@liotommy No, Kansas people do not. I've been reading about Brooks and, if anything, I assume she was taught to use a Mid-Atlatic accent, which is sort of a half-American half-English accent taught to actors in the earlier decades of talking films. She did appear in 1930's films and did some radio work as well, so there's a chance she recieved some of this speech instruction after the silent era ended. But her American accent is still fairly strong.
@liotommy A Kansas accent is very different from Louise Brooks' voice. A Kansas accent, particularly in the early 20th century, would have sounded like the cowboy accent used in Westerns, basically a drawl. It would probably have been considered hick in places like New York. I have read that Brooks worked to lose her Midwestern accent. The one she is using, as KatarinaSu pointed out, was taught to actors then, and was also used by rich Americans who had spent time in England.
@squeapler As a person from Kansas who lived in NYC for several years I can tell you that many people out there still seem to consider it a "hick" accent. Then after asking where I was from I was always asked if I grew up on a farm! I've never lived on a farm in my life and know nothing about farming (though I don't mean to imply that is a bad way of life, it certainly isn't, but was never my life).
Interestingly, the scenes from "Pandora's Box" are reversed - Jack the Ripper's knife is on the right side of the screen when it's supposed to be on the left. I wonder if this was done intentionally. Of course, it must have been hard for the filmmakers to get a decent print of this film.
She may have been a lot of things considered character flaws,but I have to admit, she was pretty interesting. She was a "bad girl" before it was cool,before it was a money making tactic.
Women who are too frightened to take up space always lash out against women who do.The viciousness in some of these comments about a ninety year old lady`s
dress and hairstyle,(and her refusal to be a "nice old auntie") is very telling.
@torperik You judge a person by her elegant mystique rather than her self-admitted actions. Allow us to think diffrently.
You think it's ok to scratch someone in the face with your fingernails to the point of bleeding just because you're a 1920s movie star? WOW! I've heard of diva worship but this is ridiculous! The fact that someone is old does and speaks with a fake accent does not mean they are great. Wake up and smell the ovaltine. Did you even take the time to listen to the whole interview?
@torperik Educated women who earn a living by using their INTELLIGENCE have no issue with taking their own rightful place, but they take exception to other women who choose the low road, to get by on their looks alone, not go to school to educate themselves in their craft, and indulge in bad habits like scratching people in the face just because they did not flirt sufficiently with them. In other words, educated women have no patience for pretentious whores/divas.
@torperik if you had READ the comment I was replying to, when I talked about her hair and dress, you would have seen that the other person said "she looks like Ruth Gordon". I was explaining WHY she might have that impression. Therefore my comment was not even negative, just factual. But you are very good at taking things out of context, distorting and even creating.
It was the 'new look' black hair bob I think. Plus very little clothing. Hmmm she is, I agree, very full of it. Shame. Icons. Still would've liked to meet her tho. Had a very good bitch abt DIETRICH tho.
Why all this fuss about whether or not Brooks was a nice person? Of course she was self absorbed and narcissistic--show me an actor or actress who isn't! I for one don't care if she was nice or not. I find her interesting onscreen and that's her legacy to film. She is interesting. If you don't find her so, why are you here leaving comments? Love the Barry Paris book by the way.
@kookooboy I too found her interesting on screen. But this clip is an INTERVIEW. It is meant to be LISTENED TO. That is the point of AN INTERVIEW.
You seem to like to tell others what to do, so I assume also you want people to tell you what to do. Ex. if YOU want to talk about her appearance, why don't YOU find a youtube clip where you only see pictures.
Secondly, the only reason she was "interesting" on screen is because of the cinematographers. She says so herself in the interview!!!
@wattever333 you appear to have completely missed my point And why are you yelling at me in CAPS ? She was always self-deprecating about her talent. I don't agree that cinematographers alone can make a boring person interesting. She was interesting because she was charismatic. Cameras don't make you charismatic. They can either heighten the star quality you already have, or expose that you don't have any.
@kookooboy Also, this INTERVIEW was FILMED, so it was evidently meant to be LOOKED at as well as LISTENED to, otherwise, he would not have bothered with a FILM CREW but would have TAPED her with an AUDIO TAPERECORDER ALONE. Ahhh, I"m starting to get the hang of this screaming in caps--thanks for showing me the way!
@kookooboy She is not charismatic. She is pretentious. She had good photographers. She is self-deprecating because she is very insecure, which is why she had childish behaviors like scratching people in the face to the point of bleeding.
@wattever333 Methinks it is possible to be both pretentious and charismatic at the same time. Do you think charisma comes from being a good person? Do you not think most famous people are insecure narcissists? Because I sure do. You seem to want to annihilate her altogether because you find her personally unappealing. I don't have to like people to enjoy their work.
@kookooboy Actually your point was that you're not interested in what she has to say or what she thinks, you are only interested in her 1920s appearance, her aura, her mystique, aka her "charisma".
And sorry but I don't know another way here to emphasize words like in a conversation, I don't have bold or underline here. And you don't see me doing the quoty quoty gesture.
@wattever333 Hi Evaline checked out your channel cos i was interested in what kind of person had the energy to conjure up so much nastyness over a Star from a bygone era.Very inviting... like the way you put the word friend as "friend" you don`t have many have you? It`s all meaningless after all right? But you DO have a big talent for mockery don`t you?-what a gift...Keep building on that black ball of bitterness and hatred inside you. You`re doing a terrific job.-Har har haaar.
@torperik LOL I suppose you also rooted for Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd?
You were frustrated by my comments here, so you thought you would find some dirt in my profile, and you found nothing, so you decided that nothing must mean something. Bordering on schizophrenia, my dear. Does the "evil blank page" also tell you to go out and stab people?
Have you ever heard of "ad rem vs ad hominem" argumentation?
Remove the branch in your eye before attempting to remove the dust in mine.
@wattever333 Five replies in just a few hours,one more rambling than the other,wow.Thank you for confirming my assumptions on your character so fast. The way spelled "friends" is very telling, thats what i found, dear. So the whole schizo\stabber thing is not very factual is it now? In your original post you debased Brooks, but all of a sudden its about diva worshippers?right. Remarks in Latin but Brooks is the pretentious one? please. So your 90 flaming on youtube?LMAO. You have issues get help
@torperik Actually in the post you are referring to, I'm not criticizing her as much as I'm criticizing blind unconditional diva worshippers like you.
PS I'm older than the person in this clip, so don't tell me what to think of "divas of a bygone era". I could play the old diva game as well as anybody, but I choose to be ... what's the word? ah yes... RESPONSIBLE.
Yes, she was really awful. I read her biography by Barry Paris. She was selfish, spoiled, immature, irresponsible, compulsively promiscuous, a drunk. She was nasty even to people who were trying to help her. And despite describing herself as being a "purveyor of truth" a lot of what she wrote and said was bullshit. But she photographed very well. I think that was her greatest gift. But she was such a bitch!
all it takes is an eccentric-looking old hag, a faked posh accent, some inappropriate grand gestures, and some trivial name dropping, and people go gaga, and she becomes their diva du jour.
"oh dahling, you're simply TOO much! har har har"
TorpeErik, surely you jest. "[A] wonderful Lady"? By definition, ladies and gentlemen consider others, give no pain. "And still . . . the looker"? Perhaps if you're ninety. This late interview reveals the socio-psychopathy beneath this still foolishly revered Silent Screen icon; the world should see it as a cautionary tale, not to worship false idols.
Louise Brooks is one of the most overrated of silent screen actors. She was forgotten for decades and then she became a cult figure, primarily for her hairstyle and face (she didn't have a great figure). She is a stunning "image." But she wasn't a "wonderful lady"; she was damned difficult; a real pain in the butt.
yup, companies that sell posters, postcards, magazines, etc.
Our brain likes simple shapes, high contrast, etc. Our eyes are drawn towards original hairstyles and poses (like the arched back, fake low hip and outstretched foot, à la The Boyfriend, and Thorougly Modern Millie).
Its true that Louise is alot older in this then she was in her early years of fame but she still was able to charm the camera and aged wonderfully. Such an interesting woman/actress and sadly missed. RIP Louise xx
I've been trying to find a book that tells about old vintage Hollywood & early film making, as well as the vintage legends such as Louise Brooks (the gorgeous).
What better than to hear it right from the source!! Fantastic and deeply interesting.
Another good source of info re: early Hollywood is Gloria Swanson's autobiography "Swanson on Swanson". Filled with great stories of early Hollywood. Gloria was there from the very beginning.
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SunDrops4U 2 months ago
This was taken in 1973 which means Mrs. Brooks was 67 years old at that time..
I find her accent interesting. Sounds European but she was born in the USA. Do people from Kansas talk like this?
liotommy 7 months ago
@liotommy No, Kansas people do not. I've been reading about Brooks and, if anything, I assume she was taught to use a Mid-Atlatic accent, which is sort of a half-American half-English accent taught to actors in the earlier decades of talking films. She did appear in 1930's films and did some radio work as well, so there's a chance she recieved some of this speech instruction after the silent era ended. But her American accent is still fairly strong.
KatarinaSu 7 months ago
@liotommy A Kansas accent is very different from Louise Brooks' voice. A Kansas accent, particularly in the early 20th century, would have sounded like the cowboy accent used in Westerns, basically a drawl. It would probably have been considered hick in places like New York. I have read that Brooks worked to lose her Midwestern accent. The one she is using, as KatarinaSu pointed out, was taught to actors then, and was also used by rich Americans who had spent time in England.
squeapler 7 months ago
@squeapler As a person from Kansas who lived in NYC for several years I can tell you that many people out there still seem to consider it a "hick" accent. Then after asking where I was from I was always asked if I grew up on a farm! I've never lived on a farm in my life and know nothing about farming (though I don't mean to imply that is a bad way of life, it certainly isn't, but was never my life).
xexixk 3 months ago
There needs to be more beautiful, badass women like her today!
SiliconBayGirl 8 months ago
what a beautiful woman
stu57stu 11 months ago
Interestingly, the scenes from "Pandora's Box" are reversed - Jack the Ripper's knife is on the right side of the screen when it's supposed to be on the left. I wonder if this was done intentionally. Of course, it must have been hard for the filmmakers to get a decent print of this film.
Pengo115 1 year ago
She may have been a lot of things considered character flaws,but I have to admit, she was pretty interesting. She was a "bad girl" before it was cool,before it was a money making tactic.
16reynoso 1 year ago
She should have kept the short style instead of the long, pulled back broom hilda hairstyle. Made her look too old in the interview.
GeminiNightOwl 1 year ago
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16reynoso 1 year ago
Louise Brooks died in 1986.
zeekwolfe 1 year ago
@lelsieldeleon37 1976
petithelene 1 year ago
I love the little look of annoyance she gives when Leacock mentions how much he admires Rene Clair. "Let me finish my story."
ccfc73 1 year ago 2
Women who are too frightened to take up space always lash out against women who do.The viciousness in some of these comments about a ninety year old lady`s
dress and hairstyle,(and her refusal to be a "nice old auntie") is very telling.
torperik 1 year ago 2
@torperik You judge a person by her elegant mystique rather than her self-admitted actions. Allow us to think diffrently.
You think it's ok to scratch someone in the face with your fingernails to the point of bleeding just because you're a 1920s movie star? WOW! I've heard of diva worship but this is ridiculous! The fact that someone is old does and speaks with a fake accent does not mean they are great. Wake up and smell the ovaltine. Did you even take the time to listen to the whole interview?
wattever333 1 year ago
oops typo, replace "old does and speaks" with "old and speaks" (where's the edit button when you need it?)
wattever333 1 year ago
@torperik Educated women who earn a living by using their INTELLIGENCE have no issue with taking their own rightful place, but they take exception to other women who choose the low road, to get by on their looks alone, not go to school to educate themselves in their craft, and indulge in bad habits like scratching people in the face just because they did not flirt sufficiently with them. In other words, educated women have no patience for pretentious whores/divas.
wattever333 1 year ago
@torperik if you had READ the comment I was replying to, when I talked about her hair and dress, you would have seen that the other person said "she looks like Ruth Gordon". I was explaining WHY she might have that impression. Therefore my comment was not even negative, just factual. But you are very good at taking things out of context, distorting and even creating.
wattever333 1 year ago
It was the 'new look' black hair bob I think. Plus very little clothing. Hmmm she is, I agree, very full of it. Shame. Icons. Still would've liked to meet her tho. Had a very good bitch abt DIETRICH tho.
bonkersd0g 1 year ago
Why all this fuss about whether or not Brooks was a nice person? Of course she was self absorbed and narcissistic--show me an actor or actress who isn't! I for one don't care if she was nice or not. I find her interesting onscreen and that's her legacy to film. She is interesting. If you don't find her so, why are you here leaving comments? Love the Barry Paris book by the way.
kookooboy 1 year ago
@kookooboy I too found her interesting on screen. But this clip is an INTERVIEW. It is meant to be LISTENED TO. That is the point of AN INTERVIEW.
You seem to like to tell others what to do, so I assume also you want people to tell you what to do. Ex. if YOU want to talk about her appearance, why don't YOU find a youtube clip where you only see pictures.
Secondly, the only reason she was "interesting" on screen is because of the cinematographers. She says so herself in the interview!!!
wattever333 1 year ago
@wattever333 you appear to have completely missed my point And why are you yelling at me in CAPS ? She was always self-deprecating about her talent. I don't agree that cinematographers alone can make a boring person interesting. She was interesting because she was charismatic. Cameras don't make you charismatic. They can either heighten the star quality you already have, or expose that you don't have any.
kookooboy 1 year ago
@kookooboy Also, this INTERVIEW was FILMED, so it was evidently meant to be LOOKED at as well as LISTENED to, otherwise, he would not have bothered with a FILM CREW but would have TAPED her with an AUDIO TAPERECORDER ALONE. Ahhh, I"m starting to get the hang of this screaming in caps--thanks for showing me the way!
kookooboy 1 year ago
@kookooboy use it wisely, it's a powerful TOOL.
wattever333 1 year ago
@kookooboy She is not charismatic. She is pretentious. She had good photographers. She is self-deprecating because she is very insecure, which is why she had childish behaviors like scratching people in the face to the point of bleeding.
wattever333 1 year ago
@wattever333 Methinks it is possible to be both pretentious and charismatic at the same time. Do you think charisma comes from being a good person? Do you not think most famous people are insecure narcissists? Because I sure do. You seem to want to annihilate her altogether because you find her personally unappealing. I don't have to like people to enjoy their work.
kookooboy 1 year ago
@kookooboy My point in this comments section is about what I see in this clip.
wattever333 1 year ago
@kookooboy Actually your point was that you're not interested in what she has to say or what she thinks, you are only interested in her 1920s appearance, her aura, her mystique, aka her "charisma".
And sorry but I don't know another way here to emphasize words like in a conversation, I don't have bold or underline here. And you don't see me doing the quoty quoty gesture.
wattever333 1 year ago
She looks like Ruth Gordon.
DeccaQuinne 2 years ago
it's the clothing and the pulled-back hair and receding hairline.
wattever333 1 year ago
@wattever333 Hi Evaline checked out your channel cos i was interested in what kind of person had the energy to conjure up so much nastyness over a Star from a bygone era.Very inviting... like the way you put the word friend as "friend" you don`t have many have you? It`s all meaningless after all right? But you DO have a big talent for mockery don`t you?-what a gift...Keep building on that black ball of bitterness and hatred inside you. You`re doing a terrific job.-Har har haaar.
torperik 1 year ago 2
@torperik LOL I suppose you also rooted for Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd?
You were frustrated by my comments here, so you thought you would find some dirt in my profile, and you found nothing, so you decided that nothing must mean something. Bordering on schizophrenia, my dear. Does the "evil blank page" also tell you to go out and stab people?
Have you ever heard of "ad rem vs ad hominem" argumentation?
Remove the branch in your eye before attempting to remove the dust in mine.
wattever333 1 year ago
@wattever333 Five replies in just a few hours,one more rambling than the other,wow.Thank you for confirming my assumptions on your character so fast. The way spelled "friends" is very telling, thats what i found, dear. So the whole schizo\stabber thing is not very factual is it now? In your original post you debased Brooks, but all of a sudden its about diva worshippers?right. Remarks in Latin but Brooks is the pretentious one? please. So your 90 flaming on youtube?LMAO. You have issues get help
torperik 1 year ago
@torperik Actually in the post you are referring to, I'm not criticizing her as much as I'm criticizing blind unconditional diva worshippers like you.
PS I'm older than the person in this clip, so don't tell me what to think of "divas of a bygone era". I could play the old diva game as well as anybody, but I choose to be ... what's the word? ah yes... RESPONSIBLE.
wattever333 1 year ago
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petithelene 1 year ago
I dont think she was self absorbed
But very witty and interesting.
id love to have known her.
rickylee93274 2 years ago
10:00 "I slashed him across the face. ... trickled down...".
"oh blood!? Marvelous!" What a stupid thing to say!
What a stupid thing to do!!! How childish! She should have been arrested.
"but he was a real gentleman"... Yes, real gentlement don't press charges against celebrity spoiled brats.
wattever333 2 years ago
Yes, she was really awful. I read her biography by Barry Paris. She was selfish, spoiled, immature, irresponsible, compulsively promiscuous, a drunk. She was nasty even to people who were trying to help her. And despite describing herself as being a "purveyor of truth" a lot of what she wrote and said was bullshit. But she photographed very well. I think that was her greatest gift. But she was such a bitch!
cynthiacher 1 year ago
and it says a lot about the people who admire her for being mean.
wattever333 1 year ago
all it takes is an eccentric-looking old hag, a faked posh accent, some inappropriate grand gestures, and some trivial name dropping, and people go gaga, and she becomes their diva du jour.
"oh dahling, you're simply TOO much! har har har"
wattever333 1 year ago
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petithelene 1 year ago
But Mister Pabst!!!!!!!!! I thought he was going to kill me!!!!!! I just love the way she tell the story!!!!
paulbelgium 2 years ago 2
Shes so self absorbed.
jun7per 2 years ago
And thats a bad thing?
lukretsia 2 years ago
O my God! What a wonderful Lady.And still quite the looker i might add ; ) -They sure as hell don`t make`m like that anymore.
TorpeErik 2 years ago 3
TorpeErik, surely you jest. "[A] wonderful Lady"? By definition, ladies and gentlemen consider others, give no pain. "And still . . . the looker"? Perhaps if you're ninety. This late interview reveals the socio-psychopathy beneath this still foolishly revered Silent Screen icon; the world should see it as a cautionary tale, not to worship false idols.
JudgeJulieLit 2 years ago
Louise Brooks is one of the most overrated of silent screen actors. She was forgotten for decades and then she became a cult figure, primarily for her hairstyle and face (she didn't have a great figure). She is a stunning "image." But she wasn't a "wonderful lady"; she was damned difficult; a real pain in the butt.
cynthiacher 1 year ago
yup, companies that sell posters, postcards, magazines, etc.
Our brain likes simple shapes, high contrast, etc. Our eyes are drawn towards original hairstyles and poses (like the arched back, fake low hip and outstretched foot, à la The Boyfriend, and Thorougly Modern Millie).
It's all meaningless.
wattever333 1 year ago
so the people who should have been admired were the costume, hair & makeup people, the photographers, the cinematographers...
anybody with an ok face could have been lit & shot this way and looked fabulous. she was just one of the first.
wattever333 1 year ago
@wattever333 Shut the hell up! What are you? The moral police?
weirdowaldo 1 year ago
"Here he is, with the knife that he is going to STICK UP my interior." God, the way she says it makes me shudder with delight.
AdArmand 2 years ago 2
eines der wenigen interviews der louise brooks, im nachthemd ohne glamour,
wenn man es nicht wüßte man würde sie nicht erkennen. leider starb sie allein und verarmt 1985 in rochester.
gay1967 2 years ago
what year is this documentary!
hornybodhisattva 3 years ago
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ninotchka 2 years ago
What a great woman!
HR5308 3 years ago 2
Delightful to discover this gem interview!
TibetKanagawa 3 years ago
"blood?"
"yes"
"marvelous!"
lmao
poeticjustice1234 3 years ago 4
Her autobiography is Lulu in Hollywood.
CaptchaU 3 years ago
Its true that Louise is alot older in this then she was in her early years of fame but she still was able to charm the camera and aged wonderfully. Such an interesting woman/actress and sadly missed. RIP Louise xx
kcirish 3 years ago 2
I know this was recorded years ago but she really has a fantastic memory of events and dates etc.
bjnevin 3 years ago 9
I've been trying to find a book that tells about old vintage Hollywood & early film making, as well as the vintage legends such as Louise Brooks (the gorgeous).
What better than to hear it right from the source!! Fantastic and deeply interesting.
THANKS!!!
Thug8855 4 years ago
Another good source of info re: early Hollywood is Gloria Swanson's autobiography "Swanson on Swanson". Filled with great stories of early Hollywood. Gloria was there from the very beginning.
PJCoan 3 years ago
She's so beautiful, she really does take my breath away.
lidespinkparty 4 years ago 14
Awsome! I think that the guy who played jack the ripper was so over the top that he could give william shatner the run for his money, I loved it!
chiapet1414 4 years ago 2
yes, thank you so much!! Please upload all 4 parts!
dookerbaby 4 years ago
Thank you so much for uploading this fascinating documentary! Eagerly looking forward to the next instalments.
kspm01 4 years ago 3