Louise Brooks~ Pandora's Box~ Rudy Vallee~You Opened My Eyes

2012-05-23 5

LOUISE BROOKS~PANDORA'S BOX
One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst 1929 Pandora's Box starring onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst's lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora's Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora's Box is one of silent cinema's great masterworks and a testament to Brooks's dazzling individuality...

Music is Rudy Vallee's "YOU Opened My Eyes"