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A whip-flicking display of wit and spite. Brooks writes about her contemporaries with darting precision and down-to-earth compassion. -- James Wolcott, Esquire

A woman of ideas. Her writings—and this, for an actor, is really extraordinary—are about something more than just herself. -- Sight and Sound


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Film

Introduction by Kenneth Tynan

The collected writings of this icon of the silent era, in a new, more complete edition.

Louise Brooks (1906-1985) is one of the most famous actresses of the silent era, renowned as much for her rebellion against the Hollywood system as for her performances in such influential films as Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl. Eight autobiographical essays by Brooks, on topics ranging from her childhood in Kansas and her early days as a Denishawn and Ziegfeld Follies dancer to her friendships with Martha Graham, Charles Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Humphrey Bogart, William Paley, G. W. Pabst, and others are collected here. New to this edition is the revelatory "Why I Will Never Write My Memoirs" by Brooks and "The Girl in the Black Helmet" by Kenneth Tynan, which brought about the revival of interest in her work and was the best discussion of Brooks's film work to appear in her lifetime.

"The writing is assured, graceful, and magnetic; the life the dancer-actress-author describes makes most fiction trivial by comparison. . . . This is no ordinary collection of gossipy memoirs. It is a tour de force, as history and as a searching study of human nature." Publishers Weekly

"Brooks is brilliantly perceptive and articulate on everything from the art of film directing to the comedy of W. C. Fields." New York Times

"A minor classic." Film Quarterly

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  • Paperback: 184 pages
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Exp Sub edition (July 10, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0816637318
  • ISBN-13: 978-0816637317
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #290,142 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Musings Of A Rebel., September 29, 2004
By F. Gentile (Lake Worth, Florida, United States) - See all my reviews
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I remember when this book came out, but, unfortunately, it took me over twenty years to read it. Though Louise Brooks is far from a household name, in film scholar circles, she is an icon. Her rememberances here of certain individuals and events from her years in the "Dream Factory" are brilliant. Aside from the fact that these are names that most are familiar with, Bogart, Hearst, Pabst...it is her writing style and unique observations that make these recollections interesting. Where as someone as, say, Adela Rogers St. John, a famous reporter and contemporary of Brooks, wrote accurately of that long ago time, her dusty rememberances would only interest the most devoted of film student or fan. But Brooks writings are so fresh and witty and humourous, often at her own expense. She is not only unimpressed with most of silly society, but, she was equally unimpressed with her status as film icon. In those pre Hepburn-Davis times, she was a true rebel, who was more than willing to saboutage her career rather than do anything she didn't want to do. There is no remorse detectable in her memories of her fall from status. Though it would be unfair to imply that most film stars would not be expected to be good writers, it was surprising, then and now, to find that Miss Brooks was such a highly intelligent and captivating writer. In my review of her most famous film, "Pandora's Box", which isn't so much a review of that film as it is a homage to our Miss Brooks, I recounted my having met her more than once, when I delivered her prescriptions to her in my hometown and her final, adopted city of Rochester, New York. I was very young at the time, and though I had been told that she had once been a famous actress, which fascinated me, I am sorry to have to honestly admit that my memory of her is only of a shadowy figure who I remember with intimidation. How I would have loved to have been a little older, to possibly converse with this great lady, though she may have found what undoubtedly would have been my reverence to her "legend" as film icon to be obnoxious at the least, silly at best. Well, never mind. She was and is wonderful. And, as this book attests, a scathingly intelligent lady. Celebrities of her league are no more, now we have tarts, thugs, and arrogant, illiterate self-important jerks showing off their bling-bling. How sad. If you want to hear the entertainingly clever views of this great lady who, though she went from brilliant star to near- pauper obscurity, yet never lost her class, intellect, nor pride, then read "Lulu In Hollywood." One wishes she had written much more, and, left behind more films where her inate brilliance reaches out from the screen eighty years later. But, if all we have is this book and "Pandora's Box", that's legacy enough.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brooks back in print, September 5, 2000
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Great to have this irreplaceable book back in print. Even better that it now includes the New Yorker article by Kenneth Tynan, "The Girl in the Black Helmet," that helped touch off the 80's Brooks revival, and an additional piece by Brooks entitled "Why I Will Never Write My Memoirs." Still, one can't help coming away from this book wishing there were more material, just as one wishes there were more Brooks films.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great actress writes brilliantly of her experiences., December 29, 1997
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This is a collection of essays (first published in 1972) by the great 1920s American actor Louise Brooks, a very forthright, modern woman who rejected the false glitter of Hollywood. She was effectively black-listed because of her honesty, made her last film in 1938 and cinema history is poorer for that. The book has two large sections of photographs, showing that Brooks had a timeless face that would fit into any era of the cinema.

Her finest role - when she was only 22 - was as the stunning Lulu in the German silent film Pandora's Box (1928), and the book includes her experiences with GW Pabst, the director.

Brooks writes with wit and candour about friends and acquaintances, including Humphrey Bogart and WC Fields, in a way that sheds new light upon them.

This is a must for all lovers of cinema, independence, and beauty.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Essays by a Hollywood Beauty
Louise Brooks led one of the most fascinating, self-destructive lives of any actor of the silent film era. Read more
Published 7 months ago by David K. Hill

3.0 out of 5 stars A distant view of harmless shadows
I first read LULU IN HOLLYWOOD long ago but I did not see Louise Brooks in a full-length feature until I bought PANDORA'S BOX on DVD a couple of years ago. Read more
Published 15 months ago by L. P. Schneider

5.0 out of 5 stars Quintessential Lulu (Louise Brooks)
What made Louise Brooks interesting beyond just the typical celebrity she was unusually intelligent. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Doug Linington

3.0 out of 5 stars sharp but rambling
This book will be helpful for anyone interested in silent film. Brooks' insights about certain aspects of Hollywood are original. Read more
Published on June 25, 2007 by C. URen

5.0 out of 5 stars A beauty unparalleled in film history
This book is a collection of Brooks's autobiographical essays together with an interview by Kenneth Tynan. Read more
Published on July 9, 2005 by Luc REYNAERT

5.0 out of 5 stars BROOKS AND TYNAN ARE EXTRAORDINARY
I am unimpressed by Emily from Seattle's harsh words, which are both snotty and inaccurate. Tynan was the finest theatre critic of his time--and not bad on film, either. Read more
Published on January 26, 2001 by Timothy Carter

4.0 out of 5 stars Brooksie in Hollywood...
If she knew how captivating her writing was she may not have wasted so much time with a broken heart. A well written synopsis of some of her mis-adventures. Read more
Published on July 27, 2000 by Angela Kirby

5.0 out of 5 stars Brooks is Best
You don't have to be a fan of Louise Brooks to want this special item. This colection of essays that she wrote cover many different famous names from the past. Read more
Published on February 25, 2000 by abrand

5.0 out of 5 stars louise, the 'it' person
louise brooks didn't know how to act. sure. even if this book does try to show the opposite, what it really shows is that Louise Brooks was an actress larger than Hollywood and... Read more
Published on November 26, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book by a great actress.
For more info on Louise Brooks visit the Louise Brooks Society at http://www.pandorasbox.co
Published on July 9, 1997

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