Louise Brooks Society blog

Attention W.C. Fields fans, save the dates May 22-25, 2025! That's when the Columbus Moving Picture Show in Columbus, Ohio will screen 16mm prints of four of the legendary comedian's classic films, including It's the Old Army Game, with Louise Brooks. More information about this annual event can be found HERE.The schedule of events for next year's Columbus Moving Picture Show includes:* IT’S THE OLD ARMY GAME (1926, with live piano accompaniment, preceded by 5 minutes of rare footage from the premiere and trailer of the lost silent THAT ROYLE GIRL, from 1925)* MILLION DOLLAR LEGS (1932)* […]

The line-up of films for this year's Kansas Silent Film Festival has been announced, and this year the venerable event will screen the Howard Hawks' film, A Girl in Every Port (1928), starring Victor McLaglen, Louise Brooks and Robert Armstrong. Brooks will light-up the screen on February 28. More about the Kansas Silent Film Festival can be found HERE.Here is the full line-up of films and related events.LIVE EVENT, with FREE ADMISSION for all showings @ White Concert Hall, Washburn Univeristy, 1700 SW Jewell, Topeka, KS 66603 Friday Afternoon, Feb. 28, 2025: […]

Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em, featuring Louise Brooks and Evelyn Brent, was released on this day in 1926. Based on a popular stage play, the film is a topical drama about two flapper sisters — one “good” and one “bad” — who work as shop girls in a department store. A popular and critical success, the film marked a turning point in  Brooks’ career. Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em was the last movie Brooks made on the East Coast. And soon, she would leave for Hollywood and Paramount’s studio on the West Coast.More about the film can be found on the Louise Brooks Society website […]

As I stated back on September 9, Corrine Adams is a gifted artist / illustrator and fan of Louise Brooks. And just recently, she sent me a couple more illustrations of the actress. I am so pleased. My previous post depicted six of her illustrations, including Corrine's original "made-up" movie posters for A Girl in Every Port, Beggars of Life, The Canary Murder Case, Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl. The other day, I received another "made up" poster, this time for Prix de Beaute. Corrine wrote that she had recently seen the film, and was impressed, especially at the film's memorable […]

Want to learn more about Louise Brooks and her life and films? Looking for something interesting to read, or the perfect holiday gift? To date, the Louise Brooks Society has published five books. Each is the product of considerable research, and each features dozens of images. The books shown below may be purchased online (via amazon.com, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, etc…). More about these and other publications of the Louise Brooks Society may be found on the acclaimed LBS website.Additionally, autographed copies of each of these titles may be ordered directly from author Thomas […]

In the late 1920s, Louise Brooks film's were shown on Thanksgiving day, as well as on just about every day of the year in some cities. This post highlights a few Thanksgiving screenings archived in the collection of the Louise Brooks Society.In Canada in 1927, the Thanksgiving holiday was celebrated on different days on a regional and even local basis. Nationally, the holiday was set to take place on July 3rd. But as the above advertisement from Nanaimo, British Columbia shows, a special showing of Rolled Stockings was announced for the local Bijou theatre on an alternate holiday – […]

Scott R. Howe is a longtime fan of Louise Brooks, and a longtime supporter of the Louise Brooks Society. His novel, The Haunting of Emily Pierson, has just been published. The book is a revised and retitled version of his 2022 Louise Brooks-inspired thriller Pandora's Box. Scott is a good writer, and I am looking forward to checking out this new edition of what promises to be a terrorific novel.The Haunting of Emily Pierson marks Scott R. Howe’s debut into the world of psychological horror. This gripping first novel blends psychological tension with supernatural dread, while promising to […]

Longtime Louise Brooks Society supporter Camille Scaysbrook alerted me to this November 9th screening of Pandorina skrinjica (Pandora's Box) at the Slovenska Kinoteca in Delavska Zbornica, Slovenia. Thank you Camille!Scaysbrook, a member of the LBS since before 2000, posted on Bluesky that her parents were recently in Slovenia and came across a program for the Slovenska Kinoteka which featured Louise Brooks on the cover!The film institute screened Pandora's Box as part of a series devoted to "Scandalous Classics of German Silent Film." Camille also sent snapshots of two of the interior pages […]

Happy birthday to Louise Brooks, who was born on this day, November 14, in Cherryvale, Kansas in 1906.Though I am not sure when, Louise was seemingly born in the very early hours of  November 14th -- which was a Wednesday. I say that because her birth made news on the very day she was born. Small articles about the birth appeared in both of her hometown newspapers on November 14. The first image shown below comes from the Cherryvale Daily Republican. It is followed by another clipping, from the Cherryvale Daily News, which appeared that same day on the newspaper's front page. As most Brooks' […]