Excellent photo! I do like her, though all I've seen
is Pandora's Box. She's a very beautiful lady.

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> From: Sketcher1223@...
> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 19:01:00 EDT
> Subject: [ClassicMoviePix] Louise Brooks
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> Born Mary Louise Brooks on November 14, 1906, in
> Cherryvale, Kansas.
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> "Beautiful, headstrong, and erotically charged, she
> and her sleek, bobbed
> hairstyle defined the 1920's flapper just as her
> meteoric rise and fall mirrored
> the fortunes of the Lost Generation."
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> Essential Brooks viewing includes "A Social
> Celebrity" (1926), "Love `Em and
> Leave `Em" (1926), "Pandora's Box" (1928), "Diary of
> a Lost Girl" (1929) and
> "Miss Europe" (1930).
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> Behind-the-Scenes: G.W. Pabst nearly signed Marlene
> Dietrich for Pandora's
> Box, although he greatly preferred Louise (this was
> two years before The Blue
> Angel made Marlene a star). Accoring to Pabst,
> Marlene was in his office
> waiting to sign the contract when a cable came from
> Paramount saying that
> Louise was willing to play the role.
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> Her film career almost over, Louise was acting on
> stage under an assumed
> name, Linda Carter, when a talent scout from 20th
> Centuury-Fox discovered her
> and offered her a screen test.
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> Style Notes: Louise's trademark bob was so popular
> during the 1920's that
> Parisian coiffeur Antoine established a "bobbing
> salon" at Saks on Fifth
> Avenue. Her famous haircut was talked about in
> every film and fashion magazine,
> and countless women copied it.
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> In Louise's words, "A well-dressed woman, even
> though her purse is painfully
> empty, can conquer the world."
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> Enjoy the pic!
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> Damon
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