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Re: Lulu at Lileks

das_imperator — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:50:52 GMT

They'd gone off the deep end of the gene pool long before that...

Re: Lulu at Lileks

nutsaboutclara — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:31:52 GMT

Maybe the menorrah gave Adolph & Co. those "crazzy" ideas, Olive! Who knows! -Dario.

Lulu at Lileks

olive_e_thomas — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:44:31 GMT

Today's bleat features commentary on Pandora's Box http://lileks.com/bleat/?p=1718 Standards of beauty change, though - the heroine of Metropolis seems plain

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

nutsaboutclara — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:30:21 GMT

Well, that's what I meant, Karen, about seeing PANDORA'S BOX(1929). -Dario. ... at ... Guardian ... greater ... The ... organized ... different ... though ...

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

KarenUK — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:35:29 GMT

Not to this year's, but I saw Pandora's Box & loved it. Karen (UK). ... From: "nutsaboutclara" To:

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

nutsaboutclara — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:45:44 GMT

Did you go see it, Karen? -Dario. ... the ... Pandora's Box in a ... traveled ... only ... possibly ... they ... sponsored, ... Eastman ... and on. ...

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

KarenUK — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:07:26 GMT

Bristol, England (where I live) is doing a Silent Film Festival at the moment. About two years ago, they had another where I saw Pandora's Box in a theatre on

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

olive_e_thomas — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:04:33 GMT

Actually much of the crap movies made here are done so with an eye to being able to sell them in the European market. The pleathora of minimalist dialogue

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

ioracara — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:02:53 GMT

Like das impersonator, I have to disagree with this. I have traveled extensively in Europe, and there does not seem to be any greater popular appreciation for

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

nutsaboutclara — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:29:49 GMT

True, but I was talking about the movie-going public of today, not specifically the silent film fan base here in America. The silent film fan base already

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

das_imperator — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:36:02 GMT

To be fair you might want to check the member list of this and your Clara Bow group before making such a blanket statement. I'm sure the good old USA is fairly

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

nutsaboutclara — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:32:10 GMT

Nice to see Brooksie get a mention from the Guardian. At least Europeans like the British appreciate silent film performers like Louise, not like the rest of

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

ioracara — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:16:39 GMT

Welllllll OK. But I'm only awarding half a point. The wording in The Guardian implies she was Pabst's lover when she went off to Germany, when in reality she

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

das_imperator — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:47:12 GMT

... Not so much from a hat as from a helmet... From "The Girl in the Black Helmet" by Kenneth Tynan From the fattest of all her files, Brooks now pulled out a

Re: Lulu in The Guardian

ioracara — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:40:32 GMT

Interesting list, but a possible error in Brooksie's section. I have never seen anything that suggests she and Pabst were lovers, and especially in anything