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Has anyone else been reading "Mae Murray, The Girl with The Bee-Stung Lips" by Ankerich?
It is bringing up lots of questions in my mind, like how many of her movies survive? I'm only seen "Delicious Little Devil", "Merry Widow" and "Mormon Maid".
What about the two films entitled "Peacock Alley"? (1922 & 1930) Which is better?
I do remember seeing the talkie, "Bachelor Apartment (1931), but found it not to be any fun (probably because of Lowell Sherman, who is always unappealing to me.)
I just wonder if there will be any revived interest in M.M. due to the release of this book.

Danny

A Mormon Maid (1917) was available on 16mm back in the 1970s and 1980s.

Mademosille Midnight (1924) has been discussed before on Nitrateville.

She's in this Kodachrome test film from 1922.



The Twin Pawns (1919), The ABC of Love (1919) and The Right to Love (1920) are on the Thought Equity site, at http://www.t3licensing.com/video/clip/1 ... in%2Cpawns.

Jazzmania (1923) exists. Altars of Desire and Valencia (1926) may exist also. The Guilded Lily has been found.

I saw Jazzmania a few years back- Murray is delightful, but the film is mostly a silly contrivance to show her off.

Mademoiselle Midnight is for the most part very good, and the silly parts are at least intentionally so - like having Johnny Arthur end up as a hero.

kudos to Michael, he did a valedictorian job putting some of the pieces of Mae's life together. Lots of interviews, even with people no longer with us. So it seems he's been collating his info for a long time. I too wondered about the filmography section and what survives--what's lost, usually the first part I go to on a classic or famous film star. He narrowed her dob down to 1885, I remembered sending him something about her social security having 1884, but it looks like Mike's got it right. Im tired of seeing that 1889 dob all over the place and Mae even stated at times she was born 1898 which Mike jokingly said would have made her ten years old in the Follies of 1908. Generally a great read. Enjoy!

Dear Silent Film: Thanks for the three links
I saw "Valencia" at Cinecon, sometime between 1990 and 1996,
in 35mm I think, maybe one of the Cinecon experts will know

silentfilm wrote: The Twin Pawns (1919), The ABC of Love (1919) and The Right to Love (1920) are on the Thought Equity site, at http://www.t3licensing.com/video/clip/1 ... in%2Cpawns.

Do these films only exist with the Dutch intertitles?