Louise Brooks

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Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985), generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. She is best known for the films Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe) (1930). She starred in 17 silent films and, late in life, authored a memoir, Lulu in Hollywood.

Most Popular Louise Brooks Trailers

Total trailers found: 34

Evening Clothes Trailer (1927)

19 March 1927

Attracted by his wealth, avaricious Germaine marries D'Artois, then leaves him for a more sophisticated man.

God's Gift to Women Trailer (1931)

13 April 1931

A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture Trailer (1976)

07 October 1976

The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature, film, art, and music during the period.

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Trailer (2007)

23 May 2007

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing.

A Social Celebrity Trailer (1926)

29 March 1926

Small-town barber Max Haber is the pride of his father, Johann, who owns an antiquated barbershop. Max adores Kitty Laverne, the manicurist, who loves him but is ambitious to be a dancer, so she heads for New York, hoping that he will follow in pursuit of better things.

Rolled Stockings Trailer (1927)

18 June 1927

Though billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus comedy Rolled Stockings.

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films Trailer (2011)

03 April 2011

Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film.

Overland Stage Raiders Trailer (1938)

20 September 1938

After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out.

1001 Films Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

An ode to film preservation, it presents a night-time visit to a seemingly depopulated repository (presumably the Royal Film Archive of Belgium), juxtaposing a series of images of observation, reconstruction, and projection using film fragments - from the hand-painted, altered image frames of Georges Méliès' Kingdom of the Fairies to the iconic image of Louise Brooks - to turn the archive into a temporal wonderland of novel discoveries, hidden treasure, re-awakened curiosity, and critical re-assessment.

Empty Saddles Trailer (1936)

20 December 1936

Buck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.

Pandora's Box Trailer (1929)

30 January 1929

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

The City Gone Wild Trailer (1927)

12 November 1927

Hard-boiled underworld melodrama, with gang wars and gunfights, in which criminal lawyer turns prosecutor to avenge a friend's death.

It Pays to Advertise Trailer (1931)

18 February 1931

To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap.

Just Another Blonde Trailer (1926)

13 December 1926

Jimmy O'Connor and Scotty are a couple of New York City gamblers and sharpies who decide to go straight and, since they are such good friends, split 50-50 "even steven" on anything they get or do.

The Show Off Trailer (1926)

16 August 1926

A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to the brink of ruin.

A Girl in Every Port Trailer (1928)

26 February 1928

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come between them?

Miss Europe Trailer (1930)

01 August 1930

Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the 'Miss Europe' pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for.

Diary of a Lost Girl Trailer (1929)

27 September 1929

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.

It's the Old Army Game Trailer (1926)

10 July 1926

Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him.

Beggars of Life Trailer (1928)

22 September 1928

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

Louise Brooks Trailer (1986)

17 April 1986

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

When You're in Love Trailer (1937)

12 February 1937

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.

The Canary Murder Case Trailer (1929)

16 February 1929

A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead.

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl Trailer (1999)

14 June 1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture Trailer (2010)

15 June 2010

Explores the culture and characters of the Jazz Age through the decade's heroine, the flapper.

Lulu in Berlin Trailer (1984)

27 May 1984

Vérité documentarian Richard Leacock’s LULU IN BERLIN features one of the few long interviews ever done with actor Louise Brooks.

The Casting Couch Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.

The American Venus Trailer (1926)

31 January 1926

A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business.

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess Trailer (2012)

30 December 2012

A documentary looking at the life, films, and troubled times of America's first sex symbol, screen actress Clara Bow, featuring interviews and archive footage.

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood Trailer (1931)

02 May 1931

A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.

Now We're in the Air Trailer (1927)

21 October 1927

Wally and Ray are cousins intent upon getting the fortune of their Scots grandad, an aviation nut. They become mixed-up with the U.

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Trailer (1926)

19 March 1926

Mame Walsh promised their mother on her deathbed to look after little sister Janie. But Janie helps herself to everything of her sister's, be it her clothes or her men - even the money entrusted to her by fellow employees at the store they work at.

The Street of Forgotten Men Trailer (1925)

24 July 1925

Easy-Money Charley, the best fake crippled beggar in New York, loses his beloved dog and adopts a dying prostitute's daughter to fill the empty place in his heart.

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu Trailer (1998)

05 May 1998

Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in Hollywood"; "Lulu in Berlin"; "Lulu in Hell"; and "Resurrection".