"A pretty American leading lady and former Ziegfield Follies girl, Louise Brooks was hailed by critics as the greatest actress of her generation. Her true worth as an artist was revealed in Germany when she appeared in Diary Of A Lost Girl, magnetic as "Lulu." In the 1950s she was rediscovered by film cultists, and in 1982 published "Lulu In Hollywood", a collection of essays about her life."--W.M.