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A BIG thank you to Robert Byrne, friend to Louise Brooks and the Louise...
I wish to offer a BIG thank you to Robert Byrne, friend to Louise Brooks and the Louise Brooks Society and to all the silent cinema. On a recent visit to San Francisco and the San Francisco Silent Film...
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Herbert Brenon’s The Spanish Dancer (1923)
My review of the new Blu-ray release of The Spanish Dancer was just published by Film International. My review is titled "Florid in a Good Way: Herbert Brenon's The Spanish Dancer (1923)". This...
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Happy Holidays from the Louise Brooks Society
Happy Holidays from the Louise Brooks Society !THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society (www.pandorasbox.com). Original...
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A Significant Discovery - Louise Brooks First Ever Pic in a European Publication
Lately, I have been updating, revising, and adding pages to the Louise Brooks Society website. One of the pages I just added, "Louise Brooks at the Café de Paris in London", focused on the few months...
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Top Louise Brooks News & Stories of 2023
Like me, you may have noticed some of the annual "top news stories of 2023" features showing up in newspapers, magazines, and on TV. I saw one the other day, and that got me to thinking about the top...
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Happy New Year from the Louise Brooks Society
Happy New Year from the Louise Brooks Society. Here's a 'swonderful picture of Louise Brooks in a celebratory mood.A follow-up to my previous blog post, which I hope everyone will check out,...
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Are you a fan of Louise Brooks? Take this pop quiz
Do you consider yourself a fan of Louise Brooks? Are you a BIG fan of Louise Brooks? How much do you know about the actress? How many of her films have you seen? Take this quiz and find out.... Give...
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Happy Birthday to Matt Frewer (aka Max Headroom)
Happy Birthday to Matt Frewer, the American-born Canadian actor and comedian who for a time also lived and worked in the UK. Frewer has a notable list of film (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) and TV...
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Diary of a Lost Girl to screen in the UK with live musical accompaniment by...
The once controversial and still sensational Louise Brooks film, The Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), will be shown in the UK on Saturday, January 20, 2024with live musical accompaniment by Wurlitza. This...
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Yes, the Louise Brooks Society really does exist
Believe it or not, but there is a person on the internet who is suggesting that the Louise Brooks Society doesn't exist -- not really, kinda, perhaps, maybe; or they wish it didn't exist, or something....
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Diary of a Lost Girl to screen in UK with Raga pianist
The once controversial and still sensational Louise Brooks film, The Diary of a Lost Girl, will be screened in the UK on June 11, 2024 at the National Centre for Early Music in Tork, England. This...
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The Troubled History of Pandora’s Box, a review of the new Blu-ray release...
Pop Matters has just published my new piece on Pandora's Box, the once controversial 1929 film starring Louise Brooks. My article is a review of the recent Eureka Entertainment release of the film on...
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Kickstarter for the Louise Brooks - inspired Dixie Dugan novels
I realize this is last minute, but longtime Louise Brooks Society supporter Beth Ann Gallagher just alerted me to an incredible Kickstarter campaign to bring three Louise Brooks-inspired Dixie Dugan...
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Louise Brooks and Bruz Fletcher
This past week, I was working on a page about Louise Brooks and Bruz Fletcher for the Louise Brooks Society website. In case you don't know his name, and I suspect most won't, Fletcher was a nightclub...
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Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, opens Toronto Silent Film Festival
The Toronto Silent Film Festival has announced that it will screen the 1929 classic, Pandora's Box, as its opening film at its upcoming Festival, which is set to take place April 12-14, 2024. More...
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Restoration of Pandora's Box to Receive Theatrical Release
The recent restoration of Pandora's Box, the acclaimed 1929 silent film starring Louise Brooks, will receive an American theatrical release through Janus Films on February 14th. (This release is meant...
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Sunday Silents Presents Pandora’s Box (1929), starring Louise Brooks, in...
One week from today, Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at the Rosendale theater in Rosendale, New York. This screening, part of the theater's Sunday Silent series, will feature live...
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Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, at Film Forum in NYC Feb 14 - Feb 20
In a previous Louise Brooks Society blog post, I noted that the 2009 restoration of Pandora's Box will receive a theatrical release through Janus Films. This release is meant for exhibitors like the...
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Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, in Pittsburgh, PA on March 3
The Lindsay Theater & Cultural Center in partnership with the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society are set to screen Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, on March 3 at 3:00 pm. This just announced...
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Before Taylor Swift, there was the Cleaners of Venus song "Clara Bow"
As the world awaits the April release of Taylor Swift's new album containing a song titled "Clara Bow" ... I'm reminded of an earlier song with that same title. I speaking of the Cleaners of Venus...
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