The awesome blog Paperspines is doing a book giveaway of The Chaperone, based on the life of silent film star Louise Brooks and coming out in June 2012. It’s already being named the “#1 Summer Read of 2012” by various newspapers. Click to win a signed copy!
Swedish poster for 1926’s A Social Celebrity, starring Adolphe Menjou and Louise Brooks
The New Yorker Culture Desk features many “lost stars of silent film” in an article and slideshow today.
Louise Brooks and friends having dinner in Paris.