Arena

1986 NR 55m 7.4

Louise Brooks made her screen debut in the silent "The Street of Forgotten Men", in an uncredited role in 1925. Soon, however, she was playing the female lead in a number of silent light comedies and flapper films.

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Main Cast

Linda Hunt Linda Hunt Narrator
Richard Arlen Richard Arlen The Boy - Jim (clip from Beggars of Life (1928))
Gustav Diessl Gustav Diessl Jack the Ripper (clip from Die Büchse der Pandora (1929))
W.C. Fields W.C. Fields Elmer Prettywillie (clip from It's the Old Army Game (1926))
Carl Goetz Carl Goetz Schigolch (clip from Die Büchse der Pandora (1929))

Appearances

Louise Brooks Louise Brooks
Kevin Brownlow Kevin Brownlow
Dick Cavett Dick Cavett
Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin

Creators

Richard Leacock Richard Leacock Director
Charles Chabot Charles Chabot Director

Info about Arena

Studio(s): BBC Arena

Originally Released: United States on Apr 17, 1986

Production Country:

Genres: Documentary

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