Louise Brooks: Beauty in the Breakdown

Louise Brooks. Brooksie. Lulu. A tribute to the actress, icon, writer, timeless beauty, free spirit, dancer, ahead of her time, and all around fabulous Louise, with clips from Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and the documentary Looking for Lulu. Reuploaded after my previous account was suspended.

[@IDPREFERNOT]

Her smile, her dark eyes, her black helmet... gosh! I am in love!

[@matthewobrien534]

Without doubt, Louise was spectacularly good looking. What I find most endearing amongst her facial features though, notwithstanding her beautiful dark eyes and perfect nose, are her lips and smile. She has the most beautiful smile I've ever seen. Literally the perfect smile!!!

[@auletjohnast03638]

And a beautiful neck too.

[@philkeuper3572]

What a DOLL !!! To me she is by far the most attractive actress of her era.

[@RonDvorkin]

any era

[@waynej2608]

Easily!

[@rongreen4231]

Cute girl. But not as cute as Clara Bow.

[@HungryH1951]

@@rongreen4231 But close. She is right there. She liked Clara a lot and visa versa.

[@charlessomerset9754]

The most hauntingly beautiful woman ever committed to celluloid. Her emotions change so quickly, like light and shadow on a stormy spring morning. I am writing a fantasy novelette which features an older Louise and a young film history student. I hope I can do her justice.

[@liljoe501]

How’s that novel coming along.

[@lynnd.8893]

So Beautiful. No one can compare to her.♡

[@TheJlook2000]

Absolutely Mesmerizing - love the way she controls her emotions in a split second

[@stopmegan]

Louise Brooks an American actress Icon from the 1920s silent film era

[@garyneville1141]

Iconic look of her era, and a complete goddess. Mesmerising eyes God bless you louise

[@dalgernon3796]

She actually started that haircut.

[@alanwrobel8455]

Beautiful! Louise Brooks was an wholly American original. Thank you!

[@tomshaw6373]

In today's era, she would be an even bigger star than she was. Hands down one of the most beautiful women to have ever lived. My wife is another.

[@487409c]

Agree with the first, concur with the second, envy you the latter...

[@loge10]

I don't agree. She wasn't a bigger star because she wouldn't play the game in order to be a bigger star. She was way too intelligent and independent and she was really good at burning bridges. You might call her self-destructive- but that's what happens when you're in a different world than everyone else. And our current era is so brain-dead, I don't think she would have stood it for a minute.

[@bradleystereoguitaramplifi9616]

Singularly amazing beauty. Louise Brooks was truly one-of-a-kind. ❤

[@TheSololobo]

She was cutting edge, the epitome of the modern woman.. fun, free, mischievous and disarmingly charming.

[@SparkyWaxAll]

awesome. thanks for posting.

[@michaelbokrosh7374]

Awesomeness, thank you!

[@williamschlenger1518]

What a beauty. I've always had a crush on Lu Lu.❤

[@timmartin7664]

Louise Brooks is one of the most underated beauties of her time.

[@lincbond442]

It's 2019 and I still think she is one of the sexiest women I have ever seen on film.

[@ringbolt9]

wonderfully done! makes the 20s come to life

[@tedbaxter5234]

Whatever "IT" is, she had it in spades. Thank you for this post!

[@xxLornyTunesxx]

Perfect!!! A beautiful tribute. And the song fits brilliantly!

[@arturoruiz4654]

I love Louise Brooks hair

[@WarRogers]

Watched Pandora's Box a few days ago here on YT and now I'm kinda obsessed w her. She was amazing.

[@konstantinoskatsounis2320]

What aknockout - so seductive- vibrant - exudes that vivacious innocence that makes her timeless

[@weepomineeyesmusic]

love this! thank you!

[@futomomonano]

ルーイズ・ブルック本当に綺麗...私の好きな女優さん

[@ObsoleteOddity]

Great upload - thanks! Oh Louise, how fickle is fate....and how I wish I had a time machine.

[@janicemills6476]

🤡 2/13/2021

[@auletjohnast03638]

I keep saying the same thing.

[@lipstickperfume7474]

I love this video so much!

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

She was a brilliant writer.

[@Ángelアンヘル]

One of the best actresses in history. Great video!

[@licenciadacamilayessenia1563]

Hermosa eterna

[@HanRM1]

It strange and wonderful how a contemporary song fits so perfectly with this silent screen heroine.

[@user-cu8mt8sw7l]

The most hypnotic women to ever grace the sliver screen

[@andrewprice3756]

Absolute unrivalled beauty...

[@ebenezermarley]

Glorious video! I had only ever seen photo's of Louise, it's wonderful to see footage of her. Thank you to Claudia for the share.

[@mujaku]

I have seen her high school picture. It is totally amazing. Her eyes are so entrancing.

[@kyd1972]

Excellent video! Loved the ending.

[@giannisalustri7848]

unforgetable unbeliveable , i fall in love suddenlty

[@stephenindc9102]

Read her book ... Lulu in Hollywood. Her mind is also amazing. And so funny.

[@waynej2608]

Yes, she had beauty and brains, and talent. Louise was the full package. I can hardly resist gazing at her.

[@drxl44]

Beautifully done ... thank you!

[@kirrich9441]

I admit I have fallen in love with a 1920's model/dancer/silent film actress. She was the most beautiful woman who ever lived!

[@Sweetserenei]

Beautiful tribute!

[@487409c]

This is a marvellous tribute to a cinematic icon. Thank you, poeticjustice2345.

[@dalgernon3796]

One of the sader days of my life was seeing her 80 years old in an interview. In a way I fell in love with her when she was young.

[@Truthseeker1515]

I love you Louise...had I met you, I would have given you everything.

[@brooksiefan]

Happy birthday, goddess!

[@johnhutto8270]

The Legendary Queen of the screen ( Louise Brooks) Just got the 2018 movie About her early Life. The movie The Chaperone. She was a extraordinary woman.

[@jimlapinskas6136]

Forever lulu!!

[@aprilpittiglio4503]

My mom gave me Louise after her as my middle name.

[@Iamranwulf]

This is *very* well done! She was a classic, and ahead of her time. Extra points for using Imogene Heap's (Frou Frou) "Let Go."

[@sudhanshirley291]

😘👍So beautifull 😍

[@dafnevirgi]

She was one of a kind! Love her!!! Tks so much for reuploading this vid:)

[@rossella1805]

Adorable, lovely, beautiful Lulu

[@silentmoviequeen]

Love Louise brooks and you did a great job on the video!

[@dianae.martinherrero9174]

Bellisima.

[@lynnd.8893]

She is phenomenal

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Magnifique! 5☆

[@arturoruiz4654]

I love Louise Brooks

[@arturoruiz4654]

excellent choice of music

[@osravensblackbears]

Wow, thanks for this. Nicer video quality than I've seen before, especially Pandora's Box.

[@eileen1820]

Love her ❤

[@guitarmainly]

Well done!

[@elinlloyd7002]

i love her bob hair. x

[@delphinbringsby6768]

Sigh... she was so ridiculously beautiful.

[@momrobare]

The only star that I think could have given Garbo a run for her money. But, alas, Louise left Hollywood. :(

[@rogertheartfuldodger]

@poeticjustice2345: This an excellent visual tribute to Louise. She was THE face of the Roaring Twenties flapper. But more importantly, from my perspective, is the fact she truly epitomized the independent woman. She traded her acting career for the sake of her self respect. Early on she was in three movies that explored the more lurid side of a woman's sexuality. Given her childhood abuse, and the way she was used by movie execs, she never had a lasting, loving, relationship with a man. And she didn't give a shit about it either. Though she was unfairly criticized for her voice by one movie exec (he would not support her career in the new "talkies"), she had a wonderful rich voice. I personally found it highly attractive. If you have a chance to add the black and white clip of her dancing the Shimmy at one of the famous New York speakeasies at the time please do. THAT was sexy a heck.

[@wp5224]

She is a natural charmer who was perfectly cast in Pandora’s Box. She may have been the first modern actress. Her charm worked off screen too as she apparently had many liaisons with both men and women. It’s a terrible tragedy that she was denied the career she deserved.

[@ColleenCupido]

American....in the legendary German silent Pandora's Box by Pabst, where she ends film a victim of Jack the Ripper. Another legend, critic Kenneth Tynen, wrote an essay on her which took lust to the stratosphere

[@lisbethharrell9]

Dear little Louise...read the bio; you will be fascinated....

[@rickmoore4482]

My perfect woman! I so envy the guy at 3 46

[@keithnaylor1981]

She was part Ingrid Bergman, part Hedy Lamarr and part Elizabeth Taylor and in whole - simply the best!

[@kathleennorton6108]

She reminds me a bit of Natalie Woods, also.

[@ronaldbelken284]

I love her she was amazing never given enough credit I never knew why they give Marilyn Monroe more attention when Louise brooks was the first lady of motion pitchers by far

[@staclynn72]

Excellent, I just shared your video on my facebook page Ziegfeld Follies Girls "Glorifying the American Girl" Great job!

[@richardmoon1852]

thanks

[@bqfoster]

Nice video music matching. Please see Louise Brooks Sirens Roaring 20's for more in-depth profile.

[@therobkok]

The tune is by Frou Frou from their '02 album "Details". Good choice.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I have always loved watching her on screen. She is so vibrant and so modern as to feel among us. Then I discovered Colleen Moore, whose lighthearted charm and soulful romance make Louise look more hedonistic and superficial. Louise was a smart woman. She wasn’t ever really a warm one. Unfortunately, MOMA mishandled Colleen’s films, letting many disintegrate. That’s why today nobody seems to know much about Colleen’s work, and her success as the biggest box office draw of 1926 and I think 1927, too. Both actresses are worth following. Both were beautiful. Both were trendsetters, most especially Colleen, whose bobbed hair was widely copycatted. Colleen’s clothes and makeup were also widely emulated. She was the original flapper in “Flaming Youth”. Colleen was a witty writer, too, whose autobiography “Silent Star” gives wonderful details about the early days of Hollywood.

[@kimweidner7351]

Louise wore the bob since she was a pubescent girl - which means she had the bob before Colleen.

[@HungryH1951]

@@kimweidner7351 Yep. Since childhood she had that haircut.

[@louierookielou4492]

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[@TheMilady27]

her bobbed haircut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her unpredictable behavior "The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation." ― Louise Brooks ~thanks~ I enjoyed it~

[@paulj0557tonehead]

@909chuck Wow, 90% are gone? I've been into B&W movies for a few years now and I never knew this figure. I guess this is one occasion that you can't say, ''You can't miss what you never knew''. Maybe we should just be very grateful we have what we do have. Growing up, whenever I saw an old movie it was often difficult to sit through because of the hiss in the sound and faded scratched up images. Now you can watch any 1930's movie in what looks like a perfect picture and the sound is excellent.

[@xbase09]

i think i watched this video ten times by now. great work. who made the song?

[@MaximoBrazil2000]

Hi poeticjustice, Do you know Louise's full hd movies...I can't find anything! Would you mind uploading some from your personal files?

[@danielantino2667]

This went very well with Lana del Rey's "Young and Beautiful"

[@kevinbergin9971]

Got to make the statement: Even James Dean had at least 3 famous movies?

[@clarinet1]

Marred by the choice of music....

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

+John Robert Brown I personally like the more modern context. What would you suggest?

[@spicey6646]

+Michael Barnhart I agree with you.Lulu was ahead of her time.The music is perfect for our Brooksie.

[@rogerkent7577]

Yes, dreadful music

[@waynej2608]

Who cares. I'd watch her to the tune of '3 blind mice.' She's a real stunner! 😍

[@BeanieScooter]

Much better on mute. Love Lulu.

[@telephilia]

Too bad she hated Hollywood. Some fans think she should have stayed in the German film industry where she had enjoyed her great success. Really,?During the Third Reich? That would have destroyed her reputation.

[@AndrewRudin]

Yet another tribute to Louise Brooks with garbage-y music that doesn't fit at all. WHY?

[@grosbeak6130]

The song here really ruin the video from me. A typical and insipid teeny bopper girl song.

[@GeminieCricket]

The music sucks.

[@martinwoyzeck2634]

why is stupid contemporary music, that doesn't even fit, playing in the background? It takes away from the presence of louise brooks