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Auction History Result 7m095 LOUISE BROOKS letter 1960 typed & hand signed by her to film critic Jan Wahl, great content! Date Sold 6/18/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Letter (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm]). Also included is the original envelope (measures 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"; see below) (Learn More) Louise Brooks was born Mary Louise Brooks in 1906, and she was always unconventional. She was the daughter of a Kansas lawyer, but she left at the age of 16 to go to New York and join Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn with their Denishawn dancers. Two years later she had a falling out with Shawn and was fired. She then worked in the George White's Scandals, the Ziegfeld Follies (where she was a semi-nude dancer, and was noticed, and signed to a Hollywood contract by Paramount Pictures, where she had several minor movies as a sexy flapper girl in comedies). She finally got her big break in a starring role in Beggars Of Life, and predictably she left Hollywood to go to Europe. But she had had the title role in The Canary Murder Case in 1929, which had been filmed as a silent, and Paramount asked her to return to dub the movie, and she refused, which effectively blacklisted her in Hollywood. She made two incredible movies with legendary German director G.W. Pabst, Pandora's Box, and Diary Of A Lost Girl and I highly recommend both. She made Prix de Beaute in France, and in the early 1930s she returned to Hollywood (minus her trademark flapper hairdo) where she could only get minor roles, and she returned to Kansas, and later New York. She lived an alcoholic life in obscurity (supported by former admirers including William S. Paley, founder of CBS). In the 1950s and 1960s she was "rediscovered" by film critics, and she wrote many articles and books about her life, which I also highly recommend. She is likely best remembered for her distinctive hair style! She passed away in 1985 at the age of 78. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally typed and autographed (signed) by Louise Brooks (she signed it "LOUISE" in ink at the end of the letter). The letter was written to Jan Wahl, a film critic, and in the letter, she speaks very disparagingly about James Card, the curator of the George Eastman House in Rochester (see our images for exactly what she wrote). This autograph was obtained through the mail, and included with the autographed letter is the envelope it was mailed in (the envelope is addressed to Jan Wahl and has a return address for Miss Brooks that were both typed by Louise Brooks herself). Our consignor does not have a certificate of authenticity, but he is a decades long memorabilia dealer who has sold several Louise Brooks letters, and he is 100% certain the letter is authentic, and we very much trust his judgment. Condition: very good to fine. The letter was folded so that it would fit in the envelope. Both the letter and envelope have very minor wear. See our super-sized images to get a good sense of the condition of this item. Learn More about condition grades 
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