Louise Brooks, i giudizi della critica americana IV (1926


STATI UNITI

THE CANARY MURDER CASE

1.	*Anonimo, The Canary murder case, "Motion Picture", February 1929* "William Powell is superb. The rest of the players, including Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur, James Hall, Charles Lane, Gustav Von Seyffertitz and many others, win credit."
2.	*Anonimo, "Current pictures:* The Canary murder case, "Photoplay", February 1929 "Jean Arthur shares the femine honors with Louise Brooks."**
3.	*Louella O. Parsons, Canary murder case pulsating mystery picture, "Los Angeles Examiner", February 8, 1929* "He was handicapped by no less a person than Louise Brooks, who plays the Canary. You are conscious that the words spoken do not actually emanate from the mouth of Miss Brooks and you feel that as much of her part as possible has been cut. She is unbelievably bad in a role that should have been well suited to her. Only long shots are permitted of her and even these are far from convincing when she speaks"
4.	*Ken Taylor, Now put Philo Vance on cock robin mystery, "Los Angeles Evening Express", February 8, 1929* "Louise Brooks plays the brief role of the Canary, the musical-comedy star whose personality is such that she is given deafening applause for merely swinging over an audience's head on a trapeze"
5.	A. Fulton Gillaspey, New musical director, thriller at Granada, "San Francisco Bulletin", February 9, 1929 "Robert Armstrong and Louise Brooks give the new star excellent support"
6.	*Charles F. Massey, Canary murder case feature at The Granada, "San Francisco News", February 9, 1929* "Louise Brooks, as 'The Canary,' appeared little enough. In her scenes she did well, though"
7.	*R. S., The Canary murder' is Granada hit, "San Francisco Call and Post", February 9, 1929* "Louise Brooks is well cast as the chorus girl"
8.	*George C. Warren, Talkie tone mastered by St. Clair, "San Francisco Chronicle", February 9, 1929* "Louise Brooks is the hard-boiled 'Canary,' and Louise can be excessively evil when she tries - on the screen. She disappears early from the scene because of the little matter of murdering her, but while she is there she shows quite a considerable advance in finesse, and she uses her voice nicely"
9.	*Everhardt Armstrong, Miss Stewart featured in stage exhibit, "Seattle Post Intelligencer", February 11, 1929* "Louise Brooks plays the harsh-souled but physically magnetic dancer who counts her wealthy dupes by the score and stops at nothing to win a husband whose name will give her the entree to New York's most fashionable circles"
10.	*Mollie Merrick, Says English to be future's esperanto, "Lincoln Evening Journal", February 14, 1929* "In a recent picture made with Louise Brooks for leading woman, a talkie version was decided upon only after Miss Brooks had sailed for Europe. Margaret Livingston took her place and the substitution took nothing from the picture, they tell me"
11.	*Edward E. Gloss, Canary murder case is fine film, "Akron Beacon Journal", February 18, 1929* "Powell is starred in a film that brings back Louise Brooks after a long absence . . ."
12.	*W. Ward Marsh, Powell creates slickest of detectives, "Cleveland Plain Dealer", February 18, 1929* "Here you have Powell realizing that five men loved the 'canary' of Louise Brooks . . ."
13.	*Star-News Critic, Suspense is kept in talkie murder, "Pasadena Star-News", February 18, 1929* "Louise Brooks is brilliant as the murdered girl"
14.	Anonimo, Canary murder case, talkie, at Shea's Century, "Buffalo Courier-Express", February 24, 1929 "Louise Brooks plays the role of the Canary. She is the featured figure in a gorgeous stage presentation which includes a chorus of 70 girls"
15.	*Anonimo, Shea's Century -* Canary murder case, "Buffalo Evening News", February 25, 1929 "Louise Brooks, as the blackmailing dancer, contributes an especially good bit"**
16.	J., L.D. "At the Des Moines." Des Moines Register, February 25, 1929 "Louise Brooks, as the Canary, has the voice which registers perfectly"
17.	Nie. "The Week's New Films." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 25, 1929 "Louise Brooks is the little gold digger . . . ."
18.	Soanes, Wood. "Powell Makes Hit as Hero on Oakland Bill." Oakland Tribune, March 2, 1929 "There are but two women in the case. Louise Brooks as the victim of the murderer going out of the scene early . . . ."
19.	W., D. "Mystery Tale Well Staged As Oakland All-Talkie." Oakland Post-Enquirer, March 2, 1929 "It is generally known by this time that Margaret Livingston doubled for Louise Brooks in the dialogue sequences. Hence the not quite perfect synchronization in close-ups and the variety of back views and dimly photographed profiles of the Canary."
20.	Larkin, Paul W. "Theaters." Daily Oklahoman, March 4, 1929 "Louise Brooks is 'The Canary,' but she is in only a few of the scenes"
21.	de R., M. "Philo Vance Solves One." Morning Telegraph, March 10, 1929 "Vance, played by William Powell, made an admirable little solver and was ably supported by a good cast, including Louise Brooks, the hardboiled Canary"
22.	Cannon, Regina. "Canary murder case Thriller." New York American, March 11, 1929 "Louise Brooks, an 'It' gal with intelligence aplenty, plays the canary. She's a bird in a gilded cage, to be sure, but wotta bird and wotta cage!"
23.	*Mordaunt Hall, Who Strangled the Dancer?, "New York Times", February 16, 1929* "The speech in this picture is well reproduced, but judging by the manner in which Louise Brooks is posed it is reasonable to assume that the voice one hears from the screen is not hers. It is not an especially pleasing voice and the lines given to this Margaret Odell, the Canary in the case, are hardly what one would imagine to be the manner of talking of a stage performer who had coaxed jewels from such men as are presented in this film"
24.	Johaneson, Bland. "Thrills in Plenty on Broadway's Screens." Daily Mirror, March 11, 1929 "Louise Brooks' magnificent legs ornament the screen for half the picture before she [is] murdered. But Louise is such a wicked little blackmailer, even the legs don't get your sympathy
25.	Peet, Creighton. "The New Films." New York Post, March 11, 1929 "Others in the cast are Louise Brooks, James Hall . . . ."
26.	Z., K. "Dialogue Submerges Action in Canary murder case Film." New York Telegram, March 11, 1929 "It is the screen adaption of the Van Dine best seller, and is fortified with a cast of notables that includes William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur, James Hall and the author himself."
27.	Pelswick, Rose. "The Canary murder case." New York Journal, March 11, 1929 "Louise Brooks appears briefly as the Canary."
28.	Anonimo, "Penn Mystery One of Best." Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette, March 12, 1929 "Every voice carries conviction with Powell and the double that speaks for Louise Brooks probably the best"
29.	C., J. O. "Palace." Memphis Commercial Appeal, March 12, 1929 "He is supported by Louise Brooks in the role of the 'Canary'."
30.	Polly. "At Loew's." Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 12, 1929 "Louise Brooks is a lovely victim and as hard-boiled as she is lovely"
31.	Watts Jr., Richard. "On the Screen." New York Herald Tribune, March 12, 1929 "Miss Louise Brooks, as the murdered Canary, is nice to watch."
32.	Anonimo, "Canary Murder is Attraction at U.C." Berkeley Daily Gazzette, March 13, 1929 "The cast shows careful selection. Louise Brooks has the feminine lead"
33.	P., J. E. "The Canary murder case." Billboard, March 16, 1929 "Louise Brooks is mediocre as the Canary, but this does not detract from the production, as she appears in but a few scenes"
34.	Anonimo, "The Canary murder case (Silent)." Film Daily, March 17, 1929 "Good cast composed of Louise Brooks, who has little to do . . . ."
35.	*James Frederick Smith, An entertaining crime, "Liberty", March 23, 1929* "The rest of the cast is good to the last drop. When you see Louise Brooks hold up her admirers as the Canary, you really are hearing Margaret Livingston's voice"
36.	Hall, Mordaunt. "The Finger of Suspicion." New York Times, March 24, 1929 "It is on the whole the best talking-mystery production that has been seen, which does not imply that it is without failings. It is quite obvious that Louise Brooks, who impersonates Margaret Odell, alias the Canary, does not speak her lines. Why the producers should have permitted them to be uttered as they are is a mystery far deeper than the story of this picture"
37.	Anonimo, "Opinions on Pictures." Motion Picture News, March 23, 1929 "The cast is one hundred per cent great with William Powell, Louise Brooks, James Hall and Jean Arthur as the featured members"
38.	Anonimo, "Photoplay Reviews." Cinncinnati Enquirer, March 25, 1929 "The role of the murdered girl is played by Louise Brooks, who is much more satisfying optically than auditorilly"
39.	Martin, Boyd. "Piping the Plays." Courier-Journal, March 25, 1929 "Louise Brooks, who plays the Canary, is very bad and it appears from the dialogue that she is not actually doing the talking. Apparently a substitution was made here"
40.	Coyne, Margaret L. "New Picture Plays." Post-Standard, April 1, 1929 "The only flaw is the substitution of another voice for that of Louise Brooks - the Canary - making necessary a number of subterfuges to disguise the fact"
41.	Anonimo, "Canary murder case - Stanton." Philadelphia Public Ledger, April 2, 1929 "Louise Brooks is the murdered 'canary' and does her bit well"
42.	Heffernan, Harold. "The New Movies in Review." Detroit News, April 8, 1929 "Mechanically, too, The Canary murder case has been well handled. The voices are well modulated and free of static. It is evident that Miss Brooks' voice test was a flop for a double is used in sequences requiring speech from her"
43.	McCormick, Ella H. "Reel Players." Detroit Free Press, April 8, 1929 "Louise Brooks as the fascinating light-o-love who comes to a mysterious and not undeserved end is at once alluring and crystal-hard in her evil determination of collecting blackmail from her many wealthy admirers"
44.	Bell, Nelson B. "Behind the Screens." Washington Post, April 9, 1929 "The Canary is Louise Brooks, cast as a gay Broadway Circe, something after the pattern of 'Dot' King - and quite as lucky"
45.	Evans, Harry. "Movies." Life, April 12, 1929 "Louise Brooks, who furnishes the sex-appeal, is evidently a poorer conversationalist than Miss Arthur, because all of her articulation is obviously supplied by a voice double . . . ."
46.	Russell, Mary Porter. "Offerings at the Local Theaters." Washington Post, April 15, 1929 "Louise Brooks, who apparently uses a speaking double as the Canary ..."
47.	Anonimo, "Opening Attractions in Washington Theaters." Washington Star, April 15, 1929 "Louise Brooks, who will make you wonder whether she really talks . . . ."
48.	B., J. W. "Melodrama, and Good at Met." Washington Times, April 15, 1929 "Louise Brooks, 'The Canary,' acts the part of this hardboiled wench in pretty good style"
49.	Somers, Lee. "Van Dine Story Metropolitan's Film Offering." Washington Herald, April 15, 1929 "Powell is good but not distintive as the detective, but Louise Brooks is the hardest-boiled baby the screen has yet produced, in the role of the Canary"
50.	Anonimo, "California Shows Mystery Thriller." San Jose Mercury Herald, April 24, 1929 "The Canary, beautiful chorus girl, played by Louise Brooks, is found murdered in her apartment"
51.	*Norbert Lusk, The screen in review: who killed* the Canary?, "Picture-Play", June 1929** "Louise Brooks, as the hardboiled Margaret Odell, is first seen smiling down to her lovers as she swings out over the audience from an elaborate stage setting. Later, when she frightens the gentlemen with a phone call, Margaret Livingston does some businesslike dialogue for her"

*DIE BÜCHSE DER PANDORA*

1.	*Anonimo, Films in Berlin, "Variety", March 6, 1929* "Louise Brooks, especially imported for the title role, did not pan out, due to no fault of hers. She is quite unsuited to the vamp type which was called for by the play from which the picture was made"
2.	*Mordaunt Hall, A disconnected melodrama, "New York Times", December 2, 1929* "In an introductory title the management sets forth that it has been prevented by the censors from showing the film in its entirety, and it also apologizes for what it termed 'an added saccharine ending' ... Miss Brooks is attractive and she moves her head and eyes at the proper moment, but whether she is endeavoring to express joy, woe, anger or satisfaction it is often difficult to decide"
3.	*Regina Crewe, Louise Brooks in German picture that's not so good, "New York Sun", December 3, 1929* "Louise Brooks acts vivaciously but with a seeming blindness as to what it is all about"
4.	*Marguerite Tazelaar, On the screen, "New York Herald Tribune", December 3, 1929* "Unlike Anna May Wong, and other Holywood actresses who have blossomed into skilled players under European influence, Miss Brooks doesn't seem to have improved since her departure"
5.	*Irene Thirer, Pandora's box silent film at 55th Street Playhouse, "New York Daily News", December 3, 1929* "Louise Brooks is ideally suited to the role of Lulu"
6.	*Quinn Martin, Louise Brooks and the censors, "The World", December 8, 1929* "It does occur to me that Miss Brooks, while one of the handsomest of all the screen girls I have seen, is still one of the most eloquently terrible actresss who ever looked a camera in the eye"
7.	*Harrower., Louise Brooks in* Pandora's box, "Film Daily", December 8, 1929 "Louise Brooks, the American actress, has the part of an exotic girl who attracts men and women alike ... It is too sophisticated for any but art theater audiences"**
8.	Waly., "Variety", December 11, 1929 "Better for Louise Brooks had she contented exhibiting that supple form in two-reel comedies or Paramount features. Pandora's Box, a rambling thing that doesn't help her, nevertheless proves that Miss Brooks is not a dramatic lead"

*DAS TAGEBUCH EINER VERLORENEN*

1.	*Anonimo, Diary of a lost girl, "Variety", November 20, 1929* "This time he has also been unfortunate in the choice of his heroine. Louise Brooks (American) is monotonous in the tragedy which she has to present"

*PRIX DE BEAUTÉ*

1.	Magnus., "Variety", September 3, 1930 "The acting is very good. Louise Brooks looks charming and she knows how to move"

WINDY RILEY GOES HOLLYWOOD

1.	*Anonimo, Riley comic strip short rather dull, "Hollywood Reporter", January 22, 1931* "Louise Brooks is the star and brings forth the fact that she has an excellent speaking voice, looks very well, and that her forte is not short-reel comedies"
2.	*Anonimo, Shorts, "Motion Picture Herald", April 11, 1931* "The auto record of Windy Riley from New York to Hollywood and the subsequent excitement at a studio when he works a fake publicity stunt, cannot be rated more than fair. The story by Ken Kling is not at all unusal. Jack Shutta, Louise Brooks, William Davidson, Dell Henderson, Wilbur Mack and Walter Merrill do their best but not very successfully"

*IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE*

1.	*Anonimo, Carol Lombard wins new role, "Los Angeles Times", December 19, 1930* "And still another leading character feminization is taken by Louise Brooks"
2.	*Anonimo, It pays to advertise made in ten days - and looks it, "Hollywood Reporter", January 30, 1931* "Louise Brooks flashes in and out of the opening scenes and looks like a good bet for bigger roles"
3.	*Anonimo, Louise Brooks back, "Zanesville Signal", February 1, 1931* "Returning to Hollywood after an absense of more than two years, Louise Brooks will have her first talking film part in that length of time as a member of the all-star cast of Paramount's romantic comedy farce of big business ..."
4.	*Don Ashbaugh, New product, "Motion Picture Herald", February 14, 1931* "... a sweet comedy for anybody's bill ... Carole Lombard, Helen Johnson and Louise Brooks, the latter making her American reappearance, handle the feminine roles satisfactorily"
5.	*Conde G. Brewer, It pays to advertise, "Billboard", February 28, 1931* "Others, each of whom fares nicely in their respective roles, include Helen Johnson, Louise Brooks"
6.	*P. S. Harrison, It pays to advertise?, "Harrison's Reports", February 28, 1931* "Skeets Gallagher, Eugene Pallatte, Lucien Littlefield and Louise Brooks are in the cast"
7.	*Anonimo, It pays to advertise at Missouri, "St. Louis Globe Democrat", March 1, 1931* "Helen Johnson and Louise Brooks are in the cast"
8.	*Anonimo, Farce on rapid business ways tops the show, "Wichita Beacon", March 1, 1931* "Two hours of good clean fun ... and Wichita's own Louise Brooks in the cast"
9.	*Anonimo, Let's go to the movies, "Kansas City Star", March 1, 1931* "Carole Lombard is pretty as the Mary Grayson in the cast, but Louise Brooks, who used to be quite a name in the photoplay world, is more attractive as the actress who does the airplane fall and is not seen thereafter"
10.	*Nie., The week's new films, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch", March 1, 1931* "Norman Foster, Carole Lombard and our old friend, Louise Brooks, who has returned to the fold of Hollywood, have been given fat parts"
11.	*Harry Evans, Movies, "Life", March 13, 1931* "Louise Brooks, whom we have not seen on the screen since her momentary appearance in The Canary Murder Case (in which a voice double was used to speak her lines), seems to have been studying, as she gets away with her bit in this one creditably. Her real purpose in the film, however, is to show her legs, and in this phase of stage-craft she certainly needs no double"
12.	*Ada Hanifin, Comedy short vies with Megrue farce, "San Francisco Examiner", March 16, 1931* "Louise Brooks, whom we haven't seen on the screen for quite some time, appears just long enough just to recognized. She is interesting, indivudual and capable. We wonder why she hasn't been given bigger and better opportunities"
13.	*Claude A. La Belle, Soap and love bubble into good picture, "San Francisco News", March 16, 1931* "I was a trifle sad at seeing the lovely Louise Brooks make a 'comeback' to the movies in such a 10c part as she had"
14.	*Robert Hutton, It pays to advertise one of the season's funniest shows, "Los Angeles Evening Express", March 28, 1931* "Louise Brooks is a snappy stenographer"
15.	*Nelson Bell, Earle, "Washington Post", April 26, 1931* "In addition to affording an inspiring object lesson to those timorous business executives who are cowering in the black presence of an ominous industrial depression, this rehabilitated comedy of almost two decades ago regales the optimistic amusement seeker with more lusty laughs than he has encountered in a picture since goodness knows when. ... although important contributions to the gayety are made from time to time by Louise Brooks, who here returns to the American screen after a long absence"
16.	*Anonimo, Picture parade:* It pays to advertise, "Motion Picture", May, 1931 "The cast is full of beautiful girls - Louise Brooks, Helen Johnson and Carole Lombard"**

*GOD'S GIFT TO WOMEN*

1.	*Hubert Gagos, Frank Fay plays suave lover in new film comedy, "San Francisco News", April 18, 1931* "Ethlyne Clair, Louise Brooks and Yola D'Avril are quite convincing as Fay's former paramours"
2.	*A. D. S., Fun in France, "The New York Times", April 18, 1931* "... and Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks and Yola D'Avril figure prominently among the feminine admirers"
3.	*Anonimo, Projection jottings, "New York Times", April 19, 1931* "Louise Brooks and Tyrrell Davis are prominent in the large assemblage of supporting players"
4.	W. Ward Marsh, Palace has God's gift to women, amusing farce which stars Frank Fay, "Cleveland Plain Dealer", April 19, 1931 "Louise Brooks (returning to the screen in a comparatively minor role) ..."
5.	*Anonimo, Frank Fay as Don Juan at Warner, "San Francisco Examiner", April 19, 1931* "The cast is notable ... Joan Blondell, the blonde, and Louise Brooks, the brunette, are prominent among the principals"
6.	*Martin Dickstein, The cinema circuit, "Brooklyn Daily Eagle", April 20, 1931* "... the other roles are agreeably played by Louise Brooks, Yola D'Avril, Joan Blondell and Charles Winninger"
7.	*Jerry Hoffman, Program pairs farce comedy and golf talk, "Los Angeles Examiner", April 25, 1931* "... seems to be an album of Hollywood's beautiful women. There are Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks, ..."
8.	*Harry Mines, Bobby Jones reeler clicks, "Los Angeles Daily Illustrated News", April 25, 1931* "All the girls in the cast have the opportunity to wear beautiful clothes and look their vamnpiest. They are Laura LaPlante, Marguerite Livingston, Yola D'Avril, Louise Brooks, Joan Blondell,, Ethelyn Claire and the Sisters 'G'"
9.	*W. E. Oliver, Fay proves facetious Casanova at Warners, "Los Angeles Evening Herald", April 25, 1931* "Others who are easy to the eye are Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks, ..."
10.	*David H. Strauss, God's gift to women, "Billboard", April 25, 1931* "A cast of feminine lovelies surrounds the star, including Louise Brooks ..."
11.	*Anonimo, Current and coming features at the movies, "St. Louis Globe Democrat", April 26, 1931* "Others in the cast include Louise Brooks"
12.	*Edwin Schallert, First golfing picture clever, "Los Angeles Times", April 27, 1931* "Louise Brooks and Yola D'Avril participate zestfully in this conflict"
13.	Jimmy Starr, Warner's Hollywood has F. Fay as modern Don Juan, "Los Angeles Evening Express", April 27, 1931 "Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks and Yola D'Avril are a trio of snappy charmers"
14.	*Harry Evans, The movies, "Life", May 8, 1931* "These few amusing moments are the film's total assets - unless you haven't seen Louise Brooks, Joan Blondell and Yola D'Avril in their underwear"
15.	*Anonimo, God's gift to women, "Picture-Play", July, 1931* "Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks, and Yola d'Avril are among those present"

*EMPTY SADDLES*

1.	Henry Sutherland, Motion picture marriage market is today's theme, "Nevada State Journal", September 1, 1936 "Louise Brooks, who turned up her nose at a Paramount film contract to play on Broadway several years ago, is back in pictures. She has just signed with Buck Jones to play the feminine lead in his new sage-brush epic, Empty saddles"
2.	*Anonimo, News of the screen, "New York Times", September 3, 1936* "The same studio reports that Louise Brooks, recently returned from a European stage tour, will attempt a screen comeback opposite Buck Jones Empty saddles"
3.	*Anonimo, Reviews of the new films, "Film Daily", October 17, 1936* "Louise Brooks has quite a dramatic role as the heroine, which she handles very well"
4.	*Anonimo, At the theaters, "Monessen Daily Independent", December 30, 1936* "Of outstanding interest is the fact that the picture marks the return to the screen of lovely Louise Brooks, the Ziegfeld Follies girl who won film fame and then quit pictures at the height of her career. Her brunette beauty and her fine acting making her a splendid leading lady"
5.	*Anonimo, Antlers today, "Helena Independent", January 8, 1937* "Tomorrow and Saturday the Antlers will present Buck Jones in another red-blooded action picture, Empty saddles, with Louise Brooks, Harvey Clark and Gertrude Astor. Buck joins a dude ranch in following a clue and upsets the entire county before he rights a wrong"
6.	*Wear., Empty saddles, "Variety", February 3, 1937* "Louise Brooks, cast as a poor trader's child, is not flattered by the camera, but does a good bit of acting. She is the outstanding femme player in the slight romance"

*KING OF GAMBLERS*

*WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE*

1.	*Anonimo, News of the screen, "New York Times", December 31, 1936* "Louise Brooks, star of the silent screen, is making her screen comeback as a member of the ballet in Grace Moore's forthcoming Columbia production, When you're in love"

*OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS*

1.	*Anonimo, Reviews of the new films, "Film Daily", September 28, 1938* "Fast-moving cowboy and bandit story will entertain the western fans. ...Louise Brooks makes an appearance as the female attraction"
2.	*Anonimo, Oo-la-la continental opens today on stage at the Weller, "Zanesville Signal", November 11, 1938* "Their partners are Anthony Marsh and Louise Brooks"