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newspaper articles from kansas state historical society
November 14, 1906
Mary Louise Brooks, Born In Cherryvale, Kansas. Junior by a family of 4 children.
In her mansard-roofed office, the mom of Louise spends the hours to play Debussy with her piano. It is in it conspicuous which that Louise understands the joy that gets the creative effort
Miss Campbell, professor of dance of Louise excludes the little girl from her class, reproaching her for being a spoiled, aggressive child and agressif. Her mother supplit, in vain:
"Yes Louise is difficult, for all, but of advantage still towards it-same"
Louise writes in her diary:
"Although mom, in tears, told the thing with everyone, I have the curious impression to be released. I must studied, which means to widen my horizon. I have enough of it , to teach with my professor what it must teach me "
Nov.1921: Ted Shawn, surrounded by Martha Graham, Betty May and Charles Weidman occurs in a recital with Crawford Theatre of Cherryvale.
After the representation, one introduces Louise at Mr. Shawn in the slides.
Louise and to her family learn that a school of dance will open in New York, during summer 1922
Louise settles in New York, for the dancing-school.
Louise learn to dance and follow the company . Denishawn troop on tour with Ted Shawn, Rush Stdenis in Mariarden, close to Petersborough (New Hampshire)
Leave the Denishawn company and go to New York.
Turned away from the Algonquin hotel because the clothes she war !
Goes to the Martha-Washington hotel, establishment accomodating only women.
Turned away once again, because exercizing dance on the roof, with light dresses, shocking the tenants of the close building
Taked on as girl in George White' S Scandals. She meets George Gerschwin
Leave the troop in September 1924
Leaves for Europe with her friend Barbara Bennet.
She is 17 years old, and is engaged as dancer in a nightclub of London - the Cafe of Paris -
She obtain a certain success there. Louise was the first dancer to execute Charleston in London
February 14: Arrival by steamer in N.Y., for its return to the states
Engaged in Siegfeld Follies
Meets W.C.fields, another member of the company
Live the "Marguery", apartment-house , 47e street
Play in Cosmopolitan Theatre (property of Randolph Hearst) the spectacle "Louis the 14th" a Siegfled production
March 1925: General of the spectacle "Louis the 14th"
Meet George Preston Marshall during a cocktail, in the Shoreham hotel, following a representation of "Louis the 14h" in Washington. Louise invites him in her room in the Willard hotel. But the detective comes to knock on the door, a few minutes after their entries. Marshall leaves the hotel without nothing being to pass, but Louise must also quit her room the following day!
May 1925: Appears in her first film "The Street of Forgotten Men" , of Herbert Brennon (in France, "the king of the beggars")
Is transferred from the troop "Louis the 14th" to "Siegfeld Follies" because a dispute with the manager Teddy ROyce. Louise felt aimed by these words of Royce: "Some of you take this company for an exhibit case"
November 1925: Cover of "Art & Beauty Magazine"
It is the first appearance on first page of a newspaper.
Sign a 5 year old contract with Famous Players Lansky, future Paramount
Having a love affair with Charlie Chaplin.
Play a small role in "American Venus" ,de Frank Tuttle
this short appearance is accompanied by many praises of criticism, which serve launching the movie.
Milgrim Stores uses a photography of Louise as a ballerina for a publicity
Role of a dancer in "A Social Celebrity" , , film of Malcolm Clear St
(with Adolf Menjou, Chester Conklin).
Play a role in "It' S the Old Army Game", with W.C. Fields the film director is Eddie Sutherland, her future husband
July 1926: Louise marries Edward Sutherland
Play the "The Show-Off" with Ford Sterling ,
then "Just Another Fair" with Dorothy MacKaill, Buster Collar, Jr.,
Follows "Love'eM and Leave ' EM" , musical . Once gain directed by Frank Tuttle, with Evelyn Brent, Lawrence Gray.
October 1926: Appears on the cover of Motion Picture Classic.
Used as model for a comic strip "Dixie Dugan". She is choosed by the editor and founder of "Daily News" of New York
Only appears as picture in "Ten years old" , movie by A.Mach and R.McGowan
Dance the fox trot in "Evening Clothes" by Luther Reed
New role in "Rolled stockings" , of Richard Rosson
Play in "Now we are in the air" by Frank Strayer, with Wallace Beery. Louise will find him again one year later in "Beggars of life"
Is "Snuggles Joy" in "The city gone wild" by James Cruze
October 27: Meet again in New York George Preston Marshall, "most decisive of its existence", according to Louise.
Fall in love with him. Edward Sutherland learns the inaccuracy from Louise, reacts with violence. Louise leaves Edward. She go back to the hotel to be lonely
1st January 1928: Meets Pepi lederer, niece of Marion Davis, itself egery of Randolph Hearst the billionaire. The meeting proceeds in San Simeon (called "Hearst Castle" today). Louise was invited there with her husband Edward Sutherland
April 1928: G.P.Marshall pushes Louise Brooks towards Hollywood and its divorce with E.Sutherland
Howard Hawks directs Louise in "A Girl in Every Port" , with Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Sally Rand.
The film is very popular in Europe. Blaise Cendrars will declare that it is about first movie of the "contemporary cinema"
Director G.W. Pabst sees film and decides to entrust to Louise the role of the heroine "Loulou". It unleash the controversy. Pabst prefer an American girl relatively unknown rather than the german new star Marlène Dietrich
May 1928; Official request for divorce with E.Sutherland
Give up its house of Laurel Canyon(where she lived with her husband) for hotel Beverly Wilshire
Want to be married again with G.P. Marshall , since this one also divorced, but Marshall learns the liaison of Louise with an another man and refuse the idea
May 31: Louise is led to Jacumba(californie)) a village close to the Mexican frontier. It is here that Louise must spend sixteen days (39 at all) for the film "Beggars of Life"
Its driver is Wallace Beery (who plays the role of a trump )
William Wellman directs Brooks in "Beggars of Life", (with Wallace Berry, Richard Arlen).
Principal role in "The Canary Murder Case" with William Powell, directed by Malcolm St Clair
Photographed by Edward Steichen for the review Vanity Fair.
Brooks leaves Paramount after B.P. Schulberg refused a raise in wages
Arrival in Germany following the invitation of the director G.W.Pabst
Louise heroine of "Pandora' S Box" , with Franz Lederer, Fritz Kortner.
Louise think the this film as her best, although criticisms were then bad.
Return of Louise in New York in December.
Reject the 10.000$ of Paramount to double its own role in "The Canary Murder Case"
Meet William S.Paley. New love story
Leaves for Paris and "The French Riviera"
Go back to Berlin to turn with G.W.Pabst, "Das tagebuch einer verlorenen" , with Fritz Rasp, Valeska Gert. The film does not have success, following the appearance of the talking films
June 1929: the divorce with E.Sutherland is definitively prononced
Dec. 1929: Return to N.Y. after being directed by Augusto Genina, for "Price of beauty", in Paris.
Return to Hollywood, in search of a new job.
Play in "Windy Riley Goes to Hollywood" , directed by Fatty Arbuckle.
See also: Filmography
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