Louise Brooks in Singapore (then British Malaysia) #2

Here are a few more Louise Brooks movie advertisements from late 1920's Singapore (then British Malaysia) newspapers. Paramount films sure did get around!

Louise Brooks in Singapore (then British Malaysia) #1

While working on the Louise Brooks filmography pages on the Louise Brooks Society website, I have been digging around some newspaper archives in search of advertisements for screenings of the actress' films in other countries. I recently came across some articles and ads from Singapore (then British Malaysia), where a handful of Brooks' films American silent films were shown. Here are a few examples of the sort of things I found.

v 

Louise Brooks in New Zealand #2

A follow-up to yesterday's post, about Louise Brooks related material found in vintage New Zealand newspapers. Here are a couple of nifty clippings which I am sure you will appreciate.

Louise Brooks in New Zealand #1

While working on the Louise Brooks filmography pages on the Louise Brooks Society website, I have been digging around some  newspaper archives in search of advertisements for screenings of the actress' films in other countries. I recently came across some articles and ads from New Zealand, where every one of Brooks' films from The Street of Forgotten Men (1925) through The Canary Murder Case (1929) were shown. I was also able to find listings or ads for It Pays to Advertise (1931), When You're in Love (1937) and King of Gamblers (1937).

These nifty advertisements are typographical in design, and rather unusual. They are almost like concrete poetry. Perhaps the printer assigned to lay out the page was bored? However,  I would assume that the newspapers were not able to print any sort of line art in their advertisements. This first one, with a play on Adolphe Menjou's initials, is my favorite.

Louise Brooks: Snake Jewelry Fad Abroad She Reports

This article, "Snake Jewelry Fad Abroad She Reports," ran in newspaper in the United States on October 1st, 1930.

Louise Brooks, world wide celebrity, in a kimono

Louise Brooks was a world wide celebrity. Here she is -- an American movie star dressed in a Japanese kimono, as depicted in a Spanish publication..

Louise Brooks - The Fatal Woman type in 1953 British advert

Louise Brooks listed among "The Fatal Woman" types in this 1953 advertisement for the season of films at the British Film Institute. This inclusion in a film series, just eight years after the end of the second World War, shows that the actress was not forgotten -- and is incredibly early in the historical timeline of Brooks' rediscovery.