The Louise Brooks film, DIARY OF A LOST GIRL, is based on a controversial & bestselling book first published in Germany in 1905. Though little known today, it was a literary sensation at the beginning of the 20th century. Was it - as many believed - the real-life diary of a young woman forced by circumstance into a life of prostitution? Or a sensational and clever fake, one of the first novels of its kind? This contested work inspired a sequel, a play, a parody, a score of imitators, and two silent films. It was also translated into 14 languages, and sold more than 1,200,000 copies. This new...