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This digital document, covering the life and work of (Mary) Louise Brooks, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 3336 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Chapters: Buster Keaton, Dennis Hopper, Roscoe Arbuckle, Hattie Mcdaniel, Louise Brooks, R. Lee Ermey, Cassandra Peterson, Don Johnson, Zasu Pitts, Edward Asner, Kirstie Alley, Rob Riggle, Vivian Vance, Dianne Wiest, Annette Bening, Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Kane, Del Close, Max Showalter, Claire Windsor, Kathryn Eames, Richard Thorpe, Sarah Lancaster, Daphne Blunt, John Quade, Roscoe Born, Helen Foster, Shirley Knight, Bill Farmer, Billy Drago, William Shockley, Marj Dusay, Phyllis Haver, James Reynolds, Eric Stonestreet, Jayne Houdyshell, Dwight Frye, John Lehr, Milburn Stone, Lyle Waggoner, George Murdock, Ruby Dandridge, Kelli Mccarty, Jack Colvin, Michael Mcmillian, Doro Merande, Lila Leeds, Dee Wallace-Stone, Lois Smith, Kendall Schmidt, Brandon Adams, Lucinda Dickey, Tamara Feldman, Kevin Schmidt, Terri Treas, Sheila Ryan, Travis Schuldt, Bill Allen, Don C. Harvey, Lyle Tayo, Jeff Yagher, Candy Loving, Alan Fudge, Thelma Hill, Dennis Hayden, Will Tiao, Gregg Binkley, Kelie Mciver, Marcia Rodd, Sara Sothern, Roy Glenn, Kendall Mccomas, Aneta Corsaut, Mary Howard de Liagre, Cynthia Sikes, Monica Young, Gerry Bamman, Byron Stewart, Lafayette Russell, Darren E. Burrows, Don Harvey, Laurel Goodwin, Laura Kirk, Lucy Payton, Shannon Collis, Fred Meyers, Grace Benham, Eric Robinson, Todd Bosley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 427. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 June 29, 1933) was an American illustrated song slide "model," silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. Starting at the Selig Polyscope Company he eventually moved to Keystone Studios where he worked with Mabel Normand and Harold Lloyd. He mentored Charlie Chaplin and discovered Buster Keaton and Bob Hope. He was one of the most popular st...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=76560 ... Read more

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Chapters: Louise Brooks, William Inge, Vivian Vance, Bill Kurtis, Gareth Porter, Johnny Rutherford, Mildred "Micky" Axton, Sheila C. Bair, William Wadsworth Hodkinson, Kenneth Mcfarland, Helen Foster, Claude Wendell Horton, Sr., Ron Kenoly, Harry Hines Woodring, Dave Baker, Eva Jessye, Sam Avey, James Grauerholz, Carrie Ingalls, Denver David Hargis, Scott Hastings, Maxwell Davis, Phil Ehart, Mary Howard de Liagre, Cynthia Sikes, Ron Warner, Omar Knedlik, Wade Flemons. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 117. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 August 8, 1985), generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, famous for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W. Pabst films: in Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe) (1930). She starred in 17 silent films and, late in life, authored a memoir, Lulu in Hollywood. Born in Cherryvale, Kansas, Louise Brooks was the daughter of Leonard Porter Brooks, a lawyer, who was usually too busy with his practice to discipline his children, and an artistic mother who determined that any "squalling brats she produced could take care of themselves". Myra Rude was a talented pianist who played the latest Debussy and Ravel for her children, inspiring them with a love of books and music. None of this protected her nine-year old daughter Louise from sexual abuse at the hands of a neighborhood predator. This event had a major influence on Brooks's life and career, causing her to say in later years that she was incapable of real love, and that this man "must have had a great deal to do with forming my attitude toward sexual pleasure....For me, nice, soft, easy ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=187904 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 175 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Buster Keaton, Dennis Hopper, Bobby Lashley, Louise Brooks, Lloyd Stearman, Milburn Stone, Amelia Earhart, Shirley Knight, Walter Hickel, James P. Cannon, William Shockley, Billy Drago, William Mueller, Damon Runyon, Jack Colvin, Luke French, Vernon L. Smith, Gordon Parks, Martina Mcbride, Scott Wedman, Helen Foster, Erin Brockovich, Racquel Darrian, Joseph H. Engle, Howard Kay Gloyd, John Jacob Rhodes, Roy Stryker, Mark Hart, Steven A. Hawley, Ronald Evans, Jack Marshall, Bruce Conner, Leo George Hertlein, Dean Smith, Tom Adair, Clint Bowyer, Scott Heim, Darren E. Burrows, David Rees Snell, Caroline Celestia Ingalls, Paul Lindblad, Elden Auker, Johnny Rutherford. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Buster Keaton est un acteur, réalisateur, scénariste et producteur américain, né Joseph Frank Keaton Junior le 4 octobre 1895 à Piqua (Kansas), mort le 1 février 1966 à Hollywood (Californie) ; « Buster » est un surnom générique signifiant aussi « casse-cou ». Humoriste célèbre pour son flegme, il fut entre autres surnommé « l'Homme qui ne rit jamais » par contraste avec Charles Chaplin. Joseph Frank Keaton est né à Piqua, petite communauté de fermiers du sud-est du Kansas, le 4 octobre 1895 de Joseph Hallie Keaton et Myra Cutler Keaton, acteurs de cabaret. Un an plus tard, le surnom de « Buster » lui est attribué. D'après la légende, c'est Harry Houdini qui en serait à l'origine mais il est plus vraisemblable qu'il fut inventé par son père. Dès octobre 1900, il rejoint ses parents sur la scène du Bill Dockstader's Wonderland Theatre de Wilmington (Delaware) et devient un membre salarié de leurs numéros. Il est l'une des références du film comique et burlesque, et fut souvent cité comme son modèle par Ch...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) was an author of children's stories. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. Her first book titled A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, was published in 1871 and the following year further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the tale of Heidi (1880) that became an instant and enduring success. Her husband and her only child, a son named Bernhard, both died in 1884. Alone, she devoted herself to charitable causes and wrote over fifty more stories before her death in 1901. Amongst her other works are: Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country (1881), Toni, the Little Woodcarver (1882), Gritli's Children (1883) and Moni the Goat-Boy (1886). ... Read more

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Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) was an author of children's stories. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. Her first book titled A Leaf on Vrony's Grave, was published in 1871 and the following year further stories for both adults and children appeared, among them the tale of Heidi (1880) that became an instant and enduring success. Her husband and her only child, a son named Bernhard, both died in 1884. Alone, she devoted herself to charitable causes and wrote over fifty more stories before her death in 1901. Amongst her other works are: Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country (1881), Toni, the Little Woodcarver (1882), Gritli's Children (1883) and Moni the Goat-Boy (1886). ... Read more