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Auction History Result 3f0393 LOUISE BROOKS signed letter 1964 introducing Jan Wahl to a good friend, signed as Brooks! Date Sold 2/4/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed Letter (measures 8 1/2" x 11" [22 x 28 cm]; 1 page) (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 letter has been personally autographed (signed) by Louise Brooks! It comes from the collection of Jan Wahl, who wrote the book "Dear Stinkpot", and it is in that book. The letter copies what she sent to a friend of hers, Steve Wimaw, where she asked him if she could meet Jan Wahl, because she wanted these two "beautiful talented people" to get together, and she adds that "you and Jan are the only people who have ever called me 'Brooks'". She obviously wanted Jan Wahl to see what she had sent to Wimaw, so she sent him a copy of the same letter, but she personally hand signed this letter "Brooks" in pencil (the letter is definitely actually signed by Brooks). On the back of it she wrote "Jan - If you do not hear from Steve at once - she is often away on trips" (see our images of the front and back of the letter). Our consignor obtained this photo directly from Jan Wahl, but he does not have a certificate of authenticity. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good to fine. The letter is folded to fit in an envelope, but is otherwise in nice condition (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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