By Fritzi Kramer on July 12, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Mae Murray is not my favorite actress but I have to get on the bandwagon with everyone else and agree that she is excellent in The Merry Widow. For example, this is her reaction to getting ogled by a grinning John Gilbert. You show ‘em, Ma read more
Reading Mae Murray: The Girl With the Bee-Stung Lips made me sad; sad in recounting the similarities between Mae and my love for Veronica Lake. The introduction by author Michael Ankerich is heartfelt, genuine, and is aware that by the end of his research he had to present a biography, warts and al read more
Mae Murray (May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965), rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen". She first began acting on the Broadway stage in 1906 with dancer Vernon Castle. In 1908, she joined the chorus line of t read more
According to legend: Murray invented the tradition of dunking donuts in coffee. She was having coffee with a friend at Lindy's Restaurant on Broadway when she accidentally dropped her donut in her coffee. When she took a bite out of the donut she said that the coffee had improved read more
Like the fictional Lina Lamont of “Singin’ in the Rain,” the real-life Mae Murray was “a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament." While real people walked on the ground, Mae Murray fluttered above it on gauzy fairy wings. While real people breathed oxygen, Mae Murra read more
Rudolph Valentino, was best man at her 1926 marriage to Prince David Mdivani; Pola Negri was matron of honor.
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