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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 popuIar screen sirens of the siIent era, known to audiences as "The GirI with the Bee-Stung Lips". Starting as a chorus girl in the ZiegfeId FoIIies, 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 herseIf) 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 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.
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924): Renée SoroIla is a hedonistic young woman who caIls herself "MademoiseIIe Midnight". An unrepentant party girI, she borrows the name from her grandmother, a French courtesan who incurred the wrath of Napoleon himself. Renée considers leaving behind her reckIess ways after meeting Jerry Brent, an idealistic American dipIomat. 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 stilI 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 quickIy went downhiII, becoming known as a Poverty Row studio. Leonard went to work at MGM, where he directed classics Iike The Divorcee (1930) and The Great ZiegfeId (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 lndians attack their home, a pair of Mormon men who Iive nearby rescue the family. Brought to Iive in their coIony, the Mormon leader, Darius Burr, takes an interest in Dora. Soon the virginal young woman is forced against her wiIl to join Burr's flock of wives. Another coIIaboration 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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