Welcome to the LOUISE BROOKS SOCIETY, a web site dedicated to the life & times of the actress Louise Brooks (1906 – 1985). A Jazz Age icon & famed beauty, Brooks is best known for her bobbed hair as well as for her legendary role as Lulu in the 1929 silent film, Pandora’s Box. Brooks is also a central character in the new film from PBS Masterpiece, The Chaperone, starring Elizabeth McGovern as the title character and Haley Lu Richardson as the teenage Brooks.

Launched in 1995, the Louise Brooks Society is a community of individuals interested in this multifaceted & multi-talented personality who was also a Denishawn dancer, Ziegfeld Follies girl, fashion icon, 20th century muse, and bestselling author of Lulu in Hollywood. The filmography found here is the most detailed ever compiled on the actress. The are also vintage articles and reviews, portrait galleries, an archive of ephemera, bibliographies, and historical information, as well as trivia, links, and contributions from individuals from around the world. There is much to discover.

The goal of the society is to honor the actress by stimulating interest in her life and films. This pioneering website is just one of the things we do; along with the occasional screening, exhibit, or talk, the LBS also keeps a long-running blog, has published four books (with more in the works), and runs it’s own online radio station, RadioLulu. The LBS is a social and scholarly group, and this website is home to both an international fan club and online archive. Please consider joining! Members of the LBS hail from 50 countries on six continents. From Australia to Zimbabwe, from Canada to Argentina, from the Canary Islands to the Czech Republic, LBS members comprise a truly world wide web of silent film fans and Louise Brooks enthusiasts.

Thomas Gladysz
Director, Louise Brooks Society

Authored by LBS director Thomas Gladysz, Beggars of Life: A Companion to the 1928 Film documents the William Wellman-directed movie starring Louise Brooks, with 50+ illustrations & a foreword by William Wellman, Jr. Order a copy today! 

A fragment of the once “lost” Louise Brooks film, Now We’re in the Air (1927), has been found and preserved with the help of the LBS. To learn more, read this Huffington Post piece. What’s more, a new, illustrated book on the film is now available!

Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star gathers articles, essays, blogs & interviews by LBS director Thomas Gladysz. These pieces range from the provocative to the poignant, from the quirky to the surprising…. with dozens of illustrations. Order a copy today!