Louise Brooks endures as one of silent film’s most charismatic and contemporary performers. Immortalized in Pandora’s Box, Diary of a Lost Girl, and Prix de Beauté, she left a disinterested Hollywood to suffer years of hardship until finding a new career as an author and film historian. Later in life, an admiring 20-year old managed to pry a chink into the armor of the reclusive actress, establishing a friendship that revealed a hidden, gentler side. Their friendship is lovingly remembered in Benevolent Siren. Available for e-reader at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/244044. See also "MLB," https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19sslw.

Audio courtesy Herbert Boland, http://www.freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/. Used by permission.