Louise Brooks was the Platonic ideal of a silent film star. Gorgeous, funny, stylish and deeply expressive without uttering a single word, Brooks was a '20s icon who defined the sleek, empowered ...

It’s also a safe bet that 21st century audiences will be taken aback by Brooks. No flamboyant gesticulations, exaggerated expressions, or stilted confrontations here, but, rather, an actress — a ...

In the 1920s, the burgeoning cinema industry opened the way to fame and fortune for actors, directors and technicians. Louise Brooks, grew up in Cherryvale, Kansas, to become first a dancer, a ...