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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Brooks, Louise
Mary. She dropped the 'Mary' on becoming a star.
Kansas. She was born November 14, 1906, in Cherryvale, Kansas and her family later moved to Wichita.
dancing. She became a member of the renowned Denishawn troupe headed by Ruth St, Denis and Ted Shawn, an important modern dance company in the early years of the 20th century. She later joined the George White Scandals and Ziegfeld Follies.
W.C. Fields. Fields got his start in movies in the silent era, and co-starred with Brooks in 'It's The Old Army Game'.
| What German director helmed Brooks' signature film 'Pandora's Box', which she is best remembered for? | Louise Brooks
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G. W. Pabst. 'Pandora's Box' has became a cult film. Pabst also directed her in 'Diary Of A Lost Girl'
| Who wrote the plays the movie 'Pandora's Box' was based on? | Louise Brooks
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Franz Wedekind. Wedekind's 'Lulu' plays debuted around the turn of the century and brewed a storm of controversy. They also became the opera by Berg. Shaw adapted another Greek myth, that of {Pygmalion;} you know it better as 'My Fair Lady'.
| What western star (born the year after her) co-starred with her in her last film? | Louise Brooks
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John Wayne. It was in 1938's 'Overland Stage Raiders', the year before he attained stardom (and iconhood) in John Ford's 'Stagecoach'.
Lulu In Hollywood. Earlier she she started her autobiography 'Naked On My Goat' (title from Goethe's 'Faust') but dropped it.
1985. She has become an icon of the silent film era, thanks in large part to her role as Lulu.
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