1982: Silent-film actress, Louise Brooks on acting

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Louise Brooks, legend of the silent-movie era, reveals her naturalistic approach to acting and recalls her experiences of working with German-language film director Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

The film Brooks talks about in this interview is the 1929 silent movie Pandora's Box in which Brooks starred as Lulu, a beautiful and seductive young woman whose sexuality led to her downfall.

Originally broadcast 15 July 1982.

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