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G. W. Pabst, born in what is now Austria, directed two films in 1929 with American actress Louise Brooks. They are now both considered to be classics: 'Pandora's Box' and 'Diary of a Lost Girl'. In each film the beautiful Ms. Brooks plays a woman who scales the rungs of society in both directions, and in each film she takes the audience along as intimate companions. Brooks was an actress who conveyed both a love of and a lust for life, always challenging those who would denigrate her and often succeeding. Censors prevented 'Diary of a Lost Girl' from being screened in the USA as it dealt with the unsavoury topics of children born out of wedlock, servants treated as concubines, rape, cruelty and prostitution. Although not presented in a horrific manner, misogynistic conduct is rampant throughout this film. Louise Brooks was one of the silent screen's true female stars and is today known as one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the Silver Screen.
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