This page is part of an experiment in local film history. It presents a record of screenings of various Louise Brooks-related documentary films in Northern California, from the early 1960s through today. Recorded here are which city and at what venue and over what period of time (one week, three days, one day, etc…) any particular film was shown. Additionally, noted are those occasions when a film was shown as part of a double bill, if there was a special guest appearance, or some other unusual circumstance.
What follows are the record of the Northern California theatrical screenings for documentary films either about or including Louise Brooks. These records are formatted in the same manner as the records for each of Brooks’ 24 films.
The Love Goddesses (1965): St. Francis in San Francisco (Apr. 29 – May 4, 1965); Cinema in San Francisco (May 20-24, 1965 with Rattle of a Simple Man); Lark in Larkspur (June 30 – July 6, 1965 with The Magnificent Cuckold); Music Hall in San Francisco (May 28 – July 8, 1965 with Circle of Love); Saratoga in San Francisco (May 28-31, 1965 with Rattle of a Simple Man); Guild in Sacramento (July 3-8, 1965 with Circle of Love); Encore in Burlingame (July 7-13, 1965); Fine Arts in Palo Alto (July 18-20, 1965 with Circle of Love); Tower in Oakland (Aug. 4-10, 1965 with Circle of Love); Telenews in San Francisco (Sept. 3-8, 1965 with Land Mark of Old Russia); The Movie in San Francisco (Oct. 3-6, 1965 with The Moontrap); The Movie in San Francisco Oct. 7-13, 1965 with Murnau’s Sunrise); Surf in San Francisco (Aug. 7-9, 1966 with Sunset Boulevard); Oakland Drive-In in San Leandro (Sept. 16, 1966 with Circle of Love and with Days of Wine and Roses); Powell in San Francisco (Oct. 2, 1966 with What Did You Do in the War Daddy?); Richelieu in San Francisco (Apr. 11-23, 1967 with Chaplin’s Art of Comedy and with Clouds Over Israel on Apr. 18, 1967); Richelieu in San Francisco (Sept. 22-26, 1967 with Andy Warhol’s My Hustler); College of San Mateo in San Mateo (March 20, 1970); Richelieu in San Francisco (July 21-27, 1971 with Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco (Nov. 8, 1974); Conlan Hall at City College in San Francisco (March 31, 1978 with The Women); Castro in San Francisco (Jan. 3, 1979 with Sunset Boulevard); UC in Berkeley (July 15, 1980 with The Blue Angel).
A Conversation with Louise Brooks (1974): Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Feb. 19, 1983 with The Show Off); Santa Cruz Film Festival in Santa Cruz (Jan. 19, 1985 with Pandora’s Box).
Memories of Berlin: Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976): Castro in San Francisco (Aug. 5, 1986 with Lulu in Berlin).
Lulu in Berlin (1985): York in San Francisco (July 21, 1984 with Le Chemin Perdu); Darwin Theater, Sonoma Film Institute at Sonoma State University (Oct. 4-5, 1985 with Diary of a Lost Girl); Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley (Oct. 6, 1985 as part of the series “A Tribute to Louise Brooks (1906-1985),” with Diary of a Lost Girl); Castro in San Francisco (Aug. 5, 1986 with Memories of Berlin); Castro in San Francisco (Mar. 21, 1987 with Marlene); Castro in San Francisco (May 22, 1987); M. H. De Young Museum in San Francisco (March 2, 2006 as part of the series “Leacock / Pennebaker: Pioneers of Cinema Verite“).
If you live in Northern California and are interested in find out if a Brooks’ film played where you live, here is just the record to satisfy your curiosity. Also, if you know of other screening which are not listed, please CONTACT the Louise Brooks Society.