Louise Brooks Society blog

Pandora's Box, the sensational 1929 film starring Louise Brooks, will be screened at Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 10th. This special event is being held in conjunction with the Fort Smith Public Library. More information about the event can be found HERE.The venue states, "Step into the bold and provocative world of early cinema with a special screening of Pandora’s Box (1929), the groundbreaking German silent masterpiece directed by G. W. Pabst and starring the unforgettable Louise Brooks as Lulu. Daring, magnetic, and ahead of its time, Pandora’s Box […]

The line-up for the 2026 San Francisco Silent Film Festival has been announced. This year, the festival returns to its "ancestral home" at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. (The historic venue has been closed  for a couple of years due to renovations.) The festival was begun at the Castro in 1996 and has grown from a one-day event to the largest and most prestigious festival devoted to silent cinema in all of the   Americas.This year's festival (which takes place May 6 - 10) includes 26 films from six different countries featuring 22 musicians from far and wide. Altogether, there will […]

A Social Celebrity, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1926. The film is a romantic comedy about a small town barber who follows his heart and heads to the big city where he hopes to join high society. Louise Brooks plays the barber’s love interest, a small town manicurist who also heads to the big city to become a dancer. The film is the third in which Brooks appeared, the second for which she received a screen credit, and the first in which she had a starring role. More about the film can be found on the newly revised Louise Brooks Society filmography page.The film […]

Here is something to look forward to..... Classic Comics Press have announced the forthcoming release of Dixie Dugan: From Showgirl to Comics Icon. No author is give except for the comic strips original authors, J. P. McEvoy and John H. Striebel. No date is given for the book's release date, though the book is listed as "currently in production." In fact, little else is known about this title. For example, what span of time will this volume cover: will it include the Sunday comics, or just the daily's, or both? Nevertheless, the book's release is something to look forward to. I have emailed […]

Evening Clothes, featuring a different looking Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1927. The film is a romantic comedy about a gentleman farmer who — spurned by his bride, goes to the big city to loose his rustic ways and win back his new wife. A stanza printed in advertisements for the film put it this way, “He was a French hick / Who didn’t please her / So he went to Paris and / Became a Boulevardier.” Louise Brooks plays a character called Fox Trot, a hot-to-trot Parisian who some described as a lady of the evening. The making of the film coincided with […]

A new outdoor mural depicting the Kansas-born silent film star Louise Brooks has debuted in Wichita, Kansas -- the actress' one-time hometown. The mural is the work of an artist known as Deber614. And what's more, the mural (shown below) was painted on the north side of the Dockum building (Douglas and Hillside), the very building whee Louise Brooks opened a dance studio in the 1940's.A fan of the actress, Danzel Bond, sent me a couple of snapshots of the mural. They are great pics. Thank you Danzel ! Earlier this month, I contacted the artist and asked about the mural. He told me "This […]

It Pays to Advertise, with Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1931. The film is a farce about rival soap companies, an advertising agency, and a ne’er do-well playboy who attempts to make good. Louise Brooks plays Thelma Temple, a dancer appearing in a musical entitled Girlies Don’t Tell. Brooks’ part in the film, done to fulfill her contract with Paramount, amounted to little more than a cameo. The Hollywood Reporter wrote “Louise Brooks flashes in and out of the opening scenes and looks like a good bet for bigger roles.” Due to tepid reviews and negative publicity, […]

When You’re in Love, with Louise Brooks in a bit part, was released on this day in 1937. The film is a romantic musical scripted and directed by long-time Frank Capra writer Robert Riskin and starring Grace Moore and Cary Grant. The enjoyable and fast-moving plot turns on high-spirits and high-notes. Louise Brooks makes an uncredited appearance as one of a number of dancers in a musical sequence near the end of the film. More about the film can be found on the Louise Brooks Society filmography page.Louise Brooks, third from the left, is obscured by Grace Moore's hand.This is likely […]

A Girl in Every Port, starring Louise Brooks, was released on this day in 1928. A Girl in Every Port is a classic early “buddy film,” On loan to Fox, Louise Brooks plays Marie (Mam’selle Godiva), a girl in Marseille, France. The film was directed by Howard Hawks, and stars Victor McLaglen and Robert Armstrong as the two sailors, and features Marie Casajuana, Sally Rand, Natalie Kingston, Leila Hyams, and Myrna Loy as the women they romance in various ports of call. More about the film can be found on the recently revised Louise Brooks Society filmography page. The film was shot […]