Category Archives: 1920s

Life, fiction and films from or set in the 1920s

Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box is a wonderful black-and-white film made in 1929, starring the incomparable Louise Brooks (and her famous bob). I’m sure Colette and Anaïs Nin both loved it, if they saw it. Pandora’s Box was one of the first films to … Continue reading

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Nights in Paris: Vies érotiques imaginaires

I’m toying with a sub-heading for my novel: “Nights in Paris: Vies érotiques imaginaires” (imaginary erotic lives). The novel is a fictional, imaginary recreation of the lives of the French writers Anaïs Nin and Colette, set in Paris, focusing on … Continue reading

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