Sunday, November 30, 2014

Silent film actress Rosalind Byrne



Lovely silent film actress Rosalind Byrne was born on November 30, 1893 in New York City. She acted in 9 movies between from 1923 - 1930, (mostly in bit parts, and usually uncredited), and is best remembered today as the hat-check girl (pictured above) in Buster Keaton's Seven Chances (1925). Byrne also has roles in Flaming Youth (1923), The Fast Set (1924), Harold Lloyd's The Freshman (1925), Casey at the Bat (1927) and Children of Pleasure (1930). She died on October 20, 1960 in Clackamas, Oregon.

Though her film career was brief, Byrne is also remembered for her attractive bob hair style. A search on Google will turn up a few additional images.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Not real but still true

Berlin - Louise Brooks was there . . . .

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition) on sale

Get Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition) at 15% off through with this special offer.
Happy Thanksgiving! Save 15% on All Print Books with Code: GIVETHANKS
Thanksgiving is almost here! At the Louise Brooks Society, we’re thankful to have you as a friend and we want to offer you a discount as a sign of our appreciation.
Now through November 27, use code GIVETHANKS to get 15% off Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition). It’s a great time to share this book with family and friends, or grab a new copy to read. Shop Now! Happy Thanksgiving from the LBS.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Diary of a Lost Girl on Blu-Ray


The 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl, has just been released on Blu-ray by Eureka in the UK. This is the film's first ever Blu-ray release. I haven't seen it yet, so can't speak to the quality of the film's presentation nor its accompanying booklet. [An extensive critique can be found here.] The following text comes from the Eureka website.

"A masterwork of the German silent cinema whose reputation has only increased over time, Diary of a Lost Girl [Tagebuch einer Verlorenen] traces the journey of a young woman from the pit of despair to the moment of personal awakening. Directed with virtuoso flair by the great G. W. Pabst, Diary of a Lost Girl represents the final pairing of the filmmaker with screen icon Louise Brooks, mere months after their first collaboration in the now-legendary Pandora’s Box [Die Büchse der Pandora].
Brooks plays Thymian Henning, an unprepossessing young woman seduced by an unscrupulous and mercenary character employed at her father’s pharmacy (played with gusto by Fritz Rasp, the degenerate villain of such Fritz Lang classics as MetropolisSpione, and Frau im Mond). 

After Thymian gives birth to his child and rejects her family’s expectations for marriage, the baby is stripped from her care, and Thymian enters a purgatorial reform school that seems less an institute of higher learning than a conduit for fulfilling the headmistress’s sadistic sexual fantasies. 


The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this glorious restoration of an iconic German film for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray."
  • New high-definition 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray
  • Original German intertitles with optional English subtitles
  • Piano score of Javier Pérez de Aspeitia
  • New and exclusive video essay by filmmaker and critic David Cairns
  • 40-PAGE BOOKLET including writing by Louise Brooks, Lotte Eisner, Louelle Interim, Craig Keller, and R. Dixon Smith

Monday, November 24, 2014

Louise Brooks Society supports Net Neutrality

The Louise Brooks Society supports Net Neutrality. Without it, the LBS and other small websites and content providers would be lost among the wilds of cyberspace. Read more about net neutrality at http://www.whitehouse.gov/net-neutrality

Friday, November 21, 2014

Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition) on sale at 30% off

      Get Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition) at 30% off through this special limited offer.

One last chance to save

Flash Sale: EXPANDED - 30% off all softcover books with code FLASH30 or 50% off all hardcovers with code HC50
Get Diary of a Lost Girl (Louise Brooks edition) at 30% off. 

Today through November 24, get 30% off all softcover books with code FLASH30 and 50% off all hardcover books with code HC50. Shop now! 

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Early environmental cartoon features Mother Earth with a Louise Brooks' bob

This early environmental cartoon, from November 20, 1926 features Mother Earth with a Louise Brooks' bob!

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