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Louise Brooks (14 November 1906 – 8 August 1985) was an American dancer, showgirl, and silent film actress. She became, at the end of her life, a writer and critic of the silent film era. Headshot of Louise Brooks This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Cherryvale is a city located in Montgomery County, Kansas. ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... A Las Vegas showgirl, from the Folies Bergere. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

Early life

Born Mary Louise Brooks in Cherryvale, Kansas, she was a daughter of a lawyer who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined any "squalling brats" she produced could take care of themselves. Although she inspired her children with a love of books and music--she was a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for Louise--Myra Brooks failed to protect her eldest daughter from childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a neighborhood predator. This single event was a major influence on Louise's life and career, causing her to say that she was incapable of real love, and that she always had "a passion for some kind of bastard". Cherryvale is a city located in Montgomery County, Kansas. ... For other uses, see Book (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Claude Debussy Claude Achille Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918), composer of impressionistic classical music. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, and his famous 1922 orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. ... â€œBad Touchâ€ redirects here. ...

Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer, appearing in her teens with the revolutionary Denishawn modern dance company whose members included Martha Graham, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn. After being dismissed from Denishawn under a cloud, due to her stubborn temperament, she turned to her influential friends and quickly found work as a featured dancer in the 1925 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, where her beauty was noticed by the then New York-based movie studios. She was also noticed by visiting movie star Charlie Chaplin, in town for the premiere of his film The Gold Rush -- the two had an affair that summer. The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. ... For the supercentenarian, see Martha Graham (supercentenarian). ... Ruth St. ... Ted Shawn (1891 to 1972) was a key figure, and the only male figure, in the founding period of modern dance. ... The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. ... The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... This article is about the state. ... Charles Chaplin redirects here. ... The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. ...

Hollywood film career

Signing with Paramount Pictures, where she stayed for most of the remainder of her American film career, her screen debut was in the silent The Street of Forgotten Men, in an uncredited role in 1925. Soon, however, she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and flapper films over the next few years, starring with Adolphe Menjou and W. C. Fields, among others. She was noticed in Europe for her pivotal vamp role in the Howard Hawks directed silent "buddy film", A Girl In Every Port in 1928. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 â€“ October 29, 1963) was an American actor of French and Irish descent. ... W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 â€“ December 25, 1946) was an American juggler, comedian, and actor. ... Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 â€“ December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. ...

It has been said that her best American role was in one of the last silent film dramas, Beggars Of Life (1928), as an abused country girl on the run with Richard Arlen and Wallace Beery playing hoboes she meets while riding the rails. Much of this film was shot on location, and the boom microphone was invented for this film by the director, William Wellman, who needed it for one of the first experimental talking scenes in the movies. Richard Arlen Richard Arlen (September 1, 1898 â€“ March 28, 1976) was an American actor. ... Wallace Beery (April 1, 1885 â€“ April 15, 1949) was an American actor, best known for his many cinema appearances. ... A boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. ... William A. Wellman (February 29, 1896 - December 9, 1975) was a movie director. ...

At this time in her life, she was rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, and was a regular guest of William Randolph Hearst and his mistress, Marion Davies, at San Simeon, being close friends with Marion Davies's niece, Pepi Lederer. Her distinctive bob haircut, which became eponymous and still recognised to this day, had started a sensational trend, as many women in the Western world cut their hair like hers. Soon after the film Beggars Of Life was made, Louise, who loathed the Hollywood "scene", refused to stay on at Paramount after being denied a promised raise, and left for Europe to make films for G. W. Pabst, the great German Expressionist director. For other people named William Randolph Hearst, see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation) William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 â€“ August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. ... Marion Davies illustrated by Hamilton King, 1920 Marion Davies Marion Davies (January 3, 1897 â€“ September 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress. ... San Simeon (ZIP Code: 93452) is a settlement on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California notable in two respects: Its position along Pacific Coast Highway is almost precisely halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those towns being roughly 230 mi (370 km) away. ... Pepi Lederer (March 18, 1910 â€“ June 11, 1935), was an actress and writer best known for her association with William Randolph Hearst, the long-term partner of her aunt, Marion Davies, and later, from a profile written by her close friend, actress Louise Brooks. ... Woman sporting bob with finger waves, 1920s A bob is a short haircut that became modern for women in the early 1920s. ... Particular hairstyles occasionally become fashionable through their association with a prominent individual. ... ... Georg Wilhelm Pabst (August 25, 1885 - May 29, 1967) was a film director. ... On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ...

Paramount attempted to use the coming of sound films to strongarm the actress, but she called the studio's bluff. It was not until 30 years later that this rebellious move would come to be seen as arguably the most savvy of her career, securing her immortality as a silent film legend and independent spirit. Unfortunately, while her initial snubbing of Paramount alone would not have finished her in Hollywood altogether, her refusal after returning from Germany to come back to Paramount for sound retakes of The Canary Murder Case (1929) irrevocably placed her on an unofficial blacklist. As mentioned in the documentary Louise Brooks: Looking For Lulu, actress Margaret Livingston was hired to dub Brooks' voice for the film and the studio claimed that Brooks' voice was unsuitable for sound. The Canary Murder Case (1927) is a murder mystery novel which deals with the murders of a sexy nightclub singer known as the Canary, and eventually, that of her boyfriend. ... Margaret Livingston (25 November 1900 - 13 December 1984) was a United States motion picture actress. ...

In Europe

Once in Germany she starred in the remarkable 1929 film Pandora's Box, directed by the respected director G.W. Pabst in his New Objectivity period. The film is based on two plays by Frank Wedekind (Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora) and Brooks plays the central figure Lulu, who meets her fate at the hands of Jack the Ripper after a series of salacious escapades. This film is notorious for its frank treatment of modern sexual mores, including the first screen portrayal of a lesbian. Louise then starred in the controversial social dramas Diary Of A Lost Girl (1929), also directed by Pabst, and Prix de Beaute (1930), the latter being filmed in France, and having a famous, but mesmerizing, shock ending. All these films were heavily censored, as they were very "adult" and considered shocking in their time for their portrayals of sexuality, in addition to being highly critical of society. Although overlooked at the time because "talkies" were taking over the movies, these three films were later recognized as masterpieces of the Silent Age, with her role of Lulu now regarded as one of the greatest performances in film history. Pandoras Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) was a German silent film directed by G.W. Pabst and released in 1929. ... Georg Wilhelm Pabst (August 25, 1885 - May 29, 1967) was a film director. ... The New Objectivity, or neue Sachlichkeit (new matter-of-factness), was an art movement which arose in Germany during the 1920s as an outgrowth of, and in opposition to, expressionism. ... Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 - March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. ... Erdgeist is the Spirit of the Earth whom Johann Wolfgang von Goethe describes in Faust, Part 1, widely considered to be one of the greatest works in the history of German literature. ... Die BÃ¼chse der Pandora (Pandoras Box) is a play by Frank Wedekind, written in 1903, upon which Alban Bergs opera Lulu was based. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... Diary of a Lost Girl (German: Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) is a 1929 film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. ... Pabst is the name of several related people and entities: Pabst Brewing Company, a former brewery once owned by Frederick Pabst Pabst Blue Ribbon, a notable beer formerly brewed by the Pabst Brewing Company Pabst Theater, a theatrical venue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin named after the Pabst family The name Pabst... For other uses, see Censor. ...

Life after film

When she returned to Hollywood, in 1931, she was cast in two mainstream films: God's Gift to Women (1931) and It Pays to Advertise (1931). Her performances in these films, however, were largely ignored. She found herself effectively black-listed, and never again enjoyed her previous success. Rumors purportedly sent out by the studios claimed she had the wrong voice for the new sound films, but she actually possessed a beautiful and cultured voice as proven by her sound films. During the 30s, she suffered the humiliation of being cast in B pictures by studio executives as punishment for her outspokenness and disdain for ill-written scripts. Ultimately, she was primarily acting in bit parts and short films; one of her directors at this time was a fellow Hollywood outcast, Fatty Arbuckle, who was working under the pseudonym "William Goodrich". Gods Gift to Women is a 1931 Pre-Code musical romantic comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros. ... The King of the Bs, Roger Corman, produced and directed The Raven (1963) for American International Pictures. ... Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 â€“ June 29, 1933) was an American silent film comedian. ... A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ...

Brooks retired from show business in 1938 after completing one last film, the John Wayne western Overland Stage Raiders in which she played the romantic lead and, with a long hairstyle was all but unrecognizable from her Lulu days. She then briefly returned to Wichita, where she was raised. "But that turned out to be another kind of hell," she wrote. "The citizens of Wichita either resented me having been a success or despised me for being a failure. And I wasn't exactly enchanted with them. I must confess to a lifelong curse: My own failure as a social creature." According to the documentary Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu, after an unsuccessful attempt at operating a dance studio, she returned East and worked as a salesgirl in a Saks Fifth Avenue store in New York City for a few years, then eked out a living as a courtesan, with a few select wealthy men as clients.^{[citation needed]} Louise unfortunately had a life-long love of alcohol (more specifically gin), and was an alcoholic for a major portion of her life, although she exorcised that particular demon enough to begin writing about film, which became her second life. For other persons named John Wayne, see John Wayne (disambiguation). ... Overland Stage Raiders is a 1938 film staring John Wayne. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Kansas County Government - Mayor Carl Brewer (D) Area - City 359. ... Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A courtesan in mid-16th century usage was a high-class prostitute or mistress, especially one associated with rich, powerful, or upper-class men who provided luxuries and status in exchange for her services. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ...

She was a notorious spendthrift for most of her life, even filing for bankruptcy once, but was kind and generous to her friends, almost to a fault. She was married twice, but never had children — she referred to herself as "Barren Brooks". She was first married to movie director A. Edward Sutherland in July 1926, and divorced him in June 1928. Her second husband was Chicago millionaire Deering Davis. They married in 1933, she left him five months later, and they divorced in 1938. A. Edward Sutherland (January 5, 1895 - December 31, 1973) was a film director who acted in 37 known films early in his career, beginning as a Keystone Cop in 1914s Tillies Punctured Romance opposite Charles Chaplin, and directed over 50 movies between 1925 and 1956. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 234. ... Millionairess redirects here. ...

Her many lovers from years before had included a young William S. Paley, the founder of CBS. According to Louise Brooks: Looking For Lulu, Paley provided a small monthly stipend to Brooks for the rest of her life, and according to the documentary this stipend kept her from committing suicide at one point. She also had an on-again, off-again (from what she wrote, "abusive") relationship with George Preston Marshall throughout the 20's-30's. He was the biggest reason she was able to secure a contract with Pabst. Marshall repeatedly asked her to marry him and after finding that she had many affairs on him while they were together, married film actress Corinne Griffith instead. William S. Paley (1901-1990) This article is about the broadcast executive. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... A stipend is a form of payment or salary, such as for an internship or apprenticeship. ... George Preston Marshall (1896 â€“ 1969) was the long-time owner and president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). ... Promotional Picture Corinne Griffith was a Hollywood actress who is believed to have been born in Texarkana, Texas, on November 24, 1895. ...

Rediscovery

French film historians rediscovered her films in the early 1950s, proclaiming her as an actress who surpassed even Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo as a film icon (Henri Langlois: "There is no Garbo, there is no Dietrich, there is only Louise Brooks!"), much to her amusement, but it would lead to the still ongoing Louise Brooks film revivals, and rehabilitated her reputation in her home country. James Card, the film curator for the George Eastman House, discovered Louise living as a recluse in New York City about this time, and persuaded her to move to Rochester, New York to be near the George Eastman House film collection. With his help, she became a noted film writer in her own right. A collection of her witty and cogent writings, Lulu in Hollywood, was published in 1982. She was famously profiled by the noted film writer Kenneth Tynan in his essay, "The Girl With The Black Helmet", the title of which was an allusion to her fabulous bob, worn since childhood, a hairstyle claimed as one of the ten most influential in history by beauty magazines the world over. the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ... Marlene Dietrich IPA: ; (December 27, 1901 â€“ May 6, 1992) was a German-born American actress, singer, and entertainer. ... Greta redirects here. ... Henri Langlois Henri Langlois (November 13, 1914 - January 13, 1977) was a pioneer in film preservation and restoration. ... The George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York, comprises over 23,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and paper artifacts. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... There is also a Rochester in Ulster County, New York; for that town see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. ... Kenneth Peacock Tynan (April 2, 1927 - July 26, 1980), was an influential and often controversial British theatre critic and writer. ...

She rarely gave interviews, but had special relationships with John Kobal and Kevin Brownlow, the film historians, and they were able to capture on paper some of her amazing personality. In the 1970s she was interviewed extensively, on film, for the documentary Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976), produced and directed by Gary Conklin. Running 50 minutes, Lulu in Berlin (1984) is another rare filmed interview, produced by Richard Leacock and Susan Woll in the year before her death. She had lived alone by choice for many years, and Louise died from a heart attack in 1985, after suffering from arthritis and emphysema for many years. Kevin Brownlow (2 June 1938â€“) is a film historian, television documentary-maker, and author born in Crowborough, Sussex. ... Gary Conklin is an independent American filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. ... Richard Leacock (born July 18, 1921, London) is a documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation; plural: arthritides) is a group of conditions where there is damage caused to the joints of the body. ...

As is the case with many of her contemporaries, a number of Brooks' films, according to the documentary Looking for Lulu, are considered to be lost. Her key films survive, however, particularly Pandora's Box and Diary of a Young Girl which have been released to DVD in North America by the Criterion Collection and Kino Video, respectively. As of 2007, Prix de Beaute and The Show Off have also seen limited North American DVD release, as well. Her short film (and one of her only talkies), Windy Riley Goes Hollywood was included on the DVD release of Diary of a Lost Girl. Her final film, Overland Stage Raiders, was released to VHS but has yet to receive a North American DVD release. The Criterion Collection is a joint venture between Janus Films and The Voyager Company that was begun in the mid 1980s for the purpose of releasing authoritative consumer versions of classic and important contemporary films on the laserdisc and DVD formats. ... Kino International is a film and video distributor, based in New York City that specializes in art-house films, such as low-budget current films and classic films from earlier periods in the history of cinema. ...

A Continuing Inspiration

Brooks is considered one of the first naturalistic actors in film, her acting being subtle and nuanced compared to many other silent performers. The close-up was just coming into vogue with directors, and her almost hypnotically beautiful face was perfect for this new technique. Brooks had always been very self-directed, even difficult, and was notorious for her salty language, which she didn't hesitate to use whenever she felt like it. In addition, she had made a vow to herself never to smile on stage unless she felt compelled to, and although the majority of her publicity photos show her with a neutral expression, she had a dazzling smile. By her own admission, she was a sexually liberated woman, not afraid to experiment, even posing nude for "art" photography, and her liaisons with many film people were legendary, although much of it is speculation. Photography [fÓ™tÉ‘grÓ™fi:],[foÊŠtÉ‘grÓ™fi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ...

Louise Brooks as an unattainable film image served as an inspiration for Adolfo Bioy Casares when he wrote his classic science fiction novel The Invention of Morel (1940) about a man attracted to Faustine, a woman who is only a projected 3-D image. In a 1995 interview, Casares explained that Faustine is directly based on his love for Louise Brooks who "vanished too early from the movies." Elements of The Invention of Morel, minus the science fictional hardware, served as a basis for Alain Resnais' enigmatic Last Year at Marienbad (1961), one of the most influential films of the 1960s. Adolfo Bioy Casares (September 15, 1914 - March 18, 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer. ... The Invention of Morel (sometimes translated as Morels Invention) is a 1940 novel by Argentine fiction writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. ... Alain Resnais (born June 3, 1922 ) is a French film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or Nouvelle Vague film movement. ... Still from LannÃ©e derniÃ¨re Ã Marienbad LannÃ©e derniÃ¨re Ã Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North America) is a 1961 French movie directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha PitoÃ«ff. ...

Louise also had an influence in the graphics world - she had the distinction of inspiring two separate comics: the long-running Dixie Dugan newspaper strip by John H. Striebel that started in the late 1920s and ran until 1966, which grew out of the serialized novel and later stage musical, "Show Girl", that writer J.P. McEvoy had loosely based on Louise's days as a Follies girl on Broadway; and the erotic comic books of Valentina, by the late Guido Crepax, which began publication in 1965 and continued for many years. Crepax became a friend and regular correspondent with Louise late in her life. Hugo Pratt, another comics artist, also used her as inspiration for characters, and even named them after her. Dixie Dugan is best known as a long running syndicated newspaper comic strip published from 1929 to 1966. ... John H. Striebel was an American illustrator and comic strip artist who was best known for his work on the syndicated newspaper comic strip Dixie Dugan, which ran from 1929 to 1966. ... The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... John P. McEvoy (January 10, 1897 â€“ August 8, 1958), also sometimes credited as John P. McEvoy, Joseph P. McEvoy or Joseph Patrick McEvoy, was an American writer whose stories were published during the 1920s and 1930s in popular magazines such as Liberty Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post and Cosmopolitan. ... Valentina with her Hasselblad camera Valentina is one of the most influential European comic books, created in 1965 by the Italian artist Guido Crepax. ... Guido Crepax Guido Crepax (born Guido Crepas, Milan, July 15, 1933-July 31, 2003) was an Italian comics artist, who deeply influenced the European adult comics world in the second half of 20th century. ... Hugo Pratt (June 15, 1927, Rimini, Italy â€“ August 20, 1995, Grandvaux, near Lausanne, Switzerland,) was an Italian comic book creator who combined his strong storytelling talent with extensive historical research on Corto Maltese and his other series. ...

Modern Influence

For her Oscar-winning film role in the 1972 movie musical Cabaret, Liza Minnelli was coached by her father, Vincente Minnelli, to fashion her character's appearance on Louise Brooks.^{[citation needed]} Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cabaret is a 1972 film. ... Liza Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer. ... Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 â€“ July 25, 1986) was a famous Hollywood director and accomplished stage director, often considered by critics to be the father of the modern musical. ...

The 1986 film Something Wild, directed by Jonathan Demme, features a main character played by actress Melanie Griffith, who sports Louise Brooks' trademark hairstyle, and goes by the moniker Lulu. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Something Wild is a comedy/action movie released in 1986. ... Jonathan Demme (born February 22, 1944, in Baldwin, New York) is an American film director, producer and writer. ... Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York City) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actress. ... Lulu can refer to: Lulu (singer), a pop music singer. ...

The first book devoted to Brooks, Rolland Jaccard's Louise Brooks: Portrait of an Anti-Star (1987), was published in France. Soon after, Barry Paris wrote the biography Louise Brooks (1989). Barry Paris is an author and journalist based in Pittsburgh, Pa. ...

In 1991, the synth-pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released "Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way)", and the collage-pop band Soul Coughing released "St. Louise Is Listening" in 1998, both inspired by Brooks' life.^{[citation needed]} Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a synth pop group whose founder members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, UK. OMD record for Virgin Records (originally for Virgins DinDisc subsidiary). ... Soul Coughing (1992â€“2000) was a New York-based alternative rock band comprised of Mike Doughty (vocals, lyrics, guitar), Mark De Gli Antoni (samples, keyboards), Sebastian Steinberg (string bass) and Yuval Gabay (drums). ...

In 1992 and 1993, Madonna was inspired by Louise Brooks' look in the videoclips of "I'll Remember" and "Rain", wearing a little black wig. She said later she has been really inspired by Brooks, and by another actress of the same era, Dita Parlo.^{[citation needed]} Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the American entertainer. ... Something to Remember track listing I Want You (1) Ill Remember (2) Take a Bow (3) Ill Remember is the theme song to the 1994 film With Honors, performed by American pop singer Madonna. ... This article is about precipitation. ... Dita Parlo (September 4, 1906 - December 13, 1971) was a film actress. ...

In 1995, the Louise Brooks Society was formed to promote a greater awareness of the life and films of this celebrated actress, dancer, and writer. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Louise Brooks Society is an online archive and fan club devoted to the silent film star Louise Brooks (1906 â€“ 1985). ...

In 1998, a documentary about Brooks, Louise Brooks: Looking For Lulu, was broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable network, narrated by Shirley MacLaine. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. ... Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ...

In 1999, the rock band Marillion included on their 1999 album Marillion.com a song inspired by her called Interior Lulu. This article is about the year. ... Marillion is a British Rock group. ... This article is about the year. ... marillion. ...

In the late 1990s, BBC Books based their description of the third incarnation of Doctor Who character Romana on Brooks. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... BBC Books is the book publishing division of BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Romana (disambiguation). ...

In 2007 on reality television series Cycle 9 of America's Next Top Model, contestant Janet received a bob haircut for her makeover, which was said by Tyra Banks to be inspired by Brooks' hair. ^{[citation needed]} Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Americas Next Top Model Cycle 9 This is the ninth cycle of the long running reality tv series which documents aspiring models in a 14 week competition, in the end one of them will win the title Americas Next Top Model. ... ANTM redirects here. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Filmography

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