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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 16m

Louise in Berlin, 1928. Photo by Hans Casparius.

Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 9h

“He is head of a psychiatric clinic and she had thought she might be able to become more a part of his activity if she could make the library of the place more attractive, Her husband (Richard Widmark), however, had other ideas.” 🤔

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 9h

“FRIGHT…In this scene from MGM's The Cobweb (1955) Gloria Grahame is trying to escape from the room where she has been attempting to hang draperies against her husband's wishes.” — Press copy 🫣

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 14h

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 15h

Share a random film gif or vid!

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 15h

LOL I only post ‘em. I can’t explain ‘em.

Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 20h

Another take of Greta by Phyfe, 1931.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 20h

Greta Nissen by Hal Phyfe, 1931.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 21h

Jean Parker by Russell Ball, 1936.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 22h

Another portrait of Joan from the same 1928 session. Vandamm was primarily known as a photographer for the Broadway stage where she took still photos of more than 2,000 productions — and countless performer portraits — between 1925 and 1950.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 22h

Joan Bennett at 18 in a portrait by Florence Vandamm for Vanity Fair magazine, 1928. She was appearing in her Broadway debut in “Jarnegan,” co-starring (and directed by) her father Richard.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 23h

With all due respect to your fine work, The Bulwark isn’t journalism — It’s punditry, analysis and opinion.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 1d

Louise in costume for Beggars of Life (1928). Photo by Eugene Robert Richee.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 1d

The image of Georgia as it appeared in the February 1925 issue of Screenland magazine. Contrary to the accompanying copy, Chaplin had already found a way to negate her deal with Douglas Fairbanks so she would be available to appear in The Gold Rush (1925).