Per her request, the diaries of Louise Brooks are set to be published 25 years after her death by the George Eastman House. Louise is a God. Chris Snowden's site has some of her letters for your enjoyment. In one she refers to a BBC interviewer as a 'screaming pansy'. I think it goes without saying that if Louise were around in this day and age David Bret would have a blog solely for her, and she would be sued. Well...at least I'm in good company.
There was an article in a Pittsburgh newspaper about Olive. It was god awful. Well okay not Hollywood Babylon awful, but no one in God's name deserves the title of 'Doctor' over film, not even the dearest Kevin Brownlow (in this case it means you've spent several thousand on a fancy degree and now you LOOK smart). For all the fancy degrees in the world 2 out of 4 Olive 'experts' seemed to cull their knowledge from an outdated Wikipedia entry. The easiest thing they overlooked was Jack and Olive's marriage certificate was found (no small feat) and showed those 2 brats married in 1918, not 1916. No one knew until a few years ago. The elusive nephew wasn't mentioned, and Olive's career was given a half assed once over by people who don't understand it but like to talk pretty.
I got quite a few emails asking when I'll do the promised Olive biography. This article almost pushed me to it. Maybe in 2011. Biographies take so much time and research, and all her films (well, a lot of them anyways) are in the Netherlands. I just don't believe a proper bio can be written without understanding the acting beyond "Love's Prisoner".
I don't know why two separate people have emailed me about Barbra LaMarr in the past month. I've barely written about her. Both declared she was the greatest actress ever. I don't think I've ever seen a film of hers. But a few are on DVD. Look she has a whole site now! Awesome.
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Great info! Thanks. ;)
There are almost no Barbara La Marr films available for viewing but you should watch SOULS FOR SALE. It's a film about filmmaking and she plays a nice riff on her own image: "The Baddest Woman in Hollywood" who proves to have a heart of gold. It's a shame her pictures with Ramon Novarro are lost- they made a beautiful couple.
Hala, do you know how many of Sessue Hayakawa's silents survive?
I am in love with these three women, Louise is sexy, Ollie is fun, and Barbra... well Barbra is Barbra, But I Love em' all! Quite frankly, I dont know much about Barbra, but the more I find out, the more I want to know (which is a good quality for a legend, Both Nita and Brigitte had the same effect on me)
Mark if you like you can email me at misspickford @ forgetthetalkies.com . A handful of Hayakawa's exist to my knowledge, but I'd have to look to find which ones. Obviously the DeMille's have a good ratio, and his talkies.
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