Lulu In Hollywood: Expanded Edition

All about Louise & her life & her films. It's a great read & it's got good pictures as well. Louise Brooks wrote the book, so that makes the book so special.

A very good book; an insight into the world of the 20's silent movies and the who did what to whom or who was doing what to whom of the era. For a washed up movie actress she produced an excellent comment on the times and herself as well as the industry.Her movies are well worth a watch too, she changed the world of acting from the over dramatic to the natural. A real icon of the 20th cent.

Excellent book with first class introduction by Kenneth Tynan. Louise comes across as an intelligent, perceptive and good-hearted actress who turns her back on Hollywood.

The nearest you'll get to an autobiography from Miss Slinky and Sexy. Full marks to Lulu for producing such an interesting series of essays. However, we now know that some of her facts, concerning people she did not know so well,are wrong, but we should not blame our flapper - she tried her best. Oh to have known what she had in her full autobiog, which she dumped in the trashcan. Louise claims she did not want to reveal her full sexual exploits, but had no reticence in writing more on this subject than any actress has ever done before or since. I would guess that when she read Mack Sennett's book, and saw that even he shied away from dishing the full dirt on Hollywood, she had no option but to dump the manuscript - in case the 'boys' came round. She does, however, provide a solution to the puzzle as to what happened to the old silent movie stars. The Hollywood royalty (Gish, Normand, Purviance etc.) were apparently picked off one by one, and in various ways, by the movie moguls.All in all this unique book is a great read and well worth the money - not bad for a country hickess with a 'covered wagon' accent.

So fascinating and informative . Such a Great read if like me you love the old Hollywood history

A wonderfully written evocation of 1920's film makers and actors by the woman who epitomised 20's glamour and invented modern film acting.

This was bought as a present and was well received.

Fascinating witty writing. If you didn't know anything about Louise Brooke apart from how she looked read this to see how she was. This is a treat of a book and a great gift for anyone interested in the Hollywood flip side.

Late in her life, screen star Louise Brooks began writing film pieces. Some of them are gossipy, some of them are autobiographical, and some of them are brilliant insights into filming and acting. Oh, and some of them are just plain bitchy - as in sharing the photo of Marion Davies, not looking her best, early in her career!A great story from mostly the Silent Film Era, you might have to look up some of the names she includes.I loved her life story, but it is her critique of certain films, actors and directors that make this collection truly worthwhile."Humphrey and Bogey" is a must read for any Bogart fan. It is how he went from being a near failure on Broadway, and in Hollywood, to a major film star. It took his accepting a major change in the way he presented himself, the way he acted.The same goes for her piece on Pabst. A wonderful mixture of stories of her time in Europe, and the directing style and brilliance, of G. W. Pabst.Or the essay on Gish and Garbo -and the economics of Hollywood.First published in 1982, 3 years before her death, by Knopf, it is now the property of the U of MN Press. The slighly oversized paperback includes a 40 pp Intro by Kenneth Tynan, a piece he wrote for The NY'er in 1979. It also includes over 50 B&W photos. While this "Expanded Edition" includes 8 of the essays she wrote late in her life, it seems she wrote more. Why those were not chosen by her to be included here, and the addition of them in a new edition of this volume, woul, I am sure, be a publication of interest to many.For fans of Brooks, the Silent Era, Hollywood, and particular stars and directors she writes about throughout this collection.No wonder Ebert called it, ""one of the few film books that can be called indispensable."

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impeccable

I highly recommend watching The Chaperone first. This is an excellent movie based on Lulu. It gives so much information which prepares you for the book. I also recommend watching her silent film Pandora's Box. Netflix is a good source. I loved the book. It was the film The Chaperone for me to realize I had seen many of her films. I've watched Pandora's Box many times, especially after reading the book.