The Louise Brooks Society went online in the summer of 1995, around the time amazon.com, Netscape and other pioneering websites first launched. As such, it is among the older surviving websites. One of the goals of the LBS is to "get the word out" about the actress via its website, social media, real world advocacy (screenings, exhibits, books, research, etc...), and online journalism. To mark the 25th anniversary of the LBS, I thought to post links to some of my past articles about the actress.
This post is a continuation of a mini-series highlighting some of my online journalism. Over the past decade or so, I have written dozens of pieces - perhaps a few hundred, about Brooks and various facets of her life and career. These pieces were published on Huffington Post, examiner.com, PopMatters, Film International, Fandor, City Brights (the blog for SFGate - the website of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper), Open Salon (the blog for Salon), and elsewhere. The best of my various pieces were collected in my 2018 book, Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star.
This post features a selection of my pieces from the now defunct quasi-news site examiner.com. I wrote for this site for a few years, at first as their San Francisco based Silent Film Examiner (covering the lively San Francisco Bay Area scene), and then in addition as their national Louise Brooks Examiner. The site closed down a few years ago, and all of their content disappeared, including hundreds of my articles on Louise Brooks and early film. I was disappointed that my work had vanished, until I found some (but not all) of my examiner.com work was archived on NewsBank, which archives mainstream newspapers. Unfortunately, I can't link to most of the pieces, as they are behind the NewsBank proxy wall. (Your local library may subscribe and provide access to these pieces.)
“Pandora’s Box with Louise Brooks shows in Seattle and Toronto.” examiner.com, January 22, 2014.
“Louise Brooks, a magnet of meaning, more popular than ever.” examiner.com,
November 14, 2013.
“Beggars of Life with Louise Brooks in England and Italy.” examiner.com, October 6, 2013.
“Louise Brooks stars in new music videos.” examiner.com, May 19, 2013.
“Dodge Brothers set to accompany Beggars of Life at the Aldeburgh Cinema.” examiner.com, April 21 2013.
“Louise Brooks film screens at Andy Warhol Museum.” examiner.com, October 30, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“Jim Tully takes Hollywood, again.” examiner.com, October 10, 2012.
— the text of the piece has also been archived here
“Louise Brooks and The New Woman in Film.” examiner.com, September 29, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box shows twice on July 14, in Chicago and San Francisco.” examiner.com, July 11 2012.
“The Countess Geschwitz.” examiner.com, June 24, 2012.
“Rare screening of Louise Brooks film, Prix de Beauté.” examiner.com, June 23, 2012.
— the text of the piece has been archived here
“A Girl in Every Port goes to Stanford.” examiner.com, May 1, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box with Louise Brooks screens at Getty Museum.” examiner.com, April 26, 2012.
“Dodge Brothers do Beggars of Life.” examiner.com, April 21, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box in America – A Brief History.” examiner.com, March 26, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box screens twice in Cardiff.” examiner.com, February 19, 2012.
“A Girl in Every Port screens in Berkeley.” examiner.com, January 22, 2012.
“Louise Brooks lights up screens in Bay Area and beyond.” examiner.com, January 16, 2012.
“Pandora’s Box to screen in Dubai.” examiner.com, November 20, 2011.
“Polish film history, with a nod to Lulu, surveyed in book.” examiner.com, October 29, 2011.
“New Lou Reed – Metallica album inspired by Lulu plays.” examiner.com,
September 22, 2011.
“Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Chicago.” examiner.com, June 29, 2011.
“Talking with The Dodge Brothers.” examiner.com, April 8, 2011.
“Two Louise Brooks films to be screened with live musical accompaniment.” examiner.com, April 7, 2011.
— about screenings in England and Ireland
“Louise Brooks film featured at Toronto Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, April 3, 2011.
“Remembering Richard Leacock.” examiner.com, March 29, 2011.
“Lulu character featured in new play, Mlle. God.” examiner.com, February 6, 2011.
“Pandora’s Box, with Louise Brooks, screens on TCM.” examiner.com, January 27, 2011.
“Beggars of Life, by Jim Tully, back in print.” examiner.com, December 29, 2010.
“Louise Brooks films celebrated in Paris.” examiner.com, December 23, 2010.
“Toronto Silent Film Festival to screen It’s the Old Army Game.” examiner.com, December 22, 2010.
“Louise Brooks & Bruz Fletcher: Camped, Tramped, Riotous Vamps.” examiner.com, December 16, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl screens at National Gallery of Art.” examiner.com, December 9, 2010.
— quoted on Alt Film Guide
“Yuna Yang Fashion Designs Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, December 4, 2010.
“Love Em and Leave Em screens in Rochester, NY.” examiner.com, November 4, 2010.
“Rare documentary part of Louise Brooks celebration.” examiner.com, October 27, 2010.
“Beggars of Life screens again in Los Angeles.” examiner.com, October 21, 2010.
“Louise Brooks’ private journals to be revealed.” examiner.com, October 2, 2010.
— tweeted about by Roger Ebert and Neil Gaiman (see below)
“Rare Louise Brooks film to screen in Niles.” examiner.com, September 21, 2010.
“A Beggars of Life revival redux.” examiner.com, September 27, 2010.
“New restoration of Pandora’s Box announced.” examiner.com, September 8, 2010.
“The Show-Off screens in Los Angeles July 10.” examiner.com, July 8, 2010.
“Canary Murder Case screens in Rochester, NY.” examiner.com, June 9, 2010.
“Six questions with the Dodge Brothers.” examiner.com, May 23, 2010.
“Louise Brooks’ film centerpiece of 2010 Silent Film Festival.” examiner.com, May 21, 2010.
“Pandora’s Box, with Louise Brooks, screens in SoCal.” examiner.com, May 17, 2010.
“Diary of a Lost Girl, with Louise Brooks, screens in Brooklyn.” examiner.com, May 11, 2010.
— my first piece under the moniker of the national “Louise Brooks examiner”
“Rufus Wainwright pens tribute to silent film star Louise Brooks.” examiner.com, January 12, 2010.
“Louise Brooks and Pandora’s Box still attract.” examiner.com, June 30, 2009.
“Louise Brooks stars in Los Angeles series.” examiner.com, April 30, 2009
