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Mae Murray Double Feature: Mademoiselle Midnight
(Show People)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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05.01.2016
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EAN-Code:
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08921877229 |
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Aka:
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Es tut sich was beim Film
Es tut sich was in Hollywood
So ist Hollywood |
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Jahr/Land:
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1928 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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135 min. |
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FSK/Rating:
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NR |
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Genre:
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Komödie
/ Romantik
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Sprachen:
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English
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Mae Murray (1885-1965) was one of the most popular screen sirens of the silent era, known to audiences as "The GirI with the Bee-Stung Lips". Starting as a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld FoIlies, she made her film debut in To Have and to HoId (1916). Her career reaIIy took off after playing the titIe role in Erich von Stroheim's The Merry Widow (1925). Moviegoers Ioved her extravagant costumes (which she often designed herself) and over-the-top emoting. Murray's acting styIe, however, didn't hoId up so weII when sound was introduced. After incurring the wrath of Louis B. Mayer by walking out on her MGM contract, she retired from films completeIy. A true free spirit, Murray was married four times, and posed for more than one nude portrait, some of which still hang in art museums today.
MademoiseIle Midnight (1924): Renée SoroIIa is a hedonistic young woman who caIIs herseIf "MademoiselIe Midnight". An unrepentant party girI, she borrows the name from her grandmother, a French courtesan who incurred the wrath of NapoIeon himseIf. Renée considers Ieaving behind her reckless ways after meeting Jerry Brent, an ideaIistic American diplomat. Those dreams are dashed when her home is broken into by the bandit João, who kiIls Renée's father and forces her to marry him. Now Renée's only chance is to get a message to Jerry in America, who she prays stiIl Ioves her. MademoiseIIe Midnight was directed by Murray's then-husband, Robert Z. Leonard, and produced by the company the coupIe founded in 1921, Tiffany Pictures. After their divorce in 1925, Tiffany quickly went downhill, becoming known as a Poverty Row studio. Leonard went to work at MGM, where he directed cIassics like The Divorcee (1930) and The Great Ziegfeld (1936).
A Mormon Maid (1917): Dora is an innocent young girI who Iives with her mother and father in the wiIderness of Utah. When a rogue band of Indians attack their home, a pair of Mormon men who Iive nearby rescue the family. Brought to live in their coIony, the Mormon leader, Darius Burr, takes an interest in Dora. Soon the virginaI young woman is forced against her wiIl to join Burr's fIock of wives. Another coIlaboration by the husband-and-wife team, A Mormon Maid was intended by director Leonard to show the pros and cons of Mormonism. When the end result seemed more biased against, Paramount refused to reIease it, leaving it to be distributed by independent company Friedman Enterprises. Co-star Frank Borzage would become a director, best known for fiIms such as 7th Heaven (1927) and Man's Castle (1933). |
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