Welcome to the History Tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

24 movies on two continents, two husbands, many, many boy and girlfriends, countless burned bridges,

two very distinct careers and one Louise Brooks.

The End.

Let's talk about Louise Brooks.

But first let's drop her into history.

In 1906, Dutch law makes having a license to drive mandatory.

Willis Carrier patented the air conditioner, the Battle Creek Toasted Cornflake Company, now known as Kellogg's,

and Rolls Royce were both founded.

New baseball rules put umpires in charge of all ball games.

Susan B. Anthony, Pierre Curry, and Paul Cezandide, Aristotle O'Nassus, Samuel Beckett, Grace Hopper,

Lee and Didbredgnev were all born and in 1906, Flapper icon, dancer, actress, and writer Louise Brooks was also born.

Mary Louise Brooks was born on November 14th, 1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas, the second of the four children of Leonard P and Mira Rude Brooks.

Louise's father had a family that had been poor since the Washington administration when they came from England.

They were poor when they were in Tennessee and fought in the Civil War, and they were poor when they established themselves in Kansas.

However, once they did, they started to make some money.

So Leonard was the first generation that was able to get an education.

He went off to law school at the University of Kansas.

That's not where you went, right? You went to.

I went for a year.

Oh, you did.

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