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Louise Brooks Society

Lulu Forever

About Me

The Louise Brooks Society (located at www.pandorasbox.com ) is the largest and most popular website in the world devoted to any silent film star. The LBS was founded in 1995 as a fan-site, and over the years has evolved into a comprehensive on-line archive and center for "all things Lulu." The site features a wide array of information about the actress including a filmography, commentary, links, bibliographies, vintage articles, memorabilia, portrait galleries, message board, and contributions from fans from around the world. The LBS has a long running blog , as well as its own Louise Brooks themed radio station, RadioLulu .
The LBS serves as home to an internet-based, international fan club. At last count, its 1550 members hail from 50 countries on six continents! The mission of the society is to celebrate and honor the actress by stimulating interest in her life and films.
"The Louise Brooks Society is an excellent homage to the art of the silent film as well as one of its most luminous stars." -- New York Times
"Silent-film buffs can get a taste of how a fan club from yesteryear plays on the web. The Louise Brooks Society site draws an international audience." -- USA Today
"A fine example of a fan page, a thoughtful, artful site devoted to the life and times of a fabled silent movie legend, with rare articles from the '20s and superb photos." -- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
"The Louise Brooks Society has an exhaustive web site about this fascinating siren." -- Melbourne Age (Australia)
"Exemplary." -- Stuttgarter Zeitung (Germany)
"She bucked the system to make movies in Europe, notably Pandora's Box, which lends its name to www.pandorasbox.com, dedicated to her remarkable life and including some of her more risque poses - a reminder that the 1920s were as much about sex and style as any era since." -- Sunday Times (London)
"This San Francisco-run site pays tribute to one of the greatest and most underappreciated stars of all time, Louise Brooks, who played numerous bit parts and starred in only two films during the silent era. It contains tons of info, pictures and history." -- San Francisco Examiner
"Not many sites of any kind can claim to be celebrating a tenth anniversary online, but that’s true of the Louise Brooks Society, devoted to the life and times of the magnetic silent-film star and latter-day memoirist. Thomas Gladysz has assembled a formidable amount of material on the actress and her era; there’s not only a lot to read and enjoy, but there’s a gift shop and even a 'Radio Lulu' function that allows you to listen to music of the 1920s. Wow!" -- Leonard Maltin
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My Interests

silent film, the Jazz Age, flappers, vamps, femme fatales, art deco, modernism, roaring twenties, film, movies, 1920s, pre-code, 1930s, motion pictures, kino, theater, dance, twenties,Denishawn, Ruth St Denis, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, George White Scandals, Ziegfeld Follies, Fay Lanphier,GW Pabst, Weimar Berlin, German Expressionism, Lulu, Pandoras Box, Frank Wedekind, Margarete Bohme, Diary of a Lost One,Dixie Dugan, Show Girl, JP McEvoy, John Streibel, Valentina, John Held Jr,Wichita, Cherryvale, Kansas, Hollywood, Rochester, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, France,Percy Marmont, Thomas Meighan, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Marlene Dietrich, WC Fields, Adolphe Menjou, Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, William Powell, Evelyn Brent, Marion Davies, Colleen Moore, Grace Moore, Buck Jones, John Wayne, Talullah Bankhead,Jim Tully, SS Van Dine, George Kelly, F Scott Fitzgerald, Janet Munsil, Mary Jo Bang, Frank OHara, Edward Gorey, Neil Gaiman, Paul Auster, Angela Carter, Adolfo Bioy Casares

I'd like to meet:

others interested in the silent film star Louise Brooks, and others interested or passionate about silent film, the Jazz Age, 1920's and 1930's, etc....

Music:

RadioLulu, Sarah Azzara, Alban Berg, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, OMD, Les Primitifs du Futur, Jen Anderson, Soul Coughing, Maurice Chevalier, Marillion, ClubFoot Orchestra, My Louise, Lady Godiva, Timelock, The Subterraneans, Ron Hawkins, Paul Hayes, Nouvelle Culture, John SaFranko, The Legendary Bang, Sandro Moreni, Twiggy and the Silver Screen Syncopators, Berthe Slyvia, Helene Caron, Marthe Coiffier, The Prize, Troubadours, George Gershwin, Louis Horst, Bruz Fletcher, Stuart Oderman, John Zorn, Grace Moore, Marlene Dietrich, Hanka Ordonowna

Movies:

The Street of Forgotten Men, The American Venus, A Social Celebrity, It's the Old Army Game, The Show-Off, Just Another Blonde, Love Em and Leave Em, Evening Clothes, Rolled Stockings, Now We're in the Air, The City Gone Wild, A Girl in Every Port, Beggars of Life, The Canary Murder Case, Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl, Prix de Beaute, It Pays to Advertise, God's Gift to Women, Windy Riley Goes Hollywood, Empty Saddles, When You're in Love, King of Gamblers, Overland Stage Raiders, Lulu in Berlin, Louise Brooks Looking for Lulu

Television:

Turner Classic Movies, History Channel, A&E, Biography, PBS

Books:

Louise Brooks, Lulu in Hollywood, Louise Brooks Portrait of an Anti-Star, Parades Gone Bye, Louise Brooks Lulu Forever, Diary of a Lost One, Show Girl, Beggars of Life, Canary Murder Case, The Show-Off, Empty Saddles, Naked on My Goat, Die Buchse der Pandora, Invention of Morel, Lulu on the Bridge, Emphysema, Louise in Love, American Gods, Smoking with Lulu, Fall on Your Knees, Valentina, Louise Brooks A Film Miscellany

Heroes:

Barry Paris, Kevin Brownlow, Henri Langlois, James Card, Kenneth Tynan, William Everson, Lottie Eisner, Peter Cowie, John Kobal, Rolland Jaccard, Roddy McDowell, William Klein

My Blog

research travels

In map form, here is a list of the libraries, museums, archives and historical societies I have traveled to in search of Louise Brooks material. There are more than 25 institutions in 17 cities. Somed...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:27:00 PST

RadioLulu r.i.p. ?

The days left for RadioLulu may well be numbered. Should the new royality rates go into affect, and should that cost be passed along to me - the broadcaster, I think I will have to shut down the stati...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:54:00 PST

rare Louise Brooks screening

If you love LOUISE BROOKS, read on . . . . 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 ...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

New Louise Brooks DVD

It looks like Diary of a Lost Girl will be released on DVD in the UK. The releasing company - Eureka Entertainment Ltd - has set a release date of May 21st. The run time is 115 minutes - pretty much t...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Thu, 10 May 2007 03:35:00 PST

Ululu

I've just found out about this new book, which explores the Lulu archetype. Here is what the publisher has to say:Operatic in scope, ULULU (Clown Shrapnel) is a dramatic, genre-bending narrative and a...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:41:00 PST

RadioLulu in danger

or the last few years, I have paid to have RadioLulu broadcast over the internet. I figured it was a great way for fans of Louise Brooks and the silent film era to hear related music - most of which i...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:55:00 PST

Leni Riefenstahl author event with Steven Bach

In two weeks time, I'll be hosting Steven Bach - the noted film biographer and author of the recently published book on filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. Steven Bach will be appearing at The Booksmith in Sa...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:37:00 PST

Screenings in Toronto

Two films featuring Louise Brooks will be shown in Toronto at the Goethe-Institut. Pandora's Box will be shown on Thursday, April 19th and Diary of a Lost Girl will be shown on May 24th. Both screenin...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:56:00 PST

need Atlantic City, NJ research help

I am looking to hire someone to make copies of articles from microfilm located at the Atlantic City Public Library. (I live in San Francisco, and can't get there too easily!)I will pay for your time a...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:16:00 PST

NYC: Louise Brooks exhibit

A small Louise Brooks exhibit is currently on display at the International Center for Photography in New York City. The exhibit, "Louise Brooks and the New Woman in Weimar Cinema," is on display throu...
Posted by Louise Brooks Society on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:18:00 PST