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Peacock Alley

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This is a 1930 sound remake of a 1921 silent film, both starring Mae Murray though the stories are apparently drastically different. Mae Murray is usually pegged as a psychotic no talent old hag (ala Norma Desmond) but she really wasnt as crazy, ugly, or untalented as people make her out to be (she and Rudolph Valentino had an on and off 10 year affair.)

I wont lie: this film probably wont help. She looks a little weird in it and after watching I think its her outfit over her actual look. Some people hate her voice, I think its Marilyn Monroe (Murray was the first blonde sex symbol.) The first scenes are meh, it kind of amps up, and then its over. Apparently this comes from a long circulating bootleg (this film is public domain) but archives have a version 10 minutes longer with 2 color sequences and musical numbers...I do not have those.

This was Maes first talkie (reportedly made in 1928/9 and held over), and shed only go on to make two more (if I get a VHS hookup Ill upload Bachelors Apartment.) Its not great, but interesting. For a contrast I suggest watching her in The Merry Widow with John Gilbert (1925).

Note: Theres a little bit of drag at the end, the converter went wonky. You can easily cut it off or ignore it (the film ends before that point, about 10 mins before.)

Cast
Mae Murray
George Barraud
Jason Robards, Sr.
Richard Tucker
William L. Thorne
Phillips Smalley
E. H. Calvert
Arthur Hoyt
Billy Bevan

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