{"product_id":"focus-on-louise-brooks","title":"Focus on Louise Brooks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe limited edition spot gloss slipcover will\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e only be available at the Flicker Alley website and select indie retailers. No major retailers will be stocking this item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFLICKER FUSION SERIES (BLU-RAY)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFlicker Alley and San Francisco Film Preserve proudly announce the release of \u003cstrong\u003eFocus on Louise Brooks\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Blu-ray Disc compilation of the iconic star’s early performances, including her debut in Herbert Brenon's \u003cem\u003eThe Street of Forgotten Men\u003c\/em\u003e. This 1925 melodrama has been fully restored and is being made available for the very first time, joined by extant materials from three additional early Brooks features: \u003cem\u003eThe American Venus\u003c\/em\u003e (1926), \u003cem\u003eJust Another Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e (1926), and \u003cem\u003eNow We’re in the Air\u003c\/em\u003e (1927).\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Street of Forgotten Men\u003c\/em\u003e stars Mary Brian as Mary Vanhern, a woman who successfully escapes her difficult upbringing on the streets of New York’s Bowery district only to have her past return to threaten her future happiness. Although only onscreen for a brief, uncredited scene, one need only glimpse Brooks to be reminded of the charisma that immediately makes her a screen icon.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRestored from a 35mm nitrate negative preserved at the Library of Congress, the film’s missing second reel has been reconstructed using film stills as well as text and dialogue based on a copy of the original script, preserved by the New York Public Library. It features a musical score by Stephen Horne.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlthough most of Paramount Pictures’ beauty contest comedy \u003cem\u003eThe American Venus\u003c\/em\u003e no longer survives, all extant material (including trailers, test footage, and a Technicolor fragment) have been gathered. Brooks’ first substantial role places her opposite \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEsther Ralston, \u003c\/span\u003eFord Sterling, Lawrence Gray, real 1925 Miss America Fay Lanphier and, in one of his earlier performances, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBrooks plays against type in director Alfred Santell’s Coney Island rom-com \u003cem\u003eJust Another Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e, starring as bookish Diana O'Sullivan opposite Dorothy Mackaill in the title role. The surviving footage includes segments from five of the original six reels as well as the film's original trailer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFinally, director Frank R. Strayer’s high flying World War I comedy \u003cem\u003eNow We’re in the Air\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a double dose of Lulu, setting her as twin sisters Griselle and Grisette opposite hapless aviators played by Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. Sadly, only Grisette’s role still exists today in the film’s surviving 22 minute sequence.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust Another Blonde \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAmerican Venus\u003c\/em\u003e both feature musical scores by Wayne Barker while Now We're in the Air and The Street of Forgotten Men feature musical scores by Stephen Horne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFocus on Louise Brooks\u003c\/strong\u003e represents the first entry in a new Flicker Fusion series that will explore newly restored films, some lost and\/or fragmentary, ripe for rediscovery, and featuring some of early cinema’s biggest names. This deluxe Blu-ray edition is made possible thanks to the generous underwriting and funding from the Sunrise Foundation for Education \u0026amp; the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRestoration Demo \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e A look at the painstaking process that went into preserving the films included in this set\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudio Commentaries -\u003c\/strong\u003e Informative audio tracks are included with film scholars Pamela Hutchinson on \u003cem\u003eThe Street of Forgotten Men\u003c\/em\u003e, with author and film historians Thomas Gladysz and Kathy Rose O’Regan on \u003cem\u003eJust Another Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e, and with Gladysz and Robert Byrne on \u003cem\u003eThe American Venus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNow We’re in the Air\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLooking at Lulu\u003c\/em\u003e -\u003c\/strong\u003e Explore the fascinating behind the scenes life of Louise Brooks with an extended featurette hosted by historian Pamela Hutchinson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage Galleries - \u003c\/strong\u003eFeaturing production stills and promotional material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklet Insert -\u003c\/strong\u003e With an essay by film historian Thomas Gladysz and restoration notes by Robert Byrne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as subtitle tracks in English, Spanish, French, and German\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" role=\"presentation\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlu-ray Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 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