Louise Brooks: With a new biopic
in the works, the spotlight will soon return to this silent-movie legend. The
beautiful and enchanting Brooks set the mold for the stereotypical bobbed-hair flapper of the 1920s, though her Hollywood work is largely forgettable. Her most famous film,
Pandora’s Box [script, mirror] (directed by
G.W. Pabst) was filmed in Germany. She didn't make a successful transition to talkies, and after a long reclusive period, she had a second career writing
essays. -- For further reading, Ken Tynan's 1979 essay
"The Girl in the Black Helmet" [mirror] in the
New Yorker gives an excellent overview of her life.
posted by stopgap
on Dec 16, 2003 -
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