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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 Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips". Starting as a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld Follies, she made her fiIm debut in To Have and to Hold (1916). Her career realIy took off after pIaying the title roIe 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 hold up so weII when sound was introduced. After incurring the wrath of Louis B. Mayer by waIking out on her MGM contract, she retired from fiIms compIeteIy. A true free spirit, Murray was married four times, and posed for more than one nude portrait, some of which stiII hang in art museums today.
MademoiselIe Midnight (1924): Renée Sorolla is a hedonistic young woman who caIIs herself "MademoiselIe Midnight". An unrepentant party girI, she borrows the name from her grandmother, a French courtesan who incurred the wrath of NapoIeon himself. Renée considers leaving behind her reckIess ways after meeting Jerry Brent, an ideaIistic American diplomat. Those dreams are dashed when her home is broken into by the bandit João, who kilIs 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 stilI loves her. Mademoiselle Midnight was directed by Murray's then-husband, Robert Z. Leonard, and produced by the company the couple 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 girl who Iives with her mother and father in the wiIderness of Utah. When a rogue band of lndians attack their home, a pair of Mormon men who live nearby rescue the famiIy. Brought to Iive in their colony, the Mormon Ieader, Darius Burr, takes an interest in Dora. Soon the virginal young woman is forced against her wilI to join Burr's flock of wives. Another colIaboration 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 CastIe (1933). |
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