Lulu in Berlin (part 1 of 4)

[mujaku]

Recently I saw a high school picture of her on ebay. She looks amazing.

[cynthiacher]

Louise Brooks didn't "walk out"on Hollywood. Hollywood walked out her. She was so irresponsible and unreliable that her career dried up; all she wanted to so was party, dance and have sex, not necessarily in that order. She was also an alcoholic. Her bad behavior was what ended her film career.

[osirisdeamenti]

Amazing... 

[lickitbebe]

And which film was the beginning clip from?

[rlorene]

@lickitbebe It's called Prix de Beauté.

[anne123480]

shes so pretty like a little doll

[dietrichmarlene]

radiant smile ;)

[theterroriste]

I would buy that phonebook just because she read it!



[MowgliX]

Louise Brooks was incredible!

[billthestinker]

I am extremely interested!

[kamilla1960]

It seems that the trauma of abuse she suffered as a child took its toll in later life; but she was fortunate to live to see her talent and intellect appreciated. Not amoral but determined to enjoy life no matter what. Did not fit in to Hollywood mode.

[kamilla1960]

She was a highly intelligent person and unique talent. I

[MowgliX]

"Madame is the greatest star of them all." No, sorry, that was Gloria Swanson. But Louise Brooks was absolutely the hottest girl of the silent screen.

[chanbilangkad1]

enjoy enjoying that full edition with the following film on avatz (dot) net change (dot) to .

[grenadian11]

Great interview but what's with the duster she is wearing!

[bjnevin]

She really speaks with such clarity and specificity, it makes her so interesting to listen to. And as another user pointed out, her modesty is most appealing, especially since it's so completely genuine.

[BlueSoulJim]

she was so HOT!

[sbgrant]

Nice to see she's kept her modesty...

[SvendBosanvovski]

They say she was working in a department store, when someone recognised her as the great Lulu. Imagine running into the beautiful Louise Brooks selling perfume or clothing behind the counter of your local department store! One could be forgiven for loitering.

[BeemerryNYC]

@SvendBosanvovski Reminds me of that Bette Davis film, "The Star." I bet Louise Brooks, with her Kansas roots, took the role as sales lady much better than that character did, however. She had, after-all been humbled after leaving Hollywood, returning to Wichita to face what she described as pure h***. I've read that It was William S. Paley, founder of CBS, who lifted her out of severe poverty and dire circumstances-- she received a monthly sum until she died.

[68LVC]

a REAL free Woman.

[koln1996]

"Pandora's Box" remains one of the most fascinating films ever!!!

And Louise Brooks was responsible for that!!!

[joel1923]

What year was the interview made?

[ellewoods43]

Thank you adriandell for the lyrics to this gorgeous song. I looked everywhere for them elsewhere with no success. Louise's face as she watches the screening of her first song is absolutely beautiful. She catches the radiance of the joy of youth discovering her possibilities and her dreams.

[partyhat3]

Miss you Brooksie - even tho' you must have been a royal pain in ass! x

[partyhat3]

Fascinating

[BOHEMIANMEX]

The big band tune is "The Mooche" by Duke Ellington

[adriandell]

Ne sois pas jaloux, tais-toi ! Je n'ai qu'un amour, c'est toi ! Il faut te raisonner Tu dois me pardonner Quand un autre me dit que je suis belle Les aveux les plus flatteurs N'ont jamais troublé mon cœur Je te reste fidèle C'est plus fort que moi Je n'ai qu'un amour, c'est toi ! Parfois dans la vie Un souffle d'envie Passe tout à coup dans mon cerveau Je rêve aux parures Aux riches fourrures Je suis femme, voilà mon défaut !

[TheGringopobre]

encantadora,inolvidable

[ninotchka]

she's wonderful! and that voice!

[hornybodhisattva]

when was this documentary made

[FaustTeufel]

God bless Louise! I hope to meet her in heaven, if there is a heaven :-(

[fritztheted]

There is :-)

[xrayqqq]

Great!

She's talking about Pabst and Dietrich as I talk about my neighbor butcher or my friend Marco...

She, also, is brilliant-talking and so sweet with her night-vest...

[TwinklezLP]

Thank you for this!

[1971DC]

gotta love lulu....so ahead of her time, and still is, she is a goddesss, thanx so much for the post.

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

Thanks for posting this wonderful video! *****

Btw, Does anyone know the name of the song that's playing during the footage of Berlin from the train?

[DanielNievlas]

i asked that question a year ago and still no answer:(

i want to know it so badly

*sigh

[15platinum]

Je n'ai qu'un amour, c'est toi (1930 )

Lyrics: Jean Boyer, René Sylviano.

Music: Wolfgang Zeller

[adriandell]

I think its "somewhere over the rainbow"?

[AdArmand]

Next to Brooksie, Katharine Hepburn comes off as Paris Hilton!

[BacotSia]

Such a personality!!! I didn't know that she's very engaging until I saw this. Lovely voice by the way.

[zenithbay]

She was beautiful, even at this age-

I love her voice...

[Goethefemme]

What a horribly sad life she had. Like Lulu, she only was what men wanted her to be.

[Kulfrans73]

I saw her in a video by OMD and I fell in love with the girl in it.

[hardyoak]

She is so beautiful here, even at age 76. I love her performance in Pandora's Box ... it's one of the most sensual performances in film history. What a hottie, smoking in that film!

[creolelady182]

British men seem to love her. She was without a doubt a dangerous beautiful vamp. Men were crawling on their hands and knees for her

[xevcosmo]

Louise Brooks, a true goddess, years ahead of her time, very liberated and outspoken was blacklisted in hollywood in the 1920's, the American public lost out!

[xoloverlyxo]

WOW. it's amazing to hear her speak. im getting her hair. :)

[otherxoloverlyxo]

i now have her hair. but red. :)

[goldbergje]

I want to know how she managed to live in relative seclusion for most of her life. Sounds like a dandy idea.

[PC3900]

Read her biography - it wasn't.

[goldbergje]

I'll definitely have to do that. Thanks for the tip.

[Ronbo710]

What a Goddess!Many Thanks.

[paulbelgium]

how to thank you for posting that wonderful documentary!! Thank you so much!!!!!

[ShadowOdyssey]

She aged beautifully. ^^

[4MaryAnna]

If any Louise Brooks fans would like to see her in the last movie she made 1938 Overland Stage Raiders with John Wayne go to FlickerbyFlicker and check it out.

Mary-

[4MaryAnna]

oops sorry,the site is called flickbyflick

Mary-

[revolver04]

Ah, real beauty lasts forever!

[msbelle04]

I find it so hard to believe that this is really Lulu. The classic hair cut is missing and the eyebrows. And she was such a stylish dresser in all her pictures, and here she is in her house coat. Wish this interview had been much longer. So interesting. Thanks!!!

[Creolelady281]

Every generation seems to fall in love with Louise Brooks.Even after years of her death she still captures the love of many young people especially the males. She difinitely has something. It can't be imitated.Can anybody answer why this is.

[goldbergje]

My guess is that she lived her life without apologies. It's on the internet somewhere that she made the interviewer go out and buy a fifth of gin so the both of them could get rip-roaring drunk at the end of the interview. I can see that.

[krazkjn]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! Saw the docu a couple of decades ago and was never able to find a copy until now.

[goldbergje]

This is simply delightful. I could have listened to this lady's remembrances ad infinitum.

[Drwhofan1971]

This is real gold. Pop band, OMD's video taught me there was a b/w lass called Louise Brooks. This clip is educational. Wish I could get hold of "Pandora's Box"

[ItCameFromThem]

whats the big band tune playing during the berlin entrance scene?

[BOHEMIANMEX]

Finally I found it, is a part of the "The Mooche" by Duke Ellington

[AdArmand]

i could watch Louise Brooks read a phonebook and be fascinated.

[koln1996]

That "fascinating" would-be reader was Katharine Hepburn!!!

But I love the sadly misguided Louise Brooks too!!!

[vicknew]

Interesting and fun to see her as herself-

[MarcosCohen]

Em pensar que se tem bons momentos da viagem, neles estão esses extras e uma madrugada feliz <3