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Pandora's Box Overview:

Pandora's Box (1929) was a Silent Films - Crime Film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst and produced by Seymour Nebenzal and Heinz Landsmann.

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Order in the Court Blogathon: Pandora's Box:The Guilty Face in the Mirror

By FlickChick on Jun 9, 2016 From A Person in the Dark

This is my entry in the Order in the Court Blogathon hosted by the criminally wonderful Lesley at Second Sight Cinema and Theresa at Cinemaven's ESSAYS from the Couch. Click HERE for more posts. It's so much fun, it feels like it should be illegal! Pandora's Box Guilty or innocent? Usually... Read full article

The Style Essentials--Louise Brooks Opens the PANDORA'S BOX of German Expressionism

on Mar 26, 2013 From GlamAmor

Mention the words German Expressionism and you just might put a panic into even the most ardent of classic cinema fans. It's that seemingly scary combination--it's foreign and it's silent. But honestly...when you take the time to watch one, none of that matters. German Expressionism of the 1920s i... Read full article

Silent Film: Pandora's Box(1929).

By Dawn on Jan 8, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Pandora's Box (1929). German silent melodrama film based loosely on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist Earth Spirit (1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904). Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. Story of a young woman's uninhibite... Read full article

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Pandora's Box Quotes:

Lulu: You'll have to kill me to get rid of me.
Alwa Schön: It's strange how you can get booze on credit but not bread.
Lulu: Smoking is forbidden here.
Lulu: MONEY! All they want is money!
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Pandora's Box Facts
Included among the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
According to Louise Brooks' memoir, "Lulu in Hollywood", Alice Roberts was not aware her character was a lesbian until filming began, and she was initially opposed to playing the role as being attracted to Lulu. Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Brooks writes, convinced Roberts to pretend she was making her love gestures to Pabst, who was standing just off-camera.
Georg Wilhelm Pabst nearly signed Marlene Dietrich to star, although he greatly preferred Louise Brooks. According to Pabst, Dietrich was in his office waiting to sign the contract when a cable came from Paramount saying that Brooks was willing to play the role.
Georg Wilhelm Pabst initially incurred a lot of wrath when he cast American Louise Brooks in the role of Lulu, a part which was considered to be quintessentially German. Ultimately Brooks' performance silenced her critics.
Fritz Kortner reportedly did not like or respect Louise Brooks, whom he didn't consider a trained actress.
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