. Current Biography Yearbook 1984. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1984.
— contains a long biographical portrait of Brooks
Ooka, Shohei. Ruizu Burukkusu to “Ruru”. Toyko: Chuo Koronsha, 1984.
— 116-page, heavily illustrated, Japanese language book about and by the actress; contains Brooks’ “Gish and Garbo” and “Pabst and Lulu” along with a filmography and bibliography
Bradshaw, Jon. Dreams That Money Can Buy: The Tragic Life of Libby Holman. New York: William Morrow, 1985.
— two short passages concern meetings between Holman and Brooks
Kobal, John. People Will Talk. Knopf, 1985.
— contains the film historian’s lengthy interview with the actress
Peter, Frank-Manuel. Valeska Gert. Berlin: Frolich & Kaufmann, 1985.
— contains a small amount of material on Diary of a Lost Girl
Vermilye, Jerry. The Films of the Twenties. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1985.
— includes chapters on It’s the Old Army Game and Beggars of Life
anonymous. Homenagem a Louise Brooks. Lisbon: Cinemateca Portuguesa, 1986.
— 62 page program booklet containing “Louise Brooks: O Cinema Todo e Para Além Dele” by José Manuel Costa, “Uma Arte Invisivel” by Henri Langlois, “Fala Uma Testemunha” by Lotte Eisner, “Porque Nunca Hei-De Escrever as Minhas Memorias” by Louise Brooks, “Pabst e Lulu” by Louise Brooks, “Bogart, Marlene, Gish, Fields e Pabst” by Louise Brooks, and a filmography
Casparius, Hans. In My View: A Pictorial Memoir. Leamington Spa, U.K.: Oswald Wolff, 1986.
— includes a paragraph on Brooks
Guidotti, R., Piselli, S., and Morrocchi, R. Diva Blue. Italy: Edizione Brossurata, 1986.
— multilingual book on erotic films which includes an essay on Brooks and Pabst
Kobal, John. People Will Talk. London: Aurum Press, 1986.
— contains the author’s lengthy interview with Brooks; this edition depicts the actress on the front and back covers, also published in the United States (New York: Knopf, 1986 ) and in translation in Spain as La gente hablará (Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1987)
Langlois, Georges P., and Glenn Myrent. Henri Langlois: Premier Citoyen du Cinema. Paris: Editions Denoel, 1986.
— contains a three page passage on Brooks; published in English translation as Henri Langlois, first citizen of cinema (New York: Twayne and London: Prentice Hall International, 1995)
Narboni, Jean. Henri Langlois: Trois cents ans de cinéma. Paris: Cahiers du cinéma: Cinémathèque française, 1986.
— contains a number of references to Brooks’ films, including A Girl in Every Port
Ott, Frederick W. The Great German Films. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1986.
— includes a section on Pandora’s Box
Passek, Jean Loup. Dictionnaire du Cinéma. Paris: Libraire Larousse, 1986.
— contains an entry on Brooks
Peterlic, Ante. Filmska enciklopedija. Zagreb: Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod “Miroslav Krleza”, 1986.
— half-page illustrated entry on Brooks by Vr. V. in this two-volume Croatian film encyclopedia
Ott, Frederick W. The Great German Films. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1986.
— illustrated four page section on Pandora’s Box
Rentschler, Eric (editor). German Film and Literature: Adaptations and Transformations. New York and London: Methuen, 1986.
— includes Thomas Elsaesser’s essay “Lulu and the Meter Man: Pabst’s Pandora’s Box [1929]”
Robe, Lucy Barry. Co-starring famous women and alcohol. Minneapolis, Minnesota: CompCare Publications, 1986.
— includes a handfull of references and a near two-page section on the actress
Seydel, Renate. Geboren unter jedem Himmel–: Erinnerungen berühmter Schauspieler. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1986.
— a section of the book, as well as three pages of images, relate to Brooks in this biographical remembrance of various actors
Vinson, James. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Volume III Actors and Actresses. Chicago: St. James Press, 1986.
— full page entry on Brooks by Roger Manvell; (updated with an image added in 1992 edition)
anonymous. Brockhaus Enzyklopadie. Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus, 1987.
— brief entry in volume 4 of general interest German encyclopedia
Butler, Ivan. Silent Magic. London: Columbus Books Limited, 1987.
— references, and a substantial passage devoted to the actress in this look at films of the 1920’s
Casparius Hans. In My View: A Pictorial Memoir. Berg Publishers, 1987.
— illustrated memoir by the noted photographer and occasional actor
Fahey, David and Linda Rich. Masters of Starlight. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
— catalog to exhibit of Hollywood glamour photographers; includes an image of the actress by Eugene Richee
Langman, Larry. Encyclopedia of American Film Comedy. New York: Garland Publishing, 1987.
— a half-page entry is devoted to the actress; “… an unusually beautiful and gifted performer.”
Taves, Brian. Robert Florey: The French Expressionist. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1987.
— contains a two page section and a handful of references to King of Gamblers; Lloyd Nolan, who acted in the film, also discusses it in his introduction to the book
Tynan, Kathleen. The Life of Kenneth Tynan. William Morrow, 1987.
— biography of the theater critic and journalist; contains three significant passages about Brooks as well as other references and excerpts from letters; a portrait of the actress in her later years, and a picture of Kenneth Tynan dressed as Brooks
Werner, Paul, and Uta van Steen. Rebellin in Hollywood: 13 Porträts des Eigensinns. Münster: Medium, 1987.
— Brooks is one of the thirteen actresses profiled; contains the chapter “Louise Brooks: Das animalische Kind”. Brooks is also depicted on the cover
Armatys, Barbara, Wiesław Stradomski, Leszek Armatys, and Jerzy Toeplitz. Historia filmu polskiego. T. 2, T. 2. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1988.
— volume 2 of this history of Polish film covers the years 1930-1939, and quotes co-scriptwriter Andrzej Tomakowski on the influence of Pandora’s Box on Zabawka, a 1933 Polish film whose lead character is named Lulu
Duberman, Martin Bauml. Paul Robeson. New York: Knopf, 1988.
— according to Essie Robeson’s diary, Brooks met Paul Robeson at a party in April 1925 at the home of Walter White, the longtime head of the NAACP – she “was very late and I couldn’t wait for her, but . . . Paul said she was very conceited and impossible”
Jowitt, Deborah. Time and the Dancing Image. New York: William Morrow, 1988.
— a reference and image which includes Brooks can be found in this history of dance
Naremore, James. Acting in the Cinema. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
— a number of references to Brooks
Perelman, S. J. and Prudence Crowther. Don’t Tread on Me: The Selected Letters of S.j. Perelman. Penguin Books, 1988.
— four references to Brooks
Stenn, David. Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild. New York: Doubleday, 1988.
— more than a dozen references to Brooks in this biography of the “It” girl
Böhme, Margarete. Tagebuch einer Verlorenen: von einer Toten. [Frankfurt am Main]: Suhrkamp, 1989.
— a new edition of the book that was the basis for the 1929 film, with Brooks pictured on the cover
Dahlke, Günther, and Günter Karl (editors). Deutsche Spielfilme von den Anfängen bis 1933: ein Filmführer. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988.
— contains essays on the two Pabst films by ch. m. (Christiane Muckenberger)
Charyn, Jerome. Movieland: Hollywood and the Great American Dream Culture. New York: Putnams & Sons, 1989.
— collection of essays by the noted American novelist; includes a handful of references and passages, as well as a chapter entitled “Mr. Feathers” concerning Brooks
Durant, Philippe and Benedicte Grammont. Les seductrices du cinema. Paris: Favre, 1989.
— full page of text and full page portrait
Grmek Germani, Sergio, and Vittorio Martinelli. Il Cinema di Augusto Genina. [Pordenone, Italy]: Biblioteca dell’Immagine, 1989.
— scene stills and mention of Brooks in the section on Prix de Beauté; Brooks also appears on the cover
Paris, Barry. Louise Brooks. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
— definitive biography of the actress, with illustrations, bibliography, filmography; published in translation in French, Spanish and other languages
Petro, Patrice. Joyless Streets: Women and Melodramatic Representation in Weimar, Germany. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989.
— includes a handful of passages relating to the two films Brooks made with Pabst
Tynan, Kenneth. Profiles. Nick Hern Books, 1989.
— contains Tynan’s New Yorker profile of Brooks
1990s
Fields, W. C. Three Films of W. C. Fields. London: Faber and Faber, 1990.
— includes an introduction by Brooks, which was originally published in Lulu in Hollywood
Engelmeier, Regine and Peter W. Engelmeier. Fashion in Films. Munich, Germany: Prestal-Verlag, 1990.
— Brooks is twice referenced
Koszarski, Richard. An Evening’s Entertainment. New York: MacMillan, 1990.
— a handful of references and a three-page section are devoted to Brooks in this highly regarded history of the American cinema
Kuhn, Annette. The Women’s Companion to International Film. London: Virago, 1990.
— includes a half-page entry on the actress
Rentschler, Eric (editor). The Films of G. W. Pabst: An Extraterritorial Cinema. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1990.
— contains “The Erotic Barter: Pandora’s Box” and Heide Schlupmann’s essay “Diary of a Lost Girl, “The Brothel as an Arcadian Space?”
Schlemmer, Gottfried, Bernhard Riff and Georg Haberl (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”), 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“), and Heide Schlupmann’s “Das Bordell als Arkadischer Ort? Tagebuch Einer Verlorenen von G.W. Pabst” (“Diary of a Lost Girl, “The Brothel as an Arcadian Space ?”)
Smith, Sally Bedell. In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle. Random House, 1990.
— multiple references to Brooks
Doane, Mary Ann. Femmes Fatales. New York and London: Routledge, 1991.
— Brooks is depicted on the cover of the book, which contains “The Erotic Barter: Pandora’s Box”
Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York: Doubleday, 1991.
— Brooks is referenced and pictured in this autobiography of the dancer
Horst, Horst P. Horst Sixty Years of Photography. New York: Universe, 1991.
— a portrait of Brooks is included in this monograph
Rainey, Buck. The Life and Films of Buck Jones: The Sound Era. Waynesville, North Carolina: The World of Yesterday, 1991.
— includes a section on Empty Saddles, and a handful of references and pictures of Brooks
Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. New York: William Morrow, 1992.
— a handful of references to Brooks
Dyer, Richard, and Ginette Vincendeau. Popular European Cinema. London: Routledge, 1992.
— “Angela Carter named the three surrealist love goddesses as being Louise Brooks first and foremost, followed by Dietrich and Barbara Steele.”
Lourcelles, Jacques. Dictionnaire du cinéma: Les films. Paris: Laffont, 1992.
— Brooks appears on the cover of this dictionary of film
Maltin, Leonard. Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1992.
— entry on the 1927 Our Gang short, Ten Years Old, erroneously notes that a newspaper photo of Brooks is included in the film
Soares, Janet Mansfield. Louis Horst: Musician in A Dancer’s World. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1992.
— Brooks is twice referenced and quoted in this book on the musical director of the Denishawn troupe
Williams, Alan Larson. Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1992.
— contains a passage on Prix de Beauté
Baker, Jean-Claude and Chris Chase. Josephine: The Hungry Heart. New York: Random House, 1993.
— Brooks’ observations of 1920’s Berlin are quoted in this biography of Josephine Baker
Gandert, Gero. Der Film der Weimarer Republik 1929. Ein Handbuch der zeitgenossischen Kritik. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 1993.
— contains a nine page chapter on the Pandora’s Box and a six page chapter on Diary of a Lost Girl
Weiss, Andrea. Vampires & Violets. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
— material on Brooks and Pandora’s Box is included in this look at lesbians in film
Ziegfeld, Richard and Paulette Ziegfeld. The Ziegfeld Touch. New York: Abrams, 1993.
— Brooks is referenced and pictured in this illustrated history
anonymous. Grande Enciclopedico De Agostini. Novara: DeAgostini, 1994.
— brief entry, with scene still from Miss Europa in Italian encylopedia; volume 5
Bammé, Arno. Margaeete Böhme: Die Erfolgsschriftstellerin aus Husum. Berlin: Profil, 1994.
— includes a few pages of related text and images
Bernstein, Matthew. Walter Wanger Hollywood Independent. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1994.
— Brooks is quoted three times regarding the famed producer
Card, James. Seductive Cinema. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
— a personal appreciation of the silent film era; contains interesting observations and anecdotal passages about Brooks
Maltin, Leonard. Leonard Maltin’s Movie Encyclopedia. New York: Dutton, 1994.
— a three-quarter page entry on Brooks is included in this reference work
Oderman, Stuart. Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1994.
— Brooks is mentioned and quoted (from a letter to the author)
Paris, Barry. Garbo. New York: Knopf, 1994.
— numerous references to Brooks are included in this biography of the Swedish-born actress
Saunders, Thomas J. Hollywood in Berlin: American Cinema and Weimar Germany. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
— a study of cinematic and cultural interaction
Tomlinson, Doug. Actors on Acting for the Screen. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994.
— half-page entry devoted to Brooks
Trasko, Mary. Daring Do’s: A History of Extraordinary Hair. New York: Flammarion, 1994.
— full-page portrait, and mention; “Louise Brooks, so beguiling in her shiny black helmet of hair, prompted thousands of women to follow suit. But not every women’s profile took to the bob as beautifully.”
Tynan, Kathleen (editor). Kenneth Tynan Letters. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994.
— selected letters of the theater critic and journalist; contains a number of letters to the actress and other references
Coffman, Elizabeth Ann. Women in Motion: Dance, Gesture, and Spectacle in Film, 1900-1935 (Loie Fuller, Lillian Gish, Louise Brooks, Josephine Baker). Florida: University of Florida, 1995.
— unpublished Ph.D thesis; “the reception of these four womens’ performances reflects the contradictory desires involved whenever women in motion function as icons for modernity.”
Davis, Darrell William. Picturing Japaneseness. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995.
— “The moga was a fashionably liberated symbol of women’s rebellion against the stifling patriarchal order. With her bobbed hair, tight skirt, makeup, and insouciant cigarette, the moga was both a fictional and historical emblem of women’s liberation in the 1920s and 1930s. Greta Garbo, Clara Bow, and Louise Brooks were the models for moga. She was a favorite character in literature. . . .”
Douglas, Ann. Terrible Honesty. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995.
— the actress is referenced eight times in this look at cultural life in Manhattan in the 1920’s
Kasten, Jürgen. Metzler Film Lexikon. Stuttgart, Weimar: Verlag J.B. Metzler, 1995.
— contains a piece on Pandora’s Box
Koebner, Thomas, and Kerstin-Luise Neumann. Filmklassiker Vol. 1 1913-1946. Stuttgart: Reclam, 1995.
— includes a seven page chapter on Pandora’s Box
Meade, Marion. Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
— the actress is referenced a number of times
Pepper, Terence. Limelight. London: National Portrait Gallery, 1995.
— catalog to exhibit of portraits by James Abbe; includes an image of Brooks
Rapp, Bernard, and Jean-Claude Lamy. Dictionnaire des films. Paris: Larousse, 1995.
— includes entries on five of Brooks’ films
Beier, Brigitte et al. A film krónikája. Budapest: Officina Nova, 1996.
— contains an article about Brooks entitled “Brooks hangtalan erotikája” (this volume is the Hungarian edition of a book also published in Czech, German, and Chinese)
Cineteca D. W. Griffith. Omaggio a Louise Brooks e Maya Deren. Genova, Italy: Cineteca D. W. Griffith, 1996.
— 14 page program highlighting the work of the actress and the filmmaker
Vincendeau, Ginette. Encyclopedia of European Cinema. London: Cassell, 1995.
— Brooks is an entry in this reference work, which states “Consigned to oblivion for some three decades , she became the object of French cinephilia in the 1960s and since then has enjoyed iconic status as one of Weimar cinema’s archetypal femmes fatales.”
Dijkstra, Bram. Evil Sisters. New York: Knopf, 1996.
— lengthy consideration of the actress and her role as Lulu in Pandora’s Box in this study of “the threat of female sexuality and the cult of manhood”
Dwyer, Ruth Anne. Malcolm St. Clair. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press 1996.
— eight references to Brooks are included in this study of the film director
Guilaroff, Sydney. Crowning Glory. Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, 1996.
— the one time MGM hair stylist and “Hollywood’s favorite confident” tells the story of how he helped shaped Brooks’ distinctive bob
Hillier, Jim and Wollen, Peter. Howard Hawks American Artist. London: British Film Institute, 1996.
— references to Brooks and the Hawks’ film A Girl in Every Port
Liebman, Roy. Silent Film Performers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1996.
— Brooks is included in this “annotated bibliography of published, unpublished and archival sources for over 350 actors and actresses”
Lodge, Jack, and Riccardo Redi. Herbert Brenon. Gemona, Italy: Griffithiana, 1996.
— survey of the director’s career, with material on The Street of Forgotten Men
Milton, Joyce. Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
— includes a number of references to Brooks
Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey. The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
— Brooks is referenced and pictured regarding her work with Pabst
Tambling, Jeremy. Opera and the Culture of Fascism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
— Brooks’ role as Lulu is referenced in relation to German opera productions of the 1930’s
Waresquiel, Emmanuel. De Coco Chanel a Maurice Chevalier. Paris: Larousse, 1996.
— two captioned portraits of Brooks in this survey of life in France between 1900 and 1945
Carter, Angela. Shaking a Leg: Collected Writings. London: Chatto & Windus, 1997.
— Carter was a well-known English novelist and longtime devotee of Brooks, who is discussed in the author’s review of the Barry Paris biography, and in an essay entitled “Femmes Fatales”
Cawthorne, Nigel. Sex Lives of the Hollywood Goddesses. London: Prion, 1997.
— one of the 13 chapters in this badly written book of sex gossip is devoted to Brooks
Conner, Lynne. Spreading the Gospel of the Modern Dance. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
— Brooks is referenced in this study of dance criticism in the United States, 1850 – 1934
Eyman, Scott. The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
— three references to Brooks
Finler, Joel. Silent Cinema. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1997.
— illustrations and more than a half-dozen references to Brooks in this survey of world cinema
Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. London: Cassell, 1997.
— includes a passage on The City Gone Wild
Hillier, Jim and Peter Wollen. Howard Hawks American Artist. London: British Film Institute, 1997.
— includes a few passages on Brooks and A Girl in Every Port
Jacobsen, Wolfgang. G. W. Pabst. Berlin: Argon, 1997.
— monograph on the films of G. W. Pabst; contains a significant amount of material about Brooks
Jumʻah, Ḥasan, Farīdah Marʻi, and Madkūr Thābit (editors). The Writings of El Sayyed Hassan Gomaa, volume 2 1930–1934. Egypt: Ministry of Culture, Egyptian Film Center, 1997.
— contains a passage on The Canary Murder Case
Keesey, Pam. Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale. San Francisco, California: Cleis Press, 1997.
— Brooks is profiled and pictured in this book
Koebner, Thomas (editor). Idole des deutschen Films. München, Germany: edition text + kritik, 1997.
— two chapters (“Der Blick der Madchen in Uniform: Uber Louise Brooks und andere” by Rainer Rother, and “Femme fatale und Hure: Von Lulu zum Madchen Rosemarie” by Heinz-B. Heller) and number references pertain to Brooks and Pandora’s Box
Louvish, Simon. Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W. C. Fields. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.
— numerous references to Brooks and her association with the comedian
Lynn, Kenneth S. Charlie Chaplin and His Times. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
— numerous references to Brooks are included in this biography of the actor
McCarthy, Todd. Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood. New York: Grove, 1997.
— includes a few pages of material about Brooks and A Girl in Every Port
Oller, John. Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew. New York: Limelight Editions, 1997.
— a half-dozen references in this biography of the Canary Murder Case co-star
Alvarez, Luis Alberto. Paginas de cine, volume 3. Medellin, Colombia: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, 1998.
— contains four references to Brooks in this collection of film criticism (volume two also contains a single reference)
anonymous. Almanac of Famous People. The Gale Group, 1998.
— Brooks is included in the 6th edition
anonymous. Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 1: 1981-1985. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1998.
— extensive entry on the actress by Tinky “Dakota” Weisblat
Cardullo, Bert. Playing to the Camera. Yale University Press, 1998.
— five references and an excerpt from the 1965 John Kobal interview with Brooks are included in this anthology in which “film actors discuss their craft” – Brooks is also pictured on the cover
Castelluccio, Frank and Alvin Walker. The Other Side of Ethel Mertz. Machester, CT: Knowledge, Ideas, and Trends, 1998.
— three paragraphs related to Vivian Vance’s childhood friend, Louise Brooks
Donald, James, Anne Friedberg, and Laura Marcus. Close-Up 1927-1933: Cinema and Modernism. London: Cassell, 1998.
— Close-Up championed a European avant-garde in film-making; this volume republishes articles from the journal, including a number that center on the two films Brooks made with Pabst
Douin, Jean-Luc. Dictionnaire de la Censure au Cinéma. Paris: PUF, 1998.
— includes material relating to the actress
Koll, Gerald. Pandoras Schätze: Erotikkonzeptionen in den Stummfilmen von G.W. Pabst. Munchen: Diskurs Film Verlag, 1998.
— originally the author’s thesis; contains much material relating to Brooks, as well as lengthy chapters on Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost Girl
Krenn, Günter. Geheimnisvolle Tiefe G.W. Pabst. Vienna: Austrian Film Archive, 1998.
— catalog to an exhibit and program of films, contains four essays and numerous illustrations documenting the films of G. W. Pabst; material on the actress figures prominently, and includes “Aus dem Briefwechsel zwischen Louise Brooks und Guido Crepax,” with three letters to the Italian cartoonist
Micheli, Sergio. Bertolt Brecht e il cinema di Weimar. Firenze, Italy: Manent, 1998.
— mention of Brooks in a two page discussion of Pabst and the films he made with the actress
Page, Norman. Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years. New York: St. Martins Press, 1998.
— Brooks’ film work is referenced in this account of the lives of the two English writers
Sarris, Andrew. “You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet”. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
— contains a discussion of Brooks and a handful of other mentions
Schreier, Sandy. Hollywood Dressed & Undressed: A Century of Cinema Style. Rizzoli, 1998.
— contains tow short pasaages accompanied by images, and a cover appearance
Stephens, Autumn. Drama Queens: Wild Women of the Silver Screen. Berkeley, California: Conari Press, 1998.
— Brooks is one of a number of film personalities profiled in this book
Andrew, Geoff. Directors Vision. New York: Acappella, 1999.
— Brooks is mentioned and pictured in a scene from Pandora’s Box in the page on director G.W. Pabst
Caneppele, Paola & Günter Krenn. Film ist Comics. Vienna: Austrian Film Archive, 1999.
— an examination of the interplay between film and comics; contains a significant amount of material about Brooks, who additionally appears on the cover
— “Un Programme Des Films Restaurés Proposé Par Le Cinémathèque Française Et La Cineteca Del Comune Di Bologna” including Die Büchse der Pandora, Das Tagebuch Einer Verlorenen, and Prix de Beauté
Conrad, Peter. Modern Times, Modern Places. London: Thames & Hudson, 1999.
— exploration of modernity through an analysis of cultural expression, including Brooks
Elsaesser, Thomas with Michael Wedel. BFI Companion to German Cinema. London: BFI, 1999.
— brief entry on Brooks
Eisenschitz, Bernard, and Francis Vanoye. Le cinéma allemand. Paris: Nathan, 1999.
— includes references to the Pabst’s films
Hastie, Amelie Ellen. Recollecting Histories: Women, Writing, and Film (Alice Guy-Blache, Louise Brooks, Colleen Moore). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 1999.
— unpublished Ph.D thesis; “examines the role of writing in the construction of cinematic histories, theories, and even images, especially as such writings point toward the multiple roles women have played as “authors” within the production of films and the production of our knowledge about them”
Holt, Niles R. Women in World History. Waterford, Connecticut: Yorkin Publications, 1999.
— four page entry on Brooks in volume 3
Kahlweit, Cathrin. Jahrhundertfrauen. Austria: Beck, 1999.
— contains Angela Schmitt-Glaser’ article on Brooks, Jean Seberg, Sharon Stone and Romy Schneider
Koebner, Thomas. Halbnah: Schriften zum Film, zweite Folge. St. Augustin: Gardez!, 1999.
— two-page section on Pandora’s Box; Brooks also appears on the cover
Mass, Frederica Sagor. The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press, 1999.
— passing mention of Brooks in this memoir by the screenwriter who scripted Rolled Stockings
McCaffrey, Donald W. and Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. New York: Greenwood Press, 1999.
— references to Brooks
Mendes, Valerie and De La Haye, Amy. 20th Century Fashion. New York and London: Thames and Hundson, 1999.
— portrait and passing mention of Brooks
Meskimmon, Marsha. We Weren’t Modern Enough: Women Artists and the Limits of German Modernism. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1999.
— Brooks is referenced in the chapter on the image of the prostitute during the Weimar
Rand, Ayn. Russian Writings on Hollywood. Marina del Ray, California: Ayn Rand Institute Press, 1999.
— American Venus is among the films Rand records having seen after leaving the Soviet Union
Sullivan, Steve. Glamour Girls: The Illustrated Encyclopedia. New York: St. Martin’s, 1999.
— an entry on Brooks is included
Wollstein, Hans J. Vixens, Floozies and Molls. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1999.
— eight references to Brooks in this look at “28 actresses of late 1920’s and 1930’s Hollywood”