Mae Murrary

Mae Murray (1885--1965), popularly known as "the girl with the bee-stung lips," was a fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, she rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her first film, To Have and to Hold, in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became on...

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Mae Murray (1885--1965), popularly known as "the girl with the bee-stung lips," was a fiery presence in silent-era Hollywood. Renowned for her classic beauty and charismatic presence, she rocketed to stardom as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies, moving across the country to star in her first film, To Have and to Hold, in 1916. An instant hit with audiences, Murray soon became one of the most famous names in Tinseltown.

However, Murray's moment in the spotlight was fleeting. The introduction of talkies, a string of failed marriages, a serious career blunder, and a number of bitter legal battles left the former star in a state of poverty and mental instability that she would never overcome.

In this intriguing biography, Michael G. Ankerich traces Murray's career from the footlights of Broadway to the klieg lights of Hollywood, recounting her impressive body of work on the stage and screen and charting her rapid ascent to fame and decline into obscurity. Featuring exclusive interviews with Murray's only son, Daniel, and with actor George Hamilton, whom the actress closely befriended at the end of her life, Ankerich restores this important figure in early film to the limelight.

Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Frontispiece......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
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Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Frontispiece......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1. Untangling Mae Murray's Tangled Beginnings......Page 20
2. Dancing into the New Century......Page 28
3. Ziegfield and the Millionaire......Page 32
4. Life Is a Cabaret......Page 42
5. From Footlights to Kliegs......Page 52
6. The Disillusions of a Dream Girl......Page 60
7. Ready for My Close-ups, Mr. Lasky!......Page 76
8. The Delicious Little Mae......Page 82
9. On with the Dance......Page 102
10. Strutting Like a Peacock through Tiffany's......Page 114
11. Mae the Enchantress......Page 134
12. The Merry Widow and the Dirty Hun......Page 154
13. From Merry Widow to Gay Divorcee......Page 170
14. Princess Mdivani......Page 186
15. The Lion's Roar, the Baby's Cry......Page 202
16. A World of Cheap Imitation......Page 214
17. The Sound of Bee-Stung Lips......Page 228
18. Oh, Brother!......Page 248
19. From a Prince to a Toad......Page 256
20. Losing Koran......Page 264
21. Outliving Fame......Page 284
22. Self-Enchantment......Page 298
23. A Star in Twilight......Page 304
Epilogue......Page 316
Acknowledgments......Page 320
Professional Theater......Page 324
Filmography......Page 336
Notes......Page 350
Bibliography......Page 374
Index......Page 378
Series page......Page 390
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