Louise Brooks

Acting

Louise Brooks

Born November 14, 1906 · Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

Died August 8, 1985 · aged 78

Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the Jazz Age and flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career. Brooks began her career as a dancer. While dancing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City, she came to the atte…

Known For

Pandora's BoxPandora's Box · 1929
Pandora's Box
★ 7.41929
MovieDramaCrime
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern CultureFlappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture · 2010
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
MovieDocumentary
Explores the culture and characters of the Jazz Age through the decade's heroine, the flapper.
The Street of Forgotten MenThe Street of Forgotten Men · 1925
The Street of Forgotten Men
★ 7.21925
MovieDramaCrime
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.
Just Another BlondeJust Another Blonde · 1926
Just Another Blonde
★ 6.51926
MovieRomanceComedy
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. Jimmy, a confirmed bachelor, doesn't care for women but Scotty falls in love with Diana O'Sullivan, a Coney Island girl. They decide that Jimmy needs a girlfriend and they opt for Jeannie Cavanaugh. But, following their 50-50 pact, Jimmy, although he has fallen in love with Jeannie, praises Scotty to her.
God's Gift to WomenGod's Gift to Women · 1931
God's Gift to Women
★ 4.81931
MovieComedyRomance
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.
Rolled StockingsRolled Stockings · 1927
Rolled Stockings
★ 8.01927
MovieDramaRomance
Though billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus comedy Rolled Stockings. It's the old one about two collegiate brothers, Jim and Ralph Treadway (James Hall, Richard Arlen), in love with the same girl, Carol Fleming (Brooks).
The Canary Murder CaseThe Canary Murder Case · 1929
The Canary Murder Case
★ 5.71929
MovieCrimeMystery
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.
When You're in LoveWhen You're in Love · 1937
When You're in Love
★ 6.81937
MovieRomanceComedy
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.

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The American VenusThe American Venus · 1926
The American Venus
★ 8.01926
MovieComedy
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. Chip Armstrong, a hot-shot public relations man, quits the employ of Hugo Niles and goes to work for Gray, persuading Mary to enter the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, with the intention of using her to endorse her father's cold cream should she win. Mary breaks her engagement with Horace. When it appears that she will win the contest, Hugo lures her home on the pretext that her father is ill, and she misses the contest. Chip and Mary return to Atlantic City, discovering that the new Miss America has told the world that she owes all her success to Gray's cold cream. On this note, Chip and Mary decide to get married.

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