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Diary of a Lost Girl

Long before Three Cups of Tea

Before Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Tea, before James Frey and A Million Little Pieces, and before Clifford Irving and his Autobiography of...
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Two Louise Brooks films to be screened with live musical accompaniment

This Sunday is a special day for fans of the iconic film star Louise Brooks. Two of the actress' highly acclaimed silent films will be shown...
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Louise Brooks films celebrated in Paris

  • Prix de beauté
  • December 23, 2010
In 1955, Henri Langlois proclaimed “There is no Garbo, there is no Dietrich, there is only Louise Brooks.”The French cinephile and co...
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Diary of a Lost Girl, with Louise Brooks, to screen at National Gallery of Art

Louise Brooks has always received a warm welcome in Washington D.C.On January 2, the silent film star returns to the nation’s capital in...
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Best new releases for the Louise Brooks fan

It’s that time of the year when journalists issue their Top Ten lists - the year’s best new releases in books, music, and film.Not...
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Who was Margarete Bohme?

The recent publication of my new “Louise Brooks edition” of The Diary of a Lost Girl has led some to enquire about the once...
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The Diary of a Lost Girl: A brief history of a banned book

Every September since 1982, the American reading public observes Banned Books Week. This year, as in years past, hundreds of libraries and...
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Valeska Gert rediscovered

  • Valeska Gert
  • September 17, 2010
Filmbuffs likely remember Valeska Gert for her performance as a reform school disciplinarian in the 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl....
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Louise Brooks shines in Starstruck

For four decades, Ira Resnick has been amassing a collection of movie posters, lobby cards, and stills. The collector and film lover owns more than...
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Diary of a Lost Girl screens on Long Island

Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) represents the second collaboration between one Germany's great pre-war directors, G. W. Pabst, and one the cinema&...
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