Several promotional shots of Louise Brooks as the Canary, 1929
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Canary Murder Case, 1929
A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed ‘the Canary’ (Louise Brooks, voice dub by Margaret Livingston), is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead. But who killed ‘the Canary’. All the suspects who knew her had been used by her. The only witness to the crime was also killed. Only one man, debonair detective, Philo Vance (William Powell), might be able to figure out who silenced ‘the Canary’.
It is available to watch here (archive.org)
Louise Brooks, 1928
Louise Brooks in a 1928 publicity photo for Paramount, by George P. Hommel
How Short is a Short Skirt?
Says Louise Brooks, movie darling, “Let it be short enough to take advantage of all good points – if any.”