The self-enchanted : Mae Murray : image of an era (1959)

Record Details:

Title:
The self-enchanted : Mae Murray : image of an era
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Volume:
The self-enchanted : Mae Murray : image of an era
Leaf #:
0002
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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SE $4.95 The rags -to -riches — and back — story of a reigning star in the era of fabulous nonsense THE SELFENCHANTED Mae Murray: Image of an Era JANE ARDMORE In a glittering career — so much like the plot of a Hollywood extravaganza that the reality and the celluloid image became completely entangled — Mae Murray skyrocketed to inter-, national fame, the darling of Broadway and cafe society, a queen of silent pictures, wined, dined, adored, and pursued by stage-door Johnnies, tycoons, royalty, and matinee idols alike. It was the razzle-dazzle world of New York and Hollywood in the jazz age. She was an unknown nightclub dancer when a young song writer named Irving Berlin spotted her. And then one night, in an emergency, Berlin rushed her on stage to substitute for Irene Castle in his first musical, Watch Your Step. Thunderous applause, Otto Kahn, Rector's, Stutz Bearcats, a part in the Ziegfeld Follies, a touching friendship with an unknown dancer, Rudolph Valentino, ruby-studded compacts, an offer from Hollywood ... it was never going to end! "Oh, play me some rag, Change that classical nag To some sweet beautiful dra-ag!" Flo Ziegfeld, Anna Held, Fanny Brice, George White, Ann Pennington, Marilyn Miller, Billie Burke — all the great figures of another Broadway fill the pages of this scintillating, candid biography of the mercurial and beautiful Mae Murray. (continued on back flap) Jacket design by THE STRIMBANS