Description: TITLE: Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks STORYLINE: Film Introduction by Kenneth Tynan The collected writings of this icon of the silent era, in a new, more complete edition.Louise Brooks (1906-1985) is one of the most famous actresses of the silent era, renowned as much for her rebellion against the Hollywood system as for her performances in such influential films as Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl. Eight autobiographical essays by Brooks, on topics ranging from her childhood in Kansas and her early days as a Denishawn and Ziegfeld Follies dancer to her friendships with Martha Graham, Charles Chaplin, W. C. Fields, Humphrey Bogart, William Paley, G. W. Pabst, and others are collected here. New to this edition is the revelatory "Why I Will Never Write My Memoirs" by Brooks and "The Girl in the Black Helmet" by Kenneth Tynan, which brought about the revival of interest in her work and was the best discussion of Brooks's film work to appear in her lifetime."The writing is assured, graceful, and magnetic; the life the dancer-actress-author describes makes most fiction trivial by comparison. . . . This is no ordinary collection of gossipy memoirs. It is a tour de force, as history and as a searching study of human nature." Publishers Weekly "Brooks is brilliantly perceptive and articulate on everything from the art of film directing to the comedy of W. C. Fields." New York Times "A minor classic." Film Quarterly Translation Inquiries: Alfred A. Knopf Product Identifiers Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 13: 9780394520711 ISBN 10: 0394520718 eBay Product ID (ePID) 4468714 Product Key Features Book Title Lulu in Hollywood Author Louise Brooks Format Paperback Language English Dimensions: 8 x 9 x 1/2 inches Publication Year 1983 PAGES: 109 DUST JACKET None Topic Entertainment & Performing Arts Genre Biography & Autobiography CONDITION: VERY GOOD. TEXT CLEAN AND UNMARKED. BINDING TIGHT. SPINE MINIMAL WEAR: NO SPLITTING. FORE-EDGE, HEAD AND FOOT OF BOOK HAVE VERY LIGHT WEAR SHIPPING: VIA USPS MEDIA MAIL
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Book Title: Lulu in Hollywood
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9 in
Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A.
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1983
Type: BOOK
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 8 in
Author: Louise Brooks
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Topic: Entertainment & Performing Arts
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 1 LB
Item Width: 0.5 in
Number of Pages: 109
