I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita in 1922 at the age of 15 to become a dancer with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything -- spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying.' I tried with all my heart.

It was not until 30 years later that this rebellious move would come to be seen as arguably the most savvy of her career securing her immortality as a silent film legend and independent spirit. In Europe
Once in Germany Louise Brooks starred in the 1929 film Pandora's Box directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst in his New Objectivity period. She admitted to some lesbian dalliances including a one-night stand with Greta Garbo.

Brooks is best known as the lead in three feature films made in Europe including two G. Pabst films: Pandora's Box (1929) Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) and Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe 1930). W.