Mae Murray – MRQE

Valencia

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

“Felipe, a sailor falls madly in love with Valencia, a Spanish dancing girl, who is sought after by Don Fernando, the governor. When Felipe deserts his ship, the Don throws him in prison, but Valencia obtains his release and shares his disgrace and exile.” Moving Picture World, 8 Jan 1927, p. 144.

To Have and to Hold

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Lady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England’s King James, escapes a forced marriage to the hated Lord Carnal by fleeing to American colonies. There she meets and marries Captain Ralph Percy. Pursued by Lord Carnal, Lady Jocelyn and her new husband eventually find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island with Lord Carnal.

The Merry Widow

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O’Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids him to marry her because Sally is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries wealthy Baron Sadoja. When the elderly man dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.

The Gilded Lily

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A hostess at a Broadway cafe marries one of her many suitors, and finds out her new husband is prone to drinking heavily.

Bachelor Apartment

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working stenographer, Helene Andrews.

The Right to Love

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An adulterous aristocrat plans to murder his American wife.

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Previously filmed in England as The Incomparable Bellairs, Agnes and Egerton Castle’s romantic novel Sweet Kitty Bellairs(originally The Bath Comedy) served as an early movie vehicle for Mae Murray. Set in 18th-century England, the story concerns a flirtatious debutante who falls in love with a dashing highwayman. Robert Gray co-starred as bandit chieftain Captain O’Hara, while Tom Forman was cast as Lieutenant Varnay, the heroine’s erstwhile sweetheart. Though Mae Murray was never much of an actress, she was a fascinating screen presence, and it was her natural charisma that carried the film over its rough spots. Based on the David Belasco stage version of the Castles’ novel, Sweet Kitty Bellairs was remade as a musical comedy in 1930.

The Masked Bride

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An American millionaire wants to reform a Parisian cabaret singer who moonlights as a jewel thief.

Circe, the Enchantress

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Circe, The Enchantress

Mademoiselle Midnight

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first “Mademoiselle Midnight” is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie’s insistence to Mexico. Renee is kept locked at the hacienda at night by her father to prevent her following in her grandmother’s wayward footsteps. She falls in love with a visiting American (Monte Blue) but is also pursued by the craven outlaw Manuel Corrales. Miss Murray gets to do some of her trademark dancing, but this one isn’t a comedy, despite comic relief provided by Johnny Arthur.