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…

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Diary of a Lost GirlDiary of a Lost Girl · 1929
Diary of a Lost Girl
7.31929
MovieDrama
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.
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.
Beggars of LifeBeggars of Life · 1928
Beggars of Life
7.11928
MovieDramaCrime
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.
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).
Empty SaddlesEmpty Saddles · 1936
Empty Saddles
10.01936
MovieWestern
Buck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.
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 Show OffThe Show Off · 1926
The Show Off
7.21926
MovieComedyDrama
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.
Love 'Em and Leave 'EmLove 'Em and Leave 'Em · 1926
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
7.31926
MovieComedyDrama
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. Regardless, Mame can't break her promise. So when it comes to getting Janie out of trouble, big sister comes to the rescue.

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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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