TheCatch1981

Re: "When's the last time you had a chance to read anything about silent film star Louise Brooks ...? I'm betting the FIRST time you might have read about her would have been Nov 17, when the linked essay showed up on NCTTNY."

You'd lose that bet. Louise Brooks is often mentioned in the mainstream press, often solely by name -- no identifying her as an actress -- when a celebrity sports a bob hairstyle (Katie Holmes; Cate Blanchett in the last Indiana Jones movie; Speed Racer's girl). At least nine (9) of Brooks's movies played on the big screen this year. And she was mentioned when the opera "Lulu", based around her most famous role (in "Pandora's Box"), was revived by the Chicago Lyric Opera just last month.

My guilty pleasure: www.pandorasbox.com