The Australian retrospective also included fourĪmerican silents, the increasingly significant Beggars of Life, as well as A The first two are Germanįilms, the latter French. Lulu), The Diary of a Lost Girl, and Prix de beauté. Pandora’s Box (in which she famously played Titled “Enduring Modernity: The Transcontinental Career of Louiseīrooks.” The seven film retrospective concentrated on Brooks’ silent films,Īnchored by the three European works for which the actress is best known today, The Melbourne Cinémathèque in Melbourne, Australia put together a retrospective But as both the Melbourne and Zurich retrospectives show, there is a good deal more to this singular performer.” Louise Brooks has been described as a “cult actress”…. Fritz Kortner and Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box (G.W.
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