In the film, Louise Brooks wears her hair long until her first dance lesson in New York, after which she cuts it into a bob, ostensibly to stand out from her classmates and/or to be more fashionable, as the flapper style popularized women having shorter hair.
In reality, Brooks had worn a bob since she was a child.
In reality, Brooks had worn a bob since she was a child.
The film seems to imply that Ruth St. Denis is jealous of Ted Shawn's attentions toward Louise Brooks, but Shawn was gay. St. Denis was also 12 years older than Shawn.
Norma's Midwestern accent comes and goes.
Two scenes show a train going to or from Kansas, but does not show American railroad equipment. The steam engine is British or European. American railroad equipment does not the have buffers (two round bumper-like fixtures on each end of engines or cars). The engine shown has buffers.
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