A Brief Interview With Louise Brooks In 1926

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[@jodifritz9456]

Louise Brooks. Forever remembered...

[@louisianagrandma3595]

I think she was smart by measuring her words carefully.

[@ianpeddle6818]

A stunning woman somehow timeless with her look ❤

[@jomama5186]

I agree

[@FightCollective]

"The world is her oyster... but she doesn't care much for seafood." Brooksy in a nutshell!!

[@prudencepineapple9448]

Pandora's Box (1928) and Diary Of A lost Girl (1929), both directed by G.W.Pabst, are fantastic movies. She was a feisty woman who had strong principals which led to her downfall. Black-listed she drifted into work as a 'call-girl' briefly, shop assistant and rediscovered in the 1970s-80s. She was interviewed for part of the BBC's 1980 documentary 'Hollywood' narrated by James Mason. Freckles, lots of freckles but still beautiful and succinct!

[@rickadelmann9478]

Those two movies are classics. Her talents were overshadowed by her beauty.

[@weylguy]

"Louise Brooks - A Biography" by Barry Paris is a must-read for those wanting to learn how this aspiring beauty self-destructed, perhaps stemming from a childhood tragedy that is described in the book.

[@shereesmazik5030]

Thank you for the book reference -I will read it.

[@curiouscharacter1]

You might consider "Lulu in Hollywood" (Knopf, 1974) also. Ms Brooks wrote this herself and it's surprisingly readable. Wish you had included a photo of her in her feathered outfit from "The Canary Murder Case" (1929.) She was quite a knock-out!

[@patricias5122]

I agree....the contrast with this very patronizing article written in 1926 is telling. However, Barry Parris also spoke of her enormous talent. He didn't just sum her up as a self destructive actress, as too many men did, and still do.

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

@@patricias5122 -- But she was self destructive. I don't understand what "men" have to say has anything to do with it. The fact that she was self destructive was recognized by more people than just men.

[@prudencepineapple9448]

@@ironcladranchandforge7292 Yes, she destroyed her own career due to her very strong principles/convictions. She did her best work in Germany under the direction of G.W.Pabst. Her refusal to return to Hollywood to record a 'loop' of her lines for the silent but now sound film 'The Canary Murder Case' (1929) resulted in her being termed 'difficult to work with' and eventually, unofficially black-listed.

[@inthemouthofmadness5910]

I am an author and I am planning on writing a novel based in the 1920s. Louise Brooks is the inspiration for my main character.

[@voyaristika5673]

Exciting! Hope it goes well. Good luck. 👍

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Ah Louise Brooks, the original bobbed hair flapper girl. She was beautiful, talented, and self destructive to a fault. The pictures in this video don't do her beauty justice. She was every man's dream back in the 1920's, and some women's as well. Unfortunately her abuse as a child demented her for life. She became penniless and working as a call girl in New York. Towards the end of her life she became a writer.

[@steve2474]

Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Colleen Moore. The three jazz age flapper girls of the silent screen. Always went back and forth between which one I was most attracted to and had the biggest crush on. Colleen Moore was definitely the biggest star of the three, the highest paid, and the most well-grounded in her personal life. Ironically, she is the most forgotten of the three as sadly most of her films have been lost and not likely to be recovered at this point.

[@t-mar9275]

Brooks' popularity stems primarily from her 1950s rediscovery, which resulted in the cult icon that we know to-day. In the late 1920s, her popularity palled in comparison to Moore and Bow. There were a few candidates for the 3rd most popular flapper, with Joan Crawford generally getting the nod. Despite what current fans would have you believe, Brooks was far down the list.

[@gaylasmith5279]

LuLu - what a young beauty she was. Where's the interview? Used to have my hair cut much like hers; now I cut it in my own style. She was her own woman.

[@steve2474]

Her best 3 American films (at least those that were not lost) were THE SHOW OFF, BEGGARS OF LIFE, and IT'S THE OLD ARMY GAME. I highly recommend all three of those. BEGGARS was probably her best role, as it was more of a leading role, while the other two were more supporting roles in which she stole several scenes. She was too cute as the girl next door in THE SHOW OFF.

[@dr.calebrobbins.3177]

At the suggestion of her father, Vincent Minnelli, Lisa Minnelli, supposedly drew inspiration from Louise Brookes for her hair - characterization, of Sally Bowles in the motion picture " Cabaret. "

[@markw4206]

"The world is her oyster, but she does not care for seafood." That line pretty much sums up her briefly incendiary but self-aborted career.

[@alanbash2921]

Most Beautiful Actress in All Cinema .

[@riconui5227]

Precisely so.

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

I love pandora's box 1929 movie 🖤

[@RonaldBelken-ct3go]

What I would give just to be in her presents she talked with her expressions and she was the best at it, she wasn't given enough credit in Hollywood she should have a statue of her in Hollywood

[@cadoo5591]

You made me think about Stingo in Sophie's Choice for some reason while you're reading this interview. I'm really enjoying your channel.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

A lot of people have seen her influence in movies but don't know who she was.

[@junetaylor8396]

I love your channel!

[@sandy3482]

thank you for that brief in site into Miss Brooks, lunch at the Ritz!

[@Deepbluecat]

Excellent! Thank you for the great work!

[@handsome4323]

Seee

[@Daracdor]

Love you Lulu ... always have , always will !

[@patricias5122]

I'm surprised that nobody mentions her terrific talent. She was a very intelligent, witty actress, and a gifted writer who lived into her nineties. She was beautiful, but she was much more than that. It's such a shame, they way this interviewer wrote about her in such incredibly condescending terms. And he wonders why LB was guarded! In contrast, Here is what the critic Kenneth Tynan said about her in the New Yorker in 1979: "...Louise Brooks is the only woman who had the ability to transfigure no matter what film into a masterpiece." She was amazingly talented! But Hollywood was terrible to actresses in those days. Harvey Weinstein galore.

[@forumquorum8156]

be that as it may, the first time she showed up that late and said be thankful she showed up at all, would be the last time i waited for her, for anything.

[@TheJazzper1970]

She also didn't help herself. Im a Louise Brooks fan but no sycophant. She was a prickly character who burnt bridges. If you want stardom you at least have to play the game and work hard. Her career is also filled with bad choices.

[@gbtiling221]

You have a much power as a grain of sand in a ocean of sand

[@rogermckinney4418]

She certainly was not born in Wichita, though this interview states that as a fact at least a half dozen times. Yes, I realize she lived there in her teens.

[@rogermckinney4418]

She was born in Cherryvale, Kansas.

[@jomama5186]

She was a beauty.

[@Delicious1922]

Pure old Hollywood beauty. I bet the 20s were a riot! (In a good way)

[@michaelmcgee8543]

She did not like to be told what she can do. She missed her career as a top talking movie star cause she did not want her paycheck to be cut in half, due to the expense of talking equipment.

[@kevinbergin9971]

Thought I knew a bit about her but did not know she toured Europe before her 3 movie roles.

[@Normabbot27]

St. Louise is Listening

[@forumquorum8156]

the first time she was 20 minutes late, and she talked that trash, would be the last time i met her for anything.

[@kevinbergin9971]

1:59 "... but she doesn't care for seafood." That's not what we heard.

[@tertommy]

I maintain humans getting uglier every generation, 1920's film stars all a 10.

[@senior_ranger]

An ill-prepared interviewer using purple prose to practice yellow journalism.

[@indexindexindex]

💀💀💀

[@honorladone8682]

Never heard of her.

[@searchthewind99]

You should look her up then.

[@gaylasmith5279]

Then you've missed a great deal!

[@joseybryant7577]

Now you have.

[@missleeny5042]

LOVE HER !! not a fan of this drivel-y interview . Makes my idol seem kinda dull .

[@williambarker1482]

WASTED 7 minutes waiting to hear the "INTERVIEW". The voice of ... LOUISE BROOKS. How do you spell MISLEADING ?

[@johndonaldson3619]

I so enjoy your storytelling.....

[@rodgerpiercearchitect]

Ho hum…really?

[@miketemple7686]

She sounds like one of those individuals you wouldn’t have missed a thing if you never met her.🥱

[@robkunkel8833]

… unless she showed an interest in you. Even grungy ole Mike T would be impressed, under those circumstances.