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LOUISE BROOKS (personality) LOUISE BROOKS (personality) 8x10 OR search current auctions Auction History Result 8g555 LOUISE BROOKS 8x10.25 still 1920s full-length portrait of the star modeling a pretty dress! Date Sold 8/15/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Louise Brooks was born Mary Louise Brooks in 1906, and she was always unconventional. She was the daughter of a Kansas lawyer, but she left at the age of 16 to go to New York and join Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn with their Denishawn dancers. Two years later she had a falling out with Shawn and was fired. She then worked in the George White's Scandals, the Ziegfeld Follies (where she was a semi-nude dancer, and was noticed, and signed to a Hollywood contract by Paramount Pictures, where she had several minor movies as a sexy flapper girl in comedies). She finally got her big break in a starring role in Beggars Of Life, and predictably she left Hollywood to go to Europe. But she had had the title role in The Canary Murder Case in 1929, which had been filmed as a silent, and Paramount asked her to return to dub the movie, and she refused, which effectively blacklisted her in Hollywood. She made two incredible movies with legendary German director G.W. Pabst, Pandora's Box, and Diary Of A Lost Girl and I highly recommend both. She made Prix de Beaute in France, and in the early 1930s she returned to Hollywood (minus her trademark flapper hairdo) where she could only get minor roles, and she returned to Kansas, and later New York. She lived an alcoholic life in obscurity (supported by former admirers including William S. Paley, founder of CBS). In the 1950s and 1960s she was "rediscovered" by film critics, and she wrote many articles and books about her life, which I also highly recommend. She is likely best remembered for her distinctive hair style! She passed away in 1985 at the age of 78. Important Added Info: Note that the still code on this wonderful portrait is one that was assigned to Louise Brooks. It is a Paramount still code, but we don't know if this still was taken during the making of a specific movie (it had a snipe on the back at one time, which would have likely told the answer). If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. There are stains and scuffs scattered in the still, with creases, tiny tears, and paper loss around the edges. However, none of this has much effect on the image of Brooks, except for one faint crease going through the bottom of her dress. Obviously, it could have restoration performed, or one could mat it and display it as it is. In any case, see our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of this still before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades
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