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Cherryvale, KS

Dec 9, 2007

Silent-film star started career in Wichita

This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: 'To the stars through difficulties.'

'The citizens of Wichita either resented me for having been a success or despised me for being a failure. And I wasn't exactly enchanted with them.' --Louise Brooks

It's hard to forget Louise Brooks. She has been called one of the 20th century's most beautiful women.

Hollywood still imitates the silent screen star's hairstyle. Read more

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