Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)

  • NR
  • 04/14/1924 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 7m

Overview

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.

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

John Russell

Writer

Carl Harbaugh

Writer

Cast

Mae Murray's headshot

Mae Murray

Renée de Gontran / Renée de Quiros
John St. Polis's headshot

John St. Polis

Colonel de Gontran (Prologue)
Paul Weigel's headshot

Paul Weigel

Napoleon III (Prologue)
Earl Schenck's headshot

Earl Schenck

Emperor Maximilian - Prologue
Clarissa Selwynne's headshot

Clarissa Selwynne

Empress Eugénie - Prologue
J. Farrell MacDonald's headshot

J. Farrell MacDonald

Duc de Moing (Prologue)
Monte Blue's headshot

Monte Blue

Owen Burke / Jerry Brent
Robert McKim's headshot

Robert McKim

João / Manuel Corrales

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