The stated goals of the LBS are to promote a greater awareness of the life and films of the celebrated actress, dancer, and writer.
The site's online archive contains roughly 200 pages of material – including extensive bibliographies, a filmography, a chronology, commentary, vintage articles, memorabilia, portrait galleries, links, and various contributions from its userbase.
The society has also sponsored an exhibit at the San Francisco Public Library[1] and elsewhere,[2] co-sponsored events including screenings and lectures, "inspired" the documentary Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu,[3] and has been cited as a part of increased media interest in the actress.
[4] The society has published five books, the "Louise Brooks edition" of Margarete Bohme's The Diary of a Lost Girl in 2010, Beggars of Life: A Companion to the 1928 Film and Now We're the Air: A Companion to the Once Lost Film in 2017, Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star, a collection of articles in 2018, and The Street of Forgotten Men: From Story to Screen and Beyond in 2023.
In 2005, at the time of its 10th anniversary, the film historian Leonard Maltin praised the LBS on his website.